Vacation 2009

Dear Friends and Colleagues: I’m hitting the road for my last trip of Summer 2009.  I’ll be out of the office through Tuesday, August 4th.  Sorry I’ll not be available during this period (and for the stale blog — melba toast, eh?).  Please contact one of my colleagues at the Reference Desk while I’m away: [...]

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CISION: 4 Free Social Media webinars

From: CISION RE: 4 FREE Social Media Webinars Description from CISION: Why pay over $100 for just one social media seminar, when Cision’s complete webinar series is offered at no charge? Whether you’re a curious onlooker or fully engaged, Cision’s complimentary social media webinar series will show you how to get the most from this [...]

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Salon.com: Eggers on the future of Journalism etc.

Source: Salon.com, “Dave Eggers’ heartbreaking work of staggering reality: The literary star discusses the future of journalism, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and his new book,” by Andrew O’Hehir, 7/21/09. An excerpt from the interview: I think newspapers shouldn’t try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which [...]

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msnbc.com: Amazon redacts Orwell on Kindle like it’s ’1984′

Source: MSNBC.com, “Amazon redacts Orwell on Kindle like it’s ’1984′: Another big book blunder reveals distopian reality of bad customer service,” by Helen A.S. Popkin. Long live Orwell. Just heard on NPR that Barnes & Noble is in the e-book biz. Here is the stream from NPR’s Morning Edition, 7/21/09. Kindle, humbug.

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Vanity Fair: Palin’s resignation – the ed. version

Source: Vanity Fair / Primary Sources, “Palin’s Resignation: The Edited Version,” 7/20/09. I got a kick out of this edited version of Palin’s resignation in Vanity Fair.  I couldn’t edit her myself as I need my own editor (looks like one of my college papers, alas).   It is 4 pages of a typed copy (transcript [...]

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“You Are There”: Walter Cronkite

Source: CBS News, “CBS Remembers Walter Cronkite: Tributes to the legendary Anchor pour in from his network,” 7/17/09. 1916-2009  Godspeed Walter! Here is his page on MBC’s site.  I always loved his You Are There series: more about ““You Are There”- Walter Cronkite’s Sa…“, posted with vodpod

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UTNE: POYi

Source: UTNE / Media, “A Show of riveting, diverse photojournalism,” by Julie Hanus, 7/8/09. Highlights the Pictures of the Year International.

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Future of News as of today

Source: PoynterOnline, “New York Times considers foundation funding for news,” by Bill Mitchell, 7/17/09. No definites but it is always a possibility… Source: Columbia Journalism Review, “Build the Wall: most readers won’t pay for news, but if we move quickly, maybe enough of them will. One man’s bold blueprint,” by David Simon, July/August 2009.  A [...]

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Variety: AFI is online with archives

Source: Variety / Technology, “AFI is online with archives: New video portal to launch on AFI.com,” by Justin Kroll. No word of cost so I take it the content will be free.  The videos, “will stream directly from AFI’s YouTube channel.”  This should be the AFI channel, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Bob Dylan….” http://AFI.com/video

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SSRN: Antitrust &the Google Books Settlement

Source: SSRN: Fraser, Eric M., Antitrust and the Google Books Settlement: The Problem of Simultaneity(June 10, 2009).  Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1417722 Here is the Abstract of the working paper by Eric M. Fraser, University of Chicago Law School: Google Books represents the latest attempt at the centuries-old goal to build a universal library. In 2004, [...]

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Free Press: July 2009 Media Reform Update – Josh Silver

From the Executive Director: Free Press Executive Director Josh Silver gives an update on hot topics in media reform for July 2009. more about “Free Press: July 2009 Media Reform Up…“, posted with vodpod

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Alternative Mass Media Web Archive

E.K. (UCSB) notified me of this resource that preserves websites in Alt Mass Media: Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives: Alternative Mass Media Web Archive / New York University Libraries Description: “Contains periodically archived websites of entities, typically non-commercial, that gather and disseminate to the public news and other content that reflects a [...]

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Research Brief: Interactive marketing prospers

Source: Research Brief, “Traditional marketing budgets lose to interactive,” by Jack Loechner, 7/14/09. Provides a nice overview of the Forrester Research findings.  Here is the first paragraph: According to Forrester Research, reported by Richard H. Levey at Directmag.com, 60% of marketers surveyed will increase their interactive marketing budgets by shifting funds from traditional media. Direct [...]

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Guardian: FT ed. claims news site will charge

Source: Guardian.co.uk, “Financial Times editor says most news websites will charge within a year: Building payment platforms is one of key challenges facing news organisations, says Financial Times editor Lionel Barber,” by John Plunkett, 7/16/09. I would not be suprised if this prediction were spot on.  You can link to the audio of Lionel Barber [...]

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Alternatives Library: Timely topics: Gardening

FROM THE SITE: A presentation of magazines and books from the Alternatives Library on the topics of Agriculture, Gardening, Farming, Permaculture, Organic Food, Food Preservation, and Sustainable Living. Other topics available are listed on our website.For more information contact: Durland Alternatives Library,127 Anabel Taylor Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853Phone: 607-255-6486 Email: alt-lib@cornell.edu more about “Alternatives Library: [...]

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Chronicle.com: Creator of ‘The Sims’ Talks Educational Gaming

Chron of Higher Ed./Wired Campus, 7/16/09. See Jeffrey R. Young’s intro. more about “Video: Creator of ‘The Sims’ Talks Ed…“, posted with vodpod

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Variety: 2009 Emmy nominations

Here are the 2009 Emmy nominations on the Variety site. See also: Source: Variety / TV, “Emmy fails to recongnize vet TV shows: ‘Galactica,’ ‘ER,’ ‘Shield’ leave empty-handed,” by Jon Weisman, 7/16/09.   I think the show Medium was overlooked (but hopefully will return with Angelica Huston!).   I always thought they should drop the award for [...]

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Variety: Moore’s doc: Capitalism: a love story

Source: Variety, “Michael Moore unveils title of new doc: ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ to be released Oct. 2,” by Dave McNary, 7/8/09. His work is never dull!

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Adage: Scitable as a model for digital publishing

Source: Adage.com (2 in one day!), “A new model for digital publishing…From an academic journal?: Why this blogger’s excited about scitable,” by Chris Abraham, 7/14/09. Abraham begins by citing National Press club event called, “What will we tell Peoria: The disappearance of Washington bureaus and what comes next”; he links to the video.  He compares [...]

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Adage: what sank Veoh & Joost?

Source: Adage.com, “What sank Veoh and Joost? Too much cash too soon: The same scourge will claim dozens of other media and advertising startups,” by Warren Lee, 7/15/09. Warren Lee analyzes the problem with the video startups’ business models.  Paragaph 2: There are many reasons why things went wrong: technical missteps, lack of premium content, [...]

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