So, I finally remembered I need to make a reservation for a room for the SLA Annual Conference and realized those days when I could pick a place based on proximity to the conference and the News Division suite and price are over. I also need to know whether the hotel offers Internet access. I [...]
Forbes reports on some things they like and recommend about the Internet and related Internet technology, like spyware (okay, well, they don’t like spyware, but they like some of things you can do to get rid of it and get help), browsers and search engines.
This past fall, I posted information about a survey Julia Habermann conducted to measure the use and value of weblogs as sources of business news. The results are on Knowledge Jolt with Jack. Christina Pikas has a summary on ASIST K-Blog Panel.
Some of Wikimedia’s sites have contributors who, well, need an editor. Their content is great, but they may not have a very good grasp of the language in which they are writing; they may not be writing in a way that is stylistically compatible with Wikimedia’s guidelines; they might be like me and ramble on [...]
How timely to spot this Wall Street Journal article about Wikicities on beSpacific after talking about it at last night’s Wikipedia meetup.
I like the point Charlene Li of Forrester Research makes, on which Vauhini Vara builds:
"’A wiki is only as good as the group is.’ To work well, it must attract a large group of [...]
Rita Braver of CBS News Sunday Morning interviewed the librarians behind the groundbreaking research on how Peeps use academic libraries. Yes, that’s Peeps as in those tasty marshmallow treats. I understand, though, that it’s considered unprofessional to eat them while they’re using your library.
A few news librarians mentioned the pros and cons of this people locator service on Newslib. It retrieves past and current addresses, telephone numbers, and birth month and years. The current and past addresses are not labeled as such. Several librarians indicated they were able to find accurate data while others found errors, including incorrect [...]
speculates University of Pennsylvania legal studies profession Dan Hunter in Knowledge Wharton’s article Blogs, Everyone? Weblogs Are Here to Stay, but Where Are They Headed? The article looks at some current trends in blogging and imagines what might happen with blogs in the future. It takes a broad look at a lot of things happening [...]
Michelle Delio, a freelancer who has written for Technology Review and Wired News, is facing a review because of using a source who misrepresented himself to her.
Bob Stepno pointed me to this Slashdot entry about the Library of Congress’ lecture series Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context. C-Span will broadcast the next lecture at 6:30 pm on Monday, March 28.