Weblog am Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
People won’t start dumping Google en masse; Google is a habit. Die New York Times betrachtet Bing und Google im Vergleich und kommt zu dem Ergebnis: ” if you value your time, you should give Bing a fling.”: Bing, the Imitator, Often Goes Google One Better
This is a lucky thing for the Ventura County Public Libraries — because among Mr. Bradbury’s passions, none burn quite as hot as his lifelong enthusiasm for halls of books.” In der New York Times gibt es einen schönen Artikel über Ray Bradbury, der sich einerseits gern mit Bo Derek trifft und sich andererseits überdurchschnittlich [...]
“What I think is great about books is that people just don’t go to libraries that much, but they are in front of the computer all day,” Mr. Schmidt said. “And now they have access. If you are sitting and trying to finish a term paper at 2 in the morning, Google Books saved your [...]
Auch manche Bibliotheken, die es mal mit einem Blog versucht haben wissen, dass es beim Bloggen zwar “easy come” heißt, aber nicht “easy go”. Die New York Times bestätigt heute in einem Artikel (Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest) noch einmal das simple Phänomen, dass es zwar eine nahezu unüberschaubare Anzahl an Weblogs gibt, aber [...]
Until recently, publishers believed books were relatively safe from piracy because it was so labor-intensive to scan each page to convert a book to a digital file. What’s more, reading books on the computer was relatively unappealing compared with a printed version. Now, with publishers producing more digital editions, it is potentially easier for hackers [...]
The practice of judging people by the covers of their books is old and time-honored. And the Kindle, which looks kind of like a giant white calculator, is the technology equivalent of a plain brown wrapper. If people jettison their book collections or stop buying new volumes, it will grow increasingly hard to form snap [...]
As soon as my Kindle 2 arrives I’m going to start using the dusty books in my attic as Kindling. An dieses unsinnige Wortspiel wird sich nicht nur die IBI-Mitarbeiterin Maxi gewöhnen müssen, denn mit dem Kindle 2 rumpelt die Diskussion über für und wider solcher Geräte in die Fach- und Tagespresse. Die New York [...]
“You can read magazines, newspapers, pictures, computer programs, Web sites,” Ms. Rosalia said. “You can read anything you like to, but you have to read. Is that a deal?” Egal was? Na ja. Wer es zielgerichteter mag und nicht aus allem einen Deal machen möchte, kann heute einfach so mal zur New York Times greifen. [...]
But most of this stuff is out of sight, and some of it is not even on the premises. (Almost all of the audiovisual material is stored in Culpeper, Va.) Where the Smithsonian believes in putting its holdings on display, the Library of Congress suggests them metaphorically and architecturally. In der New York Times findet [...]
Libraries will continue to play many of the roles they have always played: circulation of materials in all formats; a place to learn how to find and use information; a “community center” for socialization, programs and exhibitions; and a place to get special services around English as a second language, job preparation skills, etc. Crucially, [...]
This week, Paul LeClerc, the head of the New York Public Library, will be answering selected readers’ questions about the library, its services, and its future in an era of changing information needs. Submit questions online; the first set of answers will appear in a new blog post on Wednesday. Nachzulesen im City Room der [...]
On Monday, Microsoft researchers published the results of a study of health-related Web searches on popular search engines as well as a survey of the company’s employees. The study suggests that self-diagnosis by search engine frequently leads Web searchers to conclude the worst about what ails them. Und daher werden sie auch gern zu Cyberchondrikern. [...]
Nach der Philologischen Bibliothek der Freien Universität und dem mit einem ähnlichen Dachschwung versehenen Elefantenhaus im Kopenhagener Zoo wartet auf Norman Foster “the greatest project ever” (Norman Foster). Und zwar wird ihm und seinem Büro die Renovierung des Hauptgebäudes der New York Public Library übertragen, das nach den Arbeiten auch als Leihbücherei dienen soll. Bevor [...]
It’s not the kind of literary fare usually associated with the prim image of librarians. But public libraries from Queens, the highest-circulation library system in the country, to York County in central Pennsylvania, are embracing urban fiction as an exciting, if sometimes controversial, way to draw new people into reading rooms, spread literacy and reflect [...]
I think we have to ask ourselves, ‘What exactly is reading?’ ” said Jack Martin, assistant director for young adult programs at the New York Public Library. “Reading is no longer just in the traditional sense of reading words in English or another language on a paper.” In some cases, librarians may guide young gamers [...]
Ein sehr schönes Zitat (allerdings schon etwas älteres, da bereits vom 12. August 2008) für alle Freunde der Lesekultur: “Steve Jobs dismissed the e-book market because “people don’t read anymore.” That may be true broadly, but there could well be a $1 billion business for Amazon serving the tiny share of people who read a [...]
Marc Johnson, 14, a summer volunteer at the Ferguson Library, set his own reading goal. Last year, he read 62 books to qualify for the raffle to win a Nintendo Wii. Man kann also gerade mit Unterhaltungselektronik zur Lektüre locken. Die New York Times berichtet darüber, wie US-Public Libraries versuchen, die Sommerzeit zur Lesezeit zu [...]
Some scholars believe Otlet also foresaw something like the Semantic Web, the emerging framework for subject-centric computing that has been gaining traction among computer scientists like Mr. Berners-Lee. Like the Semantic Web, the Mundaneum aspired not just to draw static links between documents, but also to map out conceptual relationships between facts and ideas. “The [...]
With the explosion of new technologies that have moved readers, especially younger ones, from the library stacks to computer screens and earphones, public libraries are struggling to find ways to remain current. One of the biggest innovations is downloadable books, which allow readers to “check out” books without setting foot in a library. Bereits im [...]