Daily Archives: 2 December 2006

Internet Archive exempt from DMCA

According to a press release, the Internet Archive has been granted an exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), allowing it to continue archiving web sites, software and such. Hopefully this is the movement towards more reasonable copyright applications … Continue reading

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WikiMatrix

Looking to create a wiki for your organization (or yourself)?  Not sure which one will be best?  WikiMatrix throws you a few questions about what you want to do, and recommends the wiki software that best suits your needs. Also, … Continue reading

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World Almanac blog

Yes, the World Almanac has a blog, and it is a neat read for information junkies! from ResourceShelf

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The Cluetrain Manifesto

Actually, it is Chapter Five:  The Hyperlinked Organization that I am pointing out, as I haven’t read any other part of the book… yet! This is so much like an explanation of Dilbert’s world, as well of all those things … Continue reading

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Library Student Journal

There is a new publication out there in libraryland, and it is peer-reviewed and open-access (two of my favorite hyphens)! Library Student Journal is being published by the School of Informatics at the University of Buffalo in New York, and … Continue reading

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Dewey the Cat has died

Dewey Readmore Books, the mascot cat for the Spencer Public Library in Iowa, died on November 29th. Dewey was many things to many people, and I like the idea of library mascots.  We had a Jack Dempsey Fish in the … Continue reading

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