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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #61 -
June 26, 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> The Digital Natives Are
Restless</strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>At the <a
href="http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2007a/home.htm"
target="_blank">ALA Annual Conference</a>
(wrapping up this week in Washington D.C.), librarians were given some
advice about appealing to a generation raised on the Internet - to
understand these digital natives, you must immerse yourself in their
culture. And that means social networking, tagging, and <em>-gasp-</em>
gaming.</p>
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<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/25/games"
target="_blank">When 'Digital Natives' Go to the Library</a> (Inside
Higher Ed)</li>
<li><a
href="http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?title=digitalnatives&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1"
target="_blank">Information in the World of Digital Natives</a> (YALSA)</li>
<li><a
href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/25/155258&from=rss"
target="_blank">College Librarians Urged To Play Video Games</a>
(Slashdot)</li>
<li><a
href="http://geekyartistlibrarian.pbwiki.com/ALAAnnual2007_DigitalNatives"
target="_blank">ALAAnnual2007_DigitalNatives</a> (geeky artist
librarian) </li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <strong>The Only Thing to Fear is
the Sound of Crickets </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Is your library afraid of the digital natives and their
cacophonous culture? What about when they become taxpayers and voters?</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.librarycrunch.com/2007/06/practioners_of_panic_and_the_c.html"
target="_blank">Practioners of Panic and the Culture of Fear</a>
(LibraryCrunch)</li>
<li><a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/06/if_your_library.html"
target="_blank">Culture of Fear</a> (LibrarianInBlack)</li>
<li><a
href="http://fifthlaw.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/libraries-without-fear/"
target="_blank">Libraries without fear</a> (The Fifth Law)</li>
<li><a
href="http://library2.usask.ca/%7Efichter/blog_on_the_side/2007/05/getting-beyond-yes-buts-when-we-talk.html"
target="_blank">Getting Beyond "Yes, but" When We Talk about Change</a>
(Blog on the Side) </li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <strong>Oh OPAC, What Are We To
Do With You? </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Anytime a library blogger mentions the sorry state of the OPAC, <a
href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/05/how-opacs-suck-part-3-the-big-picture.html"
target="_blank">everyone</a> <a
href="http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/01/09/but-still-it-sucks/"
target="_blank">piles</a> <a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/04/opac_survey_res.html"
target="_blank">on</a>. But strong ideas on how to fix the OPAC have
been slow to emerge. Recently, the <a
href="http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Phoenix
Public Library</a> unveiled their new website/catalog combo, as an
example of one approach.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/06/10/phoenix_public_librarys_way_cool_opac.html"
target="_blank">Phoenix Public Library's Way Cool OPAC</a> (The
Shifted Librarian)</li>
<li><a href="http://schoolof.info/infomancy/?p=390" target="_blank">The
Next Generation [INSERT WORD HERE] Trend</a> (Infomancy) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.web2learning.net/archives/988"
target="_blank">Future of the Catalog</a> (What I Learned Today...)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/06/07/faceted-navigation-and-browsing-features-in-new-opacs-a-more-robust-s-olution-to-problems-of-information-seekers/"
target="_blank">Faceted navigation and browsing features in new
OPACs...</a> (ResourceShelf)</li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> Where Money Flows, Taxes
Follow</strong></span></p>
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<p>While
their constituents enjoy the free exchange of ideas and services on the
Internet, some lawmakers see a potential source of revenue in the
government's net. </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://p3.tech.re4.yahoo.com/blogs/raskin/10888"
target="_blank">Death, Taxes, and Internet Taxes</a> (Yahoo! Tech) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/06/internet_tax"
target="_blank">Read Our Lips: No New Net Taxes Likely</a> (Wired)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/21/government-groups-oppose-permanent-Net-tax-ban_1.html"
target="_blank">Government groups oppose permanent Net tax ban</a>
(InfoWorld) </li>
<li><a href="http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733848-7.html"
target="_blank">Congress set to issue virtual taxation report in August</a>
(CNET) </li>
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Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
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Columbus, Ohio 43204
Phone: (614) 728-5252
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