Informed Librarian

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Informed Comment

Informed Comment 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
Juan Cole: It Was No One-Person, One Vote Election, But Something More Like A Referendum -- On Anonymous Candidates 1/31 .. free and fair election .. The Iraqi Election .. vents

juancole.com/2005/01/mixed-story-im-just-appalled-by.html
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Informed speculation - I like it!

Informed speculation - I like it! 06/17/2005 03:22 PM
There's been a lot of semi-hysterical ranting in the Mac blogosphere regarding the PowerPC to Intel transition, along with a fair amount of moderately stupid speculation as to what Intel processors Apple will actually use. To some of these Mac...

Informed answer why Gmail has not been
released to everyone

Informed answer why Gmail has not been
released to everyone 09/15/2004 05:32 AM

Gosh I wish I could claim the scoop but it seems Robert Scoble found out the answer when he asked the Gmail Project Manager why the project has not been rolled out to everyone. Seems they do not have enough servers and only as they add servers do they allow existing users to hand-out more invites.

"First session I attended? I met Chris Uhlik of Google. He's the program manager of Gmail and the Google Toolbar and a few other things. He gave a talk at 11 p.m. to well after midnight. I asked him why they only give out a few Gmail accounts at a time. Remember, I thought it was sheer marketing genius. Turns out it wasn't. Turns out they don't have enough server capacity to deal with everyone who wants an account. So, when they buy a new server and get it installed they hand out another round of invites. Heh, their server salesperson must cheer everytime he or she sees more invites being advertised on weblogs." [Scobleiz er]

Juan Cole * Informed Comment *

Juan Cole * Informed Comment * 12/23/2003 07:18 AM
a natural corollary of the “get-the-troops-out-now” argument .. Informed Comment (Juan Cole) .. weblog .. cole

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Panelists: A Secure Network Needs
Informed Workers

Panelists: A Secure Network Needs
Informed Workers 12/19/2004 03:37 PM

Juicy Studio - Keeping Developers
Informed

Juicy Studio - Keeping Developers
Informed 02/01/2005 09:21 PM
Juicy Studio - Keeping Developers Informed
http://juicystudio.com/

Juicy Studio is an independent UK site, run by Gez Lemon. It's an unfortunate surname, but explains why the site is Juicy. The mission of the site is to promote best practice for web developers, and programmers in a fast moving industry. Whether you're a novice or a professional, there's something for you. An ever-increasing range of tutorials, from Programming and Web Development, to general IT related issues. A Glossary of Terms, explaining the abbreviations and acronyms used throughout the tutorials. When you're on the move, visit the Juicy Studio WAP site to keep up with the latest tutorials, and search the Glossary of Terms database. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

High-tech system keeps Indy
weather-informed

High-tech system keeps Indy
weather-informed 05/28/2004 01:56 AM
USA Today May 28 2004 5:48AM GMT

So why is Mr. Kerry being defeatist by
agreeing with (the presumably
well--informed) Mr. Rumsfeld? Bush
campaign policy

So why is Mr. Kerry being defeatist by
agreeing with (the presumably
well--informed) Mr. Rumsfeld? Bush
campaign policy 09/24/2004 05:37 PM
this Washington Post “analysis” piece .. about accusing opposition of treason .. Dana Milbank

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HealthMark Multimedia Announces Grant
from NIH to Develop Onlined Informed
Consent for Clinical Trials

HealthMark Multimedia Announces Grant
from NIH to Develop Onlined Informed
Consent for Clinical Trials 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
HealthMark Multimedia, LLC, has been awarded a National Cancer Institute Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to produce an online product to facilitate clinical trial investigators in the development of informed consent documents and a media-enhanced information and educational support toward greater informed consent for potential clinical trial subjects. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]

librarian.net at the DNC

librarian.net at the DNC 07/27/2004 04:08 PM
librarian.net/dnc

librarian.net/dnc
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librarian.net

librarian.net 04/18/2004 02:55 PM
Librarian.net has been linking to classification s .. librarian.net gives the blog a link with exclam! .. I Was Mentioned on Librarian.net .. self-sufficient .. Jessamyn West .. librarian .. Jessamyn .. job

librarian.net
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"Librarian.net"

"Librarian.net" 07/29/2004 01:02 AM

Blogging Librarian I

Blogging Librarian I 12/19/2004 03:36 PM

Are you Chief Blogging Officer Material?

"Government is already rife with chiefs, why not one more? HighBeam Research, Inc. has set the pace by announcing today the appointment of Christopher Locke as Chief Blogging Officer (CBO). Looks like the role of CBO is a pace setter who creates a buzz about the company products and enlists others to blog the cause. Ironically, the announcement came in the form of a (oh, so 20th century) press release." [RSS in Government]

Yes! More ammo for my theme that libraries need to treat blogs like newsletters and devote the same types of resources (time, training, graphic design, staff, etc.) to them. Blogs humanize, and library web sites desperately need some humanizing. I really do have to find my notes and write up last month's conference talk.

