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2007-07-29T13:31:00.001-07:00

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TICER 2006: Digital Libraries à la Carte: New Choices for the Future

2006-05-01T13:17:00.000-07:00

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Digital Libraries a la Carte: New Choices for the Future
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Modular, International Digital Library Course
Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 22-25 August 2006

http://www.ticer.nl/06carte/

The International Ticer School (known for its former International
Summer School on the Digital Library) offers a new, modular course
for librarians and publishers: "Digital Libraries a la Carte: New
Choices for the Future". The course will be held at Tilburg
University, the Netherlands, 22-25 August 2006.

Modules
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From its 'menu' of four one-day modules, you can pick your choice:
* technological developments, relevant to libraries (lectures)
* Library 2.0 technologies to reach out to the customer (hands-on
in a computer room)
* libraries supporting research and Open Access
* libraries and teaching and learning

Subjects covered
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* digital paper
* interoperability between repositories
* institutional portals and the role of the library
* developments in search/search engines
* blogs/RSS
* instant messaging in libraries
* Library 2.0
* eScience
* virtual research environments and digital libraries
* Open Access and the role of the library
* the role of the library in teaching and learning
* learning technology
* the application of gaming in libraries and education
* library impact measurement

Speakers
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Top speakers will present their views. Below is a selection.
* Malcolm Atkinson is Director of the National e-Science Centre
and the new UK e-Science Envoy
* Carl Grant is President & COO of VTLS, Inc.
* John Willinksy wrote 'The Access Principle: The Case for Open
Access to Research and Scholarship'
* Paul Miller is Senior Manager and Technology Evangelist at Talis
* Michael Stephen's blog 'Tame the Web' is read worldwide by
librarians
* Philip Payne is an expert on measuring the library's impact on
learning and teaching
* John Kirriemuir has extensively researched and published on
gaming in learning/teaching
* Herbert Van de Sompel is a driving force behind the Open Archives
Initiative
* Sue Roberts co-authored 'Developing the New Learning Environment'
* Michael Fraser is the director of the Humbul Humanities Hub

To guarantee a highly interactive programme, the number of
participants is limited to 45 per module, lectures contain an
nteractive component, and one module consists of hands-on sessions
in a computer room. The course is recommended by JISC, DEFF -
Denmark's Electronic Research Library, the Swiss National Library,
Helsinki University Library, and FinELib (Finnish National
Electronic Library), part of the National Library of Finland.

The course website can be found at www.ticer.nl/06carte/. On the
website you can find the full programme, the complete list of 16
lecturers with short bios, abstracts of most presentations and
practical information about course fee and registration.

If you register before 1 June 2006, you will get a 150 euro
discount.

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Do you want a quick update in just one to four days?
Then Tilburg is the place to be this summer!
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Further information
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Ms Jola Prinsen
Course Manager Ticer B.V.
P.O. Box 4191
5004 JD Tilburg
The Netherlands
tel. +31 13 466 8310
fax +31 13 466 8383
e-mail jola.prinsen@uvt.nl
www.ticer.nl/06carte/

eProfile: WikimediaWorlds. Part I. Wikipedia

2005-10-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to announcement the publication of my latest eProfile in Library Hi Tech News:

Gerry McKiernan, “WikimediaWorlds. Part I. Wikipedia,” Library Hi Tech News 22, no. 8 (September/October 2005): 46-54.

Overview/Summary from the publisher

ABSTRACT: Purpose – This article of part 1 of a two part series on wikis. Part 1 focuses on Wikipedia. Design/methodology/approach – The article is prepared by a library professional and provides a summary of the main features. Findings – A wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit web page content using any web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Originality/value – This article is a useful summary of a development of interest to library and information management professionals

I have self-archived a copy at

[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/WMW-I.pdf ]

I would Most Appreciate Any and All Comments/Critiques/Observations or Cosmic Insights about this review.

BTW: Wikis (and Blogs) are Not Just For Breakfast Anymore:

“The Wiki and the Blog: Toward a Complex Adaptive Intelligence Community”

D. CALVIN ANDRUS (Central Intelligence Agency) [CIA]
[Studies in Intelligence, September 2005] / Link to full-text available at

[ http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=755904 ]

Wikis: Disruptive Technologies for Dynamic Possibilities

2005-09-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to announce the availability of my PowerPoint presentation titled “Wikis: Disruptive Technologies for Dynamic Possibilities” that was delivered at Digital Libraries à la Carte: Choices for the Future, an international workshop held at Tilburg University, The Netherlands late last month [ http://www.ticer.nl/05carte/program.htm ]

BTW: TICER 2005 was a *Most Excellent * Program !

A self-archived copy of my presentation is available at

[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/TICER2005.ppt ]

The presentation reviews the general nature and structure of select wikis, the features and functions of popular wiki software engines, and describes the content and use of wikis by select businesses, colleges and universities, and libraries.

The presentation also speculated about the wiki as an environment, framework, and venue for Disruptive Scholarship, my proposed model for alternative scholarly authorship, review, and publishing [ http://www.disruptivescholarship.blogspot.com/ ]

In this Era of Open Access, I conclude the presentation with The Bold Question:

“Is Wiki Method/Methodology the Full/True Means Of Achieving/Creating Real Open Access?”

Think About It !

As Always, I would Most Appreciate Any and All Critiques/Comments/Criticisms/ Etc. .

/Gerry

TICER 2005: Digital Libraries à la Carte: Choices for the Future | August 22-26, 2005 | Tilburg NL

2005-04-17T11:57:00.000-07:00

Modular, International Digital Library Course
Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 22-26 August 2005

http://www.ticer.nl/05carte/

The International Ticer School (known for its former International Summer School on the Digital Library) offers a brand new, modular course for librarians and publishers: "Digital Libraries à la Carte: Choices for the Future". The course will be held at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 22-26 August 2005.

From its ‘menu’ of five one-day modules, you can pick your choice:
• trends and strategic issues
• technological developments, relevant to libraries
• consortia and licensing
• Open Access and institutional repositories
• the role of libraries in teaching and learning

Top speakers will present their views. Below is a selection.
• Marissa Mayer is Director, Consumer Web Products at Google
• Derk Haank is CEO of Springer and former CEO of Elsevier
• Peter Suber is among the most cited authors on Open Access
• Jenny Levine’s blog (theshiftedlibrarian.com) is read by thousands of librarians
• Carol Tenopir has published over 200 journal articles and is cited frequently
• Deb deBruijn closed the worldwide biggest consortium deal (over 50 million dollar)
• Gerry McKiernan is the compiler of several known Web registries
• Steven Gilbert is president of The TLT Group and an expert on learning landscapes
• Pat Maughan transforms the undergraduate curriculum at the prestigious UC Berkeley to include information literacy training

To guarantee a highly interactive programme, the number of participants is limited to 45 per module, lectures contain an interactive component, and two modules are concluded with a practical workshop. The course is recommended by JISC (www.jisc.ac.uk/), the DARE project (www.surf.nl/en/themas/index2.php?oid=7), and SURF Diensten (www.surfdiensten.nl/).

The course website can be found at www.ticer.nl/05carte/ On the website you can find the full programme, the complete list of 20 lecturers with short bios, abstracts of most presentations and practical information about course fee and registration.

If you register before 1 June 2005, you will get a €150 discount.

Do you want a quick update in just one to five days?
Then Tilburg is the place to be this summer!

