Introducing The Source
Metalogue: new directions in cataloguing and metadata from around the world
From the Metalogue blog website
Metalogue is a forum for sharing thoughts on all things related to knowledge organisation by and for libraries, hosted by Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services for OCLC. Karen is joined often by friends and colleagues from all over the globe, who contribute perspectives and experiences about the current and future state of cataloguing and metadata.
Traveling Through Transitions: From Surviving to Thriving (Note: PDF)
From the PALINET Libraries Shaping Tomorrow Conference website
Karen Calhoun explores the trends in library technical services--unrelenting budget pressure, the complex and changing context for metadata management, and the sometimes strident debate about the future of cataloging--and suggest some paths to a vibrant future for technical services professionals--now perhaps the most under-appreciated people in librarianship.
High Quality Discovery in a Web 2.0 World: Architectures for Next Generation Catalogs (Note: PDF)
From the PALINET Libraries Shaping Tomorrow Conference website
Issues of information and systems architecture underlie many of the current debates over the future of cataloging. This talk discusses some ways in which the architecture of the catalog is being redesigned to combine the rich information architecture of library metadata with the robust systems architecture of many Web-based discovery systems.
New Zealand E-government 2007: Progress Towards Transformation (Note: PDF)
From the E-government in New Zealand website
This report presents progress on New Zealand e-government in 2007 and comments on the advance towards transforming State Services.
Experiencing information literacy in Second Life
From the web journal, Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
Brave or naive, but aware of the research, teaching and play potential, the authors plunged into teaching part of an employee communication course at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Second Life, a virtual environment. Using the analytical tools of observational protocols, and discourse analysis of rhetorical accounts found in student and teacher reaction logs, discussion transcripts and focus group interviews, we situated ourselves among the learners to explore the threshold concept of information literacy in our classroom in Second Life.
Cloud Computing: The Evolution of Software-as-a-Service
From the Arizona State University website
When you plug in a toaster, you’re probably not thinking about who generated the electrons that power it. It’s also unlikely that you’ll wonder how far those electrons traveled to reach you and what source - coal, nuclear energy, hydro, solar or other - gave up BTUs to send that energy down a wire into your kitchen. You don’t really need to know the details behind provision of electricity services. After all, electric power has been around for more than 100 years, travelling over grids that have changed little over that time. With the exception of rare outages, you can pretty much trust that whatever electricity you need will be there when you need it. Today, high tech players are hoping you’ll develop a similar relationship with computing capacity.
UK Confidential (Note: PDF)
From the Demos website
The Demos think tank in the United Kingdom consistently finds new perspectives and outlooks on important topics, and this latest collection of essays published in May 2008 is no exception. Specifically, these fourteen essays "explore the underlying challenges and realities of privacy in an open society, and argue for a new settlement between the individual and society; the public and the states; the consumer and business."
Beyond the Book (Note: podcast)
Beyond the Book (Note: PDF - transcript)
“Beyond the Book” presents an interview with the co-authors of "Book Industry TRENDS 2008 - The Only Complete View of the Book Publishing Industry", featuring Michael Healy, BISG Executive Director, and Fordham University Prof. Albert N. Greco of the Institute for Publishing Research. Learn what’s hot and what’s not in the book publishing business.
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When you plug in a toaster, you’re probably not thinking about who generated the electrons that power it. It’s also unlikely that you’ll wonder how far those electrons traveled to reach you and what source - coal, nuclear energy, hydro, solar or other - gave up BTUs to send that energy down a wire into your kitchen.
BTUs?! What kind of tired old electron is made out of British Thermal Units? In this country we have metric electrons made out of pure Joules.
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