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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #34 -
December 12, 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. <strong>It's Time You (Teens)
& I (Librarians) Had a Little Chat </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>The argument that <a
href="http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm06/eqm0640.asp?bhcp=1"
target="_blank">libraries are failing to keep up with the kids</a>,
both culturally and technologically, just keeps getting louder. One
example often pointed to is the reluctance of many libraries to use
Instant Messaging. Luckily, there are an increasing number of examples
of how any library can get started, and make it work well.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2006/12/teens_and_im.html"
target="_blank">Teens and IM</a> (Stephen's Lighthouse)</li>
<li><a
href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/11/05/selling-im-your-library/"
target="_blank">Selling IM @ Your Library</a> (Information Wants To Be
Free)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.bibliotechweb.com/archives/2006/11/16/im-reference/"
target="_blank">IM Reference</a> (BiblioTech Web) </li>
<li><a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/12/how_do_we_train.html"
target="_blank">How do we train staff on chat reference?</a>
(LibrarianInBlack) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <strong>Library Breaks the Law to
Protect Patrons </strong></span></p>
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<p>A library in Michigan recently noticed a "large increase" in the
amount of pornography being viewed on public computers. Their solution?
Shut down public access to the Internet. The problem? They're in
violation of the law. The plus side? At least they don't have to deal
with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobbo" target="_blank">yobs</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/112706/loc_porn001.shtml"
target="_blank">Rise in porn site viewers forces library to pull
Internet access</a> (The Macomb Daily)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.wired.com/sex/2006/11/library_suspend.html"
target="_blank">Library Suspends Internet Access Due to Increased
Interest in Porn</a> (Sex Drive Daily)</li>
<li><a
href="http://grammaticallyincorrectlibrarian.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/an-interesting-way-to-rid-your-library-of-internet-pr0n/"
target="_blank">An Interesting Way to Rid Your Library of Internet pron</a>
(The Grammatically Incorrect Librarian)</li>
<li><a
href="http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_method=full%26objectid=18138374%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"
target="_blank">Yobs crack library computer firewall to watch porn</a>
(Liverpool Echo) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <strong>Anything You Can Do, I
Can Do More Conservatively </strong></span> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>Microsoft has just released <a href="http://books.live.com/"
target="_blank">Live Search Books</a>, a competitor to <a
href="http://books.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Book Search</a>
that will also scan thousands of books from participating libraries and
make them fully searchable online. While Google has run into some hot
water for including anything and everything it can get its scanners on,
Microsoft hopes to avoid trouble by focusing on public domain works (at
least initially). </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6141162.html"
target="_blank">Microsoft releasing book search in beta</a> (CNET) </li>
<li><a
href="http://acrlblog.org/2006/11/13/microsoft-woos-book-publishers/"
target="_blank">Microsoft Woos Book Publishers</a> (ACRLog)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128094-page,1-c,searchengines/article.html"
target="_blank">Microsoft Offers Book Search</a> (PC World)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/12/microsofts-live-search-books.html"
target="_blank">Microsoft's Live Search Books</a> (ALA TechSource) </li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<b><strong> Some Folks Just Plain
Don't Like Folksonomy </strong></b></span> </p>
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<p>One of the hallmarks of Web 2.0 has been the growing reliance on <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy" target="_blank">folksonomy</a>
(or collaborative tagging) to organize information, as opposed to more
traditional methods of classification. But is user-generated metadata
its own worst enemy?</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november06/peterson/11peterson.html"
target="_blank">Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with
Folksonomy</a> (D-Lib Magazine)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/11/arguing-against-tags.php"
target="_blank">Arguing against tags</a> (Thing-ology)</li>
<li><a
href="http://dystmesis.com:8081/2006/11/16/philosophical-misunderstandings-about-folksonomy/"
target="_blank">Philosophical Misunderstandings about Folksonomy?</a>
(dystmesis)</li>
<li><a
href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/03/2134235&from=rss"
target="_blank">Greatest Task of Web 2.x: Meta-Validation</a>
(Slashdot) </li>
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Joel Husenits
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Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
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Phone: (614) 728-5252
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