Hyperlinked History- Explosive Information
Hyperlinked History is back with a new episode in the continuing online documentary series! Join Daniel Messer, The Faceless Historian, and go on a journey from...
View ArticleAfter Losing Users in Catalogs, Libraries Find Better Search Software
The problem is that traditional online library catalogs don’t tend to order search results by ranked relevance, and they can befuddle users with clunky interfaces. Bauer,...
View ArticleDigitizing the Grateful Dead
Deadheads rejoice! UC Santa Cruz has received a major grant to help digitize the Grateful Dead Archive at the University Library. The campus was awarded a...
View ArticleDaily Beast Seeks to Publish Faster
Having ramped up her metabolism from magazines to online journalism with The Daily Beast, Tina Brown now wants to speed up book publishing. In a joint...
View ArticleNewspapers Go To Washington
Washington is paying attention to the newspaper crisis. The president has even weighed in. But some worry that any government help would create a conflict of...
View ArticleGoogle Wave Will Invite Volunteers To Begin Preview
SciTechToday.com: Google is poised to unleash a wider preview of its fledgling Google Wave, which produces collaborative “waves” of online information that are equal parts conversation...
View ArticleBroadband: Slower Than You Think?
Chloe Albanesius of the PCMag Digital Network has a story up entitled FCC: Broadband Up to 50% Slower Than Claimed. The report by Albanesius brings up...
View ArticleAt Nixon Library, Mao Statue Rankles Some
A statue of deceased Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at the Nixon Presidential Library &Museum is the subject of a protest planned for Thursday, on the 60th...
View ArticleIt Takes A Librarian
Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has celebrated her 58th birthday by dancing a traditional Chilean cueca — with a library worker who plucked up the courage to...
View ArticleWhat Not To Post To Your Blog
Walt: Maybe I’m getting superstitious, but after reading through a quarter’s posts on 520 (or so) liblogs, I have a suggestion for anyone who’s been neglecting...
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