Eric Maynard: LibTechLibrary Technology and Information Science NewsZiff Davis Is Said to Plan a Bankruptcy- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Bummer dude. I guess I could be considered a big fan (subscriber) of PC Mag, but obviously nothing else of theirs as I no clue until readin this that were dumping publications laft and right the past few months. Hopefully, they'll continue pulishing PC Mag.http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/business/media/29ZIFF.html?ex=1028520000&en=73c9a4f9... Library PDA Content - LibraryPlanet.com- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Library PDA Content "It's a niche market. I don't think it's going to drive the rest of us out of business. If libraries, newspapers and chambers of commerce could come together to provide information about a city (via PDA downloads), that would be a great service." - Jamie LaRue, Director of the Douglas Public Library District" Interesting idea. Similar to the Digital History E-book concept by "jenny". I'm going to think this through a bit and if I come up wtih anything..http://www.libraryplanet.com/stacks/2002_04_14.html#001186 Googlematic- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "Search Google directly from AIM or MSN Messenger!! Make "Googlematic" your buddy, then just type in a search term and the first hit is sent back to you via chat!!!! Imagine the possiblilities for Live Reference work. There are libraries that are using AIM to answer reference questions now. I hope that Live Person incorporates it soon so I don't have to keep switching back and forth bewteen the software and the browser. I know that Google is not the be all and end all of reference work, but it..http://www.interconnected.org/googlematic/ Librarians look at the business of information- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "If libraries, newspapers and chambers of commerce could come together to provide information about a city (via PDA downloads), that would be a great service."How many publicacademic librarians actually work with their local chamber or newspapers I would think more chambers than newspapers, right Another POV on the Chieftan.com article - this one from Steven Library Stuff. He's probably right, although, in our little town, we pretty much bump elbows with everyone.http://www.chieftain.com/sunday/news/index/article/1 MovableBlog- (Found July 2, 2008 ) MovableBlog "A blog about the MovableType Personal Publishing System" blogdex via Memo To Myself Cool! I keep a close eye on this one for Libtech Weblog, my work related journal, managed using MT 2.0http://www.justagwailo.com/movableblog/ MOVABLE TYPE :: Personal Publishing System- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "What's New. We plan to release version 2.01 of Movable Type in the next week or two weeks. This version is primarily a maintenance release, containing fixes for some small bugs and issues in version 2.0. In addition to a variety of bug fixes, version 2.01 features: Partial implementation of the metaWeblog XML-RPC API: the newPost, editPost, and getPost methods Hooks to automatically insert Google search results into your pages, for both search queries and "what's related" queries, with full...http://www.movabletype.org/2002_04_19.shtml Infocetera - calendars, files, address book, scheduling, and more- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "In just a couple of minutes you can be running your own turn-key intranet, extranet or desktop personal information manager." Interesting looking product that touts itself as a out-of the-box content management system. Demo interface seemed a bit crude, but the number of tools (modules) is incredible. Have to take a closer look at this sometime. Intranet for work maybehttp://www.infocetera.com/ Community Groups Short on Tech- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "Community Groups Short on Tech - an interesting article because so many of these excuses are what I hear at my work. While not a "community group" we are a not-for-profit, so our budgetary constraints are a bit tighter than most businesses, and our vision and tech expertise is a little bit less as well. That leads to not using technology very efficiently, which drives me nuts!" via Life of a one-man IT department Mike points the way to a very interesting article appearing on USAToday.com...http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/fcw1.htm Linux Vendors Announce Plan to Unite- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "In a survey of 800 companies in North America and Western Europe, about 40 percent said they were either using or testing Linux in their organizations, according to the research firm IDC." WOW, I had no idea that businesses were taking that serious as look a Linux. I just attended a library technology conference last week and sat in on a couple of sessions pertaining to Linux and Open Source in libraries. Judging by the turn-out to those sessions, I'd say that none of those 800...http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-UnitedLinux.html?ex=1023422400&en=88af62... ZDNet: Story: Can a Windows user learn to love Linux We'll see- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "I'm already finding things I really like about the Linux environment. One of them--oddly, given my setup woes--is the amount of control I have. It looks like I could change pretty much anything I might ever want to change, once I learn where everything is and how it works. That's also the biggest drawback: this Linux system is still way too complex. But it's working, and I'm looking forward to learning more. Just as soon as I learn how to change the screen resolution, that is. So far, this...http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2870735,00.html |