Further information
Ms Jola Prinsen
Course Manager Ticer B.V.
P.O. Box 4191
5004 JD Tilburg
The Netherlands
tel. +31 13 466 8310
fax +31 13 466 8383
e-mail jola.prinsen@uvt.nl

http://www.ticer.nl/05carte/

NYTimes: Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention Unrest

2005-04-12T10:15:00.000-07:00

Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention Unrest
By JIM DWYER

Published: April 12, 2005

Dennis Kyne put up such a fight at a political protest last summer, the arresting officer recalled, it took four police officers to haul him down the steps of the New York Public Library and across Fifth Avenue.

"We picked him up and we carried him while he squirmed and screamed," the officer, Matthew Wohl, testified in December. "I had one of his legs because he was kicking and refusing to walk on his own."

Accused of inciting a riot and resisting arrest, Mr. Kyne was the first of the 1,806 people arrested in New York last summer during the Republican National Convention to take his case to a jury. But one day after Officer Wohl testified, and before the defense called a single witness, the prosecutor abruptly dropped all charges.

During a recess, the defense had brought new information to the prosecutor. A videotape shot by a documentary filmmaker showed Mr. Kyne agitated but plainly walking under his own power down the library steps, contradicting the vivid account of Officer Wohl, who was nowhere to be seen in the pictures. Nor was the officer seen taking part in the arrests of four other people at the library against whom he signed complaints.

[MORE]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/nyregion/12video.html

Can We Say Orwell ......................

Candidates for _SandBox(sm): Wiki Applications and Uses_

2005-04-11T11:06:00.000-07:00

Candidates for _SandBox(sm): Wiki Applications and Uses_

I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All Wiki applications and uses implemented in

• Corporations
• Education
• Government
• Libraries
• Research Environments

for inclusion in my recently-established registry titled _SandBox(sm)_ .

_SandBox(sm)_ is located at

[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/SandBox.htm ]

and is currently UnderConstruction.

BTW: I Googled a number of months ago, and will do so again, but would prefer recommendations from my WorldWideWeb colleagues as well.

In addition to the application and use of wikis in the institutions/organization noted, I am also interested in their application in/for novel venues (e.g., conferences, directories, etc.).

I am also interested in learning of additional key/significant literature for potential inclusion in my WikiBibliography.

[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/WikiBib.htm ]

P.S. Of course, in time, there will be a Wiki to allow uses to contribute, but it's not yet available [:-(] but StayTuned [:-)]

NPR: Ravi Shankar, Master of the Sitar

2005-04-10T13:01:00.000-07:00

Ravi Shankar, Master of the Sitar

by Susan Stamberg

"Morning Edition, April 7, 2005 · Ravi Shankar, the renowned master of the Indian sitar, turns 85 on Thursday. He is considered one of the world's greatest musicians, and continues to give concerts, tour, teach and compose.

In the latest report for the NPR/National Geographic co-production Radio Expeditions, NPR's Susan Stamberg travels to New Delhi, the capital of India, to meet with the artist."
[MORE]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4578267

NPR: Acerbic Wit of Comic Commentator Lewis Black

2005-04-10T12:36:00.000-07:00

"Arts & Culture
The Acerbic Wit of Comic Commentator Lewis Black
by Terry Gross

Fresh Air from WHYY, April 7, 2005 · Lewis Black is a playwright, stand-up comic, actor, and a commentator on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He's been described as having the mouth of a shock-jock and the heart of a liberal. But his comic rants are targeted at anyone he finds deserving.

Black has written a new book, Nothing's Sacred. In addition, he has several comic CDs, and a DVD of his HBO special Black on Broadway has been released."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4580711

MindShift: Disruptive Scholarship Revisited

2005-04-07T08:44:00.000-07:00

Colleagues/

If you have not yet made plans to attend the ACRL 12th National Conference in Minneapolis beginning today [ http://www.ala.org/acrlconftemplate1.html ], you still have time to do so!

In addition to many opportunities to Listen-and-Learn from a variety of pre-conferences, presentations and poster sessions

[ http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/12thnatconf/
acrlprogram/program.htm ],

you could be among the select few to attend MySession in which I will elaborate on my wiki-based vision/version of Scholarly Communication known as Disruptive Scholarship

[ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0502/0003.html ]

Sooooo** Please mark you ConferenceCalendar:

Pair Two |
Saturday, April 9, 4:30 - 5:45 p.m.; 200AB

Quality Assurance in the Age of Author Self-Archiving. In the age of author self-archiving, there are forces, factors, and influences other than pending classical peer review that can assure the quality of scholarship before formal publication. Among these alternative approaches are institutional review, 'critical peer response', 'action learning', and Total Quality Scholarship. Gain an understanding of
the strengths and weaknesses of conventional peer review process and develop an awareness of current and emerging alternative models to traditional peer review.
Presenter(s): Gerry McKiernan, Iowa State University

[http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/
12thnatconf/acrlprogram/contributedpapers/contributedpapers.htm ]

NOTE: The emphasis will be on EMERGING!

BTW: If you are unable to attend the entire session, please don't hesistate to stop by at the end to offer to buy me a beer [:-)

Be Prepared For A MIND SHIFT !!!

Happy Birthday, Kristen

2005-04-05T14:39:00.000-07:00

Today, April 5, 2005 is the 21st birthday of my middle daughter, Kristen.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KRISTEN!

Love,

Dad

Bibliocasting Listserv Launched

2005-04-05T08:36:00.000-07:00

Introducing the Bibliocasting listserv.

The bibliocasting listserv (bibliocasting@listserv.syr.edu) is
dedicated to a discussion of streaming media in the library
environment. This list grows out of the increasing popularity of
"Podcasting," or the use of RSS and the Internet to download audio
programs (like audio blogs) to computers and MP3 players. A recent
Reuters story states:

"Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults who own MP3 players like Apple
Computer Inc.'s iPod say they have downloaded podcast programs from the
Internet, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found...That means
more than 6 million people are listening to a form of communication
that emerged only last year, according to the nonprofit group."

So what to post on the list? Examples of how libraries can build on the
growing excitement of Podcasting; Questions on how libraries can use
podcasting and other multimedia information they create to promote
themselves and provide better service; Questions on how to podcast and
other technical questions on streaming media including QuickTime
Streaming, RealProducer, and others. In addition, the list will
include postings of key articles, reports, and news about podcating and
other streaming media in general and in the the library context.

Bottom Line: We are looking to build a community of individuals
interested in the application of multimedia in the library environment.

SUBSCRIBING TO THE LIST

You can get the listserv in two ways. The first is through e-mail. To
subscribe to the list send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.syr.edu with
the entire message (no subject line):

subscribe bibliocasting FirstName LastName

We have also set up a podcast for the list...that's right, you can
listen to the list. Each post is transformed from text-to-speech, and
syndicated using RSS. The RSS feed (podcast feed) for the list is at:

http://drew.syr.edu/iis4/pod/pod.xml

_____________________________
"Virtual Dave" Lankes, Ph.D.
Executive Director Information Institute of Syracuse
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

http://www.DavidLankes.org

Personalised RSS for Library - User Education (Talis White Paper)

2005-04-01T13:05:00.000-08:00

Personalised RSS for Library - User Interaction
By Richard Wallis, published February 2005
Talis White Paper

http://www.talis.com/research/research/rss/rss_whitepaper.pdf

"Blogging and RSS — The 'What's It?' and 'How To' of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators"

2005-03-31T11:40:00.000-08:00

Blogging and RSS — The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators
by Will Richardson, Supervisor of Instructional Technology, Hunterdon Central Regional High School

"The internet has long been valued by teachers and librarians as a powerful research and communications tool, and in the last 10 years, it has brought about a sea change in the way students find, manage, and use information. But the promise of the Web as more than just a readable, searchable resource has been slow to be realized ... until now. Two new Internet technologies, Weblogs and RSS (Real Simple Syndication), are redefining the way students and teachers use the Internet, turning them from mere readers into writers to the Web as well, and making it easier to filter and track the ever-growing number of resources coming online each day. In fast-growing numbers, educators across the country and throughout the world are finding just how powerful this new interactive Internet can be."

