News for Today, May 21 News in the shared spaces world: CorasWorks released its Spring 2004 version of the CorasWorks Workplace Suite, a set of collaborative business solutions that run on Microsoft SharePoint. The suite is available in three editions: Projects Edition (a pre-configured, out-of-the-box... From Kolabora.com on May 20, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..
Briefly: Wasabi adds heat to NetBSD marketing From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
States, feds headed for VoIP clash From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Comparison Shopping for Blogware Are you tired of your current weblog software? Does MovableType's new pricing make your blood boil? Sick of stomping spam? Hate your side bar? How much would you pay for a new weblog system? If you call before midnight tonight.... Well, there are not really midnight ads hawking blog software, but just in case you are looking at some alternatives, take a look at the Blog Software Breakdown: This chart displays attributes of different user-installed blog software packages side-by-side for comparison. On From cogdogblog on May 20, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
NoBlogDog This dog will not blog... for the next 4 days. I'm off for some backpack time around the edge of the Mogollon Rim, in the Coconino National Forest. Given drought conditions of the last several years, a rather dry winter, it will only be maybe a week or two before fire restrictions and closures shut off the forest areas. So this is the time to hit the trail... From cogdogblog on May 20, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
Findability.org Peter Morville has launched a new site called Findability.org. To quote: Findability refers to the quality of being locatable or navigable. At the item level, we can evaluate to what degree a particular object is easy to discover or locate.... From Column Two on May 20, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
The truth about federated searching WebFeat has written an article on the truth about federated searching. Their list of mis-truths: Federated search engines leave no stone unturned De-dupe really works Relevancy rankings are totally relevant Federated searching is software We don't make your search engine.... From Column Two on May 20, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
Wasabi adds heat to NetBSD marketing From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
IBM asks for quick rejection of SCO claims From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Collaboration at ASTD Next Week Next week at the ASTD International Conference & Exhibition, I'll be describing how Collaborative Technologies Supercharge Informal Learning. Thursday, May 27th 9:00 am to 10:15 am SESSION ABSTRACT: Corporations typically invest very little in informal learning, even though that's where most corporate learning takes place!... From Internet Time Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..
FBI plans spammer smackdown From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
WWW2004 panel We did a panel on "Standardized Uniqueness: Standards as the Key to Personalized Learning" at the WWW2004 conference this morning. Some 35 people attended the session and there were a lot of questions from the audience, which made it definitely... From ErikLog on May 20, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Normativas y estándares para el tratamiento de contenidos El uso de Internet como medio en alza para la formación ha provocado que numerosas organizaciones se hayan embarcado en la implementación y difusión de sistemas de enseñanza. Esto ha supuesto la apari... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 20, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Secret to Boosting Sales? Snap, Crackle, Innovate! Online businesses can always learn a thing or two from Seth Godin. His latest tome urges marketers to switch emphasis from focusing on ads to their product, itself. From E-Commerce Guide on May 20, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
New ban for DVD copying software From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Briefly: New ban for DVD copying software From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
What Traditional Publishers Should Know About Blogs Blogs have been mistakenly perceived by myopic analysts and reporters as "one" generic category of useless online resources, creating more noise than anything else, and being completely self-serving to themselves. Photo Credit: Bobbie Osborne Blogs are pieces of digital paper, and the uses and application are unlimited. It is not the blog technology that determines the usefulness of the content generated. Blogs has become a reductive way of calling personal publishing and mini content management systems that greatly facilitate direct authoring and publication of news and information by anyone. From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on May 20, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
EU-Strafrecht II Die Europäische Kommission hat am 30.04.2004 ein Grünbuch (103 S. PDF) über die Angleichung, die gegenseitige Anerkennung und die Vollstreckung... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Legal Definitions Im Portal für Rechtsterminologie (Übersetzungsportal) des JIPS ist seit kurzem, neben zahlreichen anderen Quellen, auch das (rein) englische Rechtswörterbuch enthalten.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
E-learning: la revolución ha comenzado Las personas han aprendido de manera natural y consistente a lo largo de sus vidas y a lo largo de la historia. Aprender es un proceso natural. Es involuntario. Proporciona los medios para sobrevivir,... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 20, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Grrr.... Glenn Clark sent me this link to a piece in our local paper (the Saskatoon Star Phoenix). In the process of defending Ralph Klein from what he thought were unfair attacks on his scholarship and academic integrity, Barry Cooper (a... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 20, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Funny and informative treatment of Jakob's Link Usability Guidelines Amazing. Jakob should follow this advice on his site. It would me it a lot more usable! Doctor heal thyself! From Design by Fire: Design Eye for the Usability Guy: QUOTELast Monday, to much fanfare, Nielsen published the second part to his guidelines on the display of links. I was as shocked as anyone by it. He actually made sense! Well, color me paranoid. I’m at loss. Beyond the awkward language, beyond the retina-burning presentation, and beyond a few misused design terms From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 20, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..
