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<p align="center"><span class="style5"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>4cast
#77: IL2007, OCLC Report, Twine, Catalogs</b></span></span><span
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">October 30, 2007</span></p>
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<p class="style4">This week’s <em>4cast</em><b>:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1.<strong> Do You Know the Way to
Monterey? </strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>The <a href="http://www.infotoday.com/il2007/" target="_blank">Internet
Librarian 2007</a>
conference is underway in Monterey, California, and many of the library
world's illuminati are in attendance, liveblogging the event and
individual sessions.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://il2007.pbwiki.com/ConferenceBloggers"
target="_blank">Bloggers at the Conference</a> (Internet Librarian
2007 Conference Wiki) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/10/peppy-le-pew-and-snidely-whiplash.html"
target="_blank">Peppy le Pew and Snidely Whiplash</a> (ALA TechSource)
</li>
<li><a href="http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/tag/il2007/"
target="_blank">il2007</a> (The Shifted Librarian)</li>
<li><a
href="http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&spell=1&oi=spell&q=IL+2007+or+IL2007&btnG=Search+Blogs"
target="_blank">IL 2007</a> (Google Blog Search)</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2.<strong> OCLC is Your "Friend"</strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p>OCLC has just issued a new report called <a
href="http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm" target="_blank">Sharing,
Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World</a>, exploring the impact of
online social networks (such as MySpace, etc.) and where libraries
currently fit into the picture.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/24/oclcs-report-on-privacy-and-trust-the-nut-graf/"
target="_blank">OCLC's report on privacy and trust: the nut graf</a>
(Free Range Librarian) </li>
<li><a
href="http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/10/22/new-oclc-report-about-sharing-online.html"
target="_blank">New OCLC Report about Sharing Online</a> (The Shifted
Librarian)</li>
<li><a href="http://librariesbuildcommunities.org/?p=86"
target="_blank">libraries & social networking</a> (Libraries Build
Communities)</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/10/oclc-social-networking-report.php"
target="_blank">OCLC Social Networking Report</a> (Thingology)</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3.<strong> Twine Wants to Tie Your
Knots</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.twine.com/" target="_blank">Twine</a>
is a new service (in private beta) that allows users to neatly organize
and share their many disparate web activites through a single,
easy-to-use interface. What sets it apart is its "intelligent"
automated tagging, which some are saying could be a huge step towards a
next-generation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_web"
target="_blank">semantic web</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19627/?a=f"
target="_blank">The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream</a> (Technology
Review) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/19/twine-launches-a-smarter-way-to-organize-your-online-life/"
target="_blank">Twine Laucnhes A Smarter Way To Organize Your Online
Life</a> (TechCrunch)</li>
<li><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/radar_networks_twine.html"
target="_blank">Web2Summit: Radar Networks Unwinds twine.com</a>
(O'Reilly Radar) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twine_first_mainstream_semantic_web_app.php"
target="_blank">Twine: The First Mainstream Semantic Web App?</a>
(Read/Write Web) </li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.<strong> As the Catalog Goes, So Go
Libraries? </strong></span></p>
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<p>Unless significant improvements are made to library catalogs
(OPACs in
particular), some foresee the end of the local catalog, and possibly
the downfall of the library altogether. Meanwhile, OhioLINK's <a
href="http://dltj.org/" target="_blank">Disruptive Library Technology
Jester</a>
has written out the four approaches that libraries can take to improve
their OPACs, from small changes to wholescale replacements. </p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/24/2030219&from=rss"
target="_blank">"The Catalog's Last Stand"</a> (LISNews) </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/2007/09/a-couple-of-thi.html"
target="_blank">Catalogs/Cataloging Memes</a> (Cataloging Futures) </li>
<li><a
href="http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2007/10/cataloging-as-industry.html"
target="_blank">Cataloging as Industry</a> (Coyle's InFormation)</li>
<li><a href="http://dltj.org/2007/10/web-opac-schemes/"
target="_blank">Schemes to Add Functionality to the Web OPAC</a>
(Disruptive Library Technology Jester)</li>
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