[MORE]

http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml

NPR: Carnegie's Famed Dinosaurs Get a Makeover

2005-03-31T11:24:00.000-08:00

Carnegie's Famed Dinosaurs Get a Makeover
by Michele Norris

"All Things Considered, March 29, 2005 · The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh is in the process of making over its world-renowned dinosaur exhibit, which includes 15 soaring skeletons, some of which are several stories high. Among its dinosaur specimens is the first Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever discovered.

The specimens won't just be cleaned -- their poses will be adjusted to more accurately reflect current scientific research. Michele Norris talks with the man in charge of the project, Phil Fraley."

[MORE]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4566217

Before joining the Library faculty at Iowa State University, I served as the Museum Librarian of the Library of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (1983-1987).

BL: Einstein Speaks

2005-03-30T10:42:00.000-08:00

The British Library Sound Archive

Albert Einstein - Historic recordings 1930-1947

Celebrating 'Einstein year', one hundred years since the great scientist's Special Theory of Relativity and fifty years since his death, this CD features previously unpublished and rare recordings. The centrepiece is a very rare recording of the celebrated fund-raising dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1930, at which Bernard Shaw famously described Einstein as a ‘maker of universes’. Also included are a short newsreel from Einstein's historic appearance at a massed rally at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1933 and a radio broadcast from 1945, in which he discusses the responsibilities of the scientists who worked on the development of the atomic bomb.

http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/
publications.html#einstein

NYTimes: Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend

2005-03-29T07:04:00.000-08:00

March 29, 2005
Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend
By TODD BENSON

SÃO PAULO, Brazil, March 28 - Since taking office two years ago, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has turned Brazil into a tropical outpost of the free software movement.

Looking to save millions of dollars in royalties and licensing fees, Mr. da Silva has instructed government ministries and state-run companies to gradually switch from costly operating systems made by Microsoft and others to free operating systems, like Linux. On Mr. da Silva's watch, Brazil has also become the first country to require any company or research institute that receives government financing to develop software to license it as open-source, meaning the underlying software code must be free to all.

Now Brazil's government looks poised to take its free software campaign to the masses. And once again Microsoft may end up on the sidelines.

[MORE}

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/technology/29computer.html

[All About] Podcasting

2005-03-28T08:54:00.000-08:00

"At it's core, Podcasting is audio blogging. The is the regular publishing of information, but in audio format instead text. Because of the rich nature of audio information, podcasts can take on additional dimensions of communication, such as sound effects and music, these additions facilitating more effective communication.

Podcasting came from the Apple Mac community, and in its purest form involves Apple iPod media players. However, there is nothing about producing and playing a podcast that can not be done with a PC."

[MORE]

http://www.pinetlibrary.com/classpage.php?
page_id=4317&status=nomore

Look Who's Coming to Podcasting!

2005-03-28T07:39:00.000-08:00

Posting to DIG_REF Liserv |3/26/05 | 10:02:01 AM |

Hi all,

I've decided to play around with Podcasting (basically audio blogging
that you can download to an MP3 player...or listen to through the web).
I've posted the audio portion of some presentations I've done, but am
looking for other topics people might want to hear.

Take a look at: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/tiki-index.php?page=WVRD

[snip]

Thanks.
_____________________________
"Virtual Dave" Lankes, Ph.D.
Executive Director Information Institute of Syracuse
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
http://www.DavidLankes.org

Open Access Bibliography

2005-03-26T09:53:00.000-08:00

Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journal

Colleagues/

ACRL has announced publication of a New Major Bibliography on Open Access compiled by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. of the University of Houston Libraries and compiler of the _Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography_ (Houston: University of Houston Libraries, 1996-2005) [ http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html ]

_Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals_

“The open access movement is reforming the system of scholarly communication by advocating free, online access to academic literature. This new bibliography presents over 1,300 selected English-language books, conference papers (including some digital video presentations), debates, editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, news articles, technical reports, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding the open access movement. Most sources were published between 1999 and August 31, 2004; however a limited number of key sources published prior to 1999 are also included.

Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet (approximately 78 percent of the bibliography's references have such links). The bibliography is conveniently organized into the following categories: General Works, Open Access Statements, Copyright Arrangements for Self-Archiving and Use, Open Access Journals, E-Prints, Disciplinary Archives, Institutional Archives and Repositories, Open Archives Initiative and OAI-PMH, Conventional Publisher Perspectives, Government Inquiries and Legislation, and Open Access Arrangements for Developing Countries. The publication also includes a concise overview of key concepts that are central to the open access movement”

http://www.arl.org/pubscat/pubs/openaccess/

I have learned from the author that "the entire bibliography is freely available as a PDF file" and that "Both the printed bookand the PDF are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License."

"… The Times They Are A-Changin’": Political Protests - - Iowa State University - - May 1970

2005-03-26T07:48:00.000-08:00

"… The Times They Are A-Changin’": Political Protests - - Iowa State University - - May 1970

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY AND ORAL HISTORY

Prepared and Organized By
Michele Christian, Records Analyst, Special Collections Department
and
Gerry McKiernan, Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer, Science and Technology Department, Iowa State University Library, Ames IA 50011

PREFACE

In early May 1970, thousands of Iowa State University students gathered to protest the expanding war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and the killing of four unarmed students on the campus of Kent State University. This photographic essay seeks to document significant events of the first week in May 1970 on the ISU campus and in Ames, Iowa, utilizing photographs selected from the archives of the Iowa State University Library, Special Collections Department, excerpts of reports from the university newspaper, the Iowa State Daily, and summaries from a chronological account of these and other events presented in a masters thesis that analyzed the newspaper and its portrayal of events during the 'radical' decade, 1966-1975. In addition, selected quotes and excerpts from the university yearbook, Bomb, for 1970, have been incorporated.

These accounts are augmented by links to the full text of interview transcripts of select key individuals who were directly involved in the events of May 1970.

http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/timesachangin/home.htm

Wolfram Publicon® Gives New Momentum to Open Access Publishing

2005-03-26T07:34:00.000-08:00

BioMed Central Press Release

10 March 2005

Wolfram Publicon® gives new momentum to Open Access publishing

"Wolfram Research and BioMed Central today announced a partnership to streamline Open Access publishing. Using Wolfram Research's new Wolfram Publicon software, authors gain the unique advantage of being able to submit properly structured documents ready for direct publication by BioMed Central, the leading Open Access publisher.

Open Access publishing provides free access to published material, while authors pay a small fee to cover editing, review, and publishing. Publicon gives editing and formatting tools directly to authors so that submissions go through the online publishing process with minimum intervention.

