| The End of Publishing As We Know It Excellent. [via LISNews] _______________ Feed-only Footer: You can follow me on Friendfeed or Twitter if you want to- but be aware there’s lots of stuff there that may not be related to libraries or health information.  Why People Pirate Movies (Click above for full-size image) (Via LifeHacker, via Joe Morgan) If the user’s experience sucks, they’ll get their media elsewhere. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Hey! You’re reading this in an aggregator of some kind! [sarcasm]Haven’t you heard that RSS is dead?[/sarcasm] eBooks, Audiobooks, Overdrive and DRM I love these solely based on my experience as a patron of a public library, trying (and failing) to enjoy the ebooks and audiobooks they offer. I’m sure the good folks at the Cleveland Public Library have seen this by now: _______________ Feed-only Footer: A few books I think are essential. What else should I add to this [...] New(est) Media Will Ruin Society/Children/Intelligence The most recent episode of On the Media1 alerted me to this piece by Dr. Vaughan Bell in Slate.2 Bell writes: Worries about information overload are as old as information itself, with each generation reimagining the dangerous impacts of technology on mind and brain. From a historical perspective, what strikes home is not the evolution of these [...] How to: Add a Free Medical Dictionary to Word 2003/2007 Got an email from a friend the other day: “I wonder if you have found a free add-on for Word 2003 that includes medical terms in the spell check feature and is secure enough for me to recommend to my users at the hospital?” This is such a great question and something that has come up at [...] News Wizard |