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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style="">OPLIN 4Cast#119: <br>
OPLIN 4Cast #119: MySpace Music, Social on campus, Embeddable Books,
Social
stats</b><b style=""><br>
</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">September 25, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i style=""><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">4casting
technologies
that could have an impact on public libraries.<br>
**Now published every 4tnight! **<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<p>1. MySpace now allows you to add a playlist to your profile - not as
a
plug-in, but as part of your profile.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080925-myspace-music-extends-right-hand-of-fellowship-to-big-four-middle-finger-to-indies.html"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080925-myspace-music-extends-right-hand-of-fellowship-to-big-four-middle-finger-to-indies.html">MySpace
Music extends right hand of fellowship to Big Four, middle finger to
indies</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_music_launches_tonight.php"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_music_launches_tonight.php">MySpace
Music Launches Tonight and It Looks Very Cool</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music">MySpace
Music</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/25/BUM3133LHR.DTL&feed=rss.technology"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/25/BUM3133LHR.DTL&feed=rss.technology">MySpace
adds millions of free songs</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>2. Higher education is way beyond social.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-facebook-college-20-sep20,0,2460681.story"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-facebook-college-20-sep20,0,2460681.story">Social-networking
sites viewed by admissions officers</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3342/college-bookstores-to-begin-selling-etextbooks-on-demand"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3342/college-bookstores-to-begin-selling-etextbooks-on-demand">College
Bookstores to Begin Selling eTextbooks on Demand</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.unigo.com/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.unigo.com/">Unigo</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21unigo-t.html"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21unigo-t.html">The
Tell-All Campus Tour </a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>3. Want to place a book on your web page? Now, thanks to Google
Book
Search, you can.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/5053245/google-books-now-embeddable"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://lifehacker.com/5053245/google-books-now-embeddable">Google
Books Now Embeddable</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-search-everywhere-with-new.html"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-search-everywhere-with-new.html ">Book
Search everywhere with new partnerships and tools</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/embeddable-google-books.html"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/embeddable-google-books.html">Embeddable
Google Books</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_books_embeddable_previews.php"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_books_embeddable_previews.php">Google
Book Search Adds Embeddable Previews</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>4. Who, what, when, where, how...some stats to back up social
practices<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2008/08/28/how-to-find-statistics-on-social-media/"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://mashable.com/2008/08/28/how-to-find-statistics-on-social-media/">How
to Find Statistics on Social Media</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/facebook-growth-by-age-group-s.html"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/facebook-growth-by-age-group-s.html">Facebook
Growth By Age Group: Share of College-Age Users is Declining</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/09/the_internet_at.html"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/09/the_internet_at.html">The
Internet at Work</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/"
target="_blank"
mce_href=" http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/">State
of the Blogosphere / 2008</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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