Check out Futurebook.org for a look at the possible book of the future.
\”THE BOOK AS interface, the changing interface of collected thought… what is the future of
the book? With the computer revolution fast fulfilling its promise to make society rethink
communication, it is time for a good long look at this vehicle called book.\”
Alabama Live has a
Story on how one library system now can email overdue notices. An approache that may be used more often in the future.
About 7,000 local patrons receive library notices by e-mail, and Jefferson County library officials say theyhope more people will catch on and use the service in the future.
Alabama Live has a
Story on how one library system now can email overdue notices. An approache that may be used more often in the future.
About 7,000 local patrons receive library notices by e-mail, and Jefferson County library officials say theyhope more people will catch on and use the service in the future. Of the nearly 295,000 library card holders in Jefferson
County, only 2.4 percent have listed an e-mail address
with their local library, said Pat Ryan, director of the
Jefferson County Library Cooperative.
\”If we enroll 10 percent this year, we will be happy,\”
said Mrs. Ryan. \”Over the next two years we would
love to see it jump to 20 percent.\”
The NYTimes Has a Storyon cool new pen scanners.
If you have ever done research in a library, you have probably encountered this annoying situation: You\’ve found a paragraph ofhelpful information in an otherwise useless book. There is no point in lugging the book home for the sake of those 300 words. So you face twochoices: transcribe the paragraph by hand or trot over to the photocopy machine, stand in line, fish around for change and make three copies the wrong size before getting one that captures what you want.
The NYTimes Has a Storyon cool new pen scanners.
If you have ever done research in a library, you have probably encountered this annoying situation: You\’ve found a paragraph ofhelpful information in an otherwise useless book. There is no point in lugging the book home for the sake of those 300 words. So you face twochoices: transcribe the paragraph by hand or trot over to the photocopy machine, stand in line, fish around for change and make three copies the wrong size before getting one that captures what you want.
A new generation of handheld gadgets offers a third option: scan in the 300 words with a wireless pen-size scanner, tuck the scanner into a pocket and transfer the data to your computer when you get home
OregonLive has a story HERE on the infamous Harry Potter.
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Complaining that Harry Potter\’s popular books for children will lead readers to \”hatred and rebellion,\” a couple in this central Oregon town is asking schools to ban them.
It\’s the latest in a controversy that pits parents who object to the adventure stories about witchcraft against parents who say the popular tales encourage children to read.
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The new 38-minute videotape, Therapy in Action: The School-Age Child Who stutters, is getting rave reviews from speech-language pathologists, parents, teachers and physicians. The tape is an excellent resource and is certain to further the understanding of stuttering and what can be done to help the school-age child.\”
You would\’ve thought Databse Monster Dialog would have a big advantage over most others when it comes to the web.
Not so says Forbes in This article on Dialogs troubles brought on by the web.
Dialog practically invented much of the indexing and boolean search technology that has allowed such outfits as Yahoo and Alta Vista to bring order to the chaos–and make their owners spectacularly wealthy in the process.
You would\’ve thought Databse Monster Dialog would have a big advantage over most others when it comes to the web.
Not so says Forbes in This article on Dialogs troubles brought on by the web.
Dialog practically invented much of the indexing and boolean search technology that has allowed such outfits as Yahoo and Alta Vista to bring order to the chaos–and make their owners spectacularly wealthy in the process. The company even developed its own version of the Internet in the early 1980s, called DialNet, which downloaded data and e-mail over clients\’ modems around the world. But the company\’s recent history has been marked by one missed opportunity after another.
\”Here\’s where we missed the boat: Dialog had a chance at the inception of the Web to index it, in essence to be a Yahoo,\” says Jeffery Galt, the former head of the business when it was owned by Knight Ridder. \”But we passed on it because we couldn\’t see how we could make money on it.\”
Galt got out. He is now the chief executive of distribution software firm…
From YAHOO! News.
Song Yongyi, a U.S.-based academic detained by China on
suspicion of gathering state secrets, left for home Saturday
after Beijing freed him in a gesture ahead of a pivotal
Congressional debate on its WTO entry.
Song, detained since August in a case that triggered appeals
to China by U.S. academics, lawmakers and diplomats, left
the Chinese capital on Northwest Airlines flight NW088 to
Detroit, a U.S. offici
From YAHOO! News.
Song Yongyi, a U.S.-based academic detained by China on
suspicion of gathering state secrets, left for home Saturday
after Beijing freed him in a gesture ahead of a pivotal
Congressional debate on its WTO entry.
Song, detained since August in a case that triggered appeals
to China by U.S. academics, lawmakers and diplomats, left
the Chinese capital on Northwest Airlines flight NW088 to
Detroit, a U.S. officiPolice detained Song in August while he was conducting
research on China\’s 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. He was
formally arrested in December and accused of illegally
sending documents containing state secrets out of China.
The Chinese-born Song, who worked as a librarian and
researcher at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
left Beijing just days after a Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman said Song had “confessed everything\’\’ and faced
criminal proceedings.
Lawyer Jerome Cohen, whom the college had retained, was
quoted by CNN as saying the sudden release was a
“face-saving gesture\’\’ after the police were unable to mak
news.excite.com has a Story on flooing at the Bringham Young University in UT.
\”Thousands of Brigham Young University students and library employees were startled in the Harold B. Lee Library when they heard: \”Please gather your belongings and immediately evacuate the building in an orderly fashion\” around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday.\”
news.excite.com has a Story on flooing at the Bringham Young University in UT.
\”Thousands of Brigham Young University students and library employees were startled in the Harold B. Lee Library when they heard: \”Please gather your belongings and immediately evacuate the building in an orderly fashion\” around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday.\”
The evacuation was prompted by an underground broken water line, an eight-inch fire sprinkler line, located in the ceiling area of the second floor. The water penetrated the building through an opening in the foundation, seeping down to the floors below it and causing serious flooding.
Margot Felt, 19, a sophomore from Ogden majoring in painting, was in the library when it flooded.
\”Today this is particularly annoying because I need to find a book for a paper I\’m writing. But I guess they really can\’t do anything about it,\” Felt said.
\”This is the third time I\’ve had to evacuate the library. It\’s a disturbance,\” said Richard Eldrege, 22, a junior from Pittsburg, Calif., majoring in mechanical engineering.
Areas affected by the flooding were taped off, and a human wall made up of library employees and police was used to prevent students from going into the damaged areas.
Dickinson College has set up a site where people can
check for updates on the status of Dickinson College scholar and librarian Yongyi Song who was arrested in China on charges of \”the purchase and illegal provision of intelligence to foreign people.\” on Christmas Eve. They have started an online petition and awareness campaign aimed at securing his release.
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