Ben Bunnell, Google library partnership manager, and Cliff Guren, Microsoft director of publisher evangelism, presented their view of the future to reference publishers June 22 during ALA at the Independent Reference Publishers Group meeting. Google moves into reference Bunnell said it was his first time presenting to publishers instead of librarians, and he gave a [...]
At the ALA Top Tech Trends Panel, panelists including Marshall Breeding, Roy Tennant, Karen Coombs, and John Blyberg discussed RFID, open source adoption in libraries, and the importance of privacy. Marshall Breeding, director for innovative technologies and research at Vanderbilt University Libraries (TN), started the Top Tech Trends panel by referencing his LJ Automation Marketplace [...]
The Future of Information Retrieval Ron Miller, Director of Product Management, HW Wilson, hosts a panel of industry leaders including: Mike Buschman, Program Manager, Windows Live Academic, Microsoft. R. David Lankes, PhD, Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse, and Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. Marydee Ojala, Editor, ONLINE, and contributing feature [...]
About
Jay Datema has an MBA from Binghamton University (2007), a Masters in Library and Information Science from Dominican University (1999), and a BA in Literature from Wheaton College (1995).
Reading
Sellen, Abigail. The myth of the paperless office. Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press, 2002.
Quotables
“In the end, though, companies that are forced to choose between opening up their data or paying their employees will not likely choose the long-term reward. Part of this difficulty, however, has been tied to the lack of available legal options, standards, or licenses for releasing data into the public domain.”
Lock-in Leads to Lockdown
13 January 2009
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