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<h2><small>OPLIN 4Cast #133: chi.mp, Free lectures, World Digital
Library, URL shorteners</small></h2>
<small>April 22nd, 2009<!-- by <span class='retaggrCard md5_dbeb2d5e04552bc77e347b799b4fafcb' >editor</span> --> </small>
<p>1. Chi.mp - the online identity aggregator</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://www.chi.mp/" target="_blank">chi.mp</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/01/chimp-lets-you-own-and-keep-your-web-identity-all-in-one-place/"
target="_blank">chi.mp Lets You Own And Keep Your Web Identity All In
One Place </a></li>
<li><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/01/chimp/" target="_blank">chi.mp:
Own Your Online Identity and Social Network Contacts<br>
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/chimp_goes_20.php"
target="_blank">Chi.mp Goes 2.0: Adds Blogs, Photos, and Themes </a></li>
</ul>
<p>2. These two tools aggregate 1000’s of free lectures from over a 100
universities across the country, including MIT, Yale, Harvard,
Stanford, and many more.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/edu" target="_blank">YouTube EDU</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/26/youtube-edu-launches/"
target="_blank">YouTube Edu Launches</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/50-terrific-itunes-u-lectures-to-get-you-through-the-economic-crisis/"
target="_blank">50 Terrific iTunes U Lectures to Get You Through the
Economic Crisis<br>
</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://deimos.apple.com/rsrc/doc/iTunesUAdministratorsGuide/AboutiTunesU/chapter_2_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/AdminGuide-CH2-SW2"
target="_blank">Welcome to iTunes U<br>
</a></li>
</ul>
<p>3. Launched yesterday: “The World Digital Library (WDL) makes
available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format,
significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the
world.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wdl.org/en/">http://www.wdl.org/en/</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8009974.stm"
target="_blank">UN puts global treasures online </a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/04/20/world-digital-library-set-to-launch-tomorrow/"
target="_blank">World Digital Library Set to Officially Launch
Tomorrow, Get a Head Start Today </a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/08/free-world-digital-library">Free-access
World Digital Library set to launch </a></li>
<li><a
href="http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28484&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html"
target="_blank">UNESCO, Library of Congress and partners launch World
Digital Library </a></li>
</ul>
<p>4. URL shortening services - pros, cons and links to some you can use</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/04/07/in-praise-of-short-urls">
In Praise of Short URLs </a></li>
<li><a
href="http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners.html"
target="_blank">on url shorteners </a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/06/are-url-shorteners-a-necessary-evil-or-just-evil/"
target="_blank">Are URL Shorteners A Necessary Evil, Or Just Evil? </a></li>
<li><a href="http://mashable.com/2008/01/08/url-shortening-services/"
target="_blank">URL Toolbox: 90+ URL Shortening Services</a></li>
</ul>
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