Archive for 'Commercialization'
Another Case of the Missing Library
Steven just remarked on the Educause training toolkit for information literacy that somehow missed the fact that libraries have been working on it for some time. D’oh! This presentation on an Annenberg School-sponsored media survey also struck me as a place where “library” as a source of information is noticeably absent. (So are books.) Admittedly, [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on January 27th, 2008 under Commercialization, Privacy, information industries.
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Out of Control, Into the Future
There are some interesting responses showing up to LC’s draft report on the future of bibliographic control. Karen Schneider, Roy Tennant, and (in great depth) Diane Hillmann have weighed in. So has Tim Spaulding of LibraryThing, who urges the Library of Congress - and libraries generally - to make bibliographic records open for reuse. [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on December 13th, 2007 under Commercialization, Open Access, Technology Issues.
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Information Wants to be . . .
Bah humbug. ‘Tis the season to be saturated with consumerism. I’m tired of advertisements. I’m especially tired of advertisements that purport to be tailored to “my interests” by looking over my shoulder.
Yes, Google. I’m talking to you. Not just because you do it, but because now everyone wants into the act.
I’d heard [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on December 3rd, 2007 under Commercialization, Idiocy.
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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 by Barbara Fister on November 15th, 2007 under Commercialization, Information Ethics, Information Literacy, Privacy, Technology Issues.
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Goozamazon UP
So libraries came up with an an alternative to Google. They are working with Amazon to digitize out-of-copyright or library-owned-copyright books and sell POD copies through the megasite. Only unlike the Google library project, the libraries do all the work. And unlike Google, Amazon sells printed copies, with a kickback to the libraries that do [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on June 22nd, 2007 under Books, Commercialization.
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