xrefer has added the following titles to its xreferplus reference service: ... xrefer has added the following titles to its xreferplus reference service:Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary from Churchill LivingstoneMosby's Dental Dictionary from Elsevier ScienceBaillire's Midwives' Dictionary from Elsevier ScienceNatural Medicine Instructions for Patients from Churchill Livingstone From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 20, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..
Rick Johnson on OA Richard Johnson, Open Access: Unlocking the Value of Scientific Research, a preprint based on his presentation at the conference, The New Challenge for Research Libraries: Collection Management and Stratedgic Access to Digital Resources conference (University of Oklahoma Libraries, March 4-5, 2004). Excerpt: "As we saw with the remarkable international effort to address the SARS crisis in 2003, which relied on the Internet to achieve broad and rapid commun From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..
New software for OAI-compliant archives Laval University Library has released Archimede, new open-source software for building and maintaining an open-access, OAI-compliant eprint archive. It supports both metadata and full-text searching. A future release will automatically generate subject headings for indexing from the eprint text. Archimede runs on both Linux and Windows. From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..
Tame the Training Great day with Michael Stephens and Bob Lewandowski (Bob, you need a blog!) today! I'm going to try and bring them back for a duplicate session on tech training for staff and patrons this fall, so Chicagoland area librarians should watch for that. Bonus points: you get to see their video! I always enjoy talking with them, and Aaron even joined us. Good food, great company! --> From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Could Libraries Help the Music Industry's Bottom Line? More CD Buyers Try Out Digital Song Stores "Consumers who subscribed to a music service such as RealNetworks' Rhapsody purchased an average of 11 CDs last year. Those who used legal music downloading sites such as Apple Computer's iTunes bought approximately 10 CDs, according to the report. Those who used peer-to-peer file-sharing sites averaged eight CDs, whereas those who did none of these bought an average of six CDs. "Our From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Audible and ListenIllinois Both Doing Well! Audible Hits the Black "The latest issue of Publishers Weekly reports that digital spoken word e-tailer Audible Inc. has recorded its first profitable quarter. Their revenue increased by 68% for the first quarter of 2004. Librarians pay attention! We need to be thinking of ways to provide our users with downloadable spoken word audio. The market indicates that this will be more popular than the failed attempts to garner interest in e-books." [--> From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Help Meet the Goal for LISNews! An Inside Look at the New Seattle Public Library "Steffers writes 'Here is a look at the new Seattle Public Library. The 360 tour is pretty cool and the article attached is interesting. The library definitely looks futuristic but it looks incredible in the night photos.' " [LISNews.com] Cool views, but I also wanted to note that this is my second repost of an LISNews--> From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming Yikes - note to self: check your own site more often to make sure it's publishing what you're writing! Sorry about that. From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Good Luck Finding that Needle Storage Cost Predictions "Peter Van Dijck predicts the future of cost of data storage: $10 a month for 15 petabytes (15,000,000 Gigs) of storage. Storage space is getting cheaper. For investing US$10 a month, you'll have accumulated 15 petabytes of storage space by 2020. Assuming you invest $10 a month in storage and start buying this year, buying additional space every year, you&apo From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
The True Promise of Blogging - EVERYONE Voice Can Be Heard Coming: A Blind Librarian Hears Yahoo "Later today or tomorrow we'll be updating you on the neat things that David Faucheux is up to with Blind Chance, his audio blog. Coming very soon in Blind Chance: Discussion of Yahoo's accessibilty to people relying on speech synthesizers.Related: Bl From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Blog Breakdown and New PLA ePub on Blogging! Check out this great Blog Software Breakdown! I will definitely be looking at this closely as I examine our options at SLS. In other news, the Public Library Association (PLA) has posted an ePublication about weblogs written by none other than our very own Steven M. Cohen! I just know Steven will have them blogging with RSS feeds soon! Go, PLA!< From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Click with Your Legislators! Barb Brattin, Reference Manager at the Warren Newport Public Library, came up with a great way to promote our statewide reference portal, Illinois Clicks! "One of our top service responses at Warren Newport Public Library is information literacy, so offering a program on Illinois Clicks was a natural fit. As I was surfing through the site gathering examples of great links in every category, I thought of a little exercise to get some attention for Illinois Cl From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Wireless Laptops Popular at Taylor! Steve Oberg, Electronic Resources Librarian & Assistant Professor at Taylor University, posted the following statistics to the WEB4LIB mailing list today. "Taylor University's Zondervan Library serves a mostly undergraduate student population of about 1,700. We have four wireless-enabled laptops available for checkout for general purpose uses including web browsing and library research. Our spring term is ending and out of curiosity I decided From The Shifted Librarian on May 20, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Some users to auctioneer: Bring back old 'My eBay' From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Samsung unveils supersized OLED display From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Democrats push for privacy officers From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Briefly: Democrats push for privacy officers From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
More Copyright v. the University Follow this great thread from Jason (here, here, and here) and Ed, with comments from Donna here. They brilliantly critique Penn St.'s banning student use of servers without faculty permission.&nb From A Copyfighter's Musings on May 20, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Moleskin Software Mark Bernstein is "intrigued" by the fact that more people talk about moleskins than the value of software. Isn't that comparable to small talk just before you enter the room to a critical meeting with you partners. You ne... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on May 20, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Connect now! This shouls yield interesting funding-parties, after all. inCircles of Social Networking Stanford University inCircles their alum, as does the University of Southern California , and now the University of Michigan inte... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on May 20, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..
