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EBSCOhost Debuting Discovery Service, Aims at One-Stop Search Interface
EBSCOhost appears to be chasing Serials Solutions into the Discovery Service arena. According to the press release at LJ, the EBSCOhost Discovery Service will be available by the end of 2009. When asked what would set the EBSCOhost Discovery Service apart from other similar products, Gorrell cited EBSCOhost's access to its own 330 database offerings,…
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Intellectual Property laws are faith-based initiatives
Finished listening to a great interview of James Boyle on episode 73 of the Spark podcast. The episode examines copyright, the public domain and remix culture, and was one of their best, IMHO. The title of the post is a paraphrase of something James Boyle says right at the 15-minute mark where he's lamenting how…
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New Mobile Libraries blog
Gerry McKiernan has started another blog, this one called Mobile Libraries. "Mobile Libraries Is Devoted To Documenting Any and All Topics Relating To Services Provided By Libraries To Patrons Within Mobile Environments. Library Mobile Services Are Defined As Any And All Library Services That Are Provided Via Mobile Technologies." Subscribed.
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Worldcat Local now an iPhone app
Previously available as a website optimized for mobile devices, Worldcat Local is now also available as an iPhone app. I played with it a bit last night and really liked the mapping features. It knew where I was and where the 10 closest libraries to me were. Well, those libraries that participate in Worldcat; it…
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Trillian Astra update
Wow, it's been almost two years since I was excited about Trillian's IM/social network-concatenator, Astra. While I've been registered for their beta since July 2007, it wasn't until yesterday, when Lifehacker pointed out that beta applications were being filled quickly that I gave them my address again, and got myself a copy of the client…
Posted Under: Electronic Reference