LiB Sites and Sources – 2010-08-11
August 11, 2010
- Should libraries loan eBook readers? West Vancouver Public Library is loaning Kindles, a reader that doesn’t work w/ library eBooks. I say no way. We’re making ourselves obsolete by subscribing to media with DRM restrictions, platform restrictions, and format restrictions that will ultimately kill the library as a materials lender: http://bit.ly/96OT4Y #
- Building a Stylish Blog #Design Layout in #WordPress http://ow.ly/2n1MG (from @line25, via @sixrevisions)
- From @mosio: Texting generation doesn’t share boomers’ taste for talk – http://bit.ly/blCbcW
- Women Who Tech TeleSummit http://bit.ly/9HYbhz (via @librarianbyday) #biblioteca
- Engineers @ Google Books blog claim they have calculated the total number of books in the world (via @ALA_TechSource) – http://n.pr/b0BQr9
- Project Gutenberg eBooks available on Boston Public Library’s ‘Virtual Branch (via @DigiLibraryBlog) http://goo.gl/fb/hsJRc #libraries
- Win7 Tablet -VS- iPad! [VIDEO] (via @notpatrick) – http://bit.ly/bzG2Qi
- From @brainpicker: Why metadata matters for future of ebooks – excellent Wired article (via @charbooth) – http://is.gd/eaTYI #
- 19 tips for effective online conferences (via @ALA_TechSource): http://bit.ly/aBoXmN
- SJPL Digital Futures Department staff the esteemed John Blyberg @ San Jose’s Vegetarian House. http://twitpic.com/2divml
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