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Ranganathan on Dewey
William Denton has unearthed and posted 15 minutes of SR Ranganathan talking about Melvil Dewey in 1964. Ranganathan was the great reforming library scientist and Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal system. This is like finding 15 minutes of FDR talking about Coolidge or Leibniz talking about Descartes. I can't wait to hear it, but first I have to make breakfast for our kids... [Tags: taxonomy ranganathan EverythingIsMiscellaneous WilliamDenton] I've transcribed the audio. It's got lots of holes and errors, so feel free to improve it.... From
Joho the Blog on December 25, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..
Gaming Symposium 07: Beth Gallaway
What Libraries Can Do for Gamers (Other than Programming & Collections)7 things you can do starting tomorrow to make your library more welcoming to gamers:– use games to do readers advisory– be a strategy guide– embrace your inner technogeek– be flexible– plan change– immerse yourself in pop culture, especially video game culture (gains you street cred with this generation)– try some games!Beth’s Blog –
http://l From The Shifted Librarian on December 25, 2005 at 4:18 p.m..
Gaming Symposium 08: Speakers Panel
Christy Branson, Eli Neiburger, Matt Gullett, Kelly Czarnecki, George NeedhamChristy Branson: as an academic, she’s thrilled to see what the publics are doingEli: it’s not really if you’re going to do gaming, but when; or are you not going to do them anymore because there’s no millage support; now that we’ve had a conference about this, it’s officially legitimateKelly: there’s certainly a community here to help you; want to give you confidence you can do thisGeorge: one of the things Matt said gave hi From
The Shifted Librarian on December 25, 2005 at 4:18 p.m..
Why I'm Not Joining ALA Right Now After All
Subtitle: ALA Absurdity Hits a New High (or Is that Low?)Several months ago, I agreed to be part of a panel at the
Public Library Association Conference in Boston in March 2006. Now, I don’t normally get to go to
ALA or
PLA conferences unless they’re in my backyard and cheap, so I’m spending the last of my out-of-state travel budget for work in order to do this. I plan to do a lot of networking while there, too, which is often the m From
The Shifted Librarian on December 25, 2005 at 4:18 p.m..
Morning Conversation with Brent
Brent: You’re always on the computer – you’re addicted to it. What are you doing – are you talking to someone?Jenny: Yes, I am. And I’m not always on the computer….Brent: Can I talk to them?Jenny: Not right now you can’t, no. And I don’t think you’re one to talk, Mr. I’m-Addicted-to-Instant-Messaging.Brent: I’m not addicted. I just like talking to people.Jenny: You know, you can talk to them on the phone, too.Brent: Not to five people at once From
The Shifted Librarian on December 25, 2005 at 4:18 p.m..
MLS Libraries Rock!
I love it when I get to go out and do presentations during which I can highlight what my member libraries are doing. I’ve said before that I think 2005 was the year libraries started to “get it” when it comes to using some of these newish online tools to become more efficient, better meet patron needs, and expand their online presence, and I’m happy to say that I include my libraries in that statement. Earlier this year, the regional
Illinois Library Systems did a survey of Illinois libraries  From
The Shifted Librarian on December 25, 2005 at 4:17 p.m..
Working Drafts: CSS Layout, Columns and Cascade
2005-12-16: The CSS Working Group has released a First Public Working Draft of the CSS3 Advanced Layout Module defining grid layout. The draft's features could be used to define visual order independent of document order, position and alignment of user interface "widgets," and page and window grids. Also published are Working Drafts of Multi-Column Layout and Cascading and Inheritance. Visit the CSS home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:17 p.m..
