Privatizing Chat Reference?
Indiana University is partnering with the search engine ChaCha. “The experts will initially be comprised of the university’s librarians and IT staff, working just for the university’s ChaCha search....
View ArticleRocketboom on Social Networking and Open Social
Rocketboom (one of my favorite internet news vlogs) covered social networking sites and Open Social today. Best of all, they pointed out the ways in which Open Social will change Google’s standing in...
View ArticleFacebook Page & MySpace account
MPOW now has a Facebook Page and a MySpace account! After having created the accounts, I have promptly handed them over to one of our younger staff members who loves technology and knows the local...
View ArticleDid you know?
I don’t normally re-post stuff that I’ve discovered on other lib-blogs, just to keep from increasing the information clutter out there, but I saw this via TameTheWeb, and everyone should watch it....
View ArticleA social conversation with WorldCat.org
Yesterday I had a quite interesting conversation with Laura Endress of OCLC about their efforts to enhance WorldCat.org with social tools. As it is right now, they allow the creation of lists &...
View ArticleMy 2.0 Advice to Vendors
A nice email from Michael got me started into thinking about what advice I’d give the large library vendors when they start trying to “2.0″-ize their tools (websites, databases, etc.). Please feel free...
View ArticleWhen “2.0″ turns up in unexpected places…
Sex 2.0 will focus on the intersection of social media, feminism, and sexuality. Atlanta, GA. April 12, 2008.
View ArticleCan you teach tagging?
This is from a Facebook App called Puzzlebee. You can share your photos with friends as puzzles. You can also tag puzzles, but first you have to pass a tagging test. Bad tag! Bad tag! No no no! I...
View ArticleThe Desk & Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services
Get ‘em while they’re hot, people! The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Services by editors Sarah Steiner and Leslie Madden! I wrote Chapter 7, Friending our Users: Social Networking and Reference...
View ArticleFacebook: A lesson in power-grabbing
Facebook has yet again made a move for its users’ content. This time, changing their TOS to assert that they own copies of any third-party content, as well as removing the clause that states that the...
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