The Impact of Technology on Job Search and Google Book Search Technology
presented by Jeff Moore and Jon Orwant
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
6- 8 PM
Location: 35-225
Jeff is giving an overview of how people find jobs these days. He recruits for Google and admits to using some of the social networking sites to local potential job candidates.
If a […]
I went to Andy Carvin’s weblog to snag a link for a post about him coming to blog group this Thursday (2/22) at 7 pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 7 pm, 23 Everett Street, Cambridge, and discovered a series of really cool posts about a social media discussion at National Public […]
BarCamp2 Boston kicks off in about a month. Called an unconference, it’s a fun, free opportunity to learn about exciting tech stuff and network with lots of tech professionals. It happens Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March 18, at the Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
I attended BarCamp Boston in June and BarCamp […]
Roy Tennant has a very good article called Dawn of a New Era, about the next-generation ILS system called Evergreen
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6413458.html
posted by Rich (Found out how to use the link mode)
There’s a new website call WeblogMatrix, which compares the various components of the different weblog programs, including WordPress
(heh, heh)
http://www.weblogmatrix.org/search.php
Link via What I Learned Today
http://web2learning.net/
posted by Rich
Here’s another suggested post from Rich. (Thanks, Rich!)
I should probably have run this by some of my friends who work on Wikipedia for their thoughts before posting it, but, well, my time is horribly limited these days and I wanted to get this post published. I don’t anticipate being online much this weekend.
Brock Read at […]
Here are some general notes about the change from Manila to WordPress and some of the differences you might notice. It’s probably going to take me a long time to get this blog fully functional. I appreciate your patience.
The post headings are no longer linked. WordPress doesn’t allow linked post headings. I am putting the […]
Rich wants me to share the news about Michael Stephens of Tame the Web giving a talk about Web 2.0 and libraries on Thursday, February 22, at 10 am.
Catching up on my reading of Garrett’s Library News and Notes brought me to an issue so full of excellent content, I’m tempted to blog each one. I’m going to be lazy, though, and suggest you go read it yourself.
A few teasers:
If the Academic Library Ceased to Exist, Would We Have to Invent It?
Is this […]
Rich suggested I post this entry from Lorcan Dempsey discussing Wikipedia as a citable source and a valuable knowledgebase. Dempsey highlights its value and utility as a knowledgebase by mentioning how others use it to provide basic background on subjects. Dempsey then explains further why Middlebury College recently decided against allowing students to cite it. […]