Archive for November 15th, 2007
How to Lose Friends and Influence People
The good news is that libraries can have Facebook pages again. Many used to, and then were evicted when Facebook decided only individuals could apply. (Whether you can run apps that lead people away from Facebook – say, into your catalog – is another matter . . .) The bad news is that Facebook’s new [...]
Posted: 15 November, 2007 in Commercialization, Information Ethics, Information Literacy, Privacy, Technology Issues.
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Aaron Swartz Is Speaking at Midwinter
Aaron Swartz, co-creator of RSS, co-founder of Reddit, technical lead on the Open Library project, etc., has agreed to speak at ACRL’s University Libraries Section Current Topics session at Midwinter. The session is scheduled for Saturday, January 12 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. As a new academic librarian, this is exactly the sort of thing I’d like [...]
Posted: 15 November, 2007 in Technology Issues.
Comments: 8