Top News on 'The Twitter Times: digipresnews' http://tweetedtimes.com/digipresnews The Twitter Times is a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account en-us Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:32:15 -0800 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:32:15 -0800 <![CDATA[http://www.bnf.fr/documents/cp_dl_web_2012_en.pdf]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:53:30 -0800 bnf.fr
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@ndiipp on Twitter
@ndiipp: MT @netpreserve: IIPC member Nat'l Library of France shares news about decree enforcing internet legal deposit: http://t.co/1DqOxNuo (PDF)
@prwheatley on Twitter
@prwheatley: France has got a new law on internet legal deposit. Gongratulations, BnF! http://t.co/9412bONh
@keskitalo on Twitter
@keskitalo: France has got a new law on internet legal deposit. Gongratulations, BnF! http://t.co/9412bONh
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@UKWebArchive on Twitter
@UKWebArchive: Great news! Bibliothèque nationale de France announce legal deposit decree adoption for internet publications http://t.co/wNfto8zB
@archivesnext on Twitter
@archivesnext: Decree adopted for internet legal deposit at the Bibliothèque nationale de France! http://t.co/My8juJcW #webarchiving
]]> <![CDATA[Blog archiving: a contributor's perspective - UK Web Archive Blog]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:36:13 -0800 britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk - Maureen Pennock
The following is a guest post from Jo Stanley, author and blogger. We've been archiving Jo's blog in the UK Web Archive since April 2011. I’m Jo Stanley and I call myself a creative historian and occasionally ‘a lifestory midwife’. People who worked on ships are my special area of historical interest. One of the books that will come out of all my hundreds of hours at the BL is Risk! Women on the Wartime Seas, a history of the women who were at sea in surprising numbers in WW1 and WW2 (Yale Un...  show all text
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@hvdsomp on Twitter
@hvdsomp: Do you put more care into your blog entries when you know your blog is being archived for posterity? http://t.co/Q0FK8c5T
@SimonTanner on Twitter
@SimonTanner: Do you put more care into your blog entries when you know your blog is being archived for posterity? http://t.co/Q0FK8c5T
@hhockx on Twitter
@hhockx: Do you put more care into your blog entries when you know your blog is being archived for posterity? http://t.co/Q0FK8c5T
@mopennock on Twitter
@mopennock: Interested in archiving blogs? New UKWA blog post: a contributor's perspective on having their blog archived http://t.co/CCMBnREe
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@UKWebArchive on Twitter
@UKWebArchive: Tnx @rj_nielsen @tondelooijer @pj_webster @fairarchives for RTs of http://t.co/KXScq1FG - Blog archiving, a contributors perspective
@UKWebArchive on Twitter
@UKWebArchive: How does knowing your blog will be archived affect what you write? One blogger's perspective: http://t.co/KXScq1FG #webarchiving
@UKWebArchive on Twitter
@UKWebArchive: New UKWA blogpost: A contributor's perspective on blog archiving http://t.co/KXScq1FG #webarchiving
]]> <![CDATA[Designing Preservable Websites, Redux « The Signal: Digital Preservation]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:35:04 -0800 blogs.loc.gov - Butch Lazorchak
The following is a guest post by Nicholas Taylor, Information Technology Specialist for the Repository Development Group at the Library of Congress. As much as we can do to preserve archived websites once we have them, the challenges we encounter are always already determined by how those websites were originally constructed. In the interest of giving us and others the best possible chance of preserving your online content, I wanted to follow on an excellent blog post by Robin Davis (previously)  show all text
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@ndiipp on Twitter
@ndiipp: MT @ukwebarchive: Great blog post from @ndiipp on Designing Preservable Websites! http://t.co/5RaGx4th
@blefurgy on Twitter
@blefurgy: Yay Nicholas! RT @dancohen: thanks to @dchud I know that good piece on preservable websites is by @nullhandle. http://t.co/hClpNHDC
@JJungus on Twitter
@JJungus: Designing Preservable Websites, Redux: 8 considerations for making your content archivable http://t.co/hPhmFBu7
@anjacks0n on Twitter
@anjacks0n: Designing Preservable Websites, Redux, new on The Signal http://t.co/LY1GxxIp #webarchiving
@ndiipp on Twitter
@ndiipp: Designing Preservable Websites, Redux, new on The Signal http://t.co/LY1GxxIp #webarchiving
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@UKWebArchive on Twitter
@UKWebArchive: Great blog post from @ndiipp on Designing Preservable Websites! http://t.co/f2zaFFIr
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: Not often thought about, but should be: "Designing Preservable Websites," from the Library of Congress http://t.co/VAy28xrs
@LibSkrat on Twitter
@LibSkrat: Bookmark: Designing Preservable Websites, Redux « The Signal: Digital Preservation http://t.co/QMsvuXQZ
@tjowens on Twitter
@tjowens: Designing Preservable Websites, Redux: 8 considerations for making your content archivable http://t.co/hPhmFBu7
]]> <![CDATA[New Collection: Video Games, Gaming Culture and the Impact of games on Society - UK Web Archive Blog]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:45:23 -0800 britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk - Maureen Pennock
Crazy about computer games? Then nominate websites for our new video games collection! An exciting new collection is underway to preserve information about computer games developed and played in the UK. It will include resources that document gaming culture and the impact that video games have had on wider society. The collection is being developed by digital curation and preservation colleagues from across the Library, with additional input from staff at the National Videogame Archive. The Nat...  show all text
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@anjacks0n on Twitter
@anjacks0n: Calling all gamers! Want to help preserve the UK's computer game heritage? We're developing a new collection for that: http://t.co/KVgjhMWA
@mopennock on Twitter
@mopennock: New UK Web Archive special collection underway: Cultural Impact of Video Games, blogged at http://t.co/78Sk88vv Pls RT!
