Academic Librarians Meeting

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Programming languages and security top
academic discussions at Microsoft
Academic Days

Programming languages and security top
academic discussions at Microsoft
Academic Days 05/05/2004 01:24 AM
AME Info May 5 2004 5:36AM GMT

"Librarians For Terror"

"Librarians For Terror" 08/22/2004 03:41 PM

Ask Those Oklahoma Librarians

Ask Those Oklahoma Librarians 06/10/2004 11:36 AM
If you've been wondering how to get your Oklahoma questions answered, wonder no more. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries has a handy-dandy page where you can either e-mail your question...

Don't Mess With Librarians

Don't Mess With Librarians 09/15/2004 05:32 AM
The timid media won't do it, so 'radical' librarians are standing up against the government to protect free speech and fight censorship. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.

Librarians to the Rescue

Librarians to the Rescue 08/14/2004 10:50 PM
Slashdot Aug 15 2004 3:07AM GMT

Where librarians go to hack

Where librarians go to hack 05/03/2004 07:24 PM
Proving you can never be too pedantic (in a good way, mind you), I bring you hacker librarians:

There is a subculture of librarians that could make a significant impact on the profession. They are women and men, youthful and experienced alike, who all share one thing: a passion for solving problems by creating software. They are hacker librarians.

Hacker librarians are not afraid to configure and install software. They do not shrink from writing a program in whatever flavor of 'P' language they favor, from Perl to Python, with the hardiest even tackling Java and C++. Beyond enjoying the hunt for the right solution, they like to create solutions with colleagues and appreciate those who can provide knowledge about user needs and experiences.

Dewey Hacks, anyone?

Next Gen Librarians Affecting
Librarianship, Too

Next Gen Librarians Affecting
Librarianship, Too 06/16/2004 12:20 AM

next gen

"Rachel was nice enough to email me and let me know her piece about next gen males (including an embarrassing quote from me) was up on LJ's site. I got the email promptly at 8:00 when my Treo does its first of many email checks of the day. I found this quite appropriate." [walking paper]

The Men Among Us

"As Aaron Schmidt, 25, a reference librarian at Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Western Springs, IL, says, 'I first learned about the discipline of librarianship from a bad search on Google. The irony!' " [Library Journal]

Resources for School Librarians

Resources for School Librarians 03/26/2005 07:17 AM
Resources for School Librarians
http://www.sldire ctory.com/libsf/reslibs.html

An excellent resource of link compilations covering resources for school librarians in the following categories: 1) Learning and Teaching, 2) Information Access, 3) Program Administration, 4) Technology, 5) Education and employment, and 6) Continuing Education. This site is maintained by Linda Bertland, retired school librarian, Philadelphia, PA. . This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

We the [Order the Book Already]
Librarians

We the [Order the Book Already]
Librarians 08/19/2004 12:08 AM

We the Librarians? (Go Buy Dan Gillmor's Book!)

"I'm seeing tremendous blogbuzz about 'We the Media,' Dan Gillmor's new book about the impact of blogging on journalism and news reporting. But I haven't seen any citations for this book (even a notation of 'purchased') in any of a half-dozen major library catalogs I checked." [Free Range Librarian]

I couldn't believe this when I read it, so I checked the SWAN catalog to see if any of my libraries have it, and THEY DON'T! Un-freaking-believable.

I'll note a disclaimer that Dan was kind enough to send me a copy of the book and I've only had a brief chance to skim a few pages, but even without this copy I would feel completely confident calling this an important book about 21st Century media. I know Aaron will order it when he's back in the office, but you other MLS libraries get your ordering-butts in gear. I hope to talk Tony into linking to the free versions on the web, much like we did for Larry Lessig's book, "Free Culture."

And on a side note, congratulations to the SWAN staff for a fairly smooth implementation of the new interface. Finally - FINALLY! - I can search our catalog from one screen, rather than having to choose to search (step one), choosing the type of search (step two), and entering a query into the box (step three). It's a very big improvement, plus they've added jacket covers and book reviews. The whole thing is just easier to read and use!

The Perfect Podcast for Librarians

The Perfect Podcast for Librarians 06/17/2005 07:16 PM

(other than Greg’s podcasts, of course!) - it’s Who said? A Literature Game!

