Scrabble vs. Scrabulous
The NYT carries an interesting article today on the phenomenal success of the online game Scrabulous, which it compares, in…
How to Volunteer at the IA Conference
If you can make it to Miami, FL April 10-14 to volunteer at the Information Architecture Conference, ASIS&T has a…
Online Northwest 2008 – 25th Annual Library Conference
I went to my first library conference this week! Online Northwest’s 25th Annual Conference in Corvallis, Oregon seemed like a…
New Officers Elected
Our email election of new officers is completed. Here’s our official executive roster: Chair: Jennifer Dixey Vice Chair: Catherine Boden…
Getting Spammed? Help Scan a Book!
Humans are apparently much better than machines at decoding words than OCR scanners are, so Carnegie Mellon University is putting…
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Google Books
In Educational Technology there’s a longish article pointing out the “good, bad and ugly” of Google Books. Includes a detailed…
Anybody want to work for Google?
They are hiring an Interaction Designer at the Seattle/Kirkland location: http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/answer.py?answer=23691 Especially interested in those with an academic background in…
Worldwide Digital Libraries
Along with Google Books and the Internet Archive/Open Content Alliance, there is a lesser-known collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University Libaries…
Code4LibJournal
Launched last month, Code4Lib Journal is an outgrowth of Code4Lib, an informally organized cadre of library-centric coders. Code4Lib itself is…
The Student Chapter's First Meeting in 2008
Please come to ASIS&T Student Chapter’s first meeting of the year! Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 4th Floor Group Study…