Paper never gets the chance to solidify I’m down with the essentially anonymous character of wiki co-construction — it may not be a requirement, but it is somehow emblematic of “the wiki way”, whatever the hell that might be… But sometimes I wish people would sign their contributions. Like this reflection somebody just posted on our space, entitled WhyWiki: Why Wiki? I like writing. But sometimes, a... From Object Learning on May 20, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Megnut is moving I'm moving this site to a new host later this afternoon, so you might have problems reaching it while the DNS propagates. Hopefully things will be back on track in 24 - 48 hours. From megnut on May 20, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..
Guidelines for Authors of Learning Objects Rachel Smith, with the New Media Consortium, has just released an excellent set of guidelines for authors of learning objects. It's the first document I've seen that focusses more on the educational side of things, rather than the technical. This approach is much needed, since the real implications of this stuff are not technical at all... And, her flexible learning-object-is-whatever-it-needs-to-be-as-long-as-it's-educational ope From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Fun with Pachyderm Flash Source Code I'm poking around in the Pachyderm Flash template source files, and just came across this gem: shell.isloaded = "nononono"; I'm not sure what "nononono" means, or where it came from. It may have been just too obvious or boring to use this instead: shell.isloaded = false; Especially when the code to test the shell.isloaded variable seems to expect a boolean anyway. At least the original authors had a sense of humour... ;-) From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Rights Expression Languages Report to Library of Congress The Library of Congress just released this report, which discusses rights expression languages (the stuff that drives usable DRM). Here's a link to the PDF. Haven't had a chance to read it yet, but it might come in handy. From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Study: Ethernet switch market on comeback trail From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Gates courts CEO crowd From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Study says 100 million PCs to be replaced in 2004 From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Oracle joins Microsoft developer program From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Users tell auctioneer, 'My eBay' more yours than ours From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Freiheit des Wortes? Als "Anomalie" wurde auf dem derzeit stattfindenden Weltkongress des Internationalen Presse-Instituts (IPI) die Situation in Italien kritisiert, wo Ministerpräsident Silvio... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
Muster- und Sammelklage Bei LexisNexis besprechen Micklitz und Beuchler gestern die Voraussetzungen einer Muster- und Sammelklage und werden für ihren Beitrag im Ergebnis... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
Internet-Vorlesungen Lilli weist im Weblog Sozialinformatik zu Recht auf die Plattform der Universität Trier hin, die "im Prinzip jedem offen steht".... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
Widerruf bei Online-Auktion Wird ein Rechtsgeschäft zwischen einem Verbraucher (§ 13 BGB) und einem Unternehmer (§ 14 BGB) über ein Fernkommunikationsmittel (Fax, Telefon,... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
Musterrechnungen nach RVG und BRAGO Mock untersucht "Verschlechterungen" der RVG-Regelungen gegenüber dem bisher geltenden, in der BRAGO geregelten, Recht. Er geht hierbei auf die neue... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
Netzwerk Elektronischer Geschäftsverkehr Der Themenschwerpunkt "Netz- und Informationssicherheit" ist Teil der vom BMWA geförderten Maßnahme "Netzwerk Elektronischer Geschäftsverkehr", ist auf der Homepage von... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
La comunicación en situaciones de crisis: del 11M al 14M El XIX Congreso Internacional de Comunicación que se celebrará en Pamplona los dÃas 11 y 12 de noviembre de 2004, se dedicará al estudio de La comunicación en situaciones de crisis: del 11M al 14M. Los grupos de trabajo previstos... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
WordPress(ing) La nueva polÃtica de licencias de MT3 está conduciendo a muchos bloggers programadores a cambiarse a WordPress. Se ha puesto en marcha la bitácora colectiva WordPress en Español y Canopus ha anunciado la disponibilidad de una traducción al español: Traducción... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 20, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
Church of Fools I'm very interested in finding different kinds of communities online, and I ran across an amazing example of a "community of place." It is called "Church of Fools" and it is a site created by the Methodist Church in the... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 20, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..