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@UKWebArchive on Twitter
@UKWebArchive: Calling all gamers! Want to help preserve the UK's computer game heritage? We're developing a new collection for that: http://t.co/KVgjhMWA
]]> <![CDATA[70 Groups Ask Congress to Halt Work On SOPA and PIPA | Public Knowledge]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:10:21 -0800 publicknowledge.org
Approximately 70 grass-roots groups, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, human rights groups, communities of color, and Internet companies today said Congress should stop its work on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).
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@blefurgy on Twitter
@blefurgy: MT @digiarchivist: @naypinya: Dear Congress, pls. get over #SOPA #PIPA & rethink copyright. Sincerely, the Internet http://t.co/lkd4cSKD
@DigiArchivist on Twitter
@DigiArchivist: Hear! Hear! MT @naypinya: Dear Congress, pls. get over #SOPA & #PIPA & rethink copyright. Sincerely, the Internet http://t.co/poSuXP9m
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@naypinya on Twitter
@naypinya: Dear Congress - get over #SOPA and #PIPA and rethink how you look at copyright - sincerely, the Internet http://t.co/r1OCxbTO
@naypinya on Twitter
@naypinya: 70 Groups Ask Congress to Halt Work On Intellectual Property Issues http://t.co/F81lZBc0 via @publicknowledge
@doctorow on Twitter
@doctorow: Over 70 groups ask Congress to stop and rethink approach to #copyright enforcement in wake of #sopa debacle. http://t.co/6JKP6emq
]]> <![CDATA[Hack on the Record - Hacking - Computing - History- Eventbrite]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:51:49 -0800 hackontherecord.eventbrite.co.uk
The National Archives is holding its first ever hack day. (We think it might be the first one to be actually held inside a UK government department. But we could be wrong.)We want to work with developers who share our interests in history, government and culture to devise and build systems using our records as well as datasets from across the web. Or to use a more technical term, build cool stuff.We hold millions of documents covering almost a millennium of world history: everything from the Do...
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@anjacks0n on Twitter
@anjacks0n: Hack on the Record at the National Archives on 24 March looks v cool: http://t.co/L7SM9VPd #hackon12
@Ajprescott on Twitter
@Ajprescott: Hack on the Record at the National Archives on 24 March looks v cool: http://t.co/L7SM9VPd #hackon12
@scilib on Twitter
@scilib: So ace RT @Pand0ra83: The National Archives is holding it's first ever Hack Day on 24th March. Join us! http://t.co/B5IHHnVB
@ostephens on Twitter
@ostephens: The National Archives is holding it's first ever Hack Day on 24th March. Join us! http://t.co/ULaTGSHA
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@billt on Twitter
@billt: The National Archives are holding their first Hack Day on March 24th for techies and non-techies >> http://t.co/fpdKpP8n #hackon12
@mia_out on Twitter
@mia_out: So ace RT @Pand0ra83: The National Archives is holding it's first ever Hack Day on 24th March. Join us! http://t.co/B5IHHnVB
@nevali on Twitter
@nevali: The National Archives is holding it's first ever Hack Day on 24th March. Join us! http://t.co/ULaTGSHA
]]> <![CDATA[Facebook Is Using You]]> Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:18:49 -0800 nytimes.com - By LORI ANDREWS
Whether you can obtain a job, credit or insurance can be based on your digital doppelgänger — and you may never know why you’ve been turned down.
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@benosteen on Twitter
@benosteen: Facebook Is Using You http://t.co/pS5bx7V3 We have to own & control our own data, now more than ever.
