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<P align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">OPLIN 4cast #7 - May 23, 2006</SPAN></B></P>
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<P>The <EM><B>OPLIN 4cast</B></EM> is a weekly compilation of recent headlines, topics, and trends that could impact public libraries. You can subscribe to it in a variety of ways, such as:</P>
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<P class=style4>This week’s <EM>4cast</EM><B>:</B></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">1. <B><STRONG>Wrangle Your Knowledge with a Wiki </STRONG></B></SPAN></P>
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<P>In a recent entry on the <A href="http://www.librarycrunch.com/" target=_blank>LibraryCrunch</A> blog, Michael Casey wrote about the amount of knowledge that becomes lost when libraries fail to implement any sort of method for managing it. One method that a library (or any group) can use to manage its collective knowledge is to create an organizational wiki. Gina Trapani recently <A href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/wikipedia/geek-to-live-set-up-your-personal-wikipedia-163707.php" target=_blank>demonstrated one way to do this</A> in her regular Geek to Live column at <A href="http://www.lifehacker.com/" target=_blank>Lifehacker</A>. </P>
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<LI><A href="http://www.librarycrunch.com/2006/05/managing_our_expertise.html" target=_blank>Managing Our Expertise</A> (LibraryCrunch)
<LI><A href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/wikipedia/geek-to-live-set-up-your-personal-wikipedia-163707.php" target=_blank>Set up your personal Wikipedia</A> (Lifehacker)
<LI><A href="http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaevents/2004Forum/CS_WikiWikiWebs.pdf" target=_blank>WikiWikiWebs: New Ways of Interacting in a Web Environment</A> (ALA - kind of dated, but a decent general guide to different Wiki software packages and case studies, in PDF format) </LI></UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">2. <B><STRONG>Luring the Crowd from MySpace to Other Spaces</STRONG></B></SPAN></P>
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<P>Now that <A href="http://www.myspace.com/" target=_blank>MySpace</A> has successfully captured the attention of both <A href="http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GAPB%2CGAPB%3A2005-09%2CGAPB%3Aen&q=myspace&btnG=Search+News" target=_blank>the American media</A> and <A href="http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GAPB%2CGAPB%3A2005-09%2CGAPB%3Aen&q=myspace+DOPA&btnG=Search+News" target=_blank>lawmakers</A> (not to mention actual users), a whole new crop of social networking websites are trying to figure out how they can be like, <EM>totally</EM> popular too.</P>
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<LI><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12872081/" target=_blank>New sites take aim at MySpace</A> (MSNBC)
<LI><A href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ItsAllGood?m=674" target=_blank>What's Next After MySpace?</A> (It's All Good)
<LI><A href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/archives/2006/05/other_myspaces.html" target=_blank>Other MySpaces</A> (Stephen's Lighthouse) </LI></UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">3. <B><STRONG>In Order to Defeat the Spam, We Must First Understand the Spam</STRONG> </B></SPAN></P>
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<P>Where does spam come from anyway? Questions overheard by OPLIN staff at recent library conferences suggest that many of us don't really understand the basics about spam e-mail messages. Here are a few recent headlines from the front lines of the war against the dreaded "potted meat." </P>
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<LI><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/business/yourmoney/21spam.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" target=_blank>The Fight Against V1@gra (and Other Spam)</A> (New York Times)
<LI><A href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060421-6648.html" target=_blank>American spam slowing; Europe, Asia taking over</A> (Ars Technica)
<LI><A href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060502-6726.html" target=_blank>Spam gets personal</A> (Ars Technica)
<LI><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28electronic%29" target=_blank>Spam (electronic)</A> (Wikipedia) </LI></UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">4. <B><STRONG>20 Reasons To Use Flickr</STRONG></B></SPAN></P>
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<P>At the <A href="http://tametheweb.com/" target=_blank>Tame the Web: Libraries & Technology</A> blog, Michael Stephens has now posted a grand total of 20 reasons why libraries should use <A href="http://www.flickr.com/" target=_blank>Flickr</A>. </P>
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<LI><A href="http://tametheweb.com/2005/12/10_reasons_to_use_flickr_at_yo.html" target=_blank>10 Reasons to Use Flickr at Your Library</A> (Tame the Web)
<LI><A href="http://tametheweb.com/2006/05/10_more_reasons_to_use_flickr.html" target=_blank>10 More Reasons to Use Flickr in Your Libraries</A> (Tame the Web)
<LI><A href="http://www.flickr.com/" target=_blank>Flickr</A> </LI></UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>----------<BR>Joel Husenits<BR>Managing Editor</P>
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