What goes up must come down. This simple law of gravity can been seen in baseball, and these days, the stock market. As I attended the Web 2.0 conference in New York recently, I had occasion to ask Tim O’Reilly what he thought about libraries. “Well, OCLC’s doing some good things,” he said. I encouraged [...]
Overdrive’s first annual user group meeting was held in Cleveland, OH July 26-28. Mixing audio book publishers, public librarians, and hardware manufacturers, the gathering showcased innovative uses of digital media and upcoming features from Overdrive. New additions include a wiki for users (dlrwiki.overdrive.com), improved collection development tools with preordering capabilities and RSS feeds, and multilingual [...]
The Libraries and Librarians Flickr group, which populates the front page of this weblog, now has over 750 members and 4000 photos. And group subscriptions can be exported in OPML format from the Recent Groups page. Update: A few libraries using del.icio.us. And the ALA is on flickr.
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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).
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Benkler, Yochai. The wealth of networks : how social production transforms markets and freedom. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 2006.
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“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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