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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #21 -
September 12, 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>
<ul>
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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>Burn the
Microfilm: Google Now Selling Old News </strong></b></strong></b></span>
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<p>Google recently unveiled the <a
href="http://news.google.com/archivesearch" target="_blank">Google
News Archive Search</a>, which allows users to search up to 200 years
of archived articles and stories from various news publications, such
as the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>The Washington Post</em>, <em>Time</em>,
and many others.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060906_877780.htm"
target="_blank">Google Digs Into the Archives</a> (BusinessWeek)</li>
<li><a
href="http://acrlblog.org/2006/09/06/next-wave-in-google-migration/"
target="_blank">Next Wave in Google Migration</a> (ACRLog) </li>
<li><a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/09/googles_news_ar.html"
target="_blank">Google's News Archive Search</a> (LibrarianInBlack)</li>
<li><a href="http://dltj.org/2006/09/google-nas-openurl/"
target="_blank">Google News Archive Search - Where Are the Links to
Content from Libraries?</a> (Disruptive Library Technology Jester) </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>Georgia
Plants an Evergreen</strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></strong></b></span></p>
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<p>The Georgia Public Library Service's <a
href="http://www.georgialibraries.org/public/pines.html"
target="_blank">PINES</a> program recently debuted a new online shared
catalog for all 252 Georgia public libraries called <a
href="http://gapines.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/index.xml"
target="_blank">Evergreen</a>. Evergreen is built with open source
software and offers features that strive to compete with more
commercial book-buying websites.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.theweekly.com/news/2006/August/21/Evergreen_software.html"
target="_blank">Georgia's 252 PINES public libraries preparing for
debut of Evergreen software, Web-based catalog</a> (The Weekly) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.librarycrunch.com/2006/09/georgia_public_library_service.html"
target="_blank">Georgia Public Library Service Launches Evergreen</a>
(LibraryCrunch)</li>
<li><a
href="http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2006/09/george_pines_op.html"
target="_blank">Georgia Pines open source library catalog is live</a>
(Superpatron)</li>
<li><a
href="http://spaceagelibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/09/open-source-ils-goes-live.html"
target="_blank">Open Source ILS goes live!</a> (Space Age Librarian) </li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <b><strong>ALA Wants to Know What
You Think </strong></b></span></p>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.ala.org/" target="_blank">American
Library Association</a> is hosting a usability survey to find out how
they can improve their sometimes-maligned website.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/alawebsiteresources/uasurveystart.htm"
target="_blank">ALA Website Usability Assessment Survey</a> (ALA)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/09/06/ala_website_usability_survey.html"
target="_blank">ALA Website Usability Survey</a> (The Shifted
Librarian)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.librarian.net/stax/1830" target="_blank">ALA
claims to be doing web site usability survey</a> (librarian.net) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4. <b><strong>OPLIN Stakeholders
Meeting @ the OLC 2006 Expo </strong></b></span></p>
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<p>OPLIN's annual Stakeholders Meeting will be held this Friday from
9-10 a.m. as part of the <a href="http://www.olc.org/exhibitors.asp"
target="_blank">OLC 2006 Expo</a> in Columbus. Those of you expecting
another <em><a href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?cat=52"
target="_blank">OPLIN 4cast Podcast</a></em> on Friday will have to
wait until early next week, when we plan to podcast our Annual Report.
But first, we plan to deliver it live and in person at Stakeholders.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.olc.org/exhibitors.asp" target="_blank">OLC
2006 Expo</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.oplin.org/stakeholders/2006StakeholdersAgenda.pdf"
target="_blank">2006 OPLIN Stakeholders Meeting Agenda</a></li>
</ul>
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Joel Husenits
Managing Editor
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
2323 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 130
Columbus, Ohio 43204
Phone: (614) 728-5252
Fax: (614) 728-5256
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:editor@oplin.org">editor@oplin.org</a>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.oplin.org">www.oplin.org</a></pre>
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