Library Things

[jadesfire]

I'm still debating as to whether these should actually go in a different place, but since I can't face the thought of opening a 3rd blog right at this moment, they'll go here for now. My plan is to keep this primarily a fannish blog and shift my professional stuff somewhere else eventually but right now, that's possibly more blogging than I can handle.

The links are mostly for my reference, since I need to improve my professional awareness and because I'm genuinely interested in these things. If I put all the links here, I'll be able to find them when I need them. Or at least that's the theory.



From the New York Times: Hard times are seeing an increase in library usage and Artwork that's bringing Bronx children into libraries

500,000 books are to be made e-available through the Google Books project (but only for Sony readers, sorry :S)

Ongoing concerns about the Google Books settlement

Web 2.0 for the legal profession. The Common Sense approach to it - ie, do it if you want to and have time, don't if you don't. Similarly, Five Things Every Legal Practice Should Know About Web 2.0. Sensible, practical advice, and even more about integrating it into your business.

A (surely deliberately) provocative article about the merit of public libraries (ie free books for all!), including the wonderful statement "The internet, of course, where the entire world is increasingly available." I'll save the comments about useful information retrieval for another post.

A nice 'well duh' post about Why Web 2.0 projects fail


And some ones that you might like:

Considering what bironic's been asking about lately, this article about the 'free economy' on the web (although if anyone ever catches me using the word 'freemium' in every day speech, you have my permission to shoot me)

And for those of you in that part of the world, the San Francisco Public Library is holding an exhibition about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from March 20 to May 7.

OOOOOOOOH! Shiny. Shame it's only available for businesses right now...

Comments

I shall respond to your links with some links!

[minervasolo.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about legal firms, but web 2.0 interest me. This post (http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/238398.html) talks about Web 2.0 in terms of livejournal and advertising, which is what got me interested in the concept originally. It's funny how much better web 2.0 sites work without shares or multiple owners.

On the 'ooh shiny', but also free, front, BBC news actually introuced me to Taskbar shuffle (http://nerdcave.webs.com/), which is one of those things that I've been cursing windows for not being able to do already.

Re: I shall respond to your links with some links!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*whistles* As usual, synecdochic's thinky thoughts blow me out of the water. She's dead on though. It's also interesting because we had our staff conference yesterday with a whole talk about Web 2.0 and brands on the internet. I do intend to post about it, once I've got my head around everything.

...yeah, that could take a while ;)

Hee - I have no idea what the widget does, but it's such a good feeling when you find one that's perfect for you. I might be addicted to Firefox add-ons, but they're just so useful!

Re: I shall respond to your links with some links!

[minervasolo.livejournal.com]

Taskbar shuffle allows you to reorganise things on your menu bar on windows. It's really handy when you've got tons of things open but don't want windows to squash them into a single button.

Re: I shall respond to your links with some links!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*light dawns* Ahhh, I see! And that is definitely something I want :) Thanks!