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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Video
Take a Seat
An interesting video of a graduation project at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Enjoy! found on LISNews
Edelfäule (or) Noble Rot
Edelfäule (roughly translatable as “noble rot”) is a video of books being scanned, like those for the Google Book Project or the Open Content Alliance. Except that these books have mold damage. And the result is hypnotic… found on if:book
World Digital Library
The World Digital Library is a project that is quite vast in scope, but is looking ready to take on the challenge of combining primary historical resources from many of the worlds great libraries. This project was started by UNESCO … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Maps, Open Source, Search, Software, Video, Web Design
Tagged Congress, Digital Library The World Digital Library, One Big Library, Open Source Software, search parameters, the Washington Post, U.S. Library of Congress, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Orga, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Orga, Washington Post, World Digital Library
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Humor this week
Two random bits of humor injected into libraryland this week: Disco Dancing for Peace in the Biblioblogosphere is a JibJab “Starring You” video created by Michael Porter, a.k.a. Libraryman, featuring himself and Michael Gorman. This week’s Unshelved is merging two … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Online Services, Video
Tagged Mallville Public Library, Michael Gorman, Michael Porter, The Shifted Librarian
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Deceptive Copyright Notices
Deceptive Copyright Notices is a post by Karen Coyle post about those notices that restrict the reader’s/viewer’s rights beyond what is allowable under copyright, and an interesting complaint filed with the FTC. Also included is a neat reversal of the FBI … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Government, Video
Tagged Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal law, Federal Trade Commission, Karen Coyle
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American Sign Language Video Dictionary
The ASL Video Dictionary is exactly that: a dictionary of sign language that covers words, common phrases, and even religious signs. found on MetaFilter
Posted in Online Services, Tutorials, Video
Tagged ASL
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Photosynth demonstration
This demonstration of Photosynth, software from Microsoft that creates links among pictures based on elements within the picture, is fascinating to watch. The most fascinating thing about this demo is you can start to sense the potential for this technology, … Continue reading
Posted in Search, Software, Video
Tagged facial recognition, facial recognition software, Microsoft
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Scitalks
Scitalks is an online collection of science videos, or as they put it, “Smart people on cool topics”. Many of their videos feature notable researchers, and the topics range from experiments, to demonstrations, to lectures. Don’t miss the classic Protein … Continue reading
ALA In Focus
The first segment of “ALA In Focus”, an online video detailing the inner workings of various areas of the American Library Association, features Gwendolyn Prellwitz, Program Officer for the ALA Office of Diversity & Spectrum. The video is fantastic to … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, RFS, Video
Tagged ALA Office of Diversity & Spectrum, Alabama, American Library Association, Gwendolyn Prellwitz, John Chrastka, online video, Program Officer, Reaching Forward South, The Shifted Librarian, USD, webmaster
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Libraries and Zombies
The folks at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana bring you this public service announcement: Video Contest Submission-Allen County Public Libraryfrom blyberg.net
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Video
Tagged Allen County Public Library, Contest Submission-Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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CBS News and Plagarism
A CBS News producer has been fired for plagarizing a Wall Street Journal column by Jeffrey Zaslow about how children and adults view libraries in different ways. The CBS report by Katie Couric has been removed from their website. The article is interesting, … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, News, Video
Tagged CBS News, Jeffrey Zaslow, Katie Couric, producer, Wall Street Journal
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Two Library Videos
The first, Finding Time in the Penn State Libraries, is an example of what can be very wrong with how our patrons must use our online resources. The second, Mr. Bean: The Library, is an example of what can be very right … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Video
Tagged Bean, Chuck Lockwood
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The Machine is Using Us (final version)
When the draft version of this video was posted 6 weeks ago, it didn’t quite seem “library” enough at the time. Live and learn… the more I think about it, the more relevant it seems. The final version of Web … Continue reading
LibraryVideos blog
LibraryVideos blog is just what it sounds like: a blog devoted to videos related to libraries. from BiblioTech Web
Internet Archive times 3
All right then, begin the list: 1) An article spotted in this morning’s paper that offers a great summary for those not familiar with the archive: Content of Dead Sites Lives in Archive . 2) They earned a 2006 Education … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Search, Video, WebSearch
Tagged Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive times
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Songbird upgrade
The Songbird project has gone to version 0.2! This means that many, many features still do not work, but many, many features do work, and they work great! This is to be a full-fledged media player built on the same … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Software, Video
Tagged built-from-scratch software, media player
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Animal Sounds and Video
Cornell’s Macaulay Library has put together a fantastic search tool for locating audio and video of animals. Kids will find this especially neat, and the Advanced Search Page is a great learning tool for naming and locating animals througout the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Online Databases, Search, Video
Tagged Cornell, fantastic search tool, learning tool, Macaulay Library, Video Cornell's Macaulay Library;
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This is Coffee
I seem to have this reputation for enjoying coffee. I don’t know how I got this reputation, besides that cup that starts me off every morning, then the next, and the next, etc. For those who understand that books and … Continue reading