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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #20 -
August 29, 2006</span></b></p>
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<p>The <em><b>OPLIN 4cast</b></em> is a weekly compilation of
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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><b><strong>Technology
Trumps "Traditional Librarianship"</strong></b></strong></b></span> </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.loc.gov" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>
employees who don't want to learn new technology skills are being
offered incentives to retire. Meanwhile, other library organizations
(particularly in Canada) are trying to recruit more tech-saavy people
into the profession. More than ever, it's important for established
librarians to keep up with the times.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2006abc/august2006a/lcworkforce.htm"
target="_blank">Digital Transition Brings Changes to LC's Workforce</a>
(American Libraries Online)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/25/library-of-congress-solves-their-techie-divide/"
target="_blank">Library of Congress Solves Their Techie Divide</a>
(David Lee King)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.librarian.net/stax/1798" target="_blank">library
careers - two national organizations</a> (librarian.net)</li>
<li><a
href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:3Dv9UlGmEvUJ:techessence.info/node/65"
target="_blank">Continuous Learning: Making it a Priority Without
Breaking the Bank</a> (TechEssence.Info) </li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <b><strong><b><strong><b><strong><b><strong><b><strong><b><strong><b><strong><b><strong>Microsoft
Bumps Into Google at the Water Cooler</strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></span></p>
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<p>Google has just released <a href="https://www.google.com/a/"
target="_blank">Google Apps for Your Domain</a>, a suite of
productivity tools for organizations (including e-mail, instant
messaging, and a group calendar) that is entirely free and online,
requiring no downloads of any kind.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_on_hi_te/google_business_applications;_ylt=ApiWKM50alBJFWR9VX9lqusjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ%E2%80%94"
target="_blank">Google releasing package for the office</a> (Yahoo!
News) </li>
<li><a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/#1546807"
target="_blank">Google Announces Office Suite, Takes Aim at Microsoft</a>
(Monkey Bites)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/27/google-makes-its-move-office-20/"
target="_blank">Google Makes Its Move: Office 2.0</a> (TechCrunch)</li>
<li><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2006/08/tools_for_the_d.html"
target="_blank">Tools for the Digital Divide</a> (Stephen's
Lighthouse) </li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <b><strong>Social Search:
Everyone's a Reference Librarian? </strong></b></span></p>
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<p>More and more search engines are incorporating a human touch into
the search process, by allowing communities to rank results and give
answers to questions that had previously been provided by complex
algorithims.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2006/08/social_networki_1.html"
target="_blank">Social Networking</a> (Stephen's Lighthouse) </li>
<li><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6108962.html"
target="_blank">Internet search gets Web 2.0 style</a> (ZDNet)</li>
<li><a
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Business/story?id=2326814&page=1"
target="_blank">Is Yahoo Answers Really the Answer?</a> (ABC News) </li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4. <b><strong>You Should Be in the
Digital Movie Downloads Business, Kid </strong></b></span></p>
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<p>In recent weeks, a whole slew of Hollywood studios have signed on
with a whole slew of major players to distribute digital movie
downloads. Still to be determined, though - how much will it actually
cost for people to download a movie? </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3846"
target="_blank">iTunes Movie Studio Details Leaked</a> (DailyTech)</li>
<li><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060818-7540.html"
target="_blank">Screenshots of new Amazon video store hit the Web</a>
(Ars Technica)</li>
<li><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6109307.html"
target="_blank">AOL to sell digital movie downloads</a> (CNET News) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=3872"
target="_blank">GUBA Begins Movie Download Price War</a> (DailyTech) </li>
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