Library Links June 4, 2007

I am beginning flex time this week so with the exceptions of the weeks ending June 22 and July 6 you will not see me on Fridays until flex ends mid-August.

Tool: Booksearch X Three

http://kokogiak.com/booksearch/

The Ignorance of Crowds

http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews053107

Resource: Unofficial Web Applications List http://www.webapplist.com/

Eduserv and Second Life

http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001364.html

Smithsonian & copyright

http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2007/05/smithsonian-copyright.html

“Have You Searched Google Yet?” Using Google as a Discovery Tool for Cataloging http://libr.unl.edu:2000/LPP/lang.htm

Does Virtual Reality Need a Sheriff?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060102671.html?sub=AR

Google Zooms Too Close for Some

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/01/technology/01private.html?ex=1338436800&en=dcf03c92d90d9c0c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Google Maps in China

http://www.ogleearth.com/2007/06/chinese_edition.html

A Completely Off-Topic Resource

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/

Tool: Google Gears (beta)

http://gears.google.com/

Tool: NetRender

http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/

Facebook and Libraries--Cautions

http://technogeekery.blogspot.com/2007/05/libraries-and-facebook-cautions.html

Resource: OpenSecrets

http://www.opensecrets.org/index.asp

Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=?view=XXX_09NNN

Tool: Photosynth

http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

We Googled You (HBS case)

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/flatmm/ics/index.html

LexisNexis Releases Survey on Information Professionals Use of Web 2.0 and Knowledge Management to Add Value to Their Organizations http://www.prweb.com/releases/LexisNexis/survey/prweb530676.htm

International News and Problems with the News Media’s RSS Feeds http://www.icmpa.umd.edu/pages/studies/rss_study_details/rss_study.html

Public Library of American Public Library Deaccession http://www.deaccession.org/index.html

Second Thoughts on Second Life: Lessons from Woodbury University http://theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com/the_ubiquitous_librarian/2007/06/second_thoughts.html

R. C. Rybnikar

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