OK, congratulations to all fellow Apple fanboys and girls The iPad looks good and I would love to get my hands on one. In fact on thursday I got word from the ICT-department at work that they pre-ordered one for…
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Library 2.0 from a Scandinavian perspective – by Thomas Brevik
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Global reach, local touch
I was reminded by the editor of the norwegian library journal “Bibliotekaren” (The librarian) (PDF) of the former IFLA-president Barbara J. Ford and her motto for her 2001 IFLA presidentship. It got me thinking about IFLA and what the organization…
On the nature of 2.0
I have worked hard on my Library Lab project, but had a nagging feeling that something was wrong. There was two problems with how I first envisioned it. And as my feeling of discomfort with the work increased I started…
Sold out – to the Man!
Yes, I have sould out. Really! To the Man! The norwegian national agency for archives, libraries and museums have asked me to write a proposal for a library 2.0 project, they’ll even pay me to do so! So, I’m sold,…
Library 2.0 = MyLibrary?
Michael Stephens is collecting Library 2.0 definitions, and asked for mine. Since I'm not at all clear on what my definition is, what I came up with was based on what was going on in my mind at the time.…
Trough of disillusionment
A very useful visialization of the development of understanding of new technologies: From Information Visualization blog UPDATE: One thing that struck me when I looked at this was the placement of blogs. I would say that blogs are further along…
Posted in Hype or Hope?, Web 2.0
The Web 2.0 challenge to the OPAC
The presentation I really wish I had attended at the ALA midwinter: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0 by Casey Bisson of Plymouth State university. (Presentation in Flash) This is the best summing up of both the challenges and opportunities…
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