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Peter E. Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

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  • Changes to "Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church" Wikipedia Page, Visualized

    Edited after initial publication to add: My thoughts are with the people in and around Charleston, South Carolina, this evening. What is making it out of the media fog to me tonight is your compassion for each other. Please be well as you absorb, internalize, and recover from this shocking …

     Posted on  June 19, 2015
     and last updated June 20, 2015
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Google Book Search summary, Bad Side of Filtering, Academics Editing Wikipedia

    School is out and the summer heat has started, but there is no signs yet that the threads of technology change are slowing down. This week's threads include a healthy review of the Google Book Search lawsuit settlement, the downside of recommendation engines, and how academics are contributing to Wikipedia …

     Posted on  June 02, 2011
     and last updated June 02, 2011
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: HarperCollins/OverDrive (still), Wikimedia Survey, Microsoft Academic Search

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    We can't leave the hot topic of ebooks behind in this edition of DLTJ Thursday Threads, but at least it is only the lead thread and not the entire focus of this post. HarperCollins made news when one of …

     Posted on  April 07, 2011
     and last updated January 15, 2018
     ·  7 minutes reading time
  • On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. But we can tell if you are a major news organization or corporation.

    Illustration of a dog, sitting at a computer terminal, talking to another dog.  Includes caption: “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”Published in The New Yorker July 5, 1993.
    Image from The Cartoon Bank

    As the saying, now a part of Internet lore, goes: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." That may be true, but now we must add: "But we do know if you are from a major …

     Posted on  August 15, 2007
     and last updated August 15, 2007
     ·  2 minutes reading time