Last Call: CSS Selectors
2005-12-16: The CSS Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of Selectors. Designed to be usable in performance-critical code, selectors are patterns in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language that match to elements in HTML and XML. This specification describes the selectors in CSS1 and CSS2 and new selectors for CSS3. Comments are welcome through 16 January. Visit the CSS home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Note: Using XKMS with PGP
2005-12-19: The XML Key Management Service (XKMS) Working Group has published Using XKMS with PGP as a Working Group Note. This informative note provides usage scenarios for XKMS when used with PGP, together with corresponding sample message exchanges. The note also points out open issues with PGP support in both the XKMS and XML-SIG specifications and proposes some potential solutions to these issues. Visit the XKMS home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Compound Document Framework Requirements Updated
2005-12-19: The Compound Document Formats Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Compound Document Use Cases and Requirements Version 2.0. Version 1.0 requirements were published as a Working Group Note. The drafts address events across namespaces, rendering, and the user interaction model for documents that combine multiple formats. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Last Call: Compound Document Framework and WICD Profiles
2005-12-19: The Compound Document Formats Working Group has released four Last Call Working Drafts: Compound Document by Reference Framework, WICD Core 1.0, WICD Full 1.0, and WICD Mobile 1.0. Comments are welcome through 27 January. The Web Integration Compound Document (WICD, pronounced "wicked") is a device independent Compound Document profile based on XHTML, CSS and SVG. The drafts describe behavior when single documents contain multiple formats. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Call for Participation: W3C Workshop on the Ubiquitous Web
2005-12-20: Position papers are due 10 February for the W3C Workshop on the Ubiquitous Web to be held 9-10 March 2006, hosted by Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. The "Ubiquitous Web" seeks to fulfill the potential of the Web for distributed applications that adapt to the user's needs, device capabilities and environmental conditions. Attendees will examine enabling technologies and consider what remains to be done to fulfill this vision. Read possible topics and about W3C Workshops. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Mobile Web Best Practices Updated
2005-12-20: The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0. The draft describes how to produce Web content and Web sites intended for delivery to mobile and small-screen devices. Scope of Mobile Web Best Practices was published as a Working Group Note. Read about the W3C Mobile Web Initiative, a joint effort by authoring tool vendors, content providers, handset manufacturers, browser vendors and mobile operators. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Best Wishes for the New Year from W3C
2005-12-23: On this fifteen birthday of the World Wide Web, W3C wishes a happy and successful 2006 to our visitors. Following through on its mission to lead the Web to its full potential, in 2005, W3C published six sets of new Web standards, opened the Indian Office, reduced Membership fees in developing countries, founded the Mobile Web Initiative, and launched eleven new groups including Rich Web Clients, Efficient XML Interchange, Rule Interchange Format and Health Care and Life Sciences. W3C thanks our Members, participants and contributors for their part in these achievements. Publication From
World Wide Web Consortium on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Test-driven SOA
In today's
screencast I explore Mindreef's
Coral, a new tool for collaborative development of web services. As you'll see and hear in the screencast, that collaboration can include: A project architect who specifies a new service (using an From
Jon's Radio on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
A breath of fresh air
It's great to see NPR making shows available as
podcasts. But some of my favorites, like Fresh Air, aren't offered in that format. Even if they were, RSS feeds look to the future whereas many of the shows I'd like to hear have already aired and are stored in the archive. I can stream these shows, but I can't easily shift them to a portable player and listen while jogging, walking, or driving -- the only big chunks of time I have available for listening. ... From
Jon's Radio on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Technologies of control, technologies of use
A much-cited March 2005 New York Times article asked: "Is a cinema studies degree the new MBA?" The premise was that digital audio and video tools, formerly wielded mainly by media pros, are now used increasingly for ordinary business (and personal) communication. As I documented in my series of
Prime-time Hypermedia columns, we've hardly begun to understand the kinds of tools and techniques that will enable ordinary folks to compose and remix rich media in the same ways that -- almost withou From
Jon's Radio on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Predictions for 2006
Although punditry seems to require year-end assessments and predictions, I usually resist the urge. But this year I came up with an angle. The following table reports three facts for each of four startups acquired in 2005: the date on which the service was first mentioned here; the date on which it was acquired; and the elapsed time in days. first mentionacquisitionelapseddays From
Jon's Radio on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
The year in tags
Today's experimental screencast was inspired by the
Juice Analytics guys. My effort to visualize the tags I've assigned to my blog entries this year won't win a Tufte award, but it was instructive nonetheless. From
Jon's Radio on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Scannable conversation summaries
Writing effective
heads, decks, and leads is one of the ways we can apply engineering principles -- modularity, information hiding -- to our written communication. Threaded discussions resist this technique, so our mailboxes and discussion boards are full of constructs like this: ... From
Jon's Radio on December 25, 2005 at 4:16 p.m..
