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by Rick Mason
Tag Archives: New York Times
One in Twenty
Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest is a New York Times article about blogging, specifically about the study showing an estimated 95% of blogs have not been updated in over 4 months. Does this signal an end to blogging? The … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, News
Tagged Blog, blogging, communication tool, Empty Forest, Facebook, Libology, Library, library technology world, New York Times, Twitter
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Self Publishing as a Marketing Trend
Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab is an article in today’s New York Times on how this one area of publishing is booming, while it seems all other areas are scaling back. The headline itself doesn’t quite fit the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Amazon, Libraries, media flourishing, New York Times, Publishing, self-publishing, the long tail, writer
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Librarians, Sarah Palin, and Fact Checking (oh my!)
Jessamyn has the best overview of the Sarah Palin / Librarian debate that I have seen so far. The key to this, and to any other emotionally charged story, is to check your facts, and remember that everyone gets it … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Bankruptcy, Fact Checking;, librarian, New York Times, Sarah Palin, UAL;, United Airlines
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Sports Illustrated and The Vault
In an article in today’s New York Times about magazines making their backfiles freely available online, there is a discussion about one magazine in particular: Sports Illustrated. Starting this Thursday, March 20th, the entire run of SI will be available … Continue reading
Posted in News, Periodicals
Tagged New York Times, Sports Illustrated;, The Vault;
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TimesMachine
TimesMachine is a complete, easy to use browser for all New York Times editions between September 18, 1851 (their first date of publication) through December 31, 1922 (the day before copyright still exists). from Metafilter
Posted in Copyright, History, News, Online Services
Tagged New York Times
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Paper Use
Remember how, about 10 years ago, the concept of a “paperless office” began to seem like a weird joke? The proliferation of the desktop computer and the ascent of the internet introduced the potential of foregoing paper documents, relying instead … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Humor, Libraries, News, Statistics
Tagged Bernie Sloan, modest printing, New York Times, printing
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New York Times free for all
This seems to be fresh news, in that I can only find it on two sites: The New York Times is opening their web content to everyone, eliminating the subscription model that has existed for years. Not a bad piece … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, News, Web Design
Tagged New York Times, The New York Times, web content
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Google’s Algorithms and the Library Quest
Jonathan Rochkind has an interesting commentary on this New York Times article about Google’s Algorithm titled Google Keeps Tweaking Its Search Engine. I really don’t have much to add, except for the thought that we are too mired in the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Libraries, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google, New York Times, search engine
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New York Times – TimesSelect for free*
The New York Times is offering it’s TimesSelect service for free – if you register with an .edu e-mail address. You can register here. from Web4Lib post
Posted in Education, News, Periodicals
Tagged New York Times, The New York Times, TimesSelect, TimesSelect service
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Copyright Chaos
Lawrence Lessig has an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times called “Make Way for Copyright Chaos“, which discusses a shift towards the courts when interpreting copyright law. from ©ollectanea
Posted in Copyright, Government, News, Politics
Tagged copyright law, Lawrence Lessig, New York Times
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FreeBase
Freebase is (or will be, if you are like me and waiting for an invite) an online behemoth of a database. Imagine taking Wikipedia and having users create links to related information, so that you can tap into the information … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Web Design
Tagged New York Times, online behemoth
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