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Vanishing Librarians

From Library Journal: Blatant Berry: The Vanishing Librarians

Our catalogers began to disappear with the takeover of that function by OCLC, the nonprofit that aspires to be a corporation in this brave new retail library world. The standardized result of the effort is bypassed by patron and librarian alike, as they turn to the more friendly [...]

Twitter at AADL

I’ve been on and off twitter quite a few times. It never really caught on with me. I commute between two different cities and most of my contacts are elsewhere in the world. The majority of the ones I meet up with aren’t on the site nor are technology inclined. I do see the usefulness [...]

Library Camps 2008

As previously posted there will be a Library Camp here at AADL on March 20, 2008. More information has been posted to libsuccess.org.

Library Camp doesn’t mean burned marshmallows, mosquito bites, or popsicle stick-based art projects. Library Camp is a series of informal Unconference gatherings to share ideas, technologies, and discussions.

The next Library Camp will be [...]

Victory Garden Drive

Photo by cwage

It’s probably a little too early here to even start some of the transplants but for those who like to garden, you might be interested in the Victory Garden Drive.

Pattie Baker, publisher of FoodShed Planet (www.foodshedplanet.com) announces the FoodShed Planet Victory Garden Drive, with a goal of inspiring the creation of two million [...]

Open Source with Commercial Parts

Almost everyone has probably read about Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo. I stopped using Yahoo products long ago, but started up again once they bought ones I used like Upcoming and Flickr.

Another Yahoo product I’ve looked into is Zimbra, a partially open-source collaboration suite which has taken off in recent years. It offers a replacement to [...]

Kindle and Libraries

A nice discussion about the Kindle and loaning in libraries over at Tinfoil+Raccoon. There’s some debate and confusion on what the TOC means:

When I asked for a definite answer, he verified that libraries who loaned the Kindle were violating the ToS.

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We have reviewed through our Terms and Conditions regarding this matter and the Amazon Kindle. [...]