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Today, futurists will assualt Wikipedia with the goal of improving the entries about the field.
noticed on Library Stuff
Steven has a great entry for Halloween, too.

I (finally) snagged an hour to put the outlines of the presentations I gave to the Special Libraries Association Wisconsin Chapter and the University of Rhode Island and SLA Rhode Island Chapter about blogs and feeds online. Enjoy!

A Lively Presentation on Blogging in Special Libraries
j Baumgart
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/
SLA RI Chapter / URI GSLIS Student
Formal Dinner & Colloquium
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Why should librarians care?
· Feeds and blogs are great and powerful
· Librarians have not only a role in using feeds and weblogs, but also encouraging their clients to use the technology.
· If we drive technology [...]

Feeding Frenzy!!!
j Baumgart
j

asks this Register article as it examines flaws in Wikipedia.

The New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is hosting Steven Cohen of Library Stuff on Friday, November 18, at MIT’s 10-105 (Vannevar Bush Room). The event begins at 6 pm. Networking starts at 5:30 p. It’s $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers, and $15 for students/those between jobs. more [...]

So, since no one has combined technology quite like we want them to, we’re trying it on our own tonight with a mesh of the blog group and the local Wikipedia interest group to discuss plans for Wikimania. There’s live audio: 

Since my office started offering RSS feeds of Harvard University Gazette headlines, we’ve been getting about one inquiry a week from someone who doesn’t know what RSS is or how to use the feeds. Since I’m the office’s expert on the technology, handling these e-mails has become part of my job.
I realized I know about [...]

My talk at the University of Rhode Island went very well. For each talk, I forget to do something. For the first MAHSLIN talk, I forgot to show my props. For the second, I didn’t tell the joke. In Wisconsin, I forgot to tell the jokes. For URI, I forgot to show my props.
It was [...]

While looking for vlogging, er, video blogging librarians, I discovered vlogger Josh Leo’s film about the library, which is also available via Our Media. I admit getting a kick out of the opening sequence. Hasn’t everyone wanted to do that with the study carrels in the library?
This film is another great reason why it’s important [...]