“What it is: an audio literature trivia game, delivered as a podcast, if you want it that way.

Every other day or so, I'll make an audio recording from a novel. It will be short passage, always something a character says. Your task will be to guess the character, book and author.

Two ways to play: on the web site, and as a podcast. We are experimenting with the process a little.

1. All on the web site:  Go here, listen to the clip, then submit your guess using this form.
2. As a podcast:  If you are set up to receive podcasts you can listen via the RSS feed, then submit your answers via the guessing form.

I'll post hints on the discussion forums.”

I’m also very much enjoying the Make podcasts, along with Greg’s, of course. Sadly, no MLS libraries have subscribed to Make: Technology on Your Time, which makes me think they just don’t know about it. If your library “just doesn’t know about it,” check it out, because it’s a pretty unique title and I’ll bet you’ve got an audience for it. I follow along at home via the blog, podcasts , del.icio.us links, and Flickr pool.

Asian Resources for Librarians

Asian Resources for Librarians 12/16/2003 06:45 AM
Aardvark - Asian Resources for Librarians, has thousands of links to Asian university libraries and over 450 links to Asian databases on the Web (most of them free), conference listings, and much much more. You can get to it at...

Government documents and the librarians
who love them

Government documents and the librarians
who love them 11/17/2003 05:46 AM
Amazing gallery of photos of government document librarians posing with their fovorite govdocs. I used to work at a Business and Urban Affairs collection at one of Toronto's bigger libraries -- it's amazing what governments publish.

1. The Adventure of Echo the Bat / Kimberly Kowal
2. Air House, A History by Perry D.Jamieson / Paula Fox
3. This is Ann [anopheles mosquito]...she drinks blood! (1943) / Anna Hobbs
4. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 1913-1914 / Randy Smolnikar
5. Assorted Publications / Future Farmers of America

Link (via Making Light)

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). :-)

Patriot Act Riles an Unlikely Group:
Nation's Librarians 10/29

Patriot Act Riles an Unlikely Group:
Nation's Librarians 10/29 11/03/2003 05:28 AM

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Librarians fuming over Intel magazine
bounty

Librarians fuming over Intel magazine
bounty 04/14/2005 09:46 PM
CNET News.com Apr 15 2005 1:11AM GMT

Revolting Librarians Redux: Guardians of
culture rant out

Revolting Librarians Redux: Guardians of
culture rant out 03/15/2003 11:03 AM
Next fall will see the publication of a followup to the classic "Revolting Librarians," a collection of radical librarian ranting.

...cover topics that range from library education and librarianship as a profession to the more political and spiritual aspects of librarianship. The contributions include critiques of library and information science programs, firsthand accounts of work experiences, and original fiction, poetry and art. Ten of the original librarians who wrote essays for Revolting Librarians back in 1972 reflect upon what they wrote thirty years ago and the turns that their lives and careers have taken since.

Link Discuss (via Memepool)

Librarians turning to search engines to
present the deeper Web

Librarians turning to search engines to
present the deeper Web 06/22/2004 12:14 PM

Librarians are increasingly looking to work with search engines to present more content. Universities, such as Carnegie-Mellon , and organizations like the Online Computer Library Center ( OCLC ) are collaborating with Google and others to make their specialized, traditionally undersearched materials more available to the browsing public.

"Although it seems like an apocalyptic change now, over time we'll see that young people will grow up using many ways of finding information," said Abby Smith, director of programs at the Council on Library and Information Resources, a nonprofit group in Washington.

"We'll see the current generation we accuse of doing research in their pajamas develop highly sophisticated searching strategies to find high quality information on the Web," Dr. Smith said. "It's this transition period we're in, when not all high-quality information is available on the Web - that's what we lament."

Librarians launch copyright campaign in
American schools

Librarians launch copyright campaign in
American schools 08/15/2004 11:18 AM

The American Library Association ( ALA ) is preparing an educational campaign on copyright aimed at American high schools for this upcoming academic year. The ALA will emphasize fair use of copyrighted materials.

