myspace and other online social networking things are kind of interesting, ya know? Although blogs/journals have an aspect of social networking, especially with the use of feeds, comments, and blogrolling/links tools, social networking online really started to take off with six degrees. The Six degrees community was loosely based on the kevin bacon game which is loosely based on the
and some slightly controversial reading about catalogs: Links below… Karen Calhoun’s report on the future of cataloging at LC:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdfThomas Mann’s response:http://www.guild2910.org/AFSCMECalhounReviewREV.pdf…and you know, catalogers need to work withmultiple metadata standards these days (duh…)http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA6321736.html
Ok, even though there is a whole lot of controversy going on about library catalogs (thanks, Google, but you are not a library catalog… although you do many other fine things …), I’m going to write about the exciting world of library catalog software. As always, this is just my opinion. š It seems that most libraries have been stuck
Ok, I don’t know if this is cool or scary. ————————————- Atlanta’s own Brian Mathews has come up with an innovative way to create unobtrusive library presence in the world of social software. Brian, the Distance Learning Services and Mechanical Engineering Librarian (wow) at Georgia Tech, runs his “ubiquitous reference model” by searching GA Tech students’ Xanga and LiveJournal pages
Ok, I don’t know if this is cool or scary. ————————————- Atlanta’s own Brian Mathews has come up with an innovative way to create unobtrusive library presence in the world of social software. Brian, the Distance Learning Services and Mechanical Engineering LibrarianĀ at Georgia Tech, runs his “ubiquitous reference model” by searching GA Tech students’ Xanga and LiveJournal pages for library-related