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@benwerd on Twitter
@benwerd: Facebook Is Using You http://t.co/pS5bx7V3 We have to own & control our own data, now more than ever.
@wpwend42 on Twitter
@wpwend42: How Facebook is being used against you. One man had his credit lowered based on likes and dislikes. http://t.co/xPt5Y5J3 (via @rilnj)
@robertbrook on Twitter
@robertbrook: "Facebook Is Using You" - this can't be news to anyone, surely? http://t.co/gj3aHyfZ
@jafurtado on Twitter
@jafurtado: Facebook Is Using You - LAST week, Facebook filed documents ... by Lori Andrews/New York Times http://t.co/HHqhMQa9
]]> <![CDATA[Report: Provenance Working Group 2nd Face-to-Face Meeting | Semantic Web Activity News]]> Sun, 5 Feb 2012 11:01:44 -0800 w3.org - Paul Groth
The Provenance Working Group just had its second F2F meeting where we made substantial progress on a number of issues in creating a way to interchange provenance on the Web. We wanted to let the community know where were at and where we are going. Overall, we have a good set of first drafts of the PROV family of documents but there’s still a ways to go in getting them all in-line with each other and well presented such that they are useful to the developer and user communities. This meeting foc...  show all text
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]]> <![CDATA[The Death of the Cyberflâneur]]> Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:41:37 -0800 nytimes.com - By EVGENY MOROZOV
Today’s Internet is a place for getting things done, pushing aside the cyberflâneur — the heir to the flâneur culture of 19th-century France.
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@ernestopriego on Twitter
@ernestopriego: It looks like, to illustrate @evgenymorozov's article, the NYTimes just went to Wikipedia for help... http://t.co/XYEyZo71 via @berrydm
@jafurtado on Twitter
@jafurtado: @evgenymorozov: "The Death of the Cyberflâneur" - my essay in tomorrow's NYT http://t.co/p681SDve Many Thanks to @xpectro
@jjn1 on Twitter
@jjn1: The Death of the Cyberflâneur - terrific essay by Evgeny Morozov >> http://t.co/3z2HSaey http://t.co/0u5Qv05R
]]> <![CDATA[Libraries help researchers save time, says new report : JISC]]> Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:20:10 -0800 jisc.ac.uk - Nicola Yeeles
University libraries are saving academics time by helping them find quality material more quickly, says a new report. Academics are choosing the library as their first choice for getting hold of scholarly material because access is quick, it helps them make new connections to related information and the library may be the only place they can access that material. Academics are then using their reading to inspire new thinking and improve their research results. This picture of the library at the...  show all text
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@lorcanD: RT @simonjbains: Libraries help researchers save time, says new report http://t.co/slFGCMcR
@simonjbains on Twitter
@simonjbains: Libraries help researchers save time, says new report http://t.co/CWqSe7Ze
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]]> <![CDATA[German National Library goes LOD & publishes National Bibliography | Open bibliography and Open Bibliographic Data]]> Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:51:20 -0800 openbiblio.net - Adrian Pohl
Good news from Germany. The German National Library changed its licensing regime for Linked Data to CC0 which makes the data open according to the open definition, has begun to publish the German national bibliography as Linked Open Data. For background see the email (German) announcing this step. There it says (my translation): “In 2010 the German National Library (DNB) started publishing authority data as Linked Data. The existing Linked Data service of the DNB is now extended with title data.  show all text
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@scilib on Twitter
@scilib: RT @hochstenbach: German National Bibliography now CC0 licensed & will be published as Linked Open Data http://t.co/5AskAhnE [#ukdiscovery]
@ostephens on Twitter
@ostephens: RT @hochstenbach: German National Bibliography now CC0 licensed & will be published as Linked Open Data http://t.co/5AskAhnE [#ukdiscovery]
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@benshowers on Twitter
@benshowers: RT @hochstenbach: German National Bibliography now CC0 licensed & will be published as Linked Open Data http://t.co/5AskAhnE [#ukdiscovery]
]]> <![CDATA[Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:45:41 -0800 publishersweekly.com
There is a growing crisis in the academic monograph marketplace, but organizations are rallying to devise new solutions.
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@simonjbains on Twitter
@simonjbains: RT @LibSkrat Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition dlvr.it/18zwn5
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@LibSkrat on Twitter
@LibSkrat: Bookmark: Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition http://t.co/Mheu8wgh
@JMarkOckerbloom on Twitter
@JMarkOckerbloom: Great post by @naypinya summarizing potentials and challenges of a recent open access proposal for academic books: http://t.co/2pSsEBZ8
@naypinya on Twitter
@naypinya: Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition http://t.co/mBpVfpyp
@jafurtado on Twitter
@jafurtado: Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition,By Peter Brantley (@naypinya) /PW http://t.co/fRElF3Q3
]]> <![CDATA[t.co / Twitter]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:36:01 -0800 t.co
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@scilib on Twitter
@scilib: would like to know what it is that breaks in Twitter to give you file: URLs instead of just giving you the link. Is it a t.co #fail ?