Midsummer Night's Dream in Free Searchable eBook
A free, searchable eBook containing the text of A Midsummer Night';s Dream has been released by askSam Systems. Search and analyze the text of the play on-line or on your own computer. [PRWEB Dec 21, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
LearnFlash.com Releases 'Flash Animation and Intros'
LearnFlash.com, creators of video tutorials, releases its newest line of video Flash tutorials. With over 9 hours of videos in this series, consumers can chose the level of help they want with the optional Mentor Program. [PRWEB Dec 21, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Biller Communications Announces the Launch of Nittanypages.com
Biller Communications is a professional web development and hosting services company located in State College Pennsylvania. Biller Communications has recently developed a community-based Web site in Central Pennsylvania; offering community services such as forums, chat, online auctions and more. [PRWEB Dec 21, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
ADHD Medication: Ritalin Patch Will Break Down Barriers to Treatment
The first medication patch for ADHD is approaching approval in the United States. This new preparation will make medication more accessible to children and thus break down barriers and improve treatment options for children with ADHD and their families. [PRWEB Dec 21, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Berklee College of Music Launches Online Music Business Certificate Program for the Future
Berkleemusic, the online extension school at Berklee College of Music launches a new online music business certificate program that focuses on the current changes in the music industry as well as fundamental areas such as copyright law, music publishing, business entrepreneurship, music management, and music promotion. The first offering of this program starts on January 9, 2006. [PRWEB Dec 21, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Kick Off The New Year With 24 Hours of Motivation
Twenty-four hours can position you on the path to reaching your goals, aspirations and purpose. And for a 24-hour period beginning on January 1, 2006, at 12:01 a.m., a dynamic and captivating personal achievement teleseminar will take place, free to everyone across the nation, to help callers on their 2006 journeys. Designed to reach thousands of lives andpossibly millions in 24 hours, the teleseminar features some of the best motivational speakers, entrepreneurs, wealth experts, fitness trainers, youth leaders, spiritual leaders and speakers across the nation. [PRWEB Dec 22, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Edu Student Loans Offers Free and Easy Student Loan and Student Loan Consolidation Information
Edu Student Loans is proud to announce the Internet’s first privately owned free resource for Student Loan and Student Loan Consolidation Information. Edu Student Loans provides up-to-date accurate information regarding: applying for a Federal Student Loan, applying for a Private Student Loan, applying for a PLUS Loan, Consolidating a Federal Student Loan, and Consolidating a Private Student Loan. [PRWEB Dec 22, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Homeschoolers Complete 10 State Road Trip, Preparing for the Remaining 40 States
A homeschool family from Orlando, Florida set off September 28, 2005 and began their American Adventure traveling across the United States in a 37 foot motorhome. After completing 10 states so far, they have returned to Orlando for the Christmas holidays to be with family and friends before finishing the journey. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Neaclear Wishes Everyone a Merry Christmas
In predominantly Christian countries, Christmas has become the most economically significant holiday of the year. An enormous number of customs with either secular, religious, or national aspects surround Christmas, varying from country to country. Gift-giving is a near-universal part of Christmas celebrations. [PRWEB Dec 24, 2005] From
PR Web on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
a year later
So it has been more than a year since the argument in
Hardwicke. John Hardwicke continues to work extremely hard to get New Jersey to protect its children. He's asked people to write the New Jersey legislature to get them to consider one important bit of progress, Assembly Bill 2512.
Lessig Blog on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Sun is about to change the world
Things are about to get very interesting. Sun's got a cool (actually CoolThreads) new technology. Here's the
announcement. But here's the really cool part: "Plans to Open Source Processor Technology to Developer Communities." "Open source" hardware? What's that mean? Stay tuned ... From
Lessig Blog on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
NYPL debate is now televised
The
webcast (video and audio) of the NYPL debate about the Google Print (now Google Book Search) project is now up (and has been up, but you know I am perpetually behind). Note, the slide that Chis Anderson is
here. Please look at it. There is lots of confusion about what is being debated here. For the three different types of access Google is consideri From
Lessig Blog on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Triangulation launches
I've started a new podcast series with Leo Laporte and John Dvorak called "Triangulation." The idea is totally John's: pick a topic on which we all three roughly agree, and then spend 30 minutes drilling down on the layers of the subject. It is intended to be the opposite of Crossfire like malarky. Here's the
first on Google Book Search. From
Lessig Blog on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
the work of John Hardwicke
The New Jersey Assembly has voted 63-5 to enact a
law to remove any immunity for negligence in hiring in any case involving sex abuse. Essentially the same bill had been passed by the New Jersey Senate last year. The bill goes to a committee to resolve the small differences. It is expected the Senate will vote tomorrow to concur in the Assembly's action. The bill will then go to
Acting Governor Codey for his signature. It is expected he will sign the bill before Christmas From
Lessig Blog on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
We've got 9 days, and we need $75,000
It was a good first day -- $25,000. At this rate, I can take off Christmas. Thanks to everyone for spreading the word, and thanks to the amazing mix of people who have been giving. Any bit counts. So please jump
here and let's finish this already. From
Lessig Blog on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
University and Union Move Ahead After VSU Laws Passed
The University of Adelaide and the Adelaide University Union (AUU) will meet this week, to discuss concrete plans for the provision of student services, following the passing of the Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation on Friday 9 December. Professor James McWha, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide said that the University and the students organisation now needed to keep working together to ensure the maintenance of services that are important to the student experience. From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project
