MacWorld UK: Google opens up

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Macworld Boston Opens Loudly

Macworld Boston Opens Loudly 07/14/2004 05:20 AM
There were concerns that this summer's expo for everything Mac would be a dud, what with Apple not attending and all, but flocks of fans say otherwise. Leander Kahney reports from Boston.

Registration opens for Macworld Boston

Registration opens for Macworld Boston 04/05/2005 04:40 PM
Registration opened on Tuesday for this summer's Macworld Conference & Expo in Boston. Macworld Conference & Expo will take place July 11-14 at the Hynes Convention Center where professionals gather for hands-on experience with Macintosh technology. Exhibitors include big names such as Harman Multimedia, Logitech, Quark, and Xerox. Conferences include topics on DVD Studio Pro, Mac Tools for Digital Photographers, DJing and Mobile Music Production, and Photoshop Power Shortcuts.

Boston Macworld Expo Opens Sans Apple

Boston Macworld Expo Opens Sans Apple 07/12/2004 05:45 PM
By Blane Warrene, MacNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

News: Macworld Expo Boston registration
opens

News: Macworld Expo Boston registration
opens 04/05/2005 03:08 PM
IDG World Expo on Tuesday opened registration for this summer's Macworld Conference & Expo. Macworld takes place July 11-14, 2005 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass. Macworld Expo will feature the MacIT Conference, which will include, Mac OS X Troubleshooting, Mac OS X Management & Administration, Advanced User Topics and Servers and Services; Power Tools: two days of in-depth information and training on Mastering the Adobe Creative Suite, Mac OS X Server -- Advanced Concepts and Administration, How to Become a Mac OS X Power User and Advanced Macintosh Music Production; Users Conference: For anyone interested in, Mac OS, Digital Video, Music, Digital Photography and Creative Tools; and MacLabs: hands-on workshops on DVD Studio Pro, Photoshop and others.

Google opens up

Google opens up 06/22/2004 10:41 AM

Google Opens R&D Lab in Japan

Google Opens R&D Lab in Japan 04/22/2004 04:02 PM
"The location will be charged with developing search engine software that is easier for the Japanese to use"

Google opens IPO website

Google opens IPO website 08/01/2004 01:23 PM
Vancouver Sun Aug 1 2004 5:18PM GMT

Google opens IPO site

Google opens IPO site 08/01/2004 09:46 AM
News 24 Aug 1 2004 1:28PM GMT

Google IPO Bidding Opens

Google IPO Bidding Opens 07/31/2004 06:46 PM
Google Inc. began taking bids on Friday for the public auction process it will use to sell as much as $3.3 billion shares to the public for its planned offering in mid-August.

Google Opens the Stacks

Google Opens the Stacks 12/19/2004 03:05 PM
A number of major libraries are opening. Ed Vielmetti tipped me to how University of Michagan Library is digitizing its colllection onto Google, to be announced tomorrow, as is the Harvard and New York Public Libraries. John Battelle points out...

Google opens IPO Web site

Google opens IPO Web site 07/30/2004 07:13 PM
San Jose Mercury News Jul 30 2004 11:04PM GMT

Google Auction Opens Despite Possible
Violation

Google Auction Opens Despite Possible
Violation 08/13/2004 12:40 PM
Source: Yahoo! Finance - The auction on Google Inc.'s much-watched $3.3 billion initial public offering opened Friday despite the company saying a magazine interview with its founders may have violated securities rules....

Google opens Web site for investors

Google opens Web site for investors 07/31/2004 08:40 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Jul 31 2004 12:23PM GMT

Google IPO Bidding Opens? It is Online
Anyway

Google IPO Bidding Opens? It is Online
Anyway 07/30/2004 07:18 PM
Management speaks in (fairly low-quality) video, plus the Prospectus online, etc.

Google opens website for investors

Google opens website for investors 07/31/2004 05:31 AM
Thestar.com - Sat Jul 31, 05:17 am GMT

Google opens Web site for IPO
registration

Google opens Web site for IPO
registration 07/31/2004 08:40 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 31 2004 12:12PM GMT

Google Opens New Office on Moon

Google Opens New Office on Moon 04/09/2004 03:54 PM
Google Copernicus Center is hiring: "our lunar hosting and research center, opening late in the spring of 2007. This unique opportunity is available only to highly-qualified individuals who are willing to relocate for an extended period of time, are in top physical condition and are capable of surviving with limited access to such modern conveniences as soy low-fat lattes, The Sopranos and a steady supply of oxygen." "Imagine discovering not only alien attempts at communication with Earth, but also such heretofore unavailable cultural treasures as Pink Floyd's 1968 appearance on the BBC and the tragically lost first season of "Iron Chefs.""...

