Cool YouTube Video… About Organization of Information?

It’s definitely more inspirational than informational, but I really enjoyed (twice) this brief video about the changing nature of information organization. Credits to Shifted Librarian for pointing it out. This somewhat mesmerizing video is by Michael Wesch, an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Kansas State. It’s clearly not pro-InfoProfessional, though I’m not convinced it’s entirely anti-, either.

Information R/evolution

He also created this meditation on Web 2.0 and what it means for information:

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Shifted Librarian: New OCLC Report About Sharing Online

“It’s taken a long time for them to release this, but OCLC has finally made their Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World report available for free on the web.”

• The Shifted Librarian’s commentary
• The OCLC Report

What Next - LibTube?

A short story, but interesting: a Jacksonville library is making hundreds of hours of video available to its patrons free… and online.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=94035

Gates Foundation Announces Grants for Library IT

I was going to title this one “Gates Not Evil,” but that seemed uncharitable somehow given the news.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced $8.3 million in grants to update library computers in ten states. Impressive stat: “To date, the foundation has invested $320 million in grants and other support to install computers in libraries and train staff in all U.S. states and territories.”

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Gates_Foundation_Libraries.html