The Department of Education, Science and Training has announced 63 Schools will receive funding to be champions of effective careers education in 2006. The funding is part of the Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project, which supports schools to develop, document and disseminate information about career education programmes. From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
NCVER Invites Proposals for 2006 VET Research
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) invites proposals for research into four of the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education research priorities for 2006: contemporary models for employment-based training, industry-by-industry approach to skills planning, higher level (Certificate IV and above) VET training, and flexible funding models. The remaining research priorities will be advertised in a second funding round in early 2006. An information kit and template for proposals is available at the NCVER website. Proposals must be submitted by 5 pm CDT Mo From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Web Accessibility Workshops - Melbourne, 1 & 2 February 2006
These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia, are targeted at web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers and web contract managers. They provide a thorough overview of accessibility issues and how to address them. It covers the World Wide Web Consortium's Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation and a consideration of assessment tools and techniques. A basic knowledge of HTML is assumed for the standard workshop on 2nd February but not for the less technical one From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Funding for Indigenous Youth Mobility Programme
The Indigenous Youth Mobility Programme will provide young Indigenous Australians with an opportunity to relocate to major regional centres and train for a variety of new careers by undertaking pre-vocational training, a New Apprenticeship or tertiary level education. Participants may choose to return to their own communities to take up skilled jobs that are often filled by non-Indigenous workers, or pursue their careers elsewhere. The training and employment providers will be based in Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, Newcastle, Dubbo, Canberra, Shepparton, Perth and Darwin. From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
2006 education.au National Seminars - Transforming Learning Through ICT
The 2006 education.au National Seminar - Transforming Learning Through ICT, is the first in a series of two seminars for educational leaders involved in technology and learning through the use of the Internet. The seminar titled 'Delivering 21st Century Tools, Learning and Skills', offers an opportunity to network with peers and practitioners from around Australia; contemporary thinking around digital game based learning, digital natives and trends in elearning; and an understanding of using games in education and training. Keynote speaker is Marc Prensky, the founder of Games2train From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Students Plug Into iLectures
For years, tech-savvy professors have made recordings of lectures available on the Internet. But the University of Michigan dental school is among a wave of colleges now offering lectures in the MP3 compressed digital data files that make classes portable. The question is - Do digital downloads of lectures adequately substitute for the real thing? From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
Aptitude Test for International Secondary Students
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is developing and trialling the Aptitude Test for International Secondary Students (ATISS), particularly from China, entering the school sector. ATISS enables an assessment of students' aptitude for studying in Australian schools, rather than assessing their previous academic achievement. From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
VTE Courses Successful Pathways For School Leavers
The non-apprenticeship VET sector provides a successful pathway from school to further education and training for young Australians from all socioeconomic backgrounds, a new report shows. The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) report, Non-Apprenticeship VET Courses: Participation, Persistence and Subsequent Pathways, has shown that one in five young people enter a non-apprenticeship VET course by age 19. By the age of 20, approximately 60% complete their course and 14% are continuing to study towards it. From
EdNA Online on December 25, 2005 at 4:15 p.m..
(re) Descubriendo blogs
Una selección periódica, muy personal, de buenos weblogs de hoy y de ayer. Actualidad Balance Diario Independiente Digital Incluso Agregadores eCuaderno Linkblog Intermezzo Bloglines Periódico de la Televisión Digital Terrestre Planetaciencia Spaniards Arte Agencia crÃtica Eye Level Cibercultura e-me Futuratronics Leer a McLuhan Cine Docuaderno La Klaketa Se trata de pelÃculas From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 25, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..
Ranganathan on Dewey
William Denton has unearthed and posted 15 minutes of SR Ranganathan talking about Melvil Dewey in 1964. Ranganathan was the great reforming library scientist and Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal system. This is like finding 15 minutes of FDR talking about Coolidge or Leibniz talking about Descartes. I can't wait to hear it, but first I have to make breakfast for our kids... [Tags: taxonomy ranganathan EverythingIsMiscellaneous WilliamDenton]... From
Joho the Blog on December 25, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..
The synchonicity of intertwingled knowledge
Yesterday I finished the rough (rough!) draft of Chapter 5 of my book. It's on the nature of the "leaves" of knowledge that we're piling up willy-nilly. The aim of the chapter is to show how different that approach is from the traditional assumption that knowledge is a stable, inter-generational domain, divided into disciplines, to which we may get to contribute if our contributions are judged worthy by the gatekeepers. But what is one of these so-called leaves anyway? I end up arguing that unique identifiers (unique to particular namespaces, although because this is supposed to be a From
Joho the Blog on December 25, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..
Blinkx Adds to iPod Video Lineup - Ben Charny, eWeek
Internet video and audio search specialist Blinkx will soon start delivering video programs for iPods and other handheld media players. Blinkx's new feature, to be unveiled Monday, lets people scan its database of professionally provided and home-made vid From
Techno-News Blog on December 25, 2005 at 1:49 a.m..