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An Anthroplogical introduction to YouTube
A couple of weeks ago D’Arcy Norman posted about Michael Welsch’s latest video, An anthropological introduction to YouTube, recorded during a presentation to the Library of Congress on June 23rd, 2008. It’s been on my to-do list since then, but I only today got around to watching it on my wife’s iPod during the drive…
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On the Move with the Mobile Web – LTR
Just finished browsing through the latest issues of Library Technology Reports which someone at ALA kindly sent to me. Written by Ellyssa Kroski (iLibrarian and InfoTangle), On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies does a good job of providing background on the state of mobile (aka cellphones for the most part)…
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RIP Permanently removes elements from websites
Lifehacker reports on a Firefox extension called RIP which works like my fav, Aardvark, only permanently. Most excellent for printing, especially.
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Just in time learning In Plain English
As part of his Interviews with Innovators series, Jon Udell talks with Lee LeFever of Common Craft. Common Craft is the husband and wife company behind such internet favorites as RSS in Plain English, Twitter in Plain English, and of course the incredibly useful Zombies in Plain English. During the interview Lee discusses how they…
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Real Life in the Virtual Library
There's a freely-available article in the most recent issue of the Charleston Advisor that describes what it's like to put together a small virtual library to support distance students:Real Life in the Virtual Library, The Charleston Advisor, Volume 10, Number 1, July 2008 , pp. 47-48(2). As you can see, it's only a couple pages,…
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