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<p align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4cast #71 -
September 11, 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>Google Book Search: Been
Pretty Busy</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://books.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Book
Search</a> has rolled out some new features, including the ability for
users to <a
href="http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2007/08/share-and-enjoy.html"
target="_blank">post clips from public domain works</a> directly onto
their websites, and <a
href="http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-own-library-on-book-search.html"
target="_blank">My Library</a>, which allows users to organize and tag
their own collection of books online (a'la <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?cat=45" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a>).</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/09/my_library_your.html"
target="_blank">My Library, Your Library</a> (O'Reilly Radar) </li>
<li><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/software/books/build-your-virtual-library-online-with-google-book-search-297220.php"
target="_blank">Build Your Virtual Library Online with Google Book
Search</a> (Lifehacker) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/06/google-books-embed-book-clips-into-websites/"
target="_blank">Google Books: Embed Book Clips Into Websites</a>
(TechCrunch)</li>
<li><a
href="http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2007/09/google-book-sea.html"
target="_blank">Google Book Search adds personal library</a>
(Superpatron)</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2.<strong> Trickle-Down Internet </strong></span></p>
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<p>The Department of Justice has come down firmly against <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality" target="_blank">net
neutrality</a>, instead supporting a tiered Internet that would allow
ISPs to prioritize the traffic of those who can afford it. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070906-doj-argues-against-net-neutrality-in-fcc-filing-says-trust-us.html"
target="_blank">DoJ argues against net neutrality in FCC filing, says
"trust us"</a> (Ars Technica)</li>
<li><a
href="http://blogs.ala.org/districtdispatch.php?title=statement_from_ala_president_loriene_roy&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1"
target="_blank">Statement from ALA President Loriene Roy on Net
Neutrality</a> (District Dispatch)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/06/justice-department-says-isps-are-like-the-post-office/"
target="_blank">Justice Department Says ISPs Are Like The Post Office</a>
(TechCrunch) </li>
<li><a
href="http://politics.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1635254&from=rss"
target="_blank">What Will Happen to Net Neutrality</a> (LISNews)</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <strong>Who Wants To Be America's
Next Top Librarian Blogger? </strong></span></p>
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<p>The Online Education Database recently published a list of the "<a
href="http://oedb.org/library/features/top-25-librarian-bloggers-by-the-numbers"
target="_blank">Top 25 Bloggers (By the Numbers)</a>." Reactions
generally fell somewhere between <a
href="http://walt.lishost.org/?p=617" target="_blank">elation</a> and <a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/09/bronze-is-good.html"
target="_blank">modesty</a>, with a healthy dose of <a
href="http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/09/07/third-place-again/"
target="_blank">skepticism</a>. </p>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.librarian.net/stax/2134/number-one-huh/"
target="_blank">number one, huh?</a> (librarian.net) </li>
<li><a
href="http://scruffynerf.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/all-about-blogging/"
target="_blank">All About Blogging</a> (Life as I Know It)</li>
<li><a
href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/09/08/what-makes-a-blog-successful/"
target="_blank">What makes a blog successful?</a> (Information Wants
To Be Free) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.libraryola.com/2007/09/08/so-this-is-where-we-stand/"
target="_blank">So this is where we stand</a> (Libraryola) </li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> You're Annoying Her Right
Now </strong></span></p>
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<p>Based purely on the amount of dust kicked up in the
bibliogosphere, the most popular librarian blog of the moment has to be
<a href="http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com" target="_blank">The
Annoyed Librarian</a>. She hates everything Library 2.0, cults and
manifestos in general, and "twopointopians" in particular.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/08/30/the-annoyed-librarian-is-annoyed-with-me/"
target="_blank">The Annoyed Librarian is Annoyed With Me</a> (David
Lee King)</li>
<li><a
href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/08/30/do-we-need-a-translator-here/"
target="_blank">Do we need a translator here?</a> (Information Wants
To Be Free)</li>
<li><a
href="http://blogs.princeton.edu/librarian/2007/09/the_juvenal_of_librarianship.html"
target="_blank">The Juvenal of Librarianship</a> (Academic Librarian)</li>
<li><a
href="http://michaelgolrick.blogspot.com/2007/08/library-20-different-visions.html"
target="_blank">Library 2.0: Different visions</a> (Thoughts from a
Library Administrator)</li>
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