Google and Internet Archive collaborate
with librarians to digitize books

Google and Internet Archive collaborate
with librarians to digitize books 12/17/2004 06:30 PM

Search giant Google has launched yet another initiative, a project to digitize old books in collaboration with a group of leading libraries ( Harvard University , the New York Public Library , Oxford University , Stanford University , and the University of Michigan ).

The intent of this collaboration appears to be :

to expand the Web beyond its current valuable, if eclectic, body of material and create a digital card catalog and searchable library for the world's books, scholarly papers and special collections.

Copyrighted materials will be available only in small selections.

Also in development, but unrelated to the Google effort, the Internet Achive has launched the Million Book Project , which will digitize that many books from libraries around the world. The Archive is also beginning an open access archive . Following its open-access tradition, the Archive has arranged with libraries to make entire books accessible to the world.

Librarians, Computer Hobbyists Show The
Harm The Broadcast Flag Will Cause

Librarians, Computer Hobbyists Show The
Harm The Broadcast Flag Will Cause 03/30/2005 11:09 PM
While judges seemed sympat hetic to the legal questions raised concerning the FCC's right to mandate a "broadcast flag," the one big stumbling block was that the judges were not convinced that the groups who were suing (librarians, academics, computer hobbyists) had any standing in the case. That is, it was not clear that there was direct harm as a result of the flag. These groups went back to the drawing table and worked up a brief outlining the potential harm the broadcast flag would do. If the judges find the brief compelling, then they may tell the FCC it has no right to impose a broadcast flag on technologies. This would be a big win in allowing firms to innov ate without first having to ask for permission from the entertainment industry.

Digital prohibition: libraries deemed
illegal, librarians arrested

Digital prohibition: libraries deemed
illegal, librarians arrested 01/09/2004 09:43 PM
Aaron Swartz: "Libraries and video stores (neither of which pay per rental) hurt sales too. Is it unethical to use...

Academic and Career

Academic and Career 06/24/2004 01:00 PM
Sherlock Holmes: Visitor to a Small Planet .. compelling case .. the vulcan

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An Academic Look at Blogs

An Academic Look at Blogs 07/01/2004 02:04 PM

"Into the Blogsphere" is an academic exploration of the "rhetoric, community, and culture of weblogs." Some of this is pretty dry for average folks, but it's worth some time if you care about the subject.

"the Justice [sic] Department is
attempting, unofficially, to have
information on the laws surrounding
asset forfeiture removed from libraries,
but the librarians are trying to fight
them off"

"the Justice [sic] Department is
attempting, unofficially, to have
information on the laws surrounding
asset forfeiture removed from libraries,
but the librarians are trying to fight
them off" 08/03/2004 09:59 PM

U vant Video meeting? Chav I got video
meeting for U!

U vant Video meeting? Chav I got video
meeting for U! 08/17/2004 03:24 PM

Marc Eisenstadt shows off his new baby....

If FlashMeeting 2 isn't the bee's knees, then I don't know what is. The replay capability, shown on the right, is actually described separately on the CNM Memo page, but is part of the same technology family.



Other super-cool features, not yet widely available, include the ability for me to 'quick-book' just-in-time meetings directly via a chatbot, handily available on my Jabber buddy list... neato! One-line command (indeed one-word command) does the trick, and then I've got a URL I can broadcast to my buddies to join the meeting with one click: no downloads, no installation, no setup, and way simpler than Breeze-y stuff, though based on the same underlying technology.



Congrats to Jon Linney and Kevin Quick on Peter Scott's awesome team!





[My Dog]

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint 04/13/2005 01:55 AM
With the Microsoft® Office Live Meeting Add-In for PowerPoint, you can create Live Meeting presentations directly in the Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation graphics program.

Academic RSS Feed List Example

Academic RSS Feed List Example 04/04/2005 06:51 AM
Academic RSS Feed List Example
http://ciso.uprm.ed u/~feed/frames/feeds.php

A very nice example of an academic RSS feed list. RSS feeds are a happening event and allow the utilization of many excellent feeds to used in one's news aggregator .... neat information.....

More academic applications seen for
Bluetooth

More academic applications seen for
Bluetooth 05/29/2004 01:58 PM
Philippine Daily Inquirer May 29 2004 5:12PM GMT

IBM sets academic initiative

IBM sets academic initiative 07/20/2004 02:50 PM
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS -- IBM at the Rational Software Developer User Conference on Tuesday here detailed an initiative to collaborate with educators to teach students open standards skills to enable them to keep pace with changes in IT.

