INTERNET TRENDS AFFECTING LIBRARIANS

a presentation by Marylaine Block for the Philadelphia QuintEssentials Conference, October 28, 2003

Federated Searching and Data Mining

Digging for Nuggets of Wisdom http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/16/technology/circuits/16mine.html

Recombinant Roles Envisioned for Library Portals http://www.oclc.org/research/staff/dempsey/dempsey_recombinant_library.pdf

The Right Solution: Federated Search Tools
http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA302427

Tips on Searching for a Federated Search Service http://www.infotoday.com/it/oct03/hane1.shtml





Ill-Considered Legislation

Broadcast Flag -- see the EFF backgrounder on it at http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2801

Information Quality Act

PATRIOT ACT I and II

Database Protection Act





The Shifted Librarian: Go Where Our Users Are

See Jenny Levine's page, http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/