- A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto
A wonderful list by Laura Cohen on what a 2.0 Librarian should do. There’s also a video as well (on YouTube).
(via Tame The Web) - Pew Report: Young & Wired : How Today’s Young Tech Elite will influence the Libraries of Tomorrow (Powerpoint slides)
Have a look. Will be good for developing user services.
(via Tame The Web) - Those are just printed out web pages …
In relation to the previous link, we might need to inform library users, particularly teens and the tech savvy, that newspapers, magazines and journals do not necessarily just exist on electronic databases. - Ten Ways to Use Flickr in Your Libraries
Michael Stephens shares with us some resources on how libraries can make use of Flickr. - Research Beyond Google
119 online resources that you can use instead of solely relying on Google. Do note that some of the links require subscription and you should check with your local library to see if they have a subscription.
(via Library Stuff) - Operation Timbuktu: Save The Books
Researchers in Timbuktu in Mali are desperately trying to preserve tens of thousands of ancient texts. To date, they have collected about 150,000 brittle manuscripts and they believe there is much more buried under the sand by Malian families.
(via LISNews) - World Statistics
I have no idea how accurate the numbers are. But it’s interesting to see some of the statistics of the world being updated in real time, particularly World Population and Education.
(via reddit: what’s new online)
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