Roy Tennant's news and views on digital libraries. en-us http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309.html?nid=3565 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use July 5, 2009 http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/900046290.html?nid=3565 Earlier in the week I wrote again about "the flow" -- that is, sources of information and content that are mostly about getting your atte... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/270046227.html?nid=3565 A few years ago I wrote one of my Library Journal "Digital Libraries" columns on the phenomenon of "flow" ("Hustle and Flo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/590046059.html?nid=3565 I've been inspired to write this post based on a discussion on the Code4Lib list about embedding HTML in MARC records. Even worse, perhaps, it turn... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/210045621.html?nid=3565 I have so often written of the great things that the National Library of Australia does that it may sometimes seem that I'm in their employ. Well, ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1620045762.html?nid=3565 I usually try to write more seriously, but even I must descend to the depths of the Annoyed Librarian upon occasion. Well, maybe not that far, but ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/650045665.html?nid=3565 Today "Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress, announced that the Chronicling America website (htt... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/630045663.html?nid=3565 Google is beginning to let word out about an intriguing project called Pregel. Named for the river spanned by the seven bridges of Königsberg ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1350045535.html?nid=3565 One of the numerous Google Labs projects is one called Google Squared. Google's "in a nutshell" explanation of it is: "Google Squ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/710045471.html?nid=3565 A recent post on the Google blog highlights how easy it is to add books from your personal collection to Google's MyLibrary service. Although that ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1120045312.html?nid=3565 I saw this come across...uh...Twitter today. It turns out the learned folk who produce the venerable Oxford English Dictionary -- "the definit... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/410044841.html?nid=3565 This blog, and the column I wrote for Library Journal for a decade, are all about doing things differently. But every now and then it's worthwhile ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/890044889.html?nid=3565 I was thinking about this issue the other day, and with the announcement of Google Wave yesterday, it brings it even more sharply into focus. The i... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/750045075.html?nid=3565 I was walking the dog when I first found out about Google Wave. Walking the dog is when I catch up with the Twitterverse, often not having the time... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/30045003.html?nid=3565 It passed with no notice until today, when I realized that Web4Lib began over 15 years ago on May 12, 1994. I marked it with a message to the list,... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1900044990.html?nid=3565 The National Library of Australia recently released a prototype of their "Single Business Discovery Project", which is one of the best &q... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/500044850.html?nid=3565 Twitter has been an on-again/off-again/on-again kind of thing for me. I was first intrigued with how useful it was at conferences, where you could ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/740044674.html?nid=3565 Last week I was in Amsterdam, one of my favorite cities in the world -- not that I had much time to sightsee (the included photo notwithstanding). ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1010044301.html?nid=3565 As my valiant readers know, I've not been reticent about my thoughts about the Kindle e-book reader from Amazon. Basically it comes down to this: I... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1640044164.html?nid=3565 I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I&mdas... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/50044005.html?nid=3565 At the beginning of the year I wrote about linked data and how some librarians were beginning to make data sets available in this way. In that piec... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/640043864.html?nid=3565 Long-time readers of this blog (uh...are there any?) know that I've followed the doings of the Hathi Trust when they were still known as the Univer... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/2000042600.html?nid=3565 If you haven't heard of the TED Conference, then you may want to check your "technorati" credentials -- they need updating. But whatever.... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/140043614.html?nid=3565 Better a day late than a dollar short, I say, especially in this economy. Yesterday the World Digital Library, long in preparation by the Library o... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1410043341.html?nid=3565 One of the things I love about the Internet is that innovation can truly happen anywhere. You don't need to be at a major research library to creat... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1600043360.html?nid=3565 As I had predicted would likely happen, the Digital Library Federation has now, with a vote of the Board of the Council on Library and Information ...