Google Opens I.P.O. Auction Despite New
Questions

Google Opens I.P.O. Auction Despite New
Questions 08/13/2004 12:52 PM
A Playboy interview with Google's founders raised further questions about the completion date of the search engine company's initial public stock offering.

Google Opens Developer Network

Google Opens Developer Network 03/19/2005 03:05 AM

Google Auction Opens, SEC Seeks Changes

Google Auction Opens, SEC Seeks Changes 08/13/2004 04:00 PM
Forbes Aug 13 2004 8:10PM GMT

Google opens Tokyo research lab

Google opens Tokyo research lab 04/23/2004 07:09 PM
The company hopes the lab will bolster its technical expertise in four countries.

As bidding opens, a new chapter for
Google

As bidding opens, a new chapter for
Google 08/13/2004 07:17 AM
Newsweek Aug 13 2004 12:01PM GMT

Google auction opens amid questions

Google auction opens amid questions 08/13/2004 09:18 PM
ONE News Aug 14 2004 1:04AM GMT

Google Opens Site to Register Bidders
(AP)

Google Opens Site to Register Bidders
(AP) 07/30/2004 07:29 PM
AP - Google Inc.'s highly anticipated IPO took a major step toward reaching the stock market late Friday when the online search engine leader opened the Web site where prospective investors must register to bid for the company's shares.

Q & A: Auction process opens way to buy
shares in Google IPO

Q & A: Auction process opens way to buy
shares in Google IPO 05/01/2004 05:02 AM
Seattle Times May 1 2004 8:13AM GMT

Google Opens Site to Register Bidders

Google Opens Site to Register Bidders 07/30/2004 09:06 PM
AP via Daily Press Jul 31 2004 0:47AM GMT

Google opens site to register bidders
for IPO

Google opens site to register bidders
for IPO 07/31/2004 05:31 AM
Signonsandiego.com - Sat Jul 31, 06:24 am GMT

Google opens new Research Center in
Zürich

Google opens new Research Center in
Zürich 01/28/2004 09:15 AM

Google Opens New Website to Register IPO
Bidders

Google Opens New Website to Register IPO
Bidders 07/31/2004 03:43 PM
Red Nova Jul 31 2004 7:38PM GMT

SEC opens new inquiry into issued Google
stock

SEC opens new inquiry into issued Google
stock 08/16/2004 07:39 PM
State regulators from California and other regions also request more information about the shares as IPO looms.

SEC Opens Inquiry into Google Stock
Issue

SEC Opens Inquiry into Google Stock
Issue 08/16/2004 08:04 PM
In another twist to its public stock offering, the Internet search company said federal regulators have opened an informal inquiry into its failure to register millions of shares.

Web site opens, the first stop for
prospective Google bidders

Web site opens, the first stop for
prospective Google bidders 07/31/2004 05:49 AM
Seattle Times Jul 31 2004 9:19AM GMT

OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to
Google

OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to
Google 10/30/2003 08:09 AM
Barbara Quint reports about how OCLC is allowing Google .. OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to Google .. p Information Todays webbplats .. Info Today .. InfoToday

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UPDATE 5-Google IPO auction opens amid
new questions

UPDATE 5-Google IPO auction opens amid
new questions 08/13/2004 04:00 PM
Reuters Aug 13 2004 8:07PM GMT

Google Opens I.P.O. Auction, and
Resolves Interview Issue

Google Opens I.P.O. Auction, and
Resolves Interview Issue 08/13/2004 06:14 PM
New York Times Aug 13 2004 10:39PM GMT

Google opens auction Friday ahead of IPO
next week

Google opens auction Friday ahead of IPO
next week 08/12/2004 10:28 PM
Turkish Press Aug 13 2004 2:44AM GMT

Update 1: Google Opens Site to Register
Bidders

Update 1: Google Opens Site to Register
Bidders 07/30/2004 09:06 PM
Forbes Jul 31 2004 1:52AM GMT

UPDATE 4-Google IPO auction opens amid
new questions

UPDATE 4-Google IPO auction opens amid
new questions 08/13/2004 12:21 PM
Reuters Aug 13 2004 5:12PM GMT

Update 2: SEC Opens Inquiry Into Google
Stock Issue

Update 2: SEC Opens Inquiry Into Google
Stock Issue 08/16/2004 07:38 PM
Forbes Aug 16 2004 11:13PM GMT
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WorldCat

WorldCat 11/14/2003 08:02 AM
WorldCat®
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/

WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records ( 52 million and counting ) built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.

