Systems

I think it is useful to think of four sources of descriptive metadata in libraries. These are not mutually exclusive,

There has been some discussion – less than I expected – about Google’s steps to develop a unified search across its

Dario Taraborelli has a reflective post on the potential impact of tagging and social software on scientific communication. His particular

OpenID [https://openid.net/] has been generating quite a bit of interest as a lightweight decentralized approach to identity management

Rupert Murdoch’s short article in the current Forbes is being noted around the place. It is a quick read

The agreement [https://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/meeting.html] between RDA and DCMI folks on some shared directions provides

While checking up on referrals from the logs – as discussed [https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001343.html] a few

[https://www.lib.washington.edu/]I visited the University of Virginia last week where I spoke about the future of

[/lorcand/lorcan/images/powerhouseresult.html] The Powerhouse Museum [https://www.powerhousemuseum.com/home.php] in Sydney has been doing very

I just came across Google Authors [https://www.google.com/talks/authors/index.html], a series of videos [https://youtube.

I was interested to read about this Amazon service: > Since last fall, the program, Fulfillment by Amazon [https://www.

A couple of folks asked me about article level metadata in worldcat.org as in, for example: > Manuel Castells