Publicon simplifies the process of writing and formatting technical documents in XML, XHTML, and MathML. Built-in style sheets and the user-friendly interface eliminate all the extra effort normally spent readying a paper for publication. As a result, BioMed Central and other publishers can rely on receiving properly formatted documents created in Publicon. Such an effective system significantly reduces the time and costs behind publishing important Open Access research."

http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/
pr-releases?pr=20050310

Einstein 1905: The Standard of Greatness

2005-03-26T07:25:00.000-08:00

Einstein 1905
The Standard of Greatness

John S. Rigden

"For Albert Einstein, 1905 was a remarkable year. It was also a miraculous year for the history and future of science. In six short months, from March through September of that year, Einstein published five papers that would transform our understanding of nature. This unparalleled period is the subject of John Rigden's book, which deftly explains what distinguishes 1905 from all other years in the annals of science, and elevates Einstein above all other scientists of the twentieth century.

Rigden chronicles the momentous theories that Einstein put forth beginning in March 1905: his particle theory of light, rejected for decades but now a staple of physics; his overlooked dissertation on molecular dimensions; his theory of Brownian motion; his theory of special relativity; and the work in which his famous equation, E = mc2, first appeared. Through his lucid exposition of these ideas, the context in which they were presented, and the impact they had--and still have--on society, Rigden makes the circumstances of Einstein's greatness thoroughly and captivatingly clear. To help readers understand how these ideas continued to develop, he briefly describes Einstein's post-1905 contributions, including the general theory of relativity.

One hundred years after Einstein's prodigious accomplishment, this book invites us to learn about ideas that have influenced our lives in almost inconceivable ways, and to appreciate their author's status as the standard of greatness in twentieth-century science."

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/RIGEIN.html

NPR: Einstein Centennial

2005-03-26T07:18:00.000-08:00

NPR: Einstein Centennial

Talk of the Nation, February 18, 2005 · One hundred years ago this year, patent clerk Albert Einstein published a series of scientific papers that would change the course of physics and brand him forever as a scientific and cultural icon.

Guests:

Barry Barish, Linde professor of physics, professor, high energy physics. Director, LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Richard Wolfson, author, Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified. Video course instructor, Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Nonscientists. Benjamin F. Wissler professor of physics, Middlebury College

Rolf Sinclair, retired program officer, division of physics, National Science Foundation. Senior scientific adviser, Centro de Estudios Cientficos in Valdivia, Chile

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4504647

NEXT@CNN: Invasion of the Podcasting People?

2005-03-25T14:17:00.000-08:00

Invasion of the Podcasting People?
By Christine Boese
CNN Headline News
Wednesday, December 8, 2004 Posted: 12:29 PM EST (1729 GMT)

(CNN) -- If you've seen the classic camp remake "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," you know what "pod people" do when they find a human who has not been replaced with an identical alien born of a pod: point and screech open-mouthed at the non-pod person.

That may be how some are feeling these days with the infiltration of MP3 players into mainstream consumer culture -- like outsiders as iPod people walk around with their earbuds, apparently hearing voices from some alien mothership.

Podcasts are like radio broadcasts for MP3 players, but that's about where the similarity ends.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/12/08/podcasting/index.html

ALSO

See GrapeRadio on CNN
March 25th, 2005
GrapeRadio will be profiled on CNN this weekend. The segment, called Next@CNN, features up and coming technologies.

The show will air Saturday, March 26th at 3:00pm EST and then again Sunday, March 27th at 5:00pm EST.

http://homepage.mac.com/mgeoghegan/VIDEO/CNN_Next.mov

OPAL Podcast: Online Programming for All Libraries

2005-03-25T13:50:00.000-08:00

Welcome to a podcast for OPAL programs! (Online Programming for All Libraries) Programs include book discussions, interactive interviews and training, current events programs and more! Programs are to the public by a number of libraries. To see upcoming programs, go to http://www.opal-online.org. For more information or to join OPAL, contact OPAL Coordinator Tom Peters at tapinformation@yahoo.com. Listen to programs on your computer or any WMA device. MP3 coming soon.

Introduction to digital audiobooks and Tumblebooks

Roundtable Discussion of Digital Audiobooks in Libraries

Interview with Iris Nelson, Quincy Public Library about historical women from Quincy, Illinois

Interview with Arlis Dittmer, Blessing Health Professions Library about women nurses and physicians in 19th century Quincy Illinois

A Tour of Lincoln's Rarities by Kim Bauer, Lincoln Curator at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Famous Women of Quincy Illinois History

The Unique American Woman: Stories of Sisters, Wives, Mothers, and Friends (Women's History Month)

http://opalpodcast.blogspot.com/

BlogMatrix Sparks: Podcasting Made Easy

2005-03-24T11:50:00.000-08:00

Podcasting Made Easy with BlogMatrix Sparks!, the One-stop Solution for Recording, Sharing and Listening to Podcasts.

Toronto, March 23, 2004 // - BlogMatrix is first to market with a integrated podcasting/podcatching application – BlogMatrix Sparks! 2.0.“Sparks! is a one-stop solution that makes podcasting easy and affordable”, says founder David Janes. “It is the easiest way record, share, store and listen to podcasts. Now everybody can podcast.”

With BlogMatrix Sparks!™ podcasters can:

* Record podcasts directly on their computer with a microphone and a mouse click.
* Mix music with the podcast.
* Record up to 8 tracks for a single podcast.
* Automatically store their podcasts on the BlogMatrix server for others to enjoy

“Traditionally, potential podcasters have faced a couple of big challenges”, says Janes. “First, recording an audio file, mixing it to an MP3 and encoding into the proper notification formats is complicated and time consuming; secondly, the cost associated with storage and bandwidth are not only high but potentially open-ended. BlogMatrix Sparks! overcomes these challenges.”

[MORE]

http://www.blogmatrix.com/company_media/

Wage Peace. Part II

2005-03-24T11:44:00.000-08:00

March 21, 2005
Waging peace
Antiwar rally draws support in Ames

By Eric Lund
Daily Staff Writer

Holding anti-war signs and banners, students and Ames community members lined Lincoln Way on Sunday to protest the war in Iraq.

The peace march, which drew nearly 250 participants, culminated in a rally that included musical performances and statements from members of various organizations opposed to the war in the parking lot of Lincoln Center, at the intersection of Lincoln Way and Grand Avenue.

The event was part of a nationwide series of protests last weekend that coincided with the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the United States and its allies.

"Justice and peace require that the troops come home today," said Paul Nelson, a member of the Alliance for Global Justice and a speaker at the event.

[MORE]

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/
ART/2005/03/21/423e5a002bda8?in_archive=1

Wage Peace

2005-03-22T14:35:00.000-08:00

Wage Peace
Photos from March 20th Protest in Ames, Iowa

http://homepage.mac.com/okcanade/PhotoAlbum102.html

Move Over Blogs: Here Come Podcasts

2005-03-22T13:12:00.000-08:00

Move Over Blogs: Here Come Podcasts
by Stephan Spencer
March 22, 2005

If you haven't heard of podcasting yet, I am not surprised. It's a brand new term—just invented earlier this year, in fact, by Ben Hammersley in an article for The Guardian newspaper.

Podcasting refers to the technology used to pull digital audio files from Web sites down to computers and devices such as MP3 players. "Podcast" is derived from the name of the iPod MP3 player from Apple, although you don't need an iPod to partake in podcasts.