WorldCat is the foundation of many OCLC services that let your library process, manage and share information resources and let your users search for and obtain them.

WorldCat Goes Bookmarklet!

WorldCat Goes Bookmarklet! 09/24/2004 09:17 AM

worldcat bookmarklet - get it

"Thanks to Steven Cohen and Michael Fagan and Andrea Mercado [and me, and Michael and Andrew whose emails with similar code I didn't get til this morning], the WorldCat Lucky Bookmark lives! While I agree with Sarah that we can't expect our patrons to grok the bookmarklet thing, as much as we might like them to, this one is [nominally] for staff. Go nuts team!

Lucky 'Cat [in same window]
Lu cky 'Cat [in new window] " [librarian.net]

And as always, Jon Udell provides more help:

"I could have switched LibraryLookup over to this technique, but never did because it only works with Amazon. I've always liked the idea that LibraryLookup can also work with isbn.nu and All Consuming and other book sites. (It'd be cool if they all emulated Amazon's metadata pattern, but they don't.) Still, in the context of this excellent new WorldCat hack, I thought the non-ISBN-dependent solution might be useful. So here it is:

Amazon/Google/WorldCat bookmarklet: A/G/W (drag to linkbar) "

Most excellent - nice work, everyone! Another ringing endorsement for open, web services-based back-ends for library catalogs.

More on the Open WorldCat Project

More on the Open WorldCat Project 10/28/2003 11:08 PM

Kate points us to the Open WorldCat site for more information about the project (mentio ned here last week).

"The goal is to help libraries provide faster, more convenient service to current and potential users through familiar Web channels, and to point more people—even those who don't typically visit libraries—to library collections for the material they want. The pilot promotes the value and relevance of libraries on a scale far greater than any library or group could achieve alone....

OCLC will carefully evaluate feedback from pilot participants and focus groups as well as click-through statistics and other metrics to understand the pilot's strengths and weaknesses. Ultimately, the results will be considered in the light of the question, 'Does this help libraries and their users?'...

The Open WorldCat pilot is available to libraries that have contributed cataloging records and/or ownership information to WorldCat."

Further reading includes buildin g on a success, how it works, frequently asked questions, and how to get involved. It looks like libra ries have to manually opt out of the service, but I would argue that libraries should wait and see how the project goes before pulling their plug.

Unfortunately, we found that a Google search for " "da vinci code" libraries" didn't produce any WorldCat records in the first four pages. I know that makes us bad librarians for not reading further, but we're simulating patron usage. ;-) We also tried to use the example OCLC shows in their explanation for how it works, and we didn't come up with anything there, either, and that's adding the word "libraries" to the search. I guess we'll have to keep testing this to see when and how the records do appear in searches. If you come across searches that produce WorldCat results in Google, please me know!

Amazon/Google/WorldCat

Amazon/Google/WorldCat 09/23/2004 05:24 PM
The switched-on librarians have been having a bit of a hackfest today. Jessamyn West and Andrea Mercado got to wondering how to make use of the integration between Google and OCLC WorldCat ("a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions.") They discovered that if you construct a Google query using site:worldcatlibraries.org plus an ISBN, you'll find WorldCat records for the book. For example, this query returns this link, which is the WorldCat record for Bruce Schneier's Secrets and Lies. If you follow that link and fill in a ZIP code (WorldCat will remember it for you), you'll see all the nearby libraries that have the book, and you can check its availability at each library. ...

ATS Engineer (Perl, Unix Systems
Engineer)

ATS Engineer (Perl, Unix Systems
Engineer) 06/04/2004 04:05 AM
Overture - United States, CA, Pasadena (2004-06-03)

Library Lookup for Open WorldCat
Project!

