LC on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/collections/

DelMio.com -- the Web for Avid Readers?

This might be something to keep an eye on. Doesn't look like there's a whole lot of content right now, but it's certainly an idea with some potential.

www.delmio.com

From the Chronicle of Higher Education
August 8, 2007

A List Without Libraries

The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies’ list of Top 100 Tools for Learning — culled from top-10 charts created by e-learning experts — names a wide array of tech tools that professors have come to love. Among the items that made the cut are Web browsers, e-mail clients, RSS feeders, blogging programs, and, of course, Microsoft’s evergreen PowerPoint presentation software.

But online library resources, which would seem like a good fit for e-learners, are notably absent from the master list.

Article on libraries in USA Today (from news.com)

http://tinyurl.com/286wax

Harry Potter and the End of Print

So on the way in to work today something prompted me to think of the not-so-far-off release of the next (and final?) book in the Harry Potter series. It's just somehow worth noticing that J.K. Rowling will create another international event just by allowing sales to begin of another printed and bound volume. The publication of this book will have an enormous impact on global economies, reading habits, and mass marketing. Consider just these three websites as a small example of what can be wrought by the pen . . . could it still be mightier?

http://www.jkrowling.com/

http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/

Print is Dead. Or is it? Blog to explore.

Here's a blog you'll want to take a look at if you're following the "p-book" vs "e-book" death match. Print is Dead, actually written by a p-booker. It's online (ironically?) at http://www.printisdeadblog.com.

Library 2.0

Library 2.0 fans have a new social networking site to think about. Bill Drew is the mastermind behind the experiment. You can help chart the course for Library 2.0 by joining at library20.ning.com.