Let your friends know where you're going with bliin - http://bliin.com/
Bliin "lets you share your location and geo-tagged photos in real time"
7/06/2007
This week's favorite sites
CMS - Joomla - http://www.joomla.com/
Future of the Book Demo - http://www.futureofthebook.org/sophie/files/Making_a_Sophie_Book.html
UNC-CH Infobits Newsletter - http://its.unc.edu/news/feed/
Future of the Book Demo - http://www.futureofthebook.org/sophie/files/Making_a_Sophie_Book.html
UNC-CH Infobits Newsletter - http://its.unc.edu/news/feed/
What do SOLINET members say about the future of libraries?
from AL Direct...
The Southeastern Library Network has released a 10-page report (PDF file) detailing results of recent discussions regarding the future of libraries. The report is the result of a series of 12 discussion groups SOLINET facilitated with its member libraries. The discussions focused on three scenarios (PDF file) that depict libraries three to five years into the future. Participants debated what was likely, unlikely, and missing in each of the scenarios....SOLINET, July 5
The Southeastern Library Network has released a 10-page report (PDF file) detailing results of recent discussions regarding the future of libraries. The report is the result of a series of 12 discussion groups SOLINET facilitated with its member libraries. The discussions focused on three scenarios (PDF file) that depict libraries three to five years into the future. Participants debated what was likely, unlikely, and missing in each of the scenarios....SOLINET, July 5
Second Earth?
from AL Direct...
Second Earth The World Wide Web will soon be absorbed into the World Wide Sim: an immersive, 3-D visual environment that combines elements of social virtual worlds such as Second Life and mapping applications such as Google Earth. What happens when the virtual and real worlds collide? Wade Roush writes that 'many computer professionals think the idea of a "Second Earth" mashup is so cool that it's inevitable, whether or not it will offer any immediate way to make money.'...Technology Review, July/August, pp. 38-48
Second Earth The World Wide Web will soon be absorbed into the World Wide Sim: an immersive, 3-D visual environment that combines elements of social virtual worlds such as Second Life and mapping applications such as Google Earth. What happens when the virtual and real worlds collide? Wade Roush writes that 'many computer professionals think the idea of a "Second Earth" mashup is so cool that it's inevitable, whether or not it will offer any immediate way to make money.'...Technology Review, July/August, pp. 38-48
From American Libraries Direct
Your job prospects in 2030 Stuart W. Elliott, director of the Board on Testing and Assessment at the National Research Council says that by 2030, the question of what skills current employers might want could be moot for most jobs. By then, according to his pilot analysis (PDF file) of how many jobs might be gobbled up by computers, 60% of human jobs as we now know them including 74% of U.S. library, training, and teaching positions may disappear....
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