Oh, hurrah. First, an apology of sorts (“we just missed the mark” — REALLY?!?) and today more control over privacy settings (see below for screenshots of the settings)… but remember, if you post it to the web it is archived somewhere on the WORLD WIDE WEB. …and really — is it so surprising that Facebook was doing this?“The Wall Street
Linked data is a HOT topic amongst the semantic web community (and the NYT also has their big linked data project) — sigh, novel concepts like authority records, controlled vocabularies, etc. Why gosh. Why didn’t libraries think of those? Oh wait, we DID. 😉 Anyhow, it might be interesting & free webinar — discussions of the VIAF, RDF, etc. I’ll
Interesting group of materials (presentations, webinars, etc.) about employer expectations and what they do not teach in “library school” in regards to the cataloging profession. The sessions focused on the disconnect between what you learn in library school and the reality of working in cataloging. Panel members shared their professional viewpoints and personal experiences related to the changing technical skills,
Q: Can you take a 72 ppi photo and make it look good at 300 ppi? Or, is it only used for taking a 300 ppi image and making huge posters? A: My first thought (depending on what the image is of and whether I could get a higher res one easily — because that would seem to be the
“Facebook is officially ‘out,’ as in uncool, amongst partners, parents and pundits all coming to the realization that Zuckerberg and his company are – simply put – not trustworthy,” Calacanis wrote on his personal Web site. [and more] Earlier this month, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and 14 other privacy and consumer organizations filed a complaint against Facebook with the
Cellulose nitrate is a very flammable material, but it also happens to be a very high quality clear plastic — 35mm motion picture film was almost exclusively nitrate, from the beginning of filmmaking through 1950 or so in the US, possibly as late as the early 60s in Russia and eastern Europe. But after a number of notable fires, it
A sampling of common digital media and their life expectancies (assuming you take care of them):• Floppy disk – This can theoretically survive between 3 and 10 million passes• CD and DVDs – It depends heavily on the materials used in their construction (PDF), but you’re looking at anywhere between 2 and 10 and 25 years, in the best of
First off, one big caveat: It is simply impossible to have the old Facebook experience with the old level of privacy. If you want the old level of privacy, you’re going to have to give up some functionality; if you want all the old functionality, you’re going to have to give up some privacy. http://gawker.com/5522433/how-to-restore-your-privacy-on-facebook There you go, from the
they forgot: where’s the stapler the printer is jammed/outofpaper/not working (btw, I did start out in public services…)
CALL FOR CASE STUDIES/BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALSInternational Students and Academic Libraries: Initiatives for Success Proposal Submission Deadline: June 30, 2010Editors: Pamela Jackson and Patrick Sullivan, San Diego State University Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries Have you developed programs or services for international students at your academic library? If so, the editors of this upcoming volume to be published by