Podcasting is a significant departure from traditional broadcasting because it removes the time requirement; you can listen to a podcast radio program or interview any time.

[MORE]

http://www.marketingprofs.com/5/spencer11.asp

Future Tense®: Making a Business of Podcasting

2005-03-19T11:10:00.000-08:00

March 18, 2005
Making a business of podcasting
Real Audio | How to Listen

One of the new technologies discussed at the just-finished O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego is podcasting.

Podcasting is taking the net by storm, but it's still an early adopter technology that requires some tech savvy. New start-up companies, like Odeo, are working to make podcasts easier to find, listen to, and produce.

Guest: Odeo's Evan Williams

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/
2005/03/18.shtml#001187

Ei Update | 3 (1) March 2005 |

2005-03-19T08:04:00.000-08:00

Ei Update | 3 (1) March 2005 |

RSS: Moving Into the Mainstream

Randy Reichardt, Cameron Science and Technology Library, University of Alberta

RSS, or Real Simple Syndication/Rich Site Summary, is rapidly moving into our professional and personal lives as a way to keep track of the ever-increasing flow of new information. As a current awareness service, RSS allows for one-stop shopping. Recently, Ei started testing RSS feeds with Engineering Village 2 databases, which will allow users to plug the RSS feed from their search strategy into the reader of their choice, ending the need to rerun the search on a regular basis or deal with more e-mail in the form of alerts. With the RSS reader, users keep citations of critical interest for future reference, deleting others as required.

By now, many are using RSS feeds to keep track of weblogs, journal tables-of-contents, press releases, newspaper content, and more. In addition to following dozens of weblogs of interest, I use RSS to keep track of movie reviews from the New York Times, search engine alerts, and library-related weblogs and resources. The application of RSS feeds has moved into the library world, riding the wave of hundreds of library-related weblogs and other services. Amanda Etches-Johnston of McMaster University maintains the site, blogwithoutalibrary.net,(http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links.html), tracking what libraries are doing with blogs, and by extension, with RSS. It makes sense that you can subscribe to Amanda's lists, by category, using an RSS feed! Gerry McKiernan of Iowa State University offers a similar service with his site, RSS(sm): Rich Site Services, "a categorized registry of library services that are delivered or provided through RSS/XML, Atom, or other types of Web feeds." (http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm) Library functions using RSS include announcements, cataloguing, collection development, databases, instruction, Internet resources, new books, new journal issues, news, reference services, reviews, and tables of contents.

[MORE]

http://www.ei.org/eiupdate/03_librarians_corner/

BlogWiki2005 Workshop Announcement

2005-03-18T08:53:00.000-08:00

Announcing BlogWiki2005 Workshop | May 19-20, 2005 | Coral Gables FL |

WHAT: BlogWiki2005 Workshop

WHEN: May 19-20, 2005

WHO: Gerry McKiernan, Science and Technology Librarian and
Bibliographer, Iowa State University Library; Sabrina I. Pacifici,
Founder, Editor, Publisher and Web Manager of LLRX.com and Author,
beSpacific.com; and Marcus P. Zillman, Executive Director of the Virtual Private Library and VPL Blogosphere.

WHERE: University of Miami, Wesley Foundation, Coral Gables, Florida.
Note: Coral Gables is located in the Miami, Florida area.

WHY: Blogs, Wikis, News Aggregators and RSS/Atom Feeds are emerging technologies that have and will continue to transform all fields of communication, scholarship, and library and other information services.

The goals of BlogWiki2005 are to provide an introduction to these technologies and practical examples of their applications that libraries and other organizations can easily implement to their advantage.

The BlogWiki2005 Workshop is a focused, comprehensive program presented by experienced specialists designed for the newbie as well as the seasoned veteran. Each workshop participant will receive a detailed manual containing copies of all workshop presentations as well as compilations of reliable and authoritative resources and references about blogs, bots, wikis, and RSS/Web feeds.

TIME:
May 19 2005 8:30am - 5:00pm
May 20 2005 8:30am - 12:00pm

WHERE:
University of Miami
Wesley Foundation
Coral Gables, Florida

COST:
$195.00 Per Registrant through April 15, 2005
$249.00 Per Registrant April 16 - May 18, 2005
$295.00 Per Registrant at the Door May 19, 2005.

The full program and schedule, as well as profiles of the presenters, are available at [ http://www.BlogWiki2005.com/ ]

NPR: : Spam-A-Lot

2005-03-17T18:21:00.000-08:00

All Things Considered, March 4, 2005 · From the Knights Who Say "Ni" to killer rabbits with big pointy teeth, British comedy group Monty Python's Flying Circus established a new standard for absurdity on television in the 1960s and '70s.

The troupe's film Monty Python and the Holy Grail has inspired an almost cultish devotion -- generations of moviegoers can quote it, chapter and verse, and a recent survey in Britain rated it the No. 1 English film of all time.

Now, 30 years after the film first hit theaters, a splashy musical version comes to Broadway.

Monty Python's Spamalot -- with a reported budget of $12 million -- is the brainchild of Eric Idle, an original member of the six-man group.

In Spamalot, Idle has recast The Holy Grail's recasting of the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table for the Great White Way, with the addition of about a dozen new songs.

The show features music by composer John du Prez, and Mike Nichols directs a cast that includes Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce and Tim Curry.

Azaria was among those enthralled by the daffy charms of Holy Grail as a child. He recalls: "I remember being, like, 13 and getting a hold of some published script version of Monty Python and The Holy Grail and literally being thrown out of math class, 'cause we were memorizing it in the back row and giggling."

Spamalot enjoyed a successful run in Chicago and opens at New York City's Schubert Theatre on March 17.

Jeff Lunden talks with Idle about the show, singing dead people, "meta-comments" and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4521465

Knowledge Discovery Resources 2005

2005-03-17T11:31:00.000-08:00

Knowledge Discovery Resources 2005

Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation white paper titled
"Knowledge Discovery Resources 2005" is a 20 page research paper listing
selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is
attempting to find the latest information about knowledge discovery
available on the Internet. Each source is described along with the URL
address than can be accessed. It is freely available as a .pdf file
(450KB) at the above link from the Virtual Private Library^(TM) and
authored by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
It was released *02-16-05.

http://zillman.blogspot.com/2005/03/
knowledge-discovery-resources-2005.html

Einstein: Let There Be Light

2005-03-17T08:29:00.000-08:00

Albert Einstein's Year of Miracles: Light Theory

by Richard Harris

Morning Edition, March 17, 2005 · One hundred years ago today, Albert Einstein finished a scientific paper that would change the world. His radical insight into the nature of light would help transform Einstein from an unknown patent clerk to the genius at the center of 20th-century physics.

Scientists call 1905 Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis -- his year of miracles. Within a few months, Einstein wrote a series of papers that would transform the way we see the universe. They included his theory of special relativity and the famous equation E=mc².

