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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #53 -
May 1, 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> Frustration 2.0 </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Now that this year's <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=75">Computers In
Libraries</a>
conference is over, some attendees may find that the exciting Library
2.0 ideas they enthusiastically embraced in Virginia are being met by
Barriers 2.0 at home. </p>
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<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/04/23/how-can-we-change-the-unchangeable-or-davids-rant/"
target="_blank">How Can We Change the Unchangeable, or David's Rant</a>
(Dave Lee King)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.blyberg.net/2007/04/27/the-following-takes-place-between-12-am-and-1-am/"
target="_blank">The following takes place between 12AM and 1AM</a>
(blyberg.net)</li>
<li><a
href="http://otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/what-the-library-20-crowd-is-trying-to-say-about-technology/"
target="_blank">What the Library 2.0 Crowd is Trying to Say about
Technology</a> (The Other Librarian)</li>
<li><a
href="http://scruffynerf.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/just-say-yes-to-technology/">Just
Say Yes To Technology?</a> (Life as I Know It)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <strong>Wherefore Art Thou,
eBooks?</strong></span></p>
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<p>So this eBook thing isn't exactly catching fire, and there seem to
be a lot of reasons why.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/03/cory-doctorow-you-do-like-reading-off.html"
target="_blank">Cory Doctorow: You <em>Do</em> Like Reading Off a
Computer Screen</a> (Locus Magazine) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/03/why_the_commercial_ebook_marke.html"
target="_blank">Why the commercial ebook market is broken</a>
(Charlie's Diary) </li>
<li><a
href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/04/killed_by_drm_e.html"
target="_blank">Killed By DRM: e-Books</a> (Gadget Lab)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/04/does-print-still-matter-brian-kenney-on-the-future-of-content-in-a-20-world.html"
target="_blank">Does Print Still Matter? Brian Kenney on the Future of
Content in a 2.0 World</a> (ALA TechSource) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <strong>Could I Interest You
Folks in Some Web-Based Apps? </strong></span> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>As web-based applications (like Google's <a
href="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html"
target="_blank">ever</a>-<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar"
target="_blank">expanding</a> <a
href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/" target="_blank">suite</a>)
become more powerful and feature-rich, will companies and organizations
abandon their traditional desktop applications and conduct all of their
business online? </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.wired.com/software/softwarereviews/news/2007/04/lavidagoogle"
target="_blank">Livin' la Vida Google: A Month-Long Dive Into
Web-Based Apps</a> (Wired) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/archives/1255"
target="_blank">Google as a vast online storage library</a> (Family
Man Librarian) </li>
<li><a
href="http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/13/1734230&from=rss"
target="_blank">Can Web Apps Ever Truly Replace Desktop Apps?</a>
(Slashdot) </li>
<li><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2007/02/from_paperless_1.html"
target="_blank">From Paperless to Softwareless</a> (Stephen's
Lighthouse)</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> Bad Wikipedia! Stop Being
So Useful! </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>The <a
href="http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/212/report_display.asp"
target="_blank">latest report</a> from the <a
href="http://www.pewinternet.org/" target="_blank">Pew Internet &
American Life Project</a> finds that 36% of American adults who use the
Internet also consult <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/"
target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>. It's also listed as the top
"educational and reference website" with 24% of total usage. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/04/25/wikipedia-users-a-new-report-from-the-pew-internet-and-american-life-project/"
target="_blank">Wikipedia Users: A New Report from the Pew Internet
and American Life Project</a> (ResourceShelf)</li>
<li><a
href="http://tametheweb.com/2007/04/pew_report_on_wikipedia_and_re.html"
target="_blank">Pew Report on Wikipedia and Reference Sites</a> (Tame
the Web: Libraries and Technology)</li>
<li><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2007/04/wikipedia.html"
target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> (Stephen's Lighthouse)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/014692.html"
target="_blank">Survey Shows Wikipedia's Popularity Remains Strong</a>
(beSpacific) </li>
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