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Joann Ransom | 1 Sep 01:38
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Kete 1.1 released

We are delighted to annouce the release of Kete 1.1

Kete 1.1 is now available with a giant helping of new features and 
improvements. This is also the first release where you can grab Kete 
from our code repository's new home at Github.com. See 
http://kete.net.nz/site/topics/show/25-downloads for details or browse 
the code online at http://github.com/kete/kete/.

For those who haven't seen Kete in action, Kete is open source software 
that enables communities, whether the community is a town or a company, 
to collaboratively build their own digital libraries, archives and 
repositories. Kete combines features from Knowledge and Content 
Management Systems as well as collaboration tools such as wikis, blogs, 
tags, and online forums to make it easy to add and relate content on a 
Kete site. You could create a service like Google's Knol for your 
community using Kete.
An in-depth list of features and issues resolved can be found at 
http://kete.net.nz/documentation/topics/show/182-kete-11-features-and-bug-fixes 
, but here are some highlights:

• Privacy Control - ability to designate any item version within a 
basket as only viewable to its members (guide at

http://kete.net.nz/documentation/topics/show/191-use-privacy-controls-on-whole-site-or-a-specific-basket) 

• Content Licensing - users can choose from Kete instance's available 
Licenses for a piece of content they create. Creative Commons licenses 
are available to be loaded as license options with one command on the 
server. (guide at 
http://kete.net.nz/documentation/topics/show/181-using-content-licenses-in-kete-11)
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Kathryn Greenhill | 1 Sep 02:44
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RE: Recording bookclubs

Hi,

I recently researched the best gear for recording talks etc. in our library and ended up getting a Zoom H2
field recorder. It is about the size of a cigarette packet. 

Features I liked were:
* It takes an SD card that I can then just slot into my laptop
* It has has four built in microphones and I can change what it picked up - eg. just people in front of it, or
people in front and behind it
* It is easy to set up and start - just press a button twice to start, once to stop.
* The audio quality is much better than I've been able to achieve via mike straight into my PC - it's really
studio quality

I was after something I could just put on the desk at the start of a talk and forget it was there. Although it is
possible to do the same thing with laptop and mike, I wanted something that people other than me could
operate simply and would be non-intrusive.

This instructional video gives you some idea how it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGUgmV9nR0s

Hope this helps

Kathryn Greenhill
Emerging Technologies Specialist

Murdoch University
Western Australia
k.greenhill@...
(08) 9 360 2146

http://blogs.murdoch.edu.au/kathryngreenhill
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David Kemper | 1 Sep 03:04
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Re: Recording BookClub meetings for podcasts

I am considering the same plan: using podcasts to reach out to the
community. However, I have little tech knowledge and even less
knowledge concerning best equipment (mics, mixers, software, etc).

In short, I too would love to hear from colleagues who have made and
distributed podcasts.

Thanks!

David
siansleep@...

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Shawn E. Romine
<seromine@...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am starting to research the possibility of reaching out to our online community by recording our
traditional book club meetings and posting them as podcasts.  Feel pretty good about handling the tech
side of this, but I have no idea the best equipment to use to record the actual meeting.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendation/examples/tips on what microphone is the best for recording a book
discussion club meeting in a room with multiple participants?
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Laurie Louis | 1 Sep 14:11
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B.G. Sloan | 2 Sep 17:04
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Google Chrome (new web browser)


Looks like Google will be debuting a new web browser today called Chrome. Here's something from the
official Google blog:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html

There's also a comic book style overview here:

http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html

Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN
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Christine Quirion | 2 Sep 18:15
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Event: Understanding Human Information Interaction- Sept 15 in Boston

Registration is now open for Gary Marchionini: Understanding Human Information Interaction

Monday, September 15, 2008
Kotzen Center, Simmmons College, Boston, MA

Understanding how people interact with information is a fundamental problem of information science.
Interaction includes finding information in libraries and the WWW, consuming and evaluating what is
found, and using this information to transform personal and global knowledge. Today, most human
information interaction (HII) is mediated by technologies and much of the research is informed by
principles and techniques that evolved in the field of human-computer interaction. This talk will focus
on empirical techniques used to study HII, particularly user studies in laboratories. Investigations
of personal health record usability, video retrieval, and exploratory search will be used to illustrate
these techniques.

Join NE ASIS&T colleagues and Simmons students for this thought provoking talk by Gary Marchionini.

