What the heck is Library 2.0?... here's a visual Meme map by bonariabiancu

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I found this visual representation of Library 2.0 when looking through Chelsea Harper and Kate Watson's Powerpoint presentation on wikis and blogs and their use in the libray. I have always liked diagrams and visual explanations of concepts. I think the Japanese do them very well, with their comic (or manga) culture. I am also interested in the idea that games can increase digital literacy as put forward by Paul Gee in his book see info below.

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

by James Paul Gee

See this book for a very detailed (and more academic than I expected) look at video games and semiotic domains etc

Later when I find it on my flash drive again I will include a link to a great powerpoint presentation on games demonstrating how the complexities of an interface used be a typical role playing game (RPG) like the popular World of Warcraft prepares game players to adapt to many different software applications.

I have found something interesting to assist me with my research interests next year.

I was looking through the latest issue of Incite Magazine (Dec 06), and on page six there was some information about the Ray Choate Scholarship. The idea behind this is to investigate some aspect of reference services that will lead to better practice in this area. It sounds really interesting and I look forward to putting something towards this scholarship. For now that is going to have to go on the backburner as I have to get my employment and graduation sorted.

I am very interested in the current recipients project which is 'Investigating Blog and Wiki Technology for the Enhancement of Internal Reference Services Practice' by Chelsea Harper and Kate Watson. I am going to have a bit of look at their project tonight and hope to be able to contribute some of the sources I have uncovered in my exploration of blog and wiki issues.

All consuming... check it out for books, music, and movies I recommend

As most of my friends know I read a fair bit. In the words of Bill Hicks 'wellll looks like we got ourselves a reader!' One of the fantastic people I hung out with on my recent trip to Canberra wanted to know more about what I recommend in the way of reading materials etc. So I prepared this little list and tried to think of at least ten movies, books, and music that I like. I have fairly eclectic tastes and if I had more time I would describe why I liked each of these items. Anyways might do some more tagging later.

Check out my goodies on All Consuming then just select books, music, or movies from the sidebar.

Viruses are not scary... be afraid of the Bots

I have just been reading about bot attacks in Wired Magazine (Nov 06). Scott Berinato wrote an article titled 'Attack of the Bots' on p. 171. These bots have the ability to create huge DDos (distributed denial-of-service-attacks) and one company called Blue Security had their site taken down by bots because they were trying to provide an anti spam service which tries to flood the spammer with data. Unfortunately the site and related ISPs and other network servers were all shut down in the process.

Anyhow these things are real nasty and basically are controlled on high by Command and Control (C&C) operational software which usually move servers often to frustrate those trying to stop the bots. Even if you shut down one of these operational software programs there may be another one lurking somewhere else.

When the botnet underground means business and it is probably best to stay out of their way.

Meme - A definition

“an element of a culture or system of behaviour that may be considered to be passed from one individual to the another by non genetic means, esp. imitation.” -from The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary (2004)

The best example of a meme in Internet world is BoingBoing: a directory of wonderful things, which is described Cory Doctorow in an interview as being “is a place where four eclectic people catalog every thing they think is interesting.” It has an audience every day somewhere in the realm of 2 million netizens.

That just blows me away. I am sure all types of marketing suits are trying to work out how to harness this potential. It also indicates how if you can sort information and filter it in a meaningful way on your website then you are providing a very useful and popular service. What is it that is so attractive about Boing Boing? I think it is also important to note that is a collaborative effort. Not the work of just one person.

The reason I became interested in Mr Doctorow is that I read a great article about the Metadata called Metacrap. His writing style is intelligent and funny and I respect his opinions. I hope one day other people can say that about my writing. I don’t think I have got to that level yet.

Australia’s copyright law breaks search engines

I was interested to hear about Phillip Ruddock and his role defending the copyright laws. Since the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with America copyright has been extended from 50 years to 70 years. It is making it difficult for those in the libraries who often have to verify copyright. Learn more about the changes in this article
An article from Boing Boing: a directory of wonderful things

RSS feed ’scraping’ is stealing! is it or isn’t it?

Check out these pages for a good article and debate on this difficult copyright issue. I wonder where Australian copyright law stands on this. Hmmm. I will have to check that out when I get some more free time.

seen originally on Breaking New Media News - Last 48 Hours - Monday Aug. 28th - Robin Good’s Latest News

Blogger says “it’s OK to steal, if they use RSS” « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger
On the Sclobleizer Blog Mgreenly says, basically, that by putting a full-text RSS feed out there it’s like giving everyone a license to copy my content and use it however they want.

Ahh, so if it’s easy to copy it’s OK to steal?

American copyright law says “not true.”

I think it is getting harder and harder to enforce the copyright laws which is one of the key factors to making laws work in the real world. It is similar to advertising on the web where people always try to ensure that you watch there ads. First there were pop ups then there were pop up blockers. People put up with banners so long as they don’t block what they really want to see. Being able to cut and paste using software apps you can filter what you see. The user/advertiser creator/copyright infringer battle continues.

Nowdays javascript is used to produce cleaner pages and customisable pages with the ads cut out. Where will it end?