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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #68 -
August 21, 2007</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
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<p class="style4">This week’s <em>4cast</em><b>:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1. <strong>You Say You Want a
Library 2.0 Revolution</strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>It's been a year since <em>Library Journal</em> published <a
href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6365200.html"
target="_blank">an article</a> calling for libraries to embrace the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0" target="_blank">Library
2.0</a> movement. Since then, has there really been much change?</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/we-asked-for-20-libraries-and-we-got-20-librarians/"
target="_blank">We Asked for 2.0 Libraries and We Got 2.0 Librarians</a>
(The Other Librarian)</li>
<li><a
href="http://scruffynerf.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/library-20-in-retrospect/"
target="_blank">Library 2.0 In Retrospect</a> (Life as I Know It)</li>
<li><a
href="http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/08/librarians-anti-20-manifesto.html"
target="_blank">A Librarian's Anti-2.0 Manifesto</a> (Annoyed
Librarian) </li>
<li><a
href="http://geek.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/0056255&from=rss"
target="_blank">Library 2.Uh-Oh</a> (LISNews)</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <strong>This is Not a Book</strong></span></p>
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<p>If
a book is not printed on paper and bound, is it still a book?
Furthermore, as the world's printed and bound books are gradually
digitized, what will become of libraries?</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/08/a_study_of_scanning_habits.html"
target="_blank">A study of scanning habits</a> (See Also...) </li>
<li><a
href="http://pegasuslibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/08/book-ish-ness-of-books.html"
target="_blank">The Book-ish-ness of Books</a> (Pegasus Librarian) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6466634.html"
target="_blank">Scan This Book!</a> (Library Journal)</li>
<li><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/07/shannons_thirst.html"
target="_blank">Shannon's Thirst</a> (O'Reilly Radar)</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <strong>Information Wrangling,
Old Style </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>A new book by Alex Wright titled <a
href="http://worldcat.org/oclc/85692734" target="_blank"><em>Glut:
Mastering Information Through the Ages</em></a>
explores the history of how humans have organized large amounts of
information, and how new information explosions cause ineffective
organizational systems to collapse as new ones rise. Consider it a
companion piece to David Weinberger's <a
href="http://worldcat.org/oclc/122291427" target="_blank"><em>Everything
is Miscellaneous</em></a> <em>(see <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=87" target="_blank">4cast
#60 (item 3)</a> and <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=79" target="_blank">4cast
#54</a>)</em>. </p>
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<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://lisnews.org/articles/07/05/03/1845203.shtml"
target="_blank">Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages</a>
(LISNews)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alexwright.org/glut/introduction.html"
target="_blank">Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages |
Introduction</a> (Alex Wright)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11733"
target="_blank">Glut: Mastering Information Through The Ages</a> (The
National Academies Press)</li>
<li><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/mastering_infor.html"
target="_blank">Mastering Information Through the Ages</a> (O'Reilly
Radar)</li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> There's a Bad Storm on the
Rise </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_worm"
target="_blank">Storm Worm</a>
botnet has been infecting computers and growing since January, but
researchers are now predicting that the real storm has only just begun.
Get ready for more spam in your inbox. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201800635"
target="_blank">Storm Botnet Puts Up Defenses And Starts Attacking Back</a>
(InformationWeek)</li>
<li><a href="http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9759815-7.html"
target="_blank">An extra helping of spam, anyone?</a> (CNET)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Resurgent-Storm-worm-attacks-over-Web/0,130061744,339281298,00.htm"
target="_blank">Resurgent Storm worm attacks over Web</a> (ZDNet
Australia)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135936-c,worms/article.html"
target="_blank">Storm Worm Linked to Spam Surge</a> (PCWorld)</li>
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