Library Lookup for Open WorldCat
Project! 01/16/2004 11:28 AM

Matthew Eberle of Library Techlog returns to the blogosphere with a heckuva post:

Da Vinci Code

"Hi y'all. Just saw in Library Journal that OCLC is making some 2,000 records available through Google. This is very cool and the kind of teamwork Gary Price for one has been urging for a while. I've stuck this project together with John Udell's Library Lookup bookmarklet to get something that moves toward a universal library lookup.

Here's the OCLC WorldCat record you can find through Google for the Da Vinci Code.

Here's the S emi-universal Library Lookup that should go from Amazon to a Google search for WorldCat records." [Library Techlog]

In the immortal words of Keanu, "Whoa!" And it works quite nicely, thank you very much!

Open WorldCat Update: Spotted in the
Wild

Open WorldCat Update: Spotted in the
Wild 12/03/2003 12:36 AM

First OCLC Open WorldCat Record Appears in Google

"About a month ago ago ResourceShelf offered a few comments along with a link to Barbara Quint's excellent article about OCLC's relationship with Google. Quint's article broke the news that OCLC was supplying Google with about 1 million WorldCat bibliographic records for inclusion into the Google database.

Today, the first OCLC Open WorldCat record appeared in the Google database. It's a link to the bibliographic record (the record itself is not yet online) for Walter Isaacson's biography of Benjamin Franklin. A major questions was where a bib record would appear on a Google list of results. For many web searchers, if it's not in the first ten results then it's as good as not being there in the first place. A sad but true comment. Here are a few sample searches for Ben Franklin (combined with other terms) to see where the records appears. I attempted to create search strings like that of an average searcher.

Links to Record URL
Links to Google Results page" [ResourceShelf]

The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X.

The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X. 09/03/2004 02:51 AM
Reports on results of a major survey of corporate and other business libraries. Gives extensive data on management policies and practices and details on spending trends for salaries, electronic and print materials, and library services. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004]

Wildfire: feature/115

Wildfire: feature/115 04/26/2004 10:57 PM
The second trip to Falluja and the courteous kidnappers .. are

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Bad News Spreads like Wildfire

Bad News Spreads like Wildfire 09/02/2004 11:12 PM

Here's a perfect illustration of the need to track what's being said about your organization online:

• Mustn't Text
  "I can understand a place like a restaurant asking mobile phone talkers to step outside, or a place like a gymnasium asking mobile camera users to please not get strange, but a library threatening to fine people if they use text messaging... that I don't quite understand...?" [JD on MX]
   
• Su rf City Libraries Gets Tough on Mobiles
  "The new regulation, which comes into force from 15 September, means that if a phone rings, or if anyone is caught talking or texting, then they will face a stern warning. After the first ticking-off, though, library vistors can expect to receive fines of $250, $500 and $1,000 for repeated offences." [The Register -- in the U.K.!!!]
   
• Use a Cell Phone in a Library, Pay $1,000
  "City leaders of Huntington Beach California adopted an ordinance, which takes effect September 15, that bans all cell phone use in libraries, including talking, text messaging and ringing tones of any kind, reports The Associated Press." [textually.org]

And those links are just for starters (just wait until it hits Slashdot!). I feel bad for the Library because this seems to be mandated by the City (was it requested?), but can you imagine what teenagers must think of them for this? How many young librarians do you think will read that story and still want to work there?

I'm the first person to be annoyed by people talking on cell phones and the ringers, but there are far better compromises than this. After all, the press from the first $1,000 fine is not going to go well, and either it will be dismissed (removing the bite from the bark) or the Library will come out smelling quite badly. It would be far smarter to have a designated area for cell phone use, and it's ridiculous to ban text messaging as long as alerts are silent.

Instead, the Library is becoming the butt of jokes online. Do you think they know what's going on their permanent record?

Wildfire rages near Los Angeles

Wildfire rages near Los Angeles 07/19/2004 05:03 PM
A big wildfire fanned by shifting winds forces hundreds of people in California to flee their homes.

Wildfire Prediction Heats Up

Wildfire Prediction Heats Up 08/07/2004 03:42 PM
Wired News Aug 7 2004 6:09PM GMT

Fighting Wildfire with Gasoline?

Fighting Wildfire with Gasoline? 05/26/2004 09:26 PM

According to a recent report from International Institute of Strategic Studies, thinktank,

Iraq has become the new magnet of Al-Qaeda's war against the United States ... The US-led war in Iraq has increased the risk to Western interests in Arab countries.

