A sane article on the whole Google vs. The Library thing. There’s some good thinking here, although I would argue that the NYTimes’ paraphrase of the issue as “A few research librarians say Google could eventually take on more of the role of a universal library.” could more accurately be stated — based on their own quotations, as “A few research librarians say Google could eventually take on more of the role of indexing a universal library.” [NYT, randomwalks]
Category: ‘puters
Power and Pedagogy: Transforming Education through Information Technology
Just like what we thought all along: books are interactive, a good read about how to cite our sources independent of the form they are delivered in. [thanks david]
books on phone != girls on film
I know that I can sometimes be a “late adopter” but I am still having a hard time getting my head around reading a book on a cell phone. LISNews has more links from a previous story.
dead docs’ final resting place
Speaking of the overlap between cemeteries and libraries, check out the UNT “cybercemetery” whose mission is “to provide permanent public access to the electronic Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.” [like maybe this one?]
ATAC: can you rig a voting machine and still have it pass certification?
A new addition to my tech-blogs list: ATAC: Abusable Technologies Awareness Center. [laz]