Independent Publishers Challenge The News Establishment "In the mid-1960s, when the Free Speech Movement drew national attention by disrupting the Berkeley campus, the idea of a group of people using inexpensive tools to compete directly against traditional print or broadcast media was ridiculous. With the exception... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 20, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..
Final report on selecting, appraising, on retaining scientific data The presentations from the 2003 CODATA / ERPANET Workshop on the Selection, Appraisal, and Retention of Scientific Data (Lisbon, December 15-17) were put online in December 2003, but have now been reissued as a Final Report. From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
BMC memberships for nine oncology institutes The Italian Alliance Against Cancer (Alleanza contro il cancro, or ACC) has purchased institutional memberships in BioMed Central for all nine Italian oncology institutes in the alliance. From the BMC press release: "The ACC decision is an important one for BioMed Central - bringing the number of Italian institutional members to 19. ACC institutions employ over 1200 physicians, and produces more than 1350 articles From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
German commentary on OA The April issue of Duz Magazin is devoted to OA. Unfortunately the articles themselves are not OA, or at least not yet. The TOC provides two-sentence previews and Wolfgang Heusen's editorial provides slightly more detail. In German.
Walt Crawford's optimal scenario for journals Walt Crawford, Journals Revisited: A Survivable Future, American Libraries, May 2004. A review of the serials crisis and potential solutions, including OA. Excerpt: "The number of open access journals (with no charge for online access, typically covering costs via publication fees or institutional subsidy) will certainly grow --but, as with SPARC-supported lower-cost journals, that growth won't save libraries any money until such journals replace From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
ALPSP releases major survey of author attitudes It looks like I never blogged this major study released in March: Ian Rowlands, Dave Nicholas, and Paul Huntingdon, Scholarly Communication in the Digital Environment: What Do Authors Want? ALPSP, March 18, 2004. The results of a survey of 4,000 senior researchers from 97 countries, apparently the largest survey yet conducted of scholarly authors on OA and scholarly publication. Excerpt: "Many of the comments that authors made were very hostile towards commercial publishers. Authors are resentful of what they see as a perver From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Stevan Harnad's contribution to the Nature debate Stevan Harnad and eight co-authors, The green and the gold roads to Open Access, Nature, May 17, 2004. Harnad and his colleagues underline two important but increasingly neglected distinctions, the first between the "affordability problem" (making journals more affordable) and the "access problem" (making them more accessible), and the second between delivering OA through journals (the gold road) and delivering it through archives or repositories (the green road). They also draw the first major public attention to two sign From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
More on the UK inquiry The May 18 issue of Library Journal has an unsigned summary of the final session of oral testimony in the UK inquiry. Excerpt: "Witnesses also expressed strong support for institutional repositories. How those repositories would function and who would set them up and maintain them, however, went unanswered, a point which provoked Gibson. MP Robert Key noted that 83 percent of publishers allowed authors to archive their papers in post-print archives, but that hardly any supported pre-print archives. 'What i From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Berlin 2 meeting, presentations, and roadmap The Berlin Declaration follow-up conference, Berlin 2 Open Access: Steps Toward Implementation of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (Geneva, May 12-13, 2004) is now over. Its presentations are now online and so is its Roadmap Proposal for moving forward, From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Institutional repositories for preservation Paul Wheatley, Institutional Repositories in the Context of Digital Preservation, Digital Preservation Coalition, Technology Watch Series Report 04-02, 2004. Excerpt: "The key recommendations from this report are for the continued development of specific requirements for trusted digital repositories, and also for the creation of independent certification services for digital repositories that will evaluate how repositories meet these requirements. A clearer picture can then be presented as to how well institutional repository softwa From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Scholars object to Canadian copyright reform Jack Kapica, Copyright proposal too harsh: Library Association, Globe and Mail, May 14, 2004. Excerpt: "Copyright legislation needs to maintain existing exceptions for libraries and educational institutions, [said Don Butcher, executive