Someone approached me about helping a local professional association do a program on blogs. I explained to him that there hasn’t been enough interest in the past for this particular association to have its own program, which is why it hasn’t done one.
I talked to the program planners for the Special Libraries Association News Division […]
Christina Pikas writes about talking to vendors about RSS feeds at the Special Libraries Association 2004 Annual Conferece. I also asked a database vendor, whom I choose not to name, about whether they might use RSS. The rep demoing their intranet product looked stunned, admitted immediately she didn’t know anything about RSS (points to her […]
The archived Webcast (.rm) of Gary Price’s presentation Extreme Searching at the Special Libraries Association 2004 Annual Conference is available. He also has an accompanying handout. He gives an update and mentions some trends in search engine technology, as well as shares tips for better searching. He also reminds us that there’s more to the […]
Blogory is supposed to pay attention to what blog posts someone selects and reads and then create personal pages based on the person’s interest. Perhaps I’ll have some time in the near future to play with it.
another from ResourceShelf
If you’re curious about the work that goes into a dictionary, this snapshot of the work done on the Oxford English Dictionary on April 19, 2004, might be of interest. The OED also has other news items about the project.
seen on ResourceShelf
Gerry McKiernan of Iowa State University Library maintains this list of libraries and resources of interest to librarians using RSS and Atom feeds to distribute their content.
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