@anjacks0n on Twitter
@anjacks0n: Nasty preservation risk right there... @carusb: Getting nothing but timeouts from t.co shortened URLs...
@carusb on Twitter
@carusb: Getting nothing but timeouts from t.co shortened URLs...
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@DavidUnderdown9 on Twitter
@DavidUnderdown9: @carusb @anjacks0n t.co is Twitter's own automatic shortening I think. You don't actually have any real choice about using it.
@JemStone on Twitter
@JemStone: @iandeeley its an algorithm based on trending terms, most shared URLs (using t.co for data). WW only.Occasionally BBC news stories.
]]> <![CDATA[Rendering Matters - Report on the results of research into digital object rendering - Archives New Zealand. Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:44:22 -0800 archives.govt.nz
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@prwheatley on Twitter
@prwheatley: I'll be talking about the Rendering Matters research: http://t.co/aDcepDVG at www.futureperfect.org.nz Early bird registration ends soon!
@euanc on Twitter
@euanc: I'll be talking about the Rendering Matters research: http://t.co/aDcepDVG at www.futureperfect.org.nz Early bird registration ends soon!
@carusb on Twitter
@carusb: Looks interesting! MT @euanc: I will be tweeting (a lot) more about this: "Rendering Matters" research report http://t.co/iN0hfOG9
@WilliamKilbride on Twitter
@WilliamKilbride: MT @euanc Your court case relies on an old digital file, how will you want it to be rendered? answers here: http://t.co/vKJ3YxVe
@anjacks0n on Twitter
@anjacks0n: Your court case relies on an old digital file, how will you want it to be rendered? you might find answers here: http://t.co/aDcepDVG
@euanc on Twitter
@euanc: Your court case relies on an old digital file, how will you want it to be rendered? you might find answers here: http://t.co/aDcepDVG
@euanc on Twitter
@euanc: Does it matter what we use to open old digital files? You decide, evidence available here: http://t.co/aDcepDVG
@euanc on Twitter
@euanc: I will be tweeting (a lot) more about this: "Rendering Matters" research report http://t.co/aDcepDVG (
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@sheilaMorr on Twitter
@sheilaMorr: Does it matter what we use to open old digital files? You decide, evidence available here: http://t.co/aDcepDVG
]]> <![CDATA[Rendering Matters Report | Open Planets Foundation]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 04:06:42 -0800 openplanetsfoundation.org
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@carusb on Twitter
@carusb: RT @euanc: Blogged about the Rendering Matters report here: http://t.co/0LezNtMu
@openplanets on Twitter
@openplanets: NEW blog post from @euanc: Rendering Matters Report http://t.co/NOcNIqZA
@anjacks0n on Twitter
@anjacks0n: Blogged about the Rendering Matters report here: http://t.co/vxPRBd64
@mopennock on Twitter
@mopennock: Blogged about the Rendering Matters report here: http://t.co/vxPRBd64
@euanc on Twitter
@euanc: Blogged about the Rendering Matters report here: http://t.co/vxPRBd64
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]]> <![CDATA[First build released | DPLA Dev]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:59:59 -0800 blogs.law.harvard.edu - dweinberger
The first and highly tentative build is up and ready for you to poke at. Our plan is to simultaneously and incrementally build out a reference API and a technical specification, letting them inform each other, while being guided by your participation, experience, and expertise. First, about the tech spec, or more exactly, the  scope document: We’re working with Nick Caramello and Pod Consulting on building a useful set of docs that lay out a proposed path at multiple levels, from descriptions of  show all text
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@scilib on Twitter
@scilib: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/DIkZkt8o
@chrisleeclark on Twitter
@chrisleeclark: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/DIkZkt8o
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@aldusM on Twitter
@aldusM: RT @dancohen: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/XWQaq941
@amandafrench on Twitter
@amandafrench: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/DIkZkt8o
@meeware on Twitter
@meeware: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/DIkZkt8o
@wragge on Twitter
@wragge: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/DIkZkt8o
@archivesnext on Twitter
@archivesnext: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/DIkZkt8o
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: First build of the Digital Public Library of America platform released: http://t.co/DIkZkt8o
]]> <![CDATA[Welcome to GOV.UK - simpler, clearer, faster]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:34:59 -0800 gov.uk
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@scilib on Twitter
@scilib: and as usual the ever generous @psychmedia has done a viz for us http://t.co/5L9Osozs for release of gov.uk beta #govuk @govuk
@lukemckernan on Twitter
@lukemckernan: Gov.uk launches official single Government website beta - Telegraph | @scoopit http://t.co/QRVYHDmI
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@psychemedia on Twitter
@psychemedia: @wilm gov.uk is a citizen facing site, in part helping folk find answers to daily problems...