director of the Canadian Library Association], so reasonable use can be made of legally acquired copyright material, as is done in the United States and the European Union. He said that the [House of Commons] committee appears to have ignored the &a From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Dis-CERN-ing laboratory CERN supports drive for free access to data, Nature 429, 234 - 235 (20 May 2004)(access restricted to subscribers.) They invented the web and there they will openly distribute their research output. A brief news piece reports that CERN signed on to the Berlin Declaration last week, affirming their support for open access. See also CERN's press release. From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Call for bioinformatics project repository A. Jamie Cuticchia & Gregg W. Silk, Bioinformatics needs a software archive, Nature 429, 241 (20 May 2004). (Access restricted to subscribers.) Two researches point out in a letter that bioinformatics databases and software disappear after a project ends or loses funding (they cite one example of a U.S. funded genomics project which cost somewhere around $50 million which was succeded by a private venture, losing the source code for the database in the process.) They call for a public From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Australian government responds to research infrastructure recommendations The Australian government has posted its responses to the recommendations of three recent reports on research infrastructure and innovation. None of the recommendations explicitly calls for open access, but many propose related reforms, such as access to publicly funded research and research infrastructure either at no charge or at a charge reflecting only "marginal operating costs". In almost every case the government response to the OA-related proposals is non-committal: "The Government will take into account the Taskf From FOS News on May 20, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
US Broadband jumps From the May 2004 Bandwidth Report: US broadband penetration grew by 1.9 points in April, with 47.87% of active Internet users enjoying a high-speed connection at home. This jump of nearly 2 points is 2.5 times the average rate of broadband growth. 52.13% of US home users dial into the Internet with "narrowband" connections of 56Kbps or less.* Meanwhile, broadband growth in other countries suggests a limit of 75% saturation... As of April 2004, most users in the US connect to the Internet using dial-up modems of 56Kbps or less. 42.74% use 56Kbps modems, 6.99% use 28/33.3Kbps, and 2.4%... < From Joho the Blog on May 20, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Final Notice of Domain Extension My scam printer — aka fax machine — continues to spew almost nothing but spam and scam. Today I got yet another legal-looking notice, formatted to lo like you're being served with papers, from the Domain Notification Center. It "warns" me that unless I contact them, someone else might register the .us version of a .com name I own. Heavens forfend! At least now that I'm back to running an internal fax/modem card I'm not paying for the ink to spray this crap onto paper. By the way, DomainNotificationCenterSucks.us is available.... From Joho the Blog on May 20, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Local Blogging Had a visit from Jeff Jarvis yesterday, blogger extraordinaire and Blogger Con alum, and we threw around some ideas about using my school's communications program and some local entities to create a framework for producing local news and feature content for the Web. It's a great idea, and if it works, it'll give me a chance to do some blogvangelism to my own physical community, which would be very cool. And, I've been ta From weblogged News on May 20, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..
Teaching Internet Literacy (via Ray Schroeder) In light of my weekend at I-Law, I'm not surprised at the news that 53 percent of kids admit to downloading music even though 88 percent of them know its protected by copyright. But what did surprise even me was this: But only 18 percent of the students surveyed said they learned about copyright law from a teacher or other educator. That's just amazing. And as I said the other day, it's From weblogged News on May 20, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..
Gone Drifting... I'll be out of blog for the next few days as I join a bunch of my college buddies for a three-day, two night float down the Saco River in Maine. The weather is iffy, the mosquitoes are probably going to be nasty, and this morning it was 39 degrees...paradise awaits. (BTW, we do have a blog for this event, but I would surely lose every ounce of respect I may have by linking it here...) Back on Tuesday, with any luck. From weblogged News on May 20, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..
Best Buy does personas Joshua Freed has written an article on how Best Buy is using personas to revamp how they deliver their services. To quote: Best Buy's plan is to revamp its stores according to the types of customers they serve, a strategy... From Column Two on May 20, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..