The first paper described his particle theory of light, which became one of the foundations of modern physics. Just as popular legend has it, Einstein really was a patent office clerk when he conceived his radical theories -- but he was also a doctoral candidate who spent his free time debating cutting-edge physics with his friends.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538324

Serials Review: Special Issue on Open Access: Issues, Ideas, and Impact

2005-03-13T11:31:00.000-08:00

Serials Review 30, no.4 (2004) Special Issue: Open Access 2004

Special Focus on Open Access: Issues, Ideas, and Impact
Page 257
David Goodman and Connie Foster

The Criteria for Open Access
Pages 258-270
David Goodman

Open Access Is Only Part of the Story
Pages 271-274
Richard Gedye

The Shifting Sands of Open Access Publishing, a Publisher's View
Pages 275-280
John Regazzi

A Not-for-Profit Publisher's Perspective on Open Access
Pages 281-287
Martin Frank, Margaret Reich and Alice Ra'anan

Author disincentives and open access
Pages 288-291
Rick Anderson

Open Access: A Review of an Emerging Phenomenon
Pages 292-297
Adam Chesler

Delivery, Management and Access Model for E_prints and Open Access Journals
Pages 298-303
Fytton Rowland, Alma Swan, Paul Needham, Steve Probets, Adrienne Muir, Charles Oppenheim,Ann O'Brien and Rachel Hardy

Open Access: How Are Publishers Reacting?
Pages 304-307
Sally Morris

Open Access: Science Publishing as Science Publishing Should Be
Pages 308-309
Jan Velterop

The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access
Pages 310-314
Stevan Harnad, Tim Brody, François Vallières, Les Carr, Steve Hitchcock, Yves Gingras, Charles Oppenheim, Heinrich Stamerjohanns and Eberhard R. Hilf

The “Green” and “Gold” Roads to Open Access: The Case for Mixing and Matching • ARTICLE
Pages 315-328
Jean-Claude Guédon

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913

Wiki and the Wiki Way: Beyond a Knowledge Management Solution

2005-03-13T10:38:00.000-08:00

ABSTRACT
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. -- Plato

In an attempt to leverage knowledge, corporations have been inundated with assorted methods for retaining employee wisdom. The benefits from a successful knowledge management program can help create competitive advantage. As a result, numerous knowledge management solutions have been crafted and implemented. Unfortunately, many of these implementations have failed because they have focused on technology rather than creating an atmosphere conducive to knowledge capture and sharing.

Knowledge management initiatives provide the means to accumulate, organize, and access the firm’s most essential asset. Social software, communication tools
employing social techniques, instead of software components, to ease collaboration and interaction, has risen to the challenge of capturing knowledge with a variety of methods. This paper will specifically focus on one type of social software solution, “the wiki way.”

Jennifer Gonzalez-Reinhart, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston

http://www.uhisrc.com/FTB/Wiki/wiki_way_brief%5B1%5D.pdf

Supporting Knowledge Management in Organizations with Conversational Technologies: Discussion Forums, Weblogs, and Wikis

2005-03-13T10:23:00.000-08:00

ABSTRACT
The article reviews requirements and tool availability for knowledge management in virtual communities and other knowledge sharing environments, where professionals wish to quickly and easily share knowledge and information. The article compares the characteristics of several newer technologies, notably weblogs (blogs) and wikis, to the more conventional discussion forums. Wikis, the currently least popular technology emerged as the one best facilitating knowledge management needs. The article concludes that although discussion forums are the most popular, different community types are best supported by different technologies. Some opportunities for research in this area are identified, especially for the database community.

Christian Wagner and Narasimha Bolloju, "Supporting Knowledge Management in Organizations with Conversational Technologies: Discussion Forums, Weblogs, and Wikis," Journal of Database Management 16, no. 2 (Apr-Jun 2005): i-viii.

ePrint available at
http://wagnernet.com/tiki/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=7

NPR: Firefox on the Rise

2005-03-12T09:45:00.000-08:00

Talk of the Nation, March 11, 2005 · Since it was released last November, the Firefox Web browser has been downloaded more than 26 million times. Although Microsoft's Internet Explorer software still holds a dominating lead in the browser market, Firefox is making impressive gains.

Guest:

Mitchell Baker, president, Mozilla Foundation, Mountain View, Calif.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4531493

NPR: New Yawk Talk

2005-03-12T07:31:00.000-08:00

Lost and Found Sound: Studying Regional Accents

All Things Considered, March 12, 1999 · Our Friday feature Lost and Found Sound™, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers The Kitchen Sisters™: Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva, and Jay Allison continues.

This week, All Things Considered host Robert Siegel visits University of Pennsylvania linguist William Labov. Labov studies regional accents in the United States to see how they change over time and over class. In this segment, we focus on Labov's 40-year study of the various accents of New York City.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3602519

Calling Andrew Lloyd Webber

2005-03-11T12:37:00.000-08:00

Stories From the Road: On the Job Experiences of Water Treatment Operators

Nicholas Pizzi

Water treatment plant operators are an innovative and resourceful group of professionals. Stories From the Road: On the Job Experiences of Water Treatment Operators provides insight to the services water operators provide.

The book includes actual stories from real people dealing with real problems and celebrates their accomplishments, while offering inspiration and valuable information to others.

Often, operators must come up with alternative methods when tried-and-true procedures don't work. These stories of real people in the diverse cities of Cleveland; Long Beach, Calif.; Golden, Colo., and Santa Fe, N.M., provide stellar examples of operators making tough decisions under pressure.

Appendices on pumping and horsepower calculations, chloramination guidelines, disinfection practices for trihalomethane control, and several other topics related to the experiences told in the book are also included. Stories From the Road will serve as a useful reference for any water treatment operator.
Edition: 2004, Softbound, 108 pp.
ISBN 1-58321-318-X; Catalog Number 20547.

http://www.awwa.org/bookstore/product.cfm?id=20547

A Future Operetta?

Future Tense®: RSS For New(s)bies

2005-03-11T11:15:00.000-08:00

March 10, 2005
RSS for New(s)bies

"Confused about RSS? Dwight Silverman explains the benefits of 'Really Simple Syndication.'"

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/
2005/03/10.shtml#001145

Web Feeds are EveryWhere!

OS&S: The Wiki and the Digital Library

2005-03-11T09:30:00.000-08:00

The Wiki and the Digital Library
by Jeremy Frumkin
OCLC Systems & Services
Year: 2005 Volume: 21 Number: 1 Page: 18 -- 22

"Abstract: Purpose - To look at how collaborative tools, such as Wikis, can be utilized in a digital library environment. Design/methodology/approach - A discussion of Wikis and postulation as to how such a tool might be used to facilitate research and collaboration in a digital library setting. Findings - Three potential applications of a digital library Wiki are discussed - the Wiki as a knowledge base tool, the Wiki as a content management tool, and the Wiki as a tool to empower interactive finding aids. Originality/value - Provides ideas for digital library developers and implementers, especially those looking for increasing collaboration and interactivity in digital libraries."

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1065-075X.htm

Serials 18 (1) March 2005 Open Access Theme

2005-03-11T09:22:00.000-08:00

Serials 18 (1) March 2005

Overview of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee inquiry into Scientific Publications
pp. 10 - 12
Dr Ian Gibson MP

Scientific Publications: Free for all? The academic library viewpoint
pp. 13 - 19
Tom Graham

Open access: reflections from the United States
pp. 20 - 25
Ann Okerson

Open access: principle, practice, progress
pp. 26 - 29
Jan Velterop

A mandate to self archive? The role of open access institutional repositories
pp. 30 - 34
Stephen Pinfield

Open access: evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? The university press perspective
pp. 35 - 37
Martin Richardson

Open access to the medical literature: How much content is available in published journals?
pp. 45 - 50
Marie E McVeigh and James K Pringle

ALSO
Google Scholar
pp. 70 - 72
Chuck Hamaker and Brad Spry

http://uksg.metapress.com/

Nooked RSS Directory: Corporate RSS Feeds

2005-03-10T12:49:00.000-08:00

"About The Nooked Directory

At Nooked, we make software for creating, publishing and measuring RSS feeds. In testing our software, we sought out a wide variety of corporate RSS feeds. We discovered that these were difficult to locate. We were eventually reduced to visiting individual sites and arduous Google, Technorati and PubSub searches.