@BBCTech on Twitter
@BBCTech: Gov.uk opens for public testing http://t.co/RsZKloiD
@nevali on Twitter
@nevali: By me @BBCTech: Gov.uk service portal opens for public testing http://t.co/Mq5RlRwk
@kevglobal on Twitter
@kevglobal: Gov.uk launches one UK government website to rule them all: http://t.co/v0d6pkcK (@ft) Love the idea of Francis Maude discussing Hadoop.
@nevali on Twitter
@nevali: Followers: please each find one bug with http://t.co/sntvBCAk & report it on the Get Satisfaction feedback page: http://t.co/QaK0KaJK — Thx!
@kevinmarks on Twitter
@kevinmarks: @williamheath GOV.UK beta is not a launch. It's a release. More than semantic difference, that...
@psychemedia on Twitter
@psychemedia: so is there a way of getting json search results from gov.uk ? @govuk
@ewanmcintosh on Twitter
@ewanmcintosh: The www.gov.uk beta site has just gone live. Do visit, use and feedback.
@psd on Twitter
@psd: lots to admire about http://t.co/cFmdlFvz such as the clarity of pages such as: https://t.co/SaOmfGO1 but I do love me some Gill Sans
]]> <![CDATA[Etherpad v1.1: dpcejtrust]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:12:39 -0800 etherpad.wikimedia.org
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@digitalfay on Twitter
@digitalfay: The live notes for #dpc_ejtrust are fantastic for those of us who can't be there. Thanks to all the contributors http://t.co/LXMVsaRH
@caja27 on Twitter
@caja27: [protected tweet]
@WilliamKilbride on Twitter
@WilliamKilbride: here's the link to the live note taking for #dpc_ejtrust event: http://t.co/iOhdmcOD
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@sheilaMorr on Twitter
@sheilaMorr: here's the link to the live note taking for #dpc_ejtrust event: http://t.co/iOhdmcOD
]]> <![CDATA[The Cost of Knowledge]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:08:26 -0800 thecostofknowledge.com
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@Rotorvator on Twitter
@Rotorvator: RT @carusb: Perhaps a bit surprising that only a couple of thousand so far have signed up at www.thecostofknowledge.com I have. Have you?
@carusb on Twitter
@carusb: Perhaps a bit surprising that only a couple of thousand so far have signed up at thecostofknowledge.com I have. Have you?
@simonjbains on Twitter
@simonjbains: http://t.co/1JCbHEQb is growing. 1,973 'will not support any Elsevier journal '. Any analysis? e.g. how many Russell Group?
@carusb on Twitter
@carusb: Now 1359... sadly I can't sign; no "instutional email" RT @sarah_eberle: scientists petition against Elsevier journals http://t.co/fsomNOlk
@carusb on Twitter
@carusb: RT @NatureNews @sarah_eberle: 1116+ scientists petition against Elsevier journals http://t.co/ot7NrER4
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@jambina on Twitter
@jambina: Academic megapublisher boycott http://t.co/QSxRX3YO is now almost to 1500 signatures from tenure-track faculty. Have you signed?
]]> <![CDATA[As Scholarship Goes Digital, Academics Seek New Ways to Measure Their Impact - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:51:59 -0800 chronicle.com
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@SimonTanner: RT @NESCent: As scholarship goes digital, academics seek new ways to measure impact online http://t.co/WtrWlckk #altmetrics
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@simonjbains: RT @NESCent: As scholarship goes digital, academics seek new ways to measure impact online http://t.co/WtrWlckk #altmetrics
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@futureofmuseums on Twitter
@futureofmuseums: #altmetrics MT @robinannsmith: As scholarship goes digital academics seek ways to measure impact online http://t.co/7QlSgpvK @jasonpriem
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: Coverage of the "altmetrics" movement from @JenHoward: "Scholars Seek Better Ways to Track Impact Online" http://t.co/1GYrEzYU
]]> <![CDATA[Twitter User Barred From US For "Destroy America" Tweet]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:02 -0800 thenextweb.com
It is widely known that law enforcement agencies are turning to social networks to monitor citizens but one UK Twitter user saw a joke tweet land him in hot water, as he was detained ...
