Uni Watch (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Uni Watch librarian Carrie Klein and I spent yesterday afternoon checking out this exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, and my favorite item by far was the item shown above, described simply as a “McKinley/Hobart jacket, 1896.” Not quite a uniform, but definitely a close cousin. And as an enthusiastic bowler, [...]
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
George W. Bush accuses Wall St of getting drunk Reportedly asked guests not to record his comments In-depth: The race for the White House
School Libraryland (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
That’s what I have been getting asked at least ten times daily by anyone who wants to know what I’ve been doing this summer. I’ve found that being well researched and well read has been critical in informing the the masses about digital game based learning. I have to admit, I am a slow reader and [...]
Walt at Random (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
This is a nostalgic post; if you detest nostalgia, skip it. I was thinking about some of the 27 years I spent at RLG and some of the interesting things I did during that time. Not all, to be sure–I’ve forgotten a lot of it, sometimes deliberately (if projects never fail, you’re not taking enough [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Felons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- GravityZoo announced today the beginning of the private beta program for MediaZoo, the 1st true Cloud-based music library & player, without the need for a browser.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- GravityZoo announced today the beginning of the private beta program for MediaZoo, the 1st true Cloud-based music library & player, without the need for a browser. Marc Vrijhof, GravityZoo co-founder and CEO says, "We're excited to announce the arrival of the MediaZoo private beta. The team has put in a ton of hard work to get us here. Now it's...
open-ils blog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
This post offers a heads-up about features in Evergreen 1.4, the next major Evergreen release, due out by early fall 2008, and also offers some information specific to PostgreSQL and OpenSRF. New features in Evergreen 1.4 Internationalization support for the OPAC and staff client. User interfaces, messages, currencies, dates, etc. will all be displayed according to the [...]
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg and Marc Whitten lead a Community Roundtable discussion following the company's E3 media briefing, giving us further insight into the changes coming to the Xbox 360...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
I may have just fallen in love with my Xbox 360 all over again. Major Nelson has been sent a letter from Xbox LIVE’s general manager Marc Whitten outlining a few new features that’ll be released for the Xbox 360 console later this year. They are… · Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the [...]
Evil Avatar Forums - News Items (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Major Nelson has a letter from XBL GM Marc Whitten expounding upon some of the features of the new Xbox Experience coming this fall. Quote: · Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game. · Access Xbox...
[MobileRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
I may have just fallen in love with my Xbox 360 all over again. Major Nelson has been sent a letter from Xbox LIVEs general manager Marc Whitten outlining a few new features thatll be released for the...
Catalogablog (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
In early 2007 the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) of the Library of Congress initiated a project to create authority records for genre/form headings (MARC tag 155), which indicate what a work is, as opposed to what it is about.... This past Tuesday members of CPSO presented a report on the moving image genre/form project to LC managers. The report explains the function of genre/form headings,...
MobileTechNews (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
MobileSearch.net to power Nokia WidSets mobile widget search.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The Librarian of Congress and Mrs. Laura Bush Invite Book Lovers of All Ages to Celebrate Reading on the National Mall on Sept. 27 WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, rain or shine, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.,...