During this process, we concluded that there should be a directory of feeds, to help people find them and encourage their use. Of course, we already had a fledging database of corporate RSS feeds.

We decided to launch the Nooked RSS Directory. Anyone can add feeds using the Submit page, search our database or browse the feeds using categories. We're hoping that this will grow into a valuable resource to help all sorts of professionals: journalists monitoring a particular industry, companies keeping an eye on the competition, analysts doing research and so on.

Have a look around. If your organization has an RSS feed, please submit it.

Keep up to date
Be the first to know what's new from Nooked and the Nooked RSS Directory with the Nooked Directory RSS Feeds: Nooked News | Nooked Blog"

Categories
Arts & Humanities
Entertainment Recreation & Sport
Social and Culture
Automotive
Government
Reference
Technology
Business
Health
Regional
Education
News & Media Science

http://dir.nooked.com/

iPod® U: Duke iPod® First-Year Experience

2005-03-09T13:23:00.000-08:00

In collaboration with Apple Computer, Inc., Duke distributed 20GB Apple® iPod devices to each first-year student in August. Duke hopes to stimulate creative uses of digital technology in academic and campus life by providing students with the iPod. The goal of the program is to facilitate the use of information technology in innovative ways within the classroom and across campus.

http://www.duke.edu/ipod/

This Just In: Web Feeds for Enhanced Library Services

2005-03-08T14:12:00.000-08:00

Gerry McKiernan, “This Just In: Web Feeds for Enhanced Library Services,” Knowledge Quest 33, no. 3 (January/February 2005): 38-41.

As observed by Roddy MacLeod, senior subject librarian at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, “there are several practical ways in which the LIS community can both exploit the content of RSS, and improve their services through the presentation and re-presentation of RSS feeds. These do not amount to a revolution, but rather represent a step on the path to better information services, and one which takes advantage of advances in technology.”

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/
kqarchives/v33/mckiernan.pdf

NPR: Library Marks the Evolution of British English

2005-03-08T13:53:00.000-08:00

Library Marks the Evolution of British English
by Sheilah Kast

Weekend Edition - Sunday, March 6, 2005 · Guest host Sheilah Kast speaks with Jonnie Robinson, curator of the British Library's Collection of Accents and Dialects. The library recently released over 55 hours of audio on their Web site that document the evolution of British English over the past 50 years.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4524458

English Accents and Dialects

http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/

International Symposium on Wikis (October 17-18, 2005)

2005-03-07T07:28:00.000-08:00

The 2005 International Symposium on Wikis brings together wiki researchers, implementers, and users for the first time. The goal of the symposium is to find a voice for the community. The symposium has a rigorously reviewed research paper track as well as plenty of space for practitioner reports, demonstrations, and discussions. We are honored to announce that Ward Cunningham, the inventor and host of the original WikiWikiWeb, will present the opening keynote talk at WikiSym 2005. Anyone who is involved in using, researching, or developing wikis is invited to WikiSym 2005!

We are seeking submissions for

research papers
practitioner reports
demonstrations
workshops
panels

[snip]

Topics of interest to the symposium include, but are not limited to:

wikis as social software
wiki user behavior, user dynamics
wiki user experiences, usability
wiki implementation experiences and technology
wiki administration, processes, dealing with abuse
wiki scalability, social and technical
domain-specific/special-purpose wikis

2005 International Symposium on Wikis
Oct 17-18, 2005, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Co-located with ACM OOPSLA 2005

http://www.wikisym.org

Wired News: Library Shuffles Its Collection

2005-03-05T08:21:00.000-08:00

Library Shuffles Its Collection

By Cyrus Farivar

02:00 AM Mar. 03, 2005 PT

Checking out a new iPod now applies to more than shopping trips or web browsing. This week the South Huntington Public Library on Long Island, New York, became one of the first public libraries in the country to loan out iPod shuffles.

For the past three weeks, the library ran a pilot program using the portable MP3 devices to store audio books downloaded from the Apple iTunes Music Store. They started with six shuffles, and now are up to a total of 10. Each device holds a single audio book.

[MORE]

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66756,00.html

ALSO

NPR: iPod Shuffle at a Public Library
Talk of the Nation, March 3, 2005 · A Long Island public library is among the first in the nation to loan audio books Apple iPod Shuffles containing audio books. We'll speak with the library's director.

Guest:

Ken Weil, director, South Huntington Public Library on Long Island

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4521427

Compendex Now Offers RSS Feeds

2005-03-04T14:08:00.000-08:00

"RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. It is an XML-based format for content syndication. RSS is a way of publishing and distributing content from one Web site to another. It's an easy way for you to keep updated automatically on web sources that you follow.

You need to have an RSS reader or aggregator to make use of RSS. RSS reader will display information feeds from your selected sites on your computer without visiting each Web site. You will automatically receive the most current information whenever these sources are updated. It will also allow you to share information with others in your research or study group.

With an RSS aggregator, you will be able to find technical information from Engineering Village 2, latest news from your library (if your library is providing an RSS feed), or latest technology news from the New York Times.

There are several types of RSS readers. Some are Web-based, such as My Yahoo, Bloglines or NewsGator, some are extensions of Web browsers such as Mozilla Foxfire and some are desktop readers like FeedDemon or Awasu. You can find a list of RSS reader and other information about RSS at the RSS Compendium.

Engineering Village 2 provides RSS feeds of your search queries. Once you have executed a search, you can post the latest updated records that match your query to your RSS aggregator and share the results with others within your institution. Engineering Village 2 RSS feed includes titles of the records and links back to Engineering Village 2 for the detailed record. You need to be in an IP authenticated environment that has access to Engineering Village 2 to view the detailed record.

This feature will allow you to get automatic weekly updates of your search queries' results within your RSS readers.

To use the RSS feeds from Engineering Village 2, execute and refine your search until you have the search strategy that you wish to use as your feed. If your organization has enabled the RSS feed, an RSS feed link will appear following your search statement.

[MORE]

http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=help&database=1#rss

NYTimes: NYPL Digital Gallery

2005-03-03T08:28:00.000-08:00

March 3, 2005
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
The Public Library Opens a Web Gallery of Images
By SARAH BOXER

[ http://www.nypl.org/digital/digitalgallery.htm ]

Let the browser beware. The New York Public Library's collection of prints, maps, posters, photographs, illuminated manuscripts, sheet-music covers, dust jackets, menus and cigarette cards is now online (www.nypl.org/digital/digitalgallery.htm). If you dive in today without knowing why, you might not surface for a long, long time. The Public Library's digital gallery is lovely, dark and deep. Quite eccentric, too.

