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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #45 -
March 6, 2007</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>Get On Out There &
Socialize</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/" target="_blank">Five
Weeks to a Social Library</a> describes itself as "the first free,
grassroots, completely online course devoted to teaching librarians
about social software and how to use it in their libraries." They're
currently in week four, but Meredith Farkas (the Chairperson) has been
keeping track of the highlights on her blog, <a
href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php"
target="_blank">Information Wants To Be Free</a>. Meanwhile, Robert
Doyle (Illinois Library Association) recently gave an interview
discussing the negative atmosphere surrounding social networks,
especially in the eyes of some legislators. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/02/18/highlights-from-week-1-of-five-weeks-to-a-social-library/"
target="_blank">Highlights from Week 1 of Five Weeks to a Social
Library</a> (Information Wants To Be Free)</li>
<li><a
href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/02/25/five-weeks-to-a-social-library-highlights-from-week-2/"
target="_blank">Highlights from Week 2 of Five Weeks to a Social
Library</a> (Information Wants To Be Free)</li>
<li><a
href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/03/04/five-weeks-to-a-social-library-highlights-from-week-3/"
target="_blank">Highlights from Week 3 of Five Weeks to a Social
Library</a> (Information Wants To Be Free)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/02/thoughtful-advocates-an-ala-techsource-interview-with-ilas-robert-doyle.html"
target="_blank">Thoughtful Advocates: An ALA TechSource Interview with
ILA's Robert Doyle</a> (ALA TechSource) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <strong>DRM's Going Down, Dude </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>The anti-<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management"
target="_blank">DRM</a> wardrums are beating louder and louder in many
different circles, but are consumers, music executives, and hardware
manufacturers really listening? Do they even care? </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070216-8865.html"
target="_blank">Macrovision's DRM valentine: Consumers not only need
it, they will love it</a> (Ars Technica)</li>
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6362069.stm"
target="_blank">Music execs criticise DRM systems</a> (BBC News)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070301/005837.shtml"
target="_blank">An Economic Explanation For Why DRM Cannot Open Up New
Business Model Opportunities</a> (Techdirt)</li>
<li><a
href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/24/1730250&from=rss"
target="_blank">DRM Causes Piracy</a> (Slashdot) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3.<strong> Open (for Business)
Source? </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>As the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source"
target="_blank">open source</a> movement continues to make inroads
both inside and outside the <a href="http://www.oss4lib.org/"
target="_blank">library community</a>, it's inevitable that some
companies are trying to find a way to squeeze a profit out of all the
warm fuzzies. </p>
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<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011340&intsrc=hm_list"
target="_blank">Has open source lost its halo?</a> (Computerworld)</li>
<li><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/is_open_source_1.html"
target="_blank">Is "Open Source" Now Completely Meaningless?</a>
(O'Reilly Radar) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.librarian.net/stax/1977" target="_blank">open
source software in libraries, a query</a> (librarian.net)</li>
<li><a
href="http://oedb.org/library/features/how-the-open-source-movement-has-changed-education-10-success-stories"
target="_blank">How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10
Success Stories</a> (OEDb)</li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> Of Pipes & Mashups </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Since its unveiling several weeks ago, <a
href="http://pipes.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">Yahoo! Pipes</a> has a
lot of techies drooling and talking about <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29"
target="_blank">mashups</a>. </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/search/yahoo-pipes/bydate/"
target="_blank">Yahoo! Pipes</a> (Lifehacker)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.walkingpaper.org/398" target="_blank">yahoo
pipes</a> (walking paper) </li>
<li><a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/02/yahoo_pipes_and.html"
target="_blank">Yahoo Pipes (and a nice tutorial)</a>
(LibrarianInBlack)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/"
target="_blank">5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data</a> (TechCrunch) </li>
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