Emory University Libraries in Zotero Partnership
I am so disappointed that this announcement came after I left Emory:
Emory University Libraries and The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University have entered a cooperative partnership on Zotero, the free, open-source bibliographic manager. A team of librarians, information technologists and faculty members led by Connie Moon Sehat, Emory Libraries' new director of digital scholarship initiatives, will extend research capabilities of the software in collaboration with Zotero's main development team.
Still, it's very cool that this is taking place and I'm happy to be bringing the Zotero love to GSU. Full story here.
Magnatune goes unlimited
Even as the new guy learning the ropes at GSU I'm feeling a little bit of the end of semester crunch and haven't blogged much this month. For the three people out there who don't read Boing Boing, I wanted to share this story, though.
The online record label Magnatune has just announced that they're moving to an unlimited subscription model for their music. Pay one monthly or yearly subscription fee and get "all you can eat" music -- all the DRM-free music files you want to download.
I really, really hope this business model is a success for Magnatune. If vendors of digital information see more open models (no DRM, no artificially imposed restrictions on content use) succeeding, it's a win for all of us who work in, or use, libraries. I immediately signed up for a membership. (They also operate on a pay-what-you-want model, but I don't see EBSCO going for that.)
Magnatune link: "Membership without obligations"
(PS: I recommend "I Don't Know What I'm Doing" by Brad Sucks. It does not in fact suck.)
Podcast episode “Library on the Go”
This is the last episode of the library podcast I did for Emory undergrads. It was Rachel's (great) idea to do an episode on mobile library content. We (briefly) mention some things like audiobooks, iTunes U and the new Zotero beta, which features an iPhone/iPod Touch interface.
This podcast was one of my favorite projects at Emory, and Rachel and I had a great time working on it together and presenting about it. I hope I'll get to do something like this at GSU once I'm a little more settled.
My Zotero book
Adventures in Library Instruction podcast
My posts @GSU Library
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Twittering
- GSU students who ask us when's a good time to find an available library study room: turns out the answer is Superbowl Sunday. #tumbleweeds