It has been reported in the Times, Independent, Guardian, etc., on Valentines day this year, that Google has lost a copyright case brought by Belgian newspapers for publishing on the web without their consent. Google will appeal, but how many bloggers out there have set Atom feeds for news alerts? The same Belgian group is also pursuing Yahoo too. Google thinks this unfair and plans to appeal.
If you click the title of this post it should be hyperlinked to the Times.
p.s. I have added another RSS feed to the site from the useful site http://www.out-law.com/ on the subject of copyright.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
New library is a real thriller
© Portsmouth Today People - Video: New library is a real thriller
With so many problems reported in the local media regarding problems at library authorities in Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth, it is good to report on libraries being opened, or extended, rather than closed. This report is of the major multi million pound extension to the Frewen Library of the University of Portsmouth. Frewen Library will be hosting the AGM of the Sub Branch in May so there will be an opportunity to have a look at the new work. PD James's comment that a library should be at the heart of any university echoes an old war cry from my library college days which was "no library should be an island". Libraries should be at the heart of any community and not at the front of cuts to balance budgets.
With so many problems reported in the local media regarding problems at library authorities in Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth, it is good to report on libraries being opened, or extended, rather than closed. This report is of the major multi million pound extension to the Frewen Library of the University of Portsmouth. Frewen Library will be hosting the AGM of the Sub Branch in May so there will be an opportunity to have a look at the new work. PD James's comment that a library should be at the heart of any university echoes an old war cry from my library college days which was "no library should be an island". Libraries should be at the heart of any community and not at the front of cuts to balance budgets.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Closure Could Have Major Impact Says Libraries Boss (from Daily Echo)
© Closure Could Have Major Impact Says Libraries Boss (from Daily Echo)
Local article concerning the public library service in Southampton
Local article concerning the public library service in Southampton
Monday, February 12, 2007
swashford's first post
Hello library land!
Firstly thanks to Hampshirelibrarian for letting me join the libraryland team! I've been blogging for a little while, trying to come to grips with all this strange new "2.0" technology like RSS and wikis. For anyone starting out down the same road I can recommend the following three sites:
Phil Bradley's I want to site is a great starting place and his 3 blogs, Phil Bradley's Weblog, I want to and Frivolityare all worth putting in that RSS aggregator that you will soon be so addicted to. Phil writes the Internet Q&A column in Update every month. (Warning, Frivolity can be seriously funny and may not be suitable for reading in quiet areas where snorting with laughter is frowned upon!)
For those who missed Karen Blakeman's talk at Basingstoke Library she has posted the handouts on her Presentations page. Have a look at References and Further Resources for links to some really useful explanations and articles as well as recommendations for sites to get you started. Karen's blog is also one to add to that RSS list especially if you're interested in search engines and business information.
Finally Brian Kelly's UK Web Focus blog and his Blog Experiments page chart his discoveries and experiments on the web. Thanks to Brian I've discovered Meebo Me boxes and Sitemeter counters and been inspired by his posts on those hard to find UK Blogging Librarians.
Hope this post fits in with the idea of library land! See you again soon...
Firstly thanks to Hampshirelibrarian for letting me join the libraryland team! I've been blogging for a little while, trying to come to grips with all this strange new "2.0" technology like RSS and wikis. For anyone starting out down the same road I can recommend the following three sites:
Phil Bradley's I want to site is a great starting place and his 3 blogs, Phil Bradley's Weblog, I want to and Frivolityare all worth putting in that RSS aggregator that you will soon be so addicted to. Phil writes the Internet Q&A column in Update every month. (Warning, Frivolity can be seriously funny and may not be suitable for reading in quiet areas where snorting with laughter is frowned upon!)
For those who missed Karen Blakeman's talk at Basingstoke Library she has posted the handouts on her Presentations page. Have a look at References and Further Resources for links to some really useful explanations and articles as well as recommendations for sites to get you started. Karen's blog is also one to add to that RSS list especially if you're interested in search engines and business information.
Finally Brian Kelly's UK Web Focus blog and his Blog Experiments page chart his discoveries and experiments on the web. Thanks to Brian I've discovered Meebo Me boxes and Sitemeter counters and been inspired by his posts on those hard to find UK Blogging Librarians.
Hope this post fits in with the idea of library land! See you again soon...
33 Reasons Librarians are Still Extremely Important - DegreeTutor.com
© 33 Reasons Librarians are Still Extremely Important - DegreeTutor.com
Found this via one of CILIP'S newsletters; plenty of thoughts from this American site, especially useful as the library profession considers advocacy, image and value added benefits from qualified staff.
