Amazon: a physical web service
I was interested to read about this Amazon service:
> Since last fall, the program, Fulfillment by Amazon
[https://www.
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RLG DigiNews
One of the characteristics of the digital library phase has been the emergence
of several web-based journals and magazines focusing
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Roy Tennant joins OCLC Programs and Research
News is spreading that Roy will be joining RLG Programs in Mid-May. We are
delighted and Programs and Research colleagues
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Worldcat.org and articles
A couple of folks asked me about article level metadata in worldcat.org as in,
for example:
> Manuel Castells
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Supporting research and learning invisibly
The (admirably brief!) Macquarie University Library strategic plan states:
> Over the next three years we will be designing and
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Fan fiction
The ever-interesting Hitwise blog has a post talking about what 18 to 24 year
olds do online.
> Yesterday I
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Library collections
On my way home through Hong Kong airport, I bought A case of two cities
[https://worldcat.org/oclc/70158555]
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Corporate identities
Thom has a post
[https://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2007/04/identities_upgr.html] describing
recent enhancements to the Worldcat
A perspective on the academic library
The pattern of central funding for education and cultural areas in the UK has
led to the emergence of a
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Books are technology too
The book as a material object is central, influential and marvelously adapted to various uses. It is the outcome of a technology and design process over many years. This is increasingly recognised in the digital environment and the evolved technology of the book is more apparent.
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Hong Kong speaking
[https://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/gug/indxs/new/newpaintpgs/C4152M.html]
I have spent this last week in Hong
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