Thursday Threads: Beyond MARC, Library-controlled DRM, Spam Study
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Digital Public Library of America Sends Out Call For a Beta Sprint
Earlier today, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Steering Committee put out a call for a "Beta Sprint" to bring to the surface "innovations that c...
Retro Thursday Threads: Ideas for Publishers, New Reading Experiences, Internet Operating System
Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads: by E-mail by RSS Delivered by FeedBurner I recently started reading content from a tablet device and in doing so...
Thursday Threads: Digital Legacies, Zettabytes of Information, Digital Books, Alternate Network Architectures
Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads:</p> by E-mail by RSS Delivered by FeedBurner </form> </div> Mind-expanding topics this week. The...
“The Challenges of User Consent” – Handling Shibboleth User Attributes
One of the great things about the Shibboleth inter-institution single sign-on software package is the ability for the Identity Provider to limit how much a S...
Encryption of Patron Data in Modern Integrated Library Systems
"How much effort do you want to spend securing your computer systems? Well, how much do you not want to be in front of a reporter's microphone if a security...
Recordings from Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks Available
Thanks to everyone for participating in the first Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks on Friday. In particular, my gratitude goes out to Ed Corrado, Luciano Ra...
Full Text of ARL SPEC Kit 278 on Library Patron Privacy Now Online
Almost a decade ago while at the University of Connecticut I conducted a survey of ARL libraries on their patron privacy practices. The full text of that su...
Thursday Threads: Cloud Computing and Data Centers – Amazon, Facebook, and Google
Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads: by E-mail by RSS Delivered by FeedBurner This week's DLTJ Thursday Threads is about data centers -- those dark r...
JPEG2000 Summit at Library of Congress, May 12-13, 2011
It has been years since I've done meaningful work with JPEG2000, but I still try to keep tabs on what is happening in that community. In that vein, Rob Buck...
What To Do With ISO 2709:2008?
My employer recently became a member of NISO and I was made the primary representative. This is my first formal interaction with the standards organization...
Thursday Threads: Kindle Library Lending, Ebooks #1 in Sales, Recommendation Engines
Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads:</p> by E-mail by RSS Delivered by FeedBurner </form> </div> I tried to stay away from ebooks again, in this...