libraries

Microsoft to wind down book digitization drive

http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/05/23/book-search-winding-down.aspx In a major move for the book digitization field, Microsoft has begun to cut back its scanning operations. ...

FBI withdraws Internet Archive gag order

http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/06 The American FBI withdrew a gag order attached to the Internet Archive. The federal agency had issues a National Security Letter (NSL) for reasons as yet...

Using Trailfire for collaboration: Scott Leslie and Nancy White

http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/04/09/scott-leslie-on-trailfire/ A good explanation of how to use Firefox plugin Trailfire to share and manage information comes from Scott Leslie, in a podcast...

Campus digital ceramics collection

http://accessceramics.org/ One liberal arts campus is using a Web 2.0 service to share a new digital collection. Access Ceramics is created and curated by the Lewis and Clark College library, and...

Internet Archive now scanning 1000 books per day

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8152 The Open Content Alliance book-scanning project just hit another milestone. The Internet Archive, founding ACA member, now scans one thousand books per...

Book lovers! Check this out!!

Art Attack ThursdayAfter visiting a library in Prague that simply took their breath away, Curious Expeditions compiled a picture show that will leave you gasping! In their words:Shocked into a...

Visualizing science through ISI

http://users.fmg.uva.nl/lleydesdorff/map06/index.htm An interesting visualization maps out the world of science by using ISI citations. (via The Nets We Weave)

Crowdsourcing and participatory databases

http://www.nfais.org/2008_ANCO_Tuesday.htm Notes on a "Read/Write Web Opportunity" presentation, at the NFAIS conference. Speaker is Aaron Schmidt, Director, North Plains Public Library. Schmidt...

Academic museum project open for downloading: Omeka

http://omeka.org/ Omeka, an open source museum content tool developed by George Mason University's Center for History and New Media, is now available for downloading. Omeka's intention: to satisfy...

David Weinberger presentation, NFAIS

http://www.nfais.org/2008_Tier_Program.htm Notes on David Weinberger's keynote address to the NFAIS conference, titled "Beyond Authority." The content draws greatly on Weinberg's 2007 book,...