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@benosteen on Twitter
@benosteen: Things like this make me want to rage-quit the world http://t.co/ktwjF3Xl
@digitalfprint on Twitter
@digitalfprint: This is what happens when you joke about "destroying America" on Twitter http://t.co/yEeIxq4j by @m4tt on @tnwtwit
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@PatParslow on Twitter
@PatParslow: Things like this make me want to rage-quit the world http://t.co/ktwjF3Xl
]]> <![CDATA[Virtual Auto-Icon]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:40:51 -0800 ucl.ac.uk
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@TranscriBentham: Explore Jeremy Bentham's Virtual Auto-Icon in fine detail from the comfort of your desk: http://t.co/XE2TDjME
@TranscriBentham on Twitter
@TranscriBentham: Can't visit UCL to see Bentham's Auto-Icon? Have a look at our high-res Virtual Auto-Icon from your computer instead! http://t.co/XE2TDjME
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@melissaterras on Twitter
@melissaterras: Explore Jeremy Bentham's Virtual Auto-Icon in fine detail from the comfort of your desk: http://t.co/XE2TDjME
@ernestopriego on Twitter
@ernestopriego: RT @TranscriBentham: Explore Jeremy Bentham's Virtual Auto-Icon in fine detail from the comfort of your desk: http://t.co/uJsGonyf
@UCLDH on Twitter
@UCLDH: Explore Jeremy Bentham's Virtual Auto-Icon in fine detail from the comfort of your desk: http://t.co/XE2TDjME
]]> <![CDATA[Patt Morrison Asks: The Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle - latimes.com]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:18:41 -0800 latimes.com
Brewster Kahle has the gleeful air of a man who has just found something wonderful and wants to tell his friends all about it. And his friends are the 2 billion people, and counting, who are on the Internet every day.
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@atomotic on Twitter
@atomotic: Profile of Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. http://t.co/qRpAqvtB DIY Library of Alexandria, fireproof.
@geoffharder on Twitter
@geoffharder: +1 RT @judithd: Profile of Brewster Kahle, founder of Internet Archive. http://t.co/50pYHgCk DIY Library of Alexandria, fireproof.
@pjvangarderen on Twitter
@pjvangarderen: Kahle: a few companies really suck the air out of the room: Google, Apple, Amazon. Let's find an open alternative http://t.co/VljrdkEC
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@brewster_kahle on Twitter
@brewster_kahle: The week Facebook's IPO; Ask, can the web be more than a knitting circle? Check The Internet Archive's @Brewster_Kahle http://t.co/RNrszqxM
]]> <![CDATA[The Cost of Knowledge]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:13 -0800 thecostofknowledge.com
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@maxkaiser on Twitter
@maxkaiser: The Cost of Knowledge: Protest against #Elsevier's business practices http://t.co/igIgk0D4 via @cyberscientist
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@PatParslow on Twitter
@PatParslow: The Cost of Knowledge is a concerted effort by scientists & scholars to take a stand against #Elsevier http://t.co/INyZ9ITx
@edsu on Twitter
@edsu: The cost of knowledge: 500+ researchers take a stand against Elsevier's support of #RWA http://t.co/jasSWxmf #OA via @openscience @gnak_lab
@aldusM on Twitter
@aldusM: RT @rbmsinfo: MT @michael_nielsen: Wow: 800 + researchers have declared boycott against Elsevier: http://t.co/KIIxeo0z Up frm 500...
@amandafrench on Twitter
@amandafrench: Now more than 800 researchers have declared a boycott against Elsevier: http://t.co/Iy00srYw /HT RT @michael_nielsen
@daveyp on Twitter
@daveyp: "Researchers taking a stand against Elsevier" http://t.co/s5v0BxzZ 678 signatories and counting
@j4 on Twitter
@j4: More than 500 researchers have now declared they won't work for Elsevier: http://t.co/MuZHhdTp
@PatParslow on Twitter
@PatParslow: 300 physicists and 120 computer scientists have declared they won't work for Elsevier. http://t.co/V5bc2HwP via @michael_nielsen
@mhausenblas on Twitter
@mhausenblas: just added my name to The Cost of Knowledge http://t.co/mFZqEAmc (you should consider it too)
@gmcmahon on Twitter
@gmcmahon: I cannot use my university-paid time to review for #Elsevier - this would charge my University twice - 445 signs by now http://t.co/kHdBv0rC
]]> <![CDATA[In medias res | WEEKEND | Yale Daily News]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:33:56 -0800 yaledailynews.com
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@anarchivist on Twitter
@anarchivist: In Medias Res: Does Yale Support the Media of the Future? [Yale Daily News article argues no.] #elit #mediaarcheology http://t.co/Q0ZF6z84
@SimonTanner on Twitter
@SimonTanner: RT @foundhistory: Yale dean to student interested in studying new media: "We’re not Brown." via @YaleDailyNews http://t.co/pFGUT5zk #pocos3
@Ajprescott on Twitter
@Ajprescott: RT @foundhistory: Yale dean to student interested in studying new media: "We’re not Brown." via @YaleDailyNews http://t.co/pFGUT5zk #pocos3
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@LibSkrat on Twitter
@LibSkrat: Bookmark: In medias res | Yale Daily News http://t.co/vfPLprd1
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: "Everyone is afraid to talk about digital media." http://t.co/ETSl7Caf A bit sad that in the 12 yrs since I left Yale not much has changed.
