In a post James pointed me to, not only does Krow share some useful insights about Delicious Monster and LibraryThing–two products to help people catalog their book collections–but he discusses the need for a database relating UPC codes to ISBNs to bibliographic information people undertaking such projects can use. It seems like something like this [...]
"This is the time of year when students and faculty are especially enthusiastic about the academic year to come. As one of the many library science schools around the globe, Harvard University plays an important role in the educational achievement of future information professionals,"
begins a letter addressed to me. The letter encourages me to get [...]
Garrett’s Library News and Notes from a few weeks ago includes the Best Free Reference Sites of 2006, as gathered by the American Library Association’s Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Some links, like Web MD and Merriam-Webster, are sites people might expect to be on the list. There are several that are new to [...]
Tuesday’s NPR’s Talk of the Nation had Don Tapscott, co-author of Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything to talk about wikis, MySpace and about NPR’s new program, Rough Cuts, which allows
audience collaboration.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story…
Rough Cuts with Michel Martin
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story…
link via Travelin’ Librarian:
http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/index….
Michael Sauers wrote a book called Blogging and RSS: a librarian’s guide.