So far, about 275,000 items are online, and you can browse by subject, by collection, by name or by keyword. The images first appear in thumbnail pictures, a dozen to a page. Some include verso views. You can collect 'em, enlarge 'em, download 'em, print 'em and hang 'em on your wall at home. All are free, unless, of course, you plan to make money on them yourself. (Permission is required.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/garden/03hatt.html

Numa Numa

2005-02-27T09:46:00.000-08:00

"To begin at the beginning:

Mr. Brolsma, a pudgy guy from Saddle Brook, made a video of himself this fall performing a lip-synced version of "Dragostea Din Tei," a Romanian pop tune, which roughly translates to "Love From the Linden Trees." He not only mouthed the words, he bounced along in what he called the "Numa Numa Dance" - an arm-flailing, eyebrow-cocked performance executed without ever once leaving the chair."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/26/nyregion/26video.html

We Should All Be So Passionate!!!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/206373

A-Book Revolution?

2005-02-26T11:21:00.000-08:00

"Last week, Audible.com, which in 1994 pioneered the idea of using the Internet to download audio books and other audio material to personal computers, said that it would soon join the podcasting movement. The company, whose business currently includes distributing popular radio programs like "Car Talk" on a subscription basis over the Internet, now says it intends to make its software and distribution system available to people who want to produce their own podcasts."

"When I started Audible and we started signing up radio partners, people would ask me, 'where does your technology leave radio?,' " said Donald Katz, Audible's chairman. "Now it's clear that the creative capacity that is out there greatly outstrips the capacity of the radio pipeline."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/25/technology/25podcast.html

NPR: 'A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe'

2005-02-26T10:01:00.000-08:00

'A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe'

Talk of the Nation, February 25, 2005 · Author and mathematician, Sir Roger Penrose, talks about his latest book The Road to Reality. The 1,094-page tome examines the mathematical theory that underlies our present understanding of the physical universe.
Guest:
Sir Roger Penrose, author, The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe, Emeritus professor of mathematics, Oxford University.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4513655

NYTimes: Odeo: Profits in Podcasting ?

2005-02-25T08:19:00.000-08:00

NYTimes: For a Start-Up, Visions of Profit in Podcasting

By JOHN MARKOFF

Published: February 25, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 - The primarily amateur Internet audio medium known as podcasting will take a small, hopeful step on Friday toward becoming the commercial Web's next big thing.

That step is planned by Odeo, a five-person start-up that is based in a walk-up apartment in this city's Mission District and was co-founded by a Google alumnus. The company plans to introduce a Web-based system that is aimed at making a business of podcasting - the process of creating, finding, organizing and listening to digital audio files that range from living-room ramblings to BBC newscasts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/25/technology/25podcast.html

Inside the Revolution: Adobe! Adobe! Adobe!

2005-02-24T14:35:00.000-08:00

"Inside the Publishing Revolution is not one of those dull historical tomes you know and loathe from high school. Pfiffner packs its pages with lively, insightful interviews with world-class designers and illustrators, as well as personal insights and recollections from John Warnock, Chuck Geschke, Jonathan Seybold, and other publishing luminaries. Richly illustrated and beautifully designed, the book features galleries of historically significant work by leading artists and rare photographs from the Adobe archives. For added perspective, Pfiffner walks you through an illustrated timeline of the publishing revolution. As with history, the final chapter of the Adobe story remains to be written, so the book ends with an eye toward the future: an exclusive overview of the company's vision of publishing in the next decade."

http://www.adobepress.com/title/0321115643

WiredNews: iPod Killed the Video Star

2005-02-23T08:21:00.000-08:00

"People think I'm this poseur guy from MTV, but I don't care," says Adam Curry, the former VJ whose long blond locks once mesmerized teenyboppers across the globe. "I've always had this total dual life as a geek and a celebrity."
[snip]
Curry, 40, is the brains behind iPodder, a tiny application that he believes has the power to challenge commercial radio. iPodder is the bastard offspring of the blog and the Apple MP3 player. It combines the hyperactive talkiness of blogs and the hipness of iPods into something utterly new: the podcast. iPodder uses the blog syndication tool RSS to automatically download homebrew radio shows, podcasts, directly into a portable MP3 player.
[MORE]

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html

NPR: Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns

2005-02-21T13:34:00.000-08:00

Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns

by Laura Sydell

Weekend Edition - Sunday, February 20, 2005 · Wikipedia is a dynamic, online encyclopedia that allows users to create and edit their own entries. Volunteers then fact-check the entiries to ensure accuracy. NPR's Laura Sydell reports that as Wikipedia has grown dramatically in popularity, some have begun to question its accuracy.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4506421

Hello Dali!

2005-02-21T09:04:00.000-08:00

ART REVIEW | SALVADOR DALI
A Brazen Visionary With a Surreal Self
By ROBERTA SMITH

Published: February 18, 2005

Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Museum of Art's retrospective of the work of Salvador Dalí, the megalomaniacal Surrealist painter and every teenager's favorite artist, is a visual and psychic marathon. It fills 20 galleries, many quite large, with nearly 200 works of art, many quite small and so stupefyingly detailed that they require close study. At times, as one gallery follows another, the show begins to feel like a Surrealist labyrinth. Be prepared to catch a good case of Dalí delirium.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/arts/design/18smit.html

NPR: Beyond Melting Clocks: A Dali Retrospective

Weekend Edition - Saturday, February 19, 2005 · Salvador Dali is renowned for surrealist paintings of the 1920s and '30s, when bizarre imagery and fluid forms populated his canvases. Yet his sphere of artistic influence extended beyond his avante-garde painting style.
[snip]
The exhibition offers a chance to take a fresh look Dali's impact on the world of art a century after his birth. Joel Rose of member station WHYY in Philadelphia took an early tour.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4504240

NPR: Can We Say Road Trip?

2005-02-19T16:10:00.000-08:00

Kerouac's 'On the Road' Manuscript Unfurled

"All Things Considered. February 15, 2005 · The legend behind the writing of Jack Kerouac's On the Road is well known, if not entirely accurate. Fueled by inspiration, coffee and Benzedrine, Kerouac sat down at his typewriter and -- in one burst of creative energy -- wrote the novel that would make him the voice of his generation in just 20 days, typing it out on a single, 120-foot-long scroll.

[snip]

Kerouac actually spent much more time laying the groundwork for his novel than that creation myth suggests, but the part about the giant scroll manuscript is true. Now for the first time, the unfurled scroll has gone on display at the University of Iowa Museum of Art in Iowa City. It will travel next to the Las Vegas Public Library."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4500593

And I Bet You Thought That Iowa Was Just Fly-Over-Country? [:-)

NYTimes: Attack of the Pod(casting) People

2005-02-19T09:11:00.000-08:00

NYTimes: Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here
By KATE ZERNIKE Published: February 19, 2005

GRAND FORKS, N.D., Feb. 16 - From a chenille-slipcovered sofa in the basement of their friend Dave's mom's house at the edge of a snow-covered field, Brad and Other Brad, sock-footed pioneers in the latest technology revolution, are recording "Why Fish," their weekly show.
[snip]
Clutching a microphone and leaning over a laptop on the coffee table, they praise the beauty of the Red River, now frozen on the edge of town, and plug an upcoming interview with a top-ranked professional walleye fisherman. Then they sign off.
[snip]
Their show, mostly ad-libbed, is a podcast, a kind of recording that, thanks to a technology barely six months old, anyone can make on a computer and then post to a Web site, where it can be downloaded to an iPod or any MP3 player to be played at the listener's leisure.
[MORE]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/19/technology/19podcasting.html

Theoretical Librarian Blog Launched

2005-02-19T09:06:00.000-08:00

With this posting, the Theoretical Librarian Blog (TLB) is hereby launched.
TLB is the personal and professional blog of Gerry McKiernan, Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer, Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011.