RFID technology becomes academic

RFID technology becomes academic 04/02/2005 02:45 AM
InternetRetailer.com Apr 2 2005 7:34AM GMT

Accuracy of Internet academic

Accuracy of Internet academic 02/14/2004 08:04 PM
Resources such as the Google Zeitgeist -- a yearly compilation of search trends -- should be used as an index, not an encyclopedia, he says. ...

David Horowitz on Academic Freedom

David Horowitz on Academic Freedom 03/14/2005 04:33 PM
This is David Horowitz. Once a member of a militant far-left offshoot, he has since found the light (and…

Microsoft Woos Academic World

Microsoft Woos Academic World 02/20/2003 11:48 AM
Microsoft moves to expand presence in academic sphere -- and give students experience with its development environment -- with grants and announcement of new Visual Studio .NET Academic Edition.

Indian IT firm seeks help from MIT
academic

Indian IT firm seeks help from MIT
academic 04/15/2004 06:32 AM
CNET Asia Apr 15 2004 10:49AM GMT

Linux in Academic Labs Revisited

Linux in Academic Labs Revisited 01/16/2004 10:59 AM
Using an X-based client server model to maintain network consistency.

Reputation systems academic paper

Reputation systems academic paper 07/19/2004 11:47 AM
The current issue of First Monday has a thorough academic article on reputation systems.

The sharing of observations and opinions builds up a picture in each person’s mind of the reputation’s subject, which we might call the "Invisible Eye" — the distributed formation of reputations, and consequent increased ability to distinguish better from worse. To the degree that you have access to and trust the experience of others, it is almost as if you yourself had been there watching that previous situation, thus increasing your base of experience from which to judge future reliability — and increasing pressure on the subject in question to behave responsibly. The analogy to Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand is not accidental; just as selfish local actions with market incentives can lead to collectively efficient behavior, locally maximizing actions with reputation incentives have the potential for similar guided emergent behavior that exceeds what might have been designed by a conscious planner.

The ultimate aim is to increase the level of collective wisdom through sharing our separate experience and expertise. This will enable a "division of experience" — instead of each of us personally suffering through scams, cheats, and mediocrity, we will be able to leverage each other’s experiences. Collectively, aided by astutely networked reputation systems, we stand the best chance of overcoming our dark side and bringing out the best in us.

Lin k (Thanks, Alex!)

Women not taking ICT courses: Academic

Women not taking ICT courses: Academic 04/06/2005 09:55 AM
ZDNet Australia Apr 6 2005 1:55PM GMT

IBM wins academic oil research deal

IBM wins academic oil research deal 03/21/2003 01:35 PM
The University of Texas has purchased about 4 tons worth of IBM supercomputer for a project to model how oil and gas flow beneath the surface of the Earth, Big Blue says.

DiVA - Academic Archives Online

DiVA - Academic Archives Online 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
DiVA - Academic Archives Online
http://www.diva-po rtal.se/index.xsql?lang=en

In DiVA you can find theses, dissertations and other publications in full-text from the universities of Stockholm, Södertörn, Umeå, Uppsala and Örebro. The publications are stored in pdf which requires Acrobat Reader to open and print them. DiVA has been developed by the Electronic Publishing Centre at Uppsala university library.

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IM Should Be One of Top Strategic
Technologies for Public Libraries for
2005

IM Should Be One of Top Strategic
Technologies for Public Libraries for
2005 04/28/2004 12:19 AM
IM One of Top Strategic Technologies for 2005

"IM is among the top strategic technologies for 2005 selected by Gartn er.