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'We the Media' Talk Tonight in Mountain View A final reminder that I'll be giving a talk tonight about "We the Media" -- the title of my upcoming book. It'll be at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Details here. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 20, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
Goldberger vs. Pleas Seymour Hersh's The Gray Zone was this week's blockbuster New Yorker article. Hardly anybody commented on Paul Goldberger's High-Tech Bibliophilia, a review of Seattle's new library. I wouldn't either, were it not for the contrast with an earlier review entitled Brutal Architecture and written by Keith Pleas, a software architect, author, and trainer who n From Jon's Radio on May 20, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
A lecture on the development of the New York City subway Tomorrow night (Thursday) at the New York Public Library there's a free lecture on The Development of the New York City Subway System that sounds interesting. Transit Historian Peter Derrick will discuss why New York City needed an extensive rapid transit system, the political and financial difficulties in getting new lines built, and the impact the subways had on the growth of the city and the well being of its population. The focus From megnut on May 20, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Defamer I'm beginning to think that the excellently named Defamer is a daily must-read for media freaks and IP watchers. Today Defamer describes a brewing credit dispute over the Shrek 2 screenplay. From Creative Commons: weblog on May 20, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Tellabs to buy AFC for $1.9 billion From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Brown vs. Board: A Cataclysmic Failure? De facto segregation still exists in America. But has sitting next to a white child helped black students learn? [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
Fight over e-voting leaves election plans as casualties From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
It's Opening Day for METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard) by Roy Tennant - Library Jou ... It's Opening Day for METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard) by Roy Tennant - Library Journal From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
Presentations from The Second Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication - Towards a New Publishin ... Presentations from The Second Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication - Towards a New Publishing Environment - Lund 26-28 April 2004 - are now available online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
From British MovieTone News, a Website of one-minute potraits of famous people divided into categori ... From British MovieTone News, a Website of one-minute potraits of famous people divided into categories, including entertainment, personalities, and lifestyle, dating back to 1929 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
Current Medicine, Current Science, and Science Press Group have joined forces to become The Current ... Current Medicine, Current Science, and Science Press Group have joined forces to become The Current Medicine Group From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
Why Open Source Works - Steven Weber, Ubiquity Author Steven Weber looks beyond the hype on Open Source. More than a self-governing utopia, it's a practical, sustainable way of organizing and innovating. Its methods may soon be applied successfully in other sectors. Plus, a "crazy" idea for Microso From Techno-News Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Wireless Internet Radio Shoots for Mainstream - Eric Griffith, WiFi Planet Home networking leader Linksys, a division of networking powerhouse Cisco Systems (Quote, Chart), today made official a new product in the world of wireless media playback -- an area that has yet to take the home networking world by storm. This new pro From Techno-News Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Google Reportedly Working on Desktop Search - Pamela Parker, clickZ News Google is at work developing a desktop application designed to search personal computer hard drives, according to a report in today's New York Times. Citing "several people with knowledge of the company's plans," the article says Google has been workin From Techno-News Blog on May 20, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Study: Most kids admit to stealing online content - eSchool News Most students know it's against the law to share copyright-protected software, games, music, and movies online--yet many admit to downloading such files anyway, according to a new survey. Educators and others agree that anti-piracy education is a key From Educational Technology on May 20, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
New principal gears up for district It From Educational Technology on May 20, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Policing for plagiarism - Jason Foster, The Herald Academic integrity, particularly the pitfalls of plagiarism, was drilled into Brandi Cohen's mind almost immediately upon coming to Winthrop University. "Plagiarism is a big no. There's a big emphasis on that," said Cohen, 19, a sophomore. "That's the From Online Learning Update on May 20, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Education, 21st Century-Style - Laura Fording, Newsweek Ask Virtual High School CEO Liz Pape what she thinks her organization has to offer high school students and she'll tell you in no uncertain terms: great content, curriculum not available in kids' regular schools, a chance to interact with people around From Online Learning Update on May 20, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Making sure big flock has shepherds - KRISTIN E. HOLMES, Knight Ridder Newspapers As the growth of Christianity explodes around the world, religious leaders are confronted with the question: "Who will lead the masses?"Seven nations including the United States will each have far more 100 million Christians by 2050, projects Philip Je From Online Learning Update on May 20, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Search And Share Bibliographic Data With Bibster Bibster introduces a system which assists researchers in managing, searching, and sharing bibliographic data in a peer-to-peer network. The advantage of the system is it provides the possibility to search on a distributed peer-to-peer network. It provides an easy way... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 20, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..
Macromedia Enters Web Conferencing Market ... Macromedia joins an increasingly competitive field of Web conferencing players. Microsoft Corp. last month launched a real-time meeting service, called ... From Kolabora.com on May 20, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..
Macromedia updates Web conferencing product - News - ZDNet ... Macromedia announced an update to its Breeze Web conferencing software on Monday, adding new collaboration features. Breeze Live ... From Kolabora.com on May 20, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..