About Gary Marchionini:
Gary Marchionini is Cary C. Boshamer Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the
University of North Carolina where he teaches courses in human-information interaction, interface
design and testing, and digital libraries. He heads the Interaction Design Laboratory at SILS.
Professor Marchionini has had grants or contracts from the National Science Foundation, Council on
Library Resources, the National Library of Medicine, the Library of Congress, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Kellogg Foundation, NASA, the National Cancer Institute, Microsoft, Google, and IBM. He
has published over 180 articles, chapters and reports in a variety of books and journals. He is author of a
book titled Information Seeking in Electronic Environments published by Cambridge University Press.
He was Editor-in-Chief for the ACM Transaction on Information Systems from 2002-2008 and serves or has
served on a dozen editorial boards. His current interests and projects are related to: interfaces that
support information seeking and information retrieval; usability of personal health records;
multimedia browsing strategies; digital libraries; personal identity in cyberspace; and evaluation
of interactive media, especially for learning and teaching
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Cloutman, David | 2 Sep 18:34
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RE: Google Chrome (new web browser)

On the plus side, the decision to use the Webkit rendering engine may
ease some of the issues of a new browser entering our universe of
browsers to test against, as it is already used by Safari. What remains
to be seen is how much of a memory hog this thing is. Starting a new
_process_ each time a new tab is opened sounds like a very resource
intensive way of getting around garbage collection problems. I do see
some security advantages in this, but in theory is doesn't sound like
the best approach. I will be eager to try the product, however.
Hopefully my misgivings are addressed in the implementation. The
prospect of a Google browser is definitely more exciting dealing with
the pending IE 8 release.

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David Cloutman <dcloutman@...>
Electronic Services Librarian
Marin County Free Library 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:04 AM
To: web4lib@...
Subject: [Web4lib] Google Chrome (new web browser)

Looks like Google will be debuting a new web browser today called
Chrome. Here's something from the official Google blog:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html

There's also a comic book style overview here:
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Michael Kim | 2 Sep 23:07
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Position Announcement: Director of Collection Development and Scholarly Communication, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Excuse cross-posting:

*Director of Collection Development and Scholarly Communication* Position
number: 030941

The University of Miami Libraries seeks applications and nominations for the
position of Director of Collection Development and Scholarly Communication.
Reporting to the Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, this individual
leads the collection development and scholarly communications activities at
the University of Miami Libraries using a panoramic vision of the
possibilities for research, scholarly communication, and collection
development in this dynamic time of change.

*THE UNIVERSITY: *The University of Miami is one of the nation's leading
research universities in a community of extraordinary diversity and
international vitality. The University is privately supported, non-sectarian
institution, located in Coral Gables, Florida, on a 260-acre subtropical
campus. The University comprises 11 degree granting schools and colleges,
including Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration,
Communication, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and
Marine and Atmospheric Science (www.miami.edu). * *

*THE LIBRARY:* The University of Miami Libraries (www.library.miami.edu)
ranks among the top 50 research libraries in North America with a combined
collection of approximately 3 million volumes, 45,000 current serials, and
over 29,000 E-journal titles. The Otto G. Richter Library lies in the heart
of the campus and serves as the central library for the University. Other
University of Miami libraries include the Paul Buisson Architecture Library,
the Judi Prokop Newman Business Information Resource Center, and the Marta &
Austin Weeks Music Library, the Marine and Atmospheric Science Library, and
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Rachel Davis | 3 Sep 16:13
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Fwd: [Publib] Systems Librarian Needed

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY BULLETIN
MAINE STATE LIBRARY
SYSTEMS LIBRARIAN
(AGENCY TECHNOLOGY OFFICER - LIBRARY AUTOMATION MANAGER -PUBLIC SERVICES
MANAGER II)

Code: MH30 Salary Range 30 (Confidential) Salary:* $52,000 - $72,529.60
*Includes a 10% Recruitment and Retention Stipend
Value of State-paid Health & Dental - $336.80/bi-weekly
Retirement Benefits $24.52% of pay
Re-Opened to Applications: August 15, 2008
Date Closed to Applications” September 19, 2008

The Maine State Library seeks applications for the position of Systems
Librarian (Agency Technology Officer (ATO)) located in Bangor/Orono, Me. 
The Systems Librarian (ATO) is a key member of the 6_FTE Maine InfoNet
team and will report to its Executive Director.  The successful candidate
will: (a) provide technology management and leadership; (b) build and
maintain momentum in the effective use of information technology among
libraries utilizing Maine InfoNet services; (c) assist in understanding
and taking advantage of new technological developments that bear on
library operations statewide and help Maine InfoNet  achieve its mission
and realize its plans; and (d) establish and maintain effective
cooperative and collaborative relationships with a variety of
constituencies statewide in support of Maine InfoNet technological goals.
Statewide travel is required.
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Bill Drew | 3 Sep 20:18
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Google Chrome - Observations

[http://www.google.com/chrome/]
Google Chrome is a great browser for a beta version. I have yet to
find
any page that it can't handle, including many of the adminstrative
pages for setting up databases and administering our services. These
usually tend to be problematic. It is also forcing me to work in a
slightly different manner with more reliance on web based things such
as the native post editor in Blogger. I find myself missiing lots of
the features within several FireFox add ons I use such as ScribeFire.
I
wrote this post using the BlogThis bookmark javascript. It is only a
basic editor. I will look for some better web based editors that will
work with Blogger. If someone uses exclusively web based programs such
a Google Docs and others, Google Chrome is the perfect browser.

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Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S.
Assistant Professor
Librarian, Systems and Tech Services
Tompkins Cortland Community College  (TC3) Library:
http://www.tc3.edu/library/
Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139
E-mail: dreww@...
Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406
AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4
Online Identity: http://claimID.com/billdrew
StrengthsQuest: Ideation, Input, Learner, Activator, Communication
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill_Drew/
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