This video from Lee LeFever does a great job of explaining how a group working on a project can use a wiki to collaboratively author documents.

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Labels: collaboration, videos, wikis

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David Weinberger, a philosophy professor who is currently a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, has recently published a book, Everything Is Miscellaneous, that is stirring up lots of discussion among librarians about the future ways we (all of us, not just the librarians) will organize information in the digital world we live in. My copy of the book is waiting for me at the circ desk (thanks CLICS!), but if you want to get a great overview of what everyone is talking about, check out this 57-minute video of Weinberger speaking at Google about the core ideas in the book.

Labels: cataloging, metadata, videos

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Anne Leonard sent me the link to this humorous video on copyright:
A Fair(y) Use Tale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fchronicle%2Ecom%2Fwiredcampus%2Findex%2Ephp%3Fid%3D2088

There's more to YouTube than cats playing the piano ... ;)

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The 2007 NYLINK Achievement Award in recognition of contributions to NYLINK or to library cooperation or collaboration was awarded to The City University of New York. The award is in recognition of CUNY’s contributions in the area of resource sharing, particularly for the CUNY Libraries Intra Campus Service (CLICS).

NYLINK Awards Committee Chair Gary Thompson noted:

The City University of New York students have had vast and diverse library resources at their disposal. However, due to historical circumstances, CUNY has not always functioned as a fully integrated system from the perspective of the student and faculty member. Through recent administrative and technological developments, it is now possible for a student at any CUNY campus to request materials for delivery to any other campus.

For their perseverance and investment in library collaboration and their contribution to creating more points of light toward the day when New York State truly has a statewide borrowing and delivery system, let us congratulate The City University of New York upon receiving this award.

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NYLINK, based in Albany, New York, is a nonprofit membership organization consisting of all types of libraries and information organizations throughout New York State and surrounding areas. http://nylink.org/about.htm

The City University of New York is the nation's largest urban public university with 23 institutions. The University serves more than 226,000 degree-credit students and 230,000 adult, continuing and professional education students. http://www.cuny.edu

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Baruch College will be hosting Library Camp NYC on Tuesday, August 14, 2007. This event is being run as an "unconference," which means that there will be no charge to attend and that the program will be decided by the attendees at the start of the day. For details on this event and on prior library camps, check out the Library Camp NYC wiki.

Labels: Baruch College, conferences, library 2.0

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