I didn't enjoy reading the editorial, but I found myself nodding my head.  Urgh.

Wildfire Forecast Goes From Bad to Worse
(AP)

Wildfire Forecast Goes From Bad to Worse
(AP) 05/23/2004 03:08 PM
AP - Months ago, national fire managers predicted the 2004 wildfire season would be a bad one in the West. Now, they're changing their forecast: It's going to be worse.

Bad Wildfire Season Feared in West (AP)

Bad Wildfire Season Feared in West (AP) 04/03/2005 01:29 PM
AP - It was a dry, warm winter across the Northwest, with experts in some areas saying they can't remember the last time the snowpack was this low. It was just the opposite in the Southwest, with record winter rainfall that flooded deserts and caused murderous landslides.

Arson Suspected in Washington Wildfire
(AP)

Arson Suspected in Washington Wildfire
(AP) 07/31/2004 07:17 PM
AP - A wildfire that destroyed two homes and threatened dozens of others appears to be the work of an arsonist who has set 10 other fires in central Washington in the last two months, authorities said Saturday.

Thousands Evacuated in Calif. Wildfire

Thousands Evacuated in Calif. Wildfire 05/04/2004 12:26 PM
CORONA, Calif. (AP) -- Thousands of people were evacuated early Tuesday as firefighters battled to save homes from a wildfire that grew rapidly during the night, a fire official said. A man was charged with setting the blaze.

Thousands evacuated in California
wildfire

Thousands evacuated in California
wildfire 05/04/2004 12:20 PM

California Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP)

California Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP) 06/06/2004 10:10 PM
AP - A wildfire in Southern California scorched more than 6,000 acres and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from a gated community nearby, authorities said Sunday.

California wildfire forces evacuations

California wildfire forces evacuations 07/19/2004 09:33 AM

Internet virus spreading like wildfire
(AFP)

Internet virus spreading like wildfire
(AFP) 01/27/2004 01:46 PM
AFP - A destructive new Internet virus was spreading rapidly through e-mail attachments and file-sharing services, with some experts saying it could match the impact of last year's SoBig worm.

Fossils reveal oldest wildfire

Fossils reveal oldest wildfire 04/27/2004 11:44 AM
Scientists have discovered evidence for the earliest known wildfire in Earth's history, the journal Geology reports.

Calif. Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP)

Calif. Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP) 06/06/2004 01:03 PM
AP - A wildfire in Southern California scorched more than 6,000 acres and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from a gated community nearby, authorities said Sunday.

Wildfire Forces Hundreds From Their
Homes (AP)

Wildfire Forces Hundreds From Their
Homes (AP) 07/19/2004 06:21 AM
AP - Dry conditions and strong winds hampered efforts to contain a wildfire in northern Los Angeles County that has forced thousands of people to flee their homes, one of several blazes authorities are battling in the state.

Alaska wildfire grows, forces
evacuations

Alaska wildfire grows, forces
evacuations 07/01/2004 06:56 PM

Wildfire Sweeps by Old Calif. Mining
Town (AP)

Wildfire Sweeps by Old Calif. Mining
Town (AP) 08/15/2004 11:21 AM
AP - A wind-fueled wildfire roared through an old mining town near Redding on Sunday, destroying 20 homes and forcing nearly 125 residents to flee, officials said. The blaze broke out Saturday afternoon and quickly grew to 2,500 acres, sweeping through the mountain community of French Gulch, about 20 miles east of Redding, said Linda Galvan, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Ariz. Wildfire Nears Mountain Community
(AP)

Ariz. Wildfire Nears Mountain Community
(AP) 07/06/2004 05:21 AM
AP - Even as firefighters using slurry bombers and bulldozers managed to beat back flames threatening a mountaintop observatory, the wildfire began licking at the edges of a mountain community.

Burning Cow Dung Starts Colorado
Wildfire (AP)

Burning Cow Dung Starts Colorado
Wildfire (AP) 03/19/2005 02:20 AM
AP - Authorities are investigating whether Forest Service workers can be charged with arson for a 900-acre wildfire that was ignited after gusty winds carried flaming cow dung outside a controlled burn site.

Calif. Wildfire Forces Evacuation of
1,000 People

Calif. Wildfire Forces Evacuation of
1,000 People 07/16/2004 10:10 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 17 2004 1:41AM GMT

MacWorld UK: Google opens up

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