NASA Could Be Safe ... and Sorry The space agency has so many workers focused on the safety aspects of the space shuttle that it may have created a shortage of people available to work on the operational side of the program. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
EU OKs Import of Canned GMO Corn Breaking its controversial five-year ban on new genetically modified foods, the European Union opens supermarket shelves to Syngenta's sweet corn. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
1st Nat'l Bank of Stem Cells It isn't often that President Bush doesn't like a bank, but he won't like this one: Britain opens the first embryonic stem-cell bank, and the anti-abortionists are livid. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Execs Seek Cybersecurity Boost Irritated by a steady stream of hack attacks and viruses, the heads of big U.S. companies call on the tech industry to grab the security bull by the horns. What do they want? Bulletproof products and better tech support. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Gmail Bug Sparks Storage Rumors Google is not offering users of its Gmail service 1 terabyte of storage, the company says. It's all the fault of some buggy software. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Lobbyists Feel the Tech Love Tech firms spent heavily on lobbyists last year, according to recently released filings. This year -- with bills affecting digital rights, spyware and other industry issues on the horizon -- they're likely to spend even more. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Is a Moog Renaissance Nigh? Fans gather at a Moogfest to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Moog synthesizer. Surprisingly, the analog Moog sound -- created by a tub of knobs and wires -- is making a comeback. Noah Shachtman reports from New York. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Mac Hole Has Users, Hackers Abuzz The first major security flaw in OS X was publicized Tuesday, and it has already inspired a burst of cracker creativity. But according to a German Web designer, Apple knew about the problem in February. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
My Left Arm for a Gmail Account An e-mail account on Google's upcoming Gmail service is so coveted that people are willing to trade the darndest things for one. Check out the gmail swap site to see what's up for offer. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
XXXchurch Wants No More XXX Two young Christian ministers set up the XXXchurch to stop people from watching porn and engaging in self-gratification. Their edgy approach has won a lot of attention, but no love from fellow Christians. By Julia Scheeres. From Wired News on May 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
AEC's G. Stocker is leaving? It seems as if Gerfried Stocker , artistic head of the Ars Electronica, is leaving. His position is advertized in the ZEIT . From thomas n. burg | randgänge on May 20, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..
Content Life: The Art of Archiving A good article on archiving content on your intranet: "Far too many casual content owners take a lackluster approach to inputting content by piling more information onto an already crowded page. It's important to understand that as you add new content to the top of the list, you need to move (or delete, if the information in no longer relevant) content from the bottom of the list. Otherwise, you run the risk of turning your intranet into a scrapyard." From elearningpost on May 20, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Innovation in Classroom Display [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Breakthrough in educational technology Cutting-edge technology has been used in the full-screen streaming video classroom presentations of a GMAT course at www.gmaxonline.com. As far as we know, no other educational institution in the world is using this technology yet. The innovation is that we have come out of the small video box used by most of the news stations to stream their video, and actually can show the lessons on the entire screen. The student feels very much as if he were in a live classroom. [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Charter Schools HYPHEN Model for Urban Education Reform Respected Education Advocate Kevin Chavous Reveals Lessons Learned from Charter School Successes and Failures [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Dr. Bones Education.... Part of the Education Solution Education and Healthcare.... Everyone complains about it and the buck stops there. Politicians ramble (blah blah blah...) on what they will do to fix the problem. Do they every fix it NO! They are not part of the solution and they are not part of the problem HYPHEN they are the problem! Dr. Bones Education is doing its share to be part of the solution. [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
The Oxford Princeton Programme Brings Oil Shipping Course to Houston, TX USA [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Jesus Christ Kinship Publishing Rights to be Auctioned on eBay Jesus Christ Kinship Publishing Rights to be Auctioned on eBayEver wonder who has actual family ties to Jesus? Many millions of people will be pleasantly surprised to find out that they and their families do. The question now is one that can be answered in the next seven days. Who wants to let them know?Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc. is selling at auction on eBay the publishing rights for the copyrighted... [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
The African Diaspora Foundation Announces Launch Of Their New Website The African Diaspora Foundation (ADF), a non-profit organization, has announced the launch of their new website at http://www.theadf.com design by Chita Obasi, an ADF program director. [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Embanet Enables Clients to Take Online Courses to the Next Level and Achieve Higher Retention and Completion Rates Through Strategic Alliance With Impatica Embanet Corporation, the leading provider of e-Learning solutions, today announced it has partnered with Impatica to help its Clients take their online courses to the next level, and in the process, achieve higher retention and completion rates. Impatica is recognized as a leader for the development and delivery of streaming PowerPoint presentations over the Internet in a manner that requires no special software. [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Corporate Learning Strategies, Inc. Announces 'Trial-Size' Training Program Corporate Learning Strategies, Inc. announces a Model Program which is an introduction to their complete training system. The 'trial-size' version is designed to let companies decide first-hand if the university-style training program is a fit with their organization. [PRWEB May 20, 2004] From PR Web on May 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
United Kingdom's Institute of the Motor Industry Realizes Growth in Revenue and Market Share with SumTotal Systems From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
University of Florida selects WebCT Vista to serve nearly 50,000 students to start From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
Study: Most kids admit to stealing online content From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
Richardson to Launch New Web-Based Pharmaceutical Sales Training Program at the American Society of Training and Development Conference - May 24-26, 2004 From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
eLearners.com Launches "eLearners Index" to Track the Most Sought-After Online Degree Programs From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
Avon Maitland District School Board concerned about distance education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
Most pupils aim for university From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
Keeping Professional Learning on Track With Evaluation From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..
