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Google and Microformats

Posted on 14 May 2009 by Rick Mason

Google has made the jump into supporting Microformats as well as RDFa, calling their implementation “Rich Snippets”! This is great news on several different levels. Semantic markup within web pages provides a way to target searches much more effectively.  TechCrunch … Continue reading →

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CPSC Testing Requirements Delayed

Posted on 1 February 2009 by Rick Mason

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) opted on Friday to delay implementation of many of their new testing and certification regulations for one year, to enable them to review what products and organizations should be covered under the law. … Continue reading →

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Obama at ALA 2005

Posted on 22 January 2009 by Rick Mason

Many people have a memory of the moment they realized that Barack Obama was likely to become president.  For some, the moment came during the primaries, perhaps when they heard the speech he gave after the New Hampshire primary. Others, … Continue reading →

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Michael Gorman’s Sleep of Reason

Posted on 13 June 2007 by Rick Mason

Michael Gorman, former president of ALA, has riled up some people with his posts on Britannica Blog titled Web 2.0 : The Sleep of Reason (part I) and (part II). He makes some excellent points about scholarship and the perils … Continue reading →

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Libraries at the Cutting Edge

Posted on 31 March 2007 by Rick Mason

Inside Higher Ed is running a op ed piece by Pamela Snelson, president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) titled Libraries at the Cutting Edge.  It is one of the best brief summaries of the value that … Continue reading →

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