[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast#119: OPLIN 4Cast #119: MySpace Music, Social on campus, Embeddable Books, Social stats

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast#119:
OPLIN 4Cast #119: MySpace Music, Social on campus, Embeddable Books, 
Social stats**
*September 25, 2008


  /4casting technologies that could have an impact on public libraries.
  **Now published every 4tnight! **/

1. MySpace now allows you to add a playlist to your profile - not as a 
plug-in, but as part of your profile.

    * MySpace Music extends right hand of fellowship to Big Four, middle
      finger to indies
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080925-myspace-music-extends-right-hand-of-fellowship-to-big-four-middle-finger-to-indies.html>
    * MySpace Music Launches Tonight and It Looks Very Cool
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_music_launches_tonight.php>
    * MySpace Music <http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music>
    * MySpace adds millions of free songs
      <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/25/BUM3133LHR.DTL&feed=rss.technology>

2. Higher education is way beyond social.

    * Social-networking sites viewed by admissions officers
      <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-facebook-college-20-sep20,0,2460681.story>
    * College Bookstores to Begin Selling eTextbooks on Demand
      <http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3342/college-bookstores-to-begin-selling-etextbooks-on-demand>
    * Unigo <http://www.unigo.com/>
    * The Tell-All Campus Tour
      <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21unigo-t.html>

3. Want to place a book on your web page?  Now, thanks to Google Book 
Search, you can.

    * Google Books Now Embeddable
      <http://lifehacker.com/5053245/google-books-now-embeddable>
    * Book Search everywhere with new partnerships and tools
      <http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-search-everywhere-with-new.html>
    * Embeddable Google Books
      <http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/embeddable-google-books.html>
    * Google Book Search Adds Embeddable Previews
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_books_embeddable_previews.php>

4. Who, what, when, where, how...some stats to back up social practices

    * How to Find Statistics on Social Media
      <http://mashable.com/2008/08/28/how-to-find-statistics-on-social-media/>
    * Facebook Growth By Age Group: Share of College-Age Users is
      Declining
      <http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/facebook-growth-by-age-group-s.html>
    * The Internet at Work
      <http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/09/the_internet_at.html>
    * State of the Blogosphere / 2008
      <http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/>

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Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
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