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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style="">4Cast #85: Sharing Data, Banning Google, Wikia Search Review,
Future of
Libraries<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">January 15, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="">1.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Sharing
Data: Google & Facebook Join DataPortability.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The mission of <a
href="http://dataportability.org/">DataPortability</a>
is to allow personal data (the kind found on social networking sites)
to be
shared among selected tools and vendors.<span style="">
</span>The addition of Google and Facebook will likely mean that users
will be
able to access this data (media and friends) across multiple social
networking
sites and applications.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056281">Google,
Facebook Add Support For Social Content Portability</a> (Computerworld)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/is_being_open_n.html">Is
Being Open Now A Priority For Facebook?</a> (O’Reilly Radar)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-facebook-about-to-open-up-even-more/">Is
Facebook About To Open Up Even More?</a> (The Social Times)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/goog-fb-data.php">Bombshell:
Google & Facebook Join DataPortability.org</a> (ReadWriteWeb)</li>
</ul>
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style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="">2.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Banning
Google & Wikipedia?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A <a
href="http://www.tinfinger.com/profile/Tara-Brabazon">University
of Brighton professor</a> has caused quite a stir after insisting that
her
students use their "own brains" as research tools instead of Google
and Wikipedia.<span style=""> </span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://searchengineland.com/080114-083506.php">Professor Bans
Google & Wikipedia In Class Room</a> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Search</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Engine</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Land</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2008/01/lecturer-bans-g.html">Lecturer
Bans Google</a> (Phil Bradley’s Weblog)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/2008/01/dont-use-white.html">Don’t
Use “White Bread” Google, UK Professor Tells Students</a> (The Kept-Up
Academic Librarian)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3182091.ece">White
Bread For Young Minds, Says University Professor</a> (Times Online)</li>
</ul>
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style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="">3.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">More On
Wikia Search<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=119">Last
week</a> we took our first look at the unveiling of <a
href="http://alpha.search.wikia.com/">Wikia Search</a>, a search
engine that
many users claim will impose competition to Google and an overall
change to "search"
as we know it.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008017_308710.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech">Critics
Wallop Wikia</a> (Business Week)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/why_wikia_will_change_search.html">Why
Wikia Will Change Search</a> (O’Reilly Radar)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=40606">We
Find It All: Wikia’s New Social Search Engine</a> (Information Today,
Inc.)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/01/07/14910/">Wikia Search
Arrives Online: A Look At Wikia Search & Wikia The “Hub” Site</a>
(Resource Shelf)</li>
</ul>
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style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="">4.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">The Future
Is Ours…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Simply put: the future of libraries is changing.<span
style=""> </span>Below, some thoughts and ideas about where
our beloved and evolving industry is headed:</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://blog.acpl.lib.in.us/in2018/build_wall.php">In 2018
Libraries Will Be….</a> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Allen</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Public
Library)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://blog.sbdbooks.com/2008/01/10/library-going-green-could-its-books-follow-suit/">Library
Going Green.<span style=""> </span>Could Books Follow Suit?</a><span
style=""> </span>(El Libro y Su Mundo)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_7947500">Religious Libraries
Growing</a> (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>
Daily News)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grpress/index.ssf?/base/features-2/1199717125148890.xml&coll=6">Modern
Librarians Are Hip, Tech-Savvy</a> (The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Grand Rapids</st1:place></st1:City> Press)</li>
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