Published by rwatstein September 27th, 2008
in libraries, censorship and library 2.0.
Margaret Brown-Sica and Jeffrey Beall write: “It’s possible for library users to abuse library 2.0 applications by uploading words, pictures, or other content that constitute hate speech. Universities and colleges today view hate speech as outside the realm of protected speech because it violates the terms of most codes of conduct and merits decisive action. Also, many libraries are big players in the overall college mission to value and promote diversity. Perhaps nothing can poison this more than a library website filled with racist, homophobic, or other defamatory speech.”
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Published by rwatstein June 21st, 2008
in web 2.0, libraries, users and library 2.0.
Jessica Merritt writes: “In the internet age, everyone’s a content creator. Embracing the trend of user-generated content allows you to spread more information and engage library users at the same time. Read on to find out how to go about doing this, and pick up some handy resources along the way.”
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Aaron Schmidt writes: “You don’t need a spell from Hogwarts to make exciting multimedia appear on your website. It isn’t magic—it’s RSS and JavaScript. Thanks to the power of Web 2.0, we don’t need to understand the intricacies of these two fabulous and geeky topics. The Web has sorted all of it out and made it easy for us to use. All you need to know to use the tools listed here is that after some (easy to do) customization, you’ll see a little bit of code to copy and paste into your website, blog post, or blog’s sidebar.”
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The first podcast in Library Journal’s new Library 2.0 Gang roundtable series went live yesterday, riffing on topics explored at the Code4lib conference, including the Open Library-with the project’s tech lead, Aaron Swartz as a guest-ILS APIs, and new cataloging influences. Each month, the Library Gang will focus on a technology topic at issue in the library world. Library Gang regulars, drawn from the world where libraries and the technologies that influence them meet, include librarians John Blyberg, Nicole Engard, and Char Booth (all three are Library Journal Movers & Shakers), along with Carl Grant and Rob Styles.
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Published by rwatstein February 5th, 2008
in web 2.0, podcasts, libraries and library 2.0.
College & Research Libraries News Editor-in-Chief David Free discusses Library 2.0 with Dawn Lawson of New York University and Susan Sharpless Smith of Wake Forest University in this ACRL podcast (11:58). Lawson and Sharpless Smith are contributors to the ACRL publication Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries.
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