November 23, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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In an article about Kuali adoption, the Chronicle of Higher Education quotes Campus Computing Project director, Kenneth C. Green as saying, With due respect to the elites that are at the core of Sakai and also Kuali, the real issue … Continue reading
November 22, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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What’s Happening? New Twitter Question Makes More Sense for Digital Humanities — Yesterday Twitter changed its update prompt from “What are you doing?” to “What’s happening?” There is a lot of subtle speculation on what the change means for Twitter … Continue reading
November 20, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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CONTENTdm 5.2 Released — OCLC has released version 5.2 of its popular digital collection management software, CONTENTdm. Among the new features, CONTENTdm 5.2 includes improved PDF print support and reduced indexing times for text collections. Version 5.2 is available at … Continue reading
November 19, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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In an article posted yesterday under the title 5 Ways Social Media Will Change Recorded History, Mashable co-editor Ben Parr writes, For the first time in human history, the day-to-day interactions between people are being permanently recorded and formatted in … Continue reading
November 18, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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"How to Write a Zotero Translator" Now in Print — Another great resource from Adam: his comprehensive guide to building a Zotero translator is now available in print from LuLu. As Adam points out, I was the one who asked … Continue reading
November 16, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Aggregate Your Friends’ Links with Twitter Tim.es — Via @james3neal another great link: The Twitter Tim.es scours your Twitter stream for links posted by your friends, grabs the content of those links, and assembles that content daily in a newspaper-style … Continue reading
November 15, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Enterprise 2.0 — I hadn’t heard it before, but apparently the term “Enterprise 2.0” is familiar enough in certain circles to serve as the title for a conference series that began this month in San Francisco. Defined by the conference … Continue reading
November 14, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Cloud Computing in Plain English — In September, I pointed to a definition of cloud computing developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which, though thorough, was also thoroughly unreadable. Now Common Craft—the company made famous for its … Continue reading
November 13, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Book Lending at Twitter Speed: Thoughts from Josh Greenberg — Based in part on ideas raised during his appearance on the latest episode of Digital Campus, Josh Greenberg (@epistemographer) speculates on the future of book lending under the doctrine of … Continue reading
November 11, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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The Story Behind NYPL’s New Logo — The New York Times City Room blog sheds some light on how cultural heritage institutions are thinking about branding in the digital age with a nice little piece on The New York Public … Continue reading