Voters in 46 Long Island Districts Reject School Budgets Voters in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Tuesday rejected one out of three school budgets, leaving superintendents reeling. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Fees at California State University Increase The trustees of California State University approved a 14 percent increase in student fees on Wednesday as part of a budget deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Sought-After High School Admitted Too Few, Officials Say Education officials said on Wednesday that Stuyvesant High School should have admitted more students to its incoming class instead of reducing the student body. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Walk-Ons Are Suing the N.C.A.A. A suit against the N.C.A.A. contends that major college football teams violate antitrust laws by refusing to give athletic scholarships to all walk-on players. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
A Chef's Big Order: Lunch for 800,000 Jorge L. Collazo, who has been named the first executive chef of the New York City school system, must overhaul the way the city feeds its 1.1 million schoolchildren. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Education Law Will Stand, Bush Tells Its Detractors President Bush offered his most detailed defense yet of the "No Child Left Behind" law's effort to link federal aid to student performance. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
9 Students at School for Deaf Allege Abuse and Sue Nuns In their suit, the former students of a now-closed Massachusetts school said they were sexually, physically and emotionally abused by the nuns who operated the institution. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Frank Gehry Gives M.I.T. Its Newest Experiment Frank Gehry, the architect, says his new computer science and artificial intelligence building at M.I.T. "looks like a party of drunken robots got together to celebrate." From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Where School Desegregation Battle Began, Victory Casts a Shadow of Defeat While the Topeka High School once embodied the segregation of society, the school now embodies the ambiguous legacy of the decision to desegregate. From New York Times: Education on May 20, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Learning Technology Leader Joins Intrepid Learning Solutions From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..
CyberLearning Labs Announces Availability of Thomson Learning Content in ANGEL Format: ANGEL users request course cartridges online From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 20, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..
Is Torvalds really the father of Linux? From CNET News.com on May 20, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Serious Games Summit Here's a bunch of resources from the Serious Games Summit whose "overall charter is to help forge productive links between the electronic game industry and projects involving the use of games in education, training, health, and public policy." [thanks infodesign] From elearningpost on May 20, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
Free EdNA Online Workshops in June 2004 EdNA Online is running free workshops to support the launch of these Shared Information Services and to demonstrate what's on offer. From EdNA Online on May 20, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
Researching Numeracy Teaching Approaches in Primary Schools The major outcome of this research is the identification, description and elaboration of twelve scaffolding practices that contribute to improved student learning outcomes. These practices describe a range of communicative practices that teachers use to support students' mathematics learning. In particular, they support teachers to make more informed decisions about how they will meet the learning needs of all students in the most appropriate way possible. The Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) commissioned the Victorian Department of Education and From EdNA Online on May 20, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
EdNA Online RSS Feeds A ready-reference to RSS Feeds from EdNA Online that you can use on your website or add to your RSS reader. RSS readers are desktop applications that allow you to load and view the RSS feeds that you find useful. Free RSS readers [news readers] are available from the Internet. Use the URL you construct like a web address and add it to your reader. The results will automatically include any new content added to the repositories when you refresh or update the feed in your RSS reader. From EdNA Online on May 20, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
Right-leaning lefties Search at Google Images for "left arrow." Check the 21st image, which with my configuration is the first one on the second page. You'll be able to tell that you have the right one because it is the only one pointing right. Now notice what page the image comes from. So maybe it does run in the family. [Thanks to Hanan Cohen for the find.]... From Joho the Blog on May 19, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..
Digital Storytelling Cookbook The Centre for Digital Storytelling has published a comprehensive Digital Storytelling Cookbook. To quote: In all communities, in all cultures, stories evolve from the culinary experience. Making media, like making a meal, requires guidance, learning from our friends through the... From Column Two on May 19, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..
Bush Says No to Using Oil Stockpiles
New York classifies Vonage as phone company From CNET News.com on May 19, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
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