]]> <![CDATA[NYPL Labs : Stereogranimator]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:35:35 -0800 stereo.nypl.org
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@anarchivist on Twitter
@anarchivist: Stereogranimator @nypl_labs "..mutually beneficial relationship btwn archivist & user..unthinkable even 10 years ago" http://t.co/mGEAfBJb
@scilib on Twitter
@scilib: Announcing the latest Labs project: The Stereogranimator http://t.co/yCgerQ2x. 19th century 3d, updated to the early 1990's
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@foe on Twitter
@foe: [protected tweet]
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: As many have noted today, @nypl_labs continues to do some of the most innovative digital library work anywhere: http://t.co/1PEPnQKJ
@larrycebula on Twitter
@larrycebula: Make GIFs & 3D anaglyphs from 40,000 stereographs in the collections of NYP Library: http://t.co/pdQ4ExRV #founditonmetafilter #metafilter
@paige_roberts on Twitter
@paige_roberts: The Stereogranimator http://t.co/kyu89e4q. 19th-century 3d photos, updated to the early 1990s @nypl_stereo by @nypl_labs
@alastairdunning on Twitter
@alastairdunning: Announcing the latest Labs project: The Stereogranimator http://t.co/yCgerQ2x. 19th century 3d, updated to the early 1990's
@sleonchnm on Twitter
@sleonchnm: Pretty neat. #cliof11 RT @nypl_labs: Announcing The Stereogranimator http://t.co/2KLSVKaV. 19th century 3d, updated to the early 1990's
@wragge on Twitter
@wragge: Announcing the latest Labs project: The Stereogranimator http://t.co/yCgerQ2x. 19th century 3d, updated to the early 1990's
@mia_out on Twitter
@mia_out: RT @nypl_labs: Announcing the latest Labs project: The Stereogranimator http://t.co/wytgkTJb. 19th century 3d, updated to the early 1990's
]]> <![CDATA[Bad O2!]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:42:40 -0800 lew.io
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@rjw on Twitter
@rjw: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. WTF? Is this normal? Check if your network does too: http://t.co/k9l8EBH6
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@m1ke_ellis on Twitter
@m1ke_ellis: RT @johnlsheridan: MT @lewispeckover: So, @O2 send my phone no to every site I browse. Check your network too: http://t.co/NR4E8uZi
@doctorow on Twitter
@doctorow: @doctorow This needs a BoingBoing: o2 are silent proxying your http traffic and INSERTING YOUR PHONE # into headers http://t.co/8BWiY0XB
@j4 on Twitter
@j4: Wow - @o2 clearly either don't care about my privacy or are technically incompetent, or both. Looking for new carrier http://t.co/2XKRtGeH
@paulwalk on Twitter
@paulwalk: RT @pezholio: Erm, no @o2, this is not at all cool http://t.co/8PlA8RA3 /via @johnlsheridan
@s1mn on Twitter
@s1mn: Wow - @o2 clearly either don't care about my privacy or are technically incompetent, or both. Looking for new carrier http://t.co/2XKRtGeH
@pixeldiva on Twitter
@pixeldiva: Holy WTF RT @lewispeckover: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. Check your network too: http://t.co/vF51N5cx
@s1mn on Twitter
@s1mn: Woah! RT @auntysarah: Are O2 giving your phone number to every website you visit? That seems … dangerous - http://t.co/bb9lFjAd
@paulwalk on Twitter
@paulwalk: Blimey :-( MT @lewispeckover: @O2 send yr phone no in HTTP header to every site u visit. http://t.co/OSp1dcI1 << OMG! (via @johnlsheridan)
@johnlsheridan on Twitter
@johnlsheridan: MT @lewispeckover: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. Check your network too: http://t.co/3mKSSql6 << OMG!
