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Why my (and probably your) congressman voted for DOPA
This is why. You've got to check out the actual ad; it had me half laughing half furious. I don't write much about politics on this blog, but I have…
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Confused thoughts on gender, libraries and tech
There's been a whole lot of hubbub about those crazy articles on Forbes.com about wives being compared to whores and the appeal to Forbes' male readers to not marry a…
Introducing Five Weeks to a Social Library!
Remember way back when I was talking about wanting to do some sort of a free online educational extravaganza? Well, the wheels have been turning behind the scenes, but I…
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More wiki links and resources
While we're on the subject of wikis, here are some wiki-related links I've found recently that I thought you might want to know about: LIS753wiki - Even though they got…
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What are wikis good for?
Karen Coombs beat me to the punch with an excellent post on a Web4Lib comment I had noticed recently as well: "I am repeatedly impressed by how often, when librarians…
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Things I wish I’d known about before I finished my book
I must apologize for not writing much lately. I really believed that when I finished my book I would have lots and lots of spare time, but then the speaking…
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Public libraries using 2.0 technologies
I got an interesting question from a reader that I really wanted to open up to the community on my blog rather than pretending that I'm knowledgeable enough to answer…
Wikimania Day 2: What’s Cooking in MediaWiki
Brion Vibber is the CTO of the Wikimedia Foundation. OMG, there is a serious lack of women in this room! This talk was about improvements in the pipeline for MediaWiki,…
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Wikimania Day 2: Wikis: Enabling Library Knowledgebases
Our talk today went really well! Considering who we were up against (Yochai Benkler!!!), I was surprised and pleased that we had a pretty decent crowd at the talk. Update:…
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Wikimania Day 2: Library conference planners take note!
Can I tell you how nice it is to have free wireless EVERYWHERE at this conference? Not only that, but the seats are comfortable, and the desks or armrests have…
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Wikimania Day 1: Non-Wikimedia Wiki Projects
Considering that I have initiated many MediaWiki projects of my own, I was very excited about hearing from other folks who have experienced the highs and lows of running a…
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Wikimania Day 1: On Accuracy and Authority
Sins of omission? An exploratory evaluation of Wikipedia's topical coverage Alex Halavais & Derek Lackaff Looking at authority/authoritativeness of wikipedia articles. Accuracy is obviously an issue, but authority is more…
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Wikimania Day 1: Jimmy Wales
Our Movement: Past, Present, Future Jimmy first showed the "Wikiality" clip, which I highly recommend you check out for a laugh. Fundamental Mission statement: imagine a world in which every…
Playing catch-up
I haven't been able to blog as much as I'd like to lately. Between trying to get a million things done at work before the students come back -- wasn't…
DOPA: Contact your senators!
I Want you ... to Drop DOPA! Originally uploaded by davidking. I haven't written much about DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act), though I certainly made my opinions about social networking…
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Selling information literacy — reflections after one year
The other day, I got an e-mail from a reader of my blog: "You mentioned in one of your more recent posts that you've learned what works and what doesn't…
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SirsiDynix Talk Archive
For those of you who missed my wiki talk last week and wanted to watch it later, the archived presentation is up and is available as a podcast or as…
The 21st Century Librarian: Further Thoughts and Your Comments
I'm on vacation in Florida this week and have happily been away for the computer for long periods of time, so I was very surprised to find all of the…
Skills for the 21st Century Librarian
A few weeks ago, I finished a chapter I was writing (not for my book -- another one) on the topic of technology in LIS Education. I think Rachel asked…
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Links for SirsiDynix Talk
Here are some links for those of you who are attending (or have attended, depending on when you look at this) my SirsiDynix talk today. If you have any additional…