News Roundup: Archives, Linked Data, Maps, Social Media, and More (11 items)
Archives
- “UK Government Web Archive receives billionth hit”
A redesigned web archive is also now available.
Linked Data
- “Significant Bibliographic Linked Data Release From The British Library” (via Talis Blog)
- “Linked Open British National Bibliography Preview”
- “Spoonfeeding Library Data to Search Engines” (via Go To Hellman)
Social
- “One Million Registered Twitter Apps” (via Twitter Blog)
- “Harvard Study Under Fire for Facebook Mining” (via Tech Insider)
- The First Tweet Took Place Five Years Ago (PCMag.com)
Other
- “MedlinePlus RSS and Content Sharing Enhancements” (via NLM)
- “The Ticklish Problem of Pricing E-books for Libraries” by Joesph Esposito; The Scholarly Kitchen)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.