Daily Archives: 21 January 2009

LibraryThing Partners Up

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Rick Mason

LibraryThing has partnered with Cambridge Information Group (Bowker, AquaBrowser, ProQuest, Serials Solutions, and RefWorks), though Tim Spaulding still retains a majority stake. This means that we will be seeing a lot more of LibraryThing for Libraries in the future (good … Continue reading →

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Does a Degree a Librarian Make?

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Rick Mason

The debate has been going on for years, and has recently flared up again on PUBLIB : Does a person need the MLIS degree to do the work of a librarian? LISNews has decided to take a poll (and encourage … Continue reading →

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Open Source Government

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Rick Mason

Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has been asked to write a paper for the Obama administration on the benefits of the United States government using open source software for improved security and lower cost. Yes.  With the right software, … Continue reading →

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