Found this via one of CILIP'S newsletters; plenty of thoughts from this American site, especially useful as the library profession considers advocacy, image and value added benefits from qualified staff.
Hampshire library land has been blogged
Hampshire library land has been connected by RSS thru to Karen Blakeman (hallo), and another member of the HIOW community who was at Basingstoke, Info Junkie (Sarah Washford), who will be in receipt of an invite to join this blog. With Committee approval I can open the comment function to all viewers as this blog space is restricted to invited people only for security as I am still experimenting until the next meeting before announcing it to the HIOW community. With such a wide space of geography to cover, web 2.0 technology is very good at shrinking distance into your computer monitor and getting collaborative communication between members.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Watch out the boss is here
Am still something of technosaur and some of the techno bits go over my head but I think this is an excellent move forward for HIoW.
New search engine
A new search engine was brought to my attention yesterday which is a visual meta search engine. Using the power of Adobe Flash software, it brings your searches to life using mapping techniques developed by KartOO Technologies. If you wish to revert to a linear text interface, there is an HTML option switch on the search engine's home page. It certainly should prove interesting to see students engaging with it's colour and graphics as there is a trend for flashy interactive learning objectives in education circles. Have a go and see what you think; it was certainly interesting to test our Sub Branch initials, HIOW, and see who else is using them, such as the local NHS in Hampshire.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Which Internet browser?
Internet browsers are changing and Internet Explorer has, for me, started to catch up with my new favourite of Firefox, with the release from Microsoft of version 7 (I do like my tabbed browsing, now with added RSS, delicious). However, websites have yet to be tuned to some of these new browsers and currently on different computers I am using a mix of Internet Explorer 6 or 7, and Firefox 2.0.0.1. Whilst browsing seems to be no trouble in any of those platforms, websites or virtual learning environments I edit with content management systems only to seem to work properly with Microsoft and not Firefox; very curious.
Firefox 5.7MB
Internet Explorer 14.8 MB
Technology aside though, the best Internet browser is actually the Librarian. As my sister in America found for me, there is a commercially available t-shirt which has printed the slogan
Firefox 5.7MB
Internet Explorer 14.8 MB
Technology aside though, the best Internet browser is actually the Librarian. As my sister in America found for me, there is a commercially available t-shirt which has printed the slogan
Librarian. The Original Search EngineExperiment with a browser and see what works for you.
RSS and blog technology
Though RSS and blog stuff has been around for a while, it only seems that take up of these wonderful facilities has become more pronounced. Perhaps it may be more to do with new versions of Internet browsers, email programs and the like which can co-ordinate all information in one screen for the first time.
I have been using computers since the heady days of my O-level and the Sinclair Spectrum in 1982 and am always learning. Since taking on the Communications Officer role I am now moving into new territory. Since the email fiasco at work before Christmas, I have created a new Internet mail account with Yahoo and became the HampshireLibrarian. Yahoo Mail allows for RSS feeds to be included in the mail box environment and I have expanded this to include a MyYahoo page which features snapshots of my mail, RSS feeds, and other tools such as my share portfolio. Only this afternoon I created a new blog and will be fine tuning the layout and content as I learn this new software; creating the blog was quick and easy.
I have been using computers since the heady days of my O-level and the Sinclair Spectrum in 1982 and am always learning. Since taking on the Communications Officer role I am now moving into new territory. Since the email fiasco at work before Christmas, I have created a new Internet mail account with Yahoo and became the HampshireLibrarian. Yahoo Mail allows for RSS feeds to be included in the mail box environment and I have expanded this to include a MyYahoo page which features snapshots of my mail, RSS feeds, and other tools such as my share portfolio. Only this afternoon I created a new blog and will be fine tuning the layout and content as I learn this new software; creating the blog was quick and easy.
Welcome to library land for Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Inspired by Karen Blakeman's presentation on RSS blogs and wikis at Basingstoke on the 2nd February, as Communicatons Officer for the Sub Branch, I could not ignore the call to make a group for the library and information workers of our territory. With an email circulation list of over a hundred CILIP members, a blog is the next step, and hopefully there will be an RSS feed which will spread the word.
I can not imagine that this blog will be exciting initially but that responsibility will be shared with the participants of HIOW to develop along with me. So here goes and I declare this blog open.
I can not imagine that this blog will be exciting initially but that responsibility will be shared with the participants of HIOW to develop along with me. So here goes and I declare this blog open.
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