Given the popularity of instant messaging, enterprises who want to keep employees happy and more productive will need to set policies for the use of instant messaging. In the future IM will be more integrated into applications, rather than an island of online dialog that vapourises when the window is closed. (via Dan Farber ZDNet Australia)" [Smart Mobs]

Banished Words List :: 2005

Banished Words List :: 2005 01/01/2005 04:29 AM
New Year's Tradition: Banishing Words .. LSSU's Banished Words List for 2005 .. Banned phrases in 2005

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Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
(JCDL), 2005

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
(JCDL), 2005 03/24/2005 05:27 AM
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), 2005
http://www.jcdl2005.org/

The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. The theme of JCDL 2005 highlights the powerful role of digital libraries as cyberinfrastructure. This cyberinfrastructure has the potential to engender the creation of new tools, research methodologies, and processes that will enable scientists and learners to investigate the natural world, the social world, and the human-built environment in new and previously unimaginable ways. As global interests in computation, information management, networking, and intelligent sensing converge, the conduct of research and education will be transformed. They welcome researchers and practitioners with broad and diverse interests including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of disciplines and professions involved in digital library research and practice, including computer science, information science, librarianship, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. All domains - academe, government, industry, and others - are encouraged to participate as presenters or attendees. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

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]

"Imagine living in a world without
words. Then imagine getting pregnant,
perhaps as a result of rape, giving
birth alone, being arrested - and not
having the words to explain, or to
understand what is happening."

"Imagine living in a world without
words. Then imagine getting pregnant,
perhaps as a result of rape, giving
birth alone, being arrested - and not
having the words to explain, or to
understand what is happening." 04/13/2004 03:29 AM

Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries

Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries 03/19/2005 02:40 AM
I had several iPhoto libraries burned to CD backups from iPhoto 3 or 4 that I wanted to merge with my nearly complete iPhoto 5 library. However, because I burned the libraries directly to CD from the Finder or Toast, and not ...

Cellphone viruses? The risk is academic,
for now anyway

Cellphone viruses? The risk is academic,
for now anyway 12/27/2004 04:34 AM
Boston Globe Dec 27 2004 8:24AM GMT

Doctors 'shun academic careers'

Doctors 'shun academic careers' 08/27/2004 07:43 PM
Medical students could soon find themselves without medically-trained teachers, a report suggests.

Selling Academic Edition Software

Selling Academic Edition Software 07/15/2004 07:01 PM

I'm trying to find a good deal on Dreamweaver MX 2004, since I don't want to drop $400 on it (I'm cheap). I head over to eBay to see what I can find, and see lots of dealls for $200 - $300.

However, every single one of these deals is for the academic version of the product — the one where students and educators can use it at a reduced price. I emailed one of the guys to ask how he knew I was a student. His response:

I don't know and I don't care. That's between you and Macromedia.

Nice. This must be a huge problem for software companies, because there's a lively business going on selling academic versions as the "real" thing. Since there's nothing but the honor system standing between a buyer and some cheap software, I'm sure a lot of people suddenly become "students" for the 15 minutes it takes to make the purchase.

Being the stand-up guy I am, I passed. Anyone know where I can get it cheaper than $400?

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Majority 'favour academic selection'

Majority 'favour academic selection' 01/26/2004 04:49 AM
A BBC Newsline survey indicates that most people want to keep selection for grammar schools in NI.

The Academic Freedom Bill of Rights

The Academic Freedom Bill of Rights 03/24/2005 04:59 PM
The Academic Freedom Bill of Rights is slowly making its way through the Florida Senate. This bill would give students the right to sue professors if they feel their beliefs are not being respected during a class.

Dell to support academic grid

Dell to support academic grid 06/09/2004 12:41 PM
Silicon Republic Jun 9 2004 3:42PM GMT

Infotech: More academic applications
seen for Bluetooth

Infotech: More academic applications
seen for Bluetooth 05/29/2004 12:29 PM
Philippine Daily Inquirer May 29 2004 4:11PM GMT

The Academic Web Link Database Project

The Academic Web Link Database Project 05/12/2004 07:09 AM
The Academic Web Link Database Project
http://cybermetrics.wlv .ac.uk/database/

The Academic Web Link Database Project makes available databases of academic web links to the world research community. This project was created in response to the need for research into web links: including web link mining, and the creation of link metrics. It is aimed at providing the raw data and software for researchers to analyse link structures without having to rely upon commercial search engines, and without having to run their own web crawler. You may use all of the resources on this site for non-commercial reasons provided that you notify them if you have an academic paper or book published that uses the data in any way (so that they know the site is getting good use). This will be added to Academic Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide and Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Academic Librarians Meeting

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