Librarian Tees: Welcome

Librarian Tees: Welcome 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
site with librarian-related t-shirts .. These

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"Librarian Tees"

"Librarian Tees" 10/29/2003 03:28 AM

Robot librarian

Robot librarian 07/21/2004 11:20 AM
Researchers at Universitat Jaume I in Spain are designing a robot librarian of sorts. The three-wheeled bot listens for verbal book requests, heads to the approximate location of the title on a shelf, and uses digital cameras to read the spines. The toughest challenge is engineering a grasper with "fingernails" to pull out the book, Professor Angel del Pobil told the BBC:

"It is mimicking the way we manipulate our hands. We have constant feedback from tactile sensors, so it is moving very slowly. In the first experiments, the books really got damaged because it was pressing too hard. Now it touches gently."

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JavaScript-Librarian-0.01

JavaScript-Librarian-0.01 04/03/2005 05:38 AM

Text to Librarian

Text to Librarian 04/25/2004 10:11 PM

Startup Offers Text Message Q&A Service

"Colly Myers, founding CEO of Symbian, has launched a new startup in the UK, called issuebits.com, offering a search engine-style service to answer any question by text message, reports ElectricNews.net< /A>.

UK mobile users can try it out by texting their question to short code 63336. and "within (6) minutes they will get a text answer".

issuebits.com says it has patented Natural Language Processing algorithms as well as real human researchers. The service goes live on Orange and Vodafone networks in the UK on Thursday with the others to follow." [textually.org]

Coming to a future near you: answering reference questions and searching the library's catalog via text messaging.

Robotic Librarian

Robotic Librarian 02/17/2004 10:26 PM
The new Librarian at the Valparaiso University in Valparaiso Indiana will be a Robotic Librarian. The books will put in specially designed metal bins and the students can select any of the obscure books from the internet that they want then the robotic crane device goes fetches selections and drop them to an accessible location for the students to pick up at their convenience. The school hopes to eventually have about 600,000 books in their system for check out. (Other colleges also have installed simlar devices.) The high tech library building will cost about $33 million. I don't think they have such a cool robotic librarian at my old alma matter. :-/

The Shifted Librarian

The Shifted Librarian 12/19/2003 06:19 PM

Best search engine? A librarian

Best search engine? A librarian 04/12/2004 07:29 AM
Best search engine? A librarian (via Chicago Sun-Times) .. More

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Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as source

Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as source 08/29/2004 02:09 AM
entire column bashing Wikipedia .. yesterday's Post-Standard .. writes about

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Gumshoe Librarian: "Where in the World
Is..."

Gumshoe Librarian: "Where in the World
Is..." 08/03/2004 05:35 AM

A Bibliography of Recommended Websites for Global Research Issues

Gumshoe Librarian: "Where in the World Is..."
http://www.llrx.com/fe atures/gumshoe.htm

A Bibliography of Recommended Websites for Global Research Issues By Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici

Abstract from Authors:
This bibliography includes links to 73 websites that Barbara and Sabrina presented during their July 13 program at the 2004 AALL Annual Conference in Boston. These sites represent a broad but selective range of resources on topics that include business and corporate data, global news, search engines, guides to international and comparative law, country profiles and statistics, locating people, businesses, places and useful services around the world, banking resources, and data on terrorism and security issues. For the most part, the sites we chose are free, although several may have a fee-based component and/or require registration to obtain access to the full complement of data available.

This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracerâ„¢ Information Blog. This will be added to International Trade Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

"Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as
source"

"Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as
source" 08/31/2004 02:14 AM

Confessions of a Science Librarian

Confessions of a Science Librarian 07/25/2004 05:51 AM
Confessions of a Science Librarian
http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/
This weblog (by John Dupuis) features links and pointers to information of interest to academic science librarians.

New School Librarian Is a Robot (AP)

New School Librarian Is a Robot (AP) 02/17/2004 08:04 AM
AP - There will soon be a new librarian at work at Valparaiso University. This librarian won't get any days off because it's a robot.

MyMusic Personal Librarian 2.5

MyMusic Personal Librarian 2.5 04/13/2004 05:10 PM
A powerful database program designed to help you create & maintain an inventory of your music collection.

Marian The Robot Librarian

Marian The Robot Librarian 07/24/2004 11:16 AM

Blogging Internet Librarian

Blogging Internet Librarian 11/04/2003 07:10 PM

This is the first librarian conference I've been to that is this meta! Liz Lawley is blogging, Steven M. Cohen is blogging, and Aaron is photoblogging. Kind of all at the same time. Greg Notess is on stage showing how to find the various IL blog posts using Daypop, Feedster, etc. He's making his point nicely.... ;-)

BTW, here's shifted - Aaron is instant messaging me via his cell phone... while he's sitting next to me photoblogging!

