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The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however it isn't restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.

Archive for April, 2005

Library Catalog Results via RSS

Hennepin County Library Catalog Results via RSS Glenn Peterson at the Hennepin County Library sends word via e-mail that the HCL has added customized feeds to their online catalog. Hip Hip Hooray! I would love to know how they got this to work.

Jakob Nielsen

In librarian.net:serving lower literacy users through effective web design, jessamyn mentions Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox as a great place to find useability information for creating webpages. Though he is a well-respected advocate, occasionally Nielsen’s advice can border on the excessive. The best design is a balence between useability and the attractiveness associated with a professional and [...]

DRM makes music customers mad

Boing Boing: BBC: DRM makes music customers mad The BBC reports that the consumer revolt against DRM is underway, with customers for digital music getting caught out by unreasonable restrictions imposed on them by technology.

Feeling Much Better

I’m back at work full time and I’ve finally managed to get caught up with work. I’ve reopened comments and hopefully I’ll get something interesting in here soon.

Why govts make stupid copyrights

Boing Boing: Why govts make stupid copyrights Donna Wentworth sez, James Boyle has just delivered the piece de resistance in his three-part series on copyright for the Financial Times: ‘Deconstructing Stupidity.’ The stupidity in question is the way that governments typically make intellectual property law and policy — that is, without evidence that it will [...]

Nvu

Nvu is an open-source WYSIWYG that works on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. Dreamweaver and Frontpage are not only expensive, they can be too much, particularly if you use templates and all you need is to format a couple of links and a list. Nvu is free and worth a trial.

Library Journal – Meet the Gamers

Library Journal – Meet the Gamers Why pay attention to games? For starters, games are the “medium of choice” for many Millennials, with broad participation among the 30 and under population. Although part of a web of new media, technology, and social shifts, games are the quintessential site for examining these changes. Game cultures feature [...]