@robertbrook on Twitter
@robertbrook: Great to have 3G back - not so great to see my mobile number in http headers! http://t.co/0zHMYjja
@edd on Twitter
@edd: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. WTF? Is this normal? Check if your network does too: http://t.co/k9l8EBH6
@iand on Twitter
@iand: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. WTF? Is this normal? Check if your network does too: http://t.co/k9l8EBH6
@nevali on Twitter
@nevali: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. WTF? Is this normal? Check if your network does too: http://t.co/k9l8EBH6
]]> <![CDATA[BBC News - EU proposes 'right to be forgotten' by internet firms]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:54:36 -0800 bbc.co.uk
The European Commission is to propose a new law that gives users the right to demand that social networks "forget" status updates and other uploads.
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@mopennock on Twitter
@mopennock: Implications for web archives same as newsppr archives? MT @maxkaiser: EU proposes "right to be forgotten" by net firms http://t.co/ppIH1myh
@maxkaiser on Twitter
@maxkaiser: EU proposes "right to be forgotten" by internet firms http://t.co/IwEsvytc #privacy #dataprotection
@hhockx on Twitter
@hhockx: BBC News - EU proposes 'right to be forgotten' by internet firms http://t.co/sIrOWN7O
@anjacks0n on Twitter
@anjacks0n: BBC News - EU proposes 'right to be forgotten' by internet firms http://t.co/TEi1gdFh
@iDeanUToronto on Twitter
@iDeanUToronto: EU 'right' for data to be deleted - http://t.co/0hOAMpaD
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@BBCTech on Twitter
@BBCTech: EU 'right' for data to be deleted http://t.co/tshtgqoK
]]> <![CDATA[New York Times releases code to help journalists collaborate on WordPress, other platforms | Poynter.]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:40:22 -0800 poynter.org - Steve Myers
More and more journalists use blogging platforms to write and edit stories, but those text editors are pretty basic: It’s not easy to see what changes others have made to a post. And two people can open the same post,… Read more
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@jefferson_bail on Twitter
@jefferson_bail: All kinds of awesome: collaborative editing @wordpress plugin by @nytimes http://t.co/FOQqQQFJ /@shanakimball @jmaxsfu @pmhswe @miriamkp
@scilib on Twitter
@scilib: Boom goes the dynamite. MT @jmaxsfu: Wordpress collaborative editing, change-tracking tools. Released by the NYT! http://t.co/HlddV2pm
@anarchivist on Twitter
@anarchivist: Boom goes the dynamite. MT @jmaxsfu: Wordpress collaborative editing, change-tracking tools. Released by the NYT! http://t.co/HlddV2pm
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@naypinya on Twitter
@naypinya: Boom goes the dynamite. MT @jmaxsfu: Wordpress collaborative editing, change-tracking tools. Released by the NYT! http://t.co/HlddV2pm
@sleonchnm on Twitter
@sleonchnm: Boom goes the dynamite. MT @jmaxsfu: Wordpress collaborative editing, change-tracking tools. Released by the NYT! http://t.co/HlddV2pm
]]> <![CDATA[Crowdsourcing Transcription: FromThePage and Scripto - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:20:08 -0800 chronicle.com - Konrad Lawson
The 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association was packed with sessions on digital history and the digital humanities. In one time slot I counted four sessions related to digital archives, online tools, or other technology related panels. One of the panels I especially enjoyed was Crowdsourcing History: Collaborative Online Transcription and Archives (Tweets available at #session138 #aha2012), talking about some of the projects and tools out there which involve massive crowdsour...  show all text
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@TranscriBentham on Twitter
@TranscriBentham: Chronicle article on the AHA crowdsourcing panel, featuring Scripto and From the Page: http://t.co/0wYU3NnS http://t.co/C2lT2jLr
@TranscriBentham on Twitter
@TranscriBentham: Thanks to @kmlawson for the great reviews of @ScriptoTool and FromThePage! http://t.co/vacwQVE1
@ScriptoTool on Twitter
@ScriptoTool: RT @ProfHacker: New post by @kmlawson: "Crowdsourcing Transcription: FromThePage and Scripto" http://t.co/TQWyLHMa
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@sharon_howard on Twitter
@sharon_howard: RT @briancroxall RT @jbj New at @ProfHacker: post by @kmlawson: "Crowdsourcing Transcription: FromThePage and Scripto" http://t.co/DM7O2zn7
@benwbrum on Twitter
@benwbrum: Thanks to @kmlawson for the great reviews of @ScriptoTool and FromThePage! http://t.co/vacwQVE1
@jbj on Twitter
@jbj: New at @ProfHacker: New post by @kmlawson: "Crowdsourcing Transcription: FromThePage and Scripto" http://t.co/xYhmGyJ7
@sleonchnm on Twitter
@sleonchnm: RT @ProfHacker: New post by @kmlawson: "Crowdsourcing Transcription: FromThePage and Scripto" http://t.co/TQWyLHMa
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