Technology and our first year students...
Link to article
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Is Wikipedia becoming a hub for propaganda?
An article from the Globe and Mail about the Canadian Government using Wikipedia to edit information. Buncha hosers!
Link to G & M article
Link to G & M article
Friday, August 17, 2007
Library Outreach publications
Wanted to link to the PDF versions of KU Libraries outreach publications. Here ya go:
www.lib.ku.edu/instruction/publications
Contact Sarah (kanning at ku dot edu) for questions, corrections, etc.
www.lib.ku.edu/instruction/publications
Contact Sarah (kanning at ku dot edu) for questions, corrections, etc.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
How Web 2.0 works as Library 2.0
(Thanks Tami for the link)
At the University of Pennsylvania http://labs.library.upenn.edu/ - PennLabs presents new software developed by the Penn Library - and, in some cases, still under development-related to web 2.0 applications such as social bookmarking, subject maps, firefox plugins and more. Take a look....
At the University of Pennsylvania http://labs.library.upenn.edu/ - PennLabs presents new software developed by the Penn Library - and, in some cases, still under development-related to web 2.0 applications such as social bookmarking, subject maps, firefox plugins and more. Take a look....
Facebook Shuns Some Library Search Tools
Chronicle of Higher Education - the Wired Campus
July 5, 2007
Now that Facebook has released software to let people design their own applications for the site, students can outfit their profiles with all sorts of accouterments — like music playlists, photo galleries, and so on. But don’t expect to see too many profiles with embedded library search applications: Evidently, Facebook isn’t too keen on those tools....
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2202/facebook-shuns-some-library-search-tools
July 5, 2007
Now that Facebook has released software to let people design their own applications for the site, students can outfit their profiles with all sorts of accouterments — like music playlists, photo galleries, and so on. But don’t expect to see too many profiles with embedded library search applications: Evidently, Facebook isn’t too keen on those tools....
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2202/facebook-shuns-some-library-search-tools
See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign
From "Wired" - By John Borland 08.14.07 2:00 AM
(Thanks to Tami for this link)
More on Wikipedia Scanner, companies polishing up their Wikipedia entries and government spooks rewriting history on wiki sites.
http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/08/wiki_tracker
(Thanks to Tami for this link)
More on Wikipedia Scanner, companies polishing up their Wikipedia entries and government spooks rewriting history on wiki sites.
http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/08/wiki_tracker
Scanner Tracks Who's Changing What on Wikipedia
NPR - Morning Edition, August 16, 2007
In a Nutshell
Wikipedia is one of the Internet's most popular fact-checking sites. But a new tool shows how the online encyclopedia, which is maintained by its users, is often manipulated by the companies and individuals who are the subjects of its entries. For more information, head to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12823729
(Thanks to Jon Giullian for this link)
In a Nutshell
Wikipedia is one of the Internet's most popular fact-checking sites. But a new tool shows how the online encyclopedia, which is maintained by its users, is often manipulated by the companies and individuals who are the subjects of its entries. For more information, head to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12823729
(Thanks to Jon Giullian for this link)
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