Soon, robots to turn your friendly
librarian!

Soon, robots to turn your friendly
librarian! 07/23/2004 12:58 PM
123Bharath.com Jul 23 2004 5:10PM GMT

librarian.net : avoiding the PATRIOT Act
since 2001

librarian.net : avoiding the PATRIOT Act
since 2001 09/18/2004 10:51 PM
signs to display in your local library .. avoiding the PATRIOT Act since 2001 .. Well I don't feel secure .. FBI might be monitoring .. Or can you? .. ways around

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When a Search Engine Isn't Enough, Call
a Librarian?

When a Search Engine Isn't Enough, Call
a Librarian? 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
"What's the name of the party that Ross Perot established?" a user wanted to know.Ms. Tuckerman checked the Internet for a biography of Mr. Perot. Then she quickly switched to an electronic database of biographies to which the library subscribes. But even after scrolling through several screens of text, she was unable to come up with a satisfactory answer. ?

French librarian fears US domination on
the Internet

French librarian fears US domination on
the Internet 04/11/2005 11:37 PM
Taipei Times Online Apr 12 2005 4:15AM GMT

Librarian Sues Harvard Over 'Pretty'
Bias (AP)

Librarian Sues Harvard Over 'Pretty'
Bias (AP) 03/22/2005 04:51 PM
AP - A Harvard University librarian claims in a lawsuit that she has been rejected repeatedly for promotion because she is black and is perceived as just a "pretty girl" whose attire was too "sexy."

Selected Presentations from Internet
Librarian Conference

Selected Presentations from Internet
Librarian Conference 11/19/2003 12:59 PM
BeSpacific Nov 19 2003 12:06PM ET

New Track for Public Librarians at
Internet Librarian!

New Track for Public Librarians at
Internet Librarian! 02/01/2005 10:09 PM

Michael Stephens is organizi ng a track just for public librarians at October's Internet Librarian conference. This is most welcome news because PLA books sessions at its conferences too far in advance to address "current" trends, while most public librarians I know feel LITA is beyond them. I think we can fill a real niche here, especially since Michael plans to focus on practical advice and tips, not theory. Even better, he's aiming the sessions at small- to medium-sized libraries, those that need this the most.

He's already got a few ideas that he wants to implement, but he's also asking for comments, suggestions, offers, and discussion from all public librarians. Got a topic that intrigues you? Heard about a "top tech trend" but you're not sure how to actually implement it? Have some ideas of your own? Share them all over on Michael's post. This is your chance to help build a track that addresses YOUR needs. Help us prove that if you build it [the public librarian track], they will come!

Then make sure you register for Internet Librarian (October 24-26, 2005). :-)

Shifted Librarian unpacks free CDs from
the RIAA

Shifted Librarian unpacks free CDs from
the RIAA 08/23/2004 06:36 AM
Cory Doctorow: As a requirement of its price-fixing settlement with the Feds, the RIAA is obliged to give thousands of CDs to public libraries. However, as has been noted, the CDs they're sending around are worse than shit: hundreds of copies of the years-old Whitney Houston single of the Star Spangled Banner, that species of kidney.

Jenny Levine (AKA the Shifted Librarian) works at a library where the RIAA care packages have started to come in. She reports on the contents thereof:

Several of the boxes are literally cut on the side, and the cut goes into the jewel cases themselves. Hence my declaration that we received a ton of "cut-outs." Some of the boxes even have dates of 2001 and 2002 posted on the labels, which I hope doesn't mean the date they were boxed up and put into storage. There is no way these boxes were packed by mistake as the result of a computer glitch. Some of the labels very clearly say 30 copies of this or that title, and I highly doubt the labels were supposed to cut the boxes after boxing and labeling them.

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Librarian of Congress Posts DMCA
Exemptions

Librarian of Congress Posts DMCA
Exemptions 10/28/2003 11:06 PM

Librarian of Congress grants DMCA
copyright exemptions

Librarian of Congress grants DMCA
copyright exemptions 11/05/2003 01:25 PM

The Librarian of Congress granted several exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act ( DMCA , 1998). The ruling covers :

(1.) decoding lists of Web pages or directories blocked by Internet filtering software, also known as censorware; (2.) circumventing obsolete digital rights management devices called "dongles" that prevent access due to malfunction or damage; (3.) accessing computer programs and video games distributed in obsolete formats; and (4.) accessing ebooks for which the publisher has disabled the read-aloud function or the ability to use screen readers to render the text into a specialized format, such as Braille for access by the blind.

The DMCA provides for the Librarian to review implementations every three years. Seth Finkelstein led the lobbying for this set. The majority of requests for exemptions, however, did not succeed, and the Act remains controversial .

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