Karen Coyle has come to the rescue for those of us who have tried (often unsuccessfully) to wrap our heads around linked data. Her recent post gives a simple example of how to tag linked data and talks about how to use linked data to expose information about libraries that has previously been overlooked.
Read more of "Karen Coyle Unwraps Linked Data for the Rest of Us"Hathi Trust’s copyright victory
Paul Courant, one of the founders of the Hathi Trust, explains this week’s ruling throwing out a lawsuit by the Authors Guild claiming that Hathi’s scan-and-index program violated copyright.
Read more of "Hathi Trust's copyright victory"A conversation about the future of the book
Come join us, metaLAB and Library Test Kitchen folk for a conversation about the future of the book, Tuesday, Oct. 9th, 42 Kirkland Street
We read
A few books to help us get it done.
Read more of "We read"Library Test Kitchen, Fall 2012
We had our first meeting of GSD Seminar 09125, Library Test Kitchen.
Read more of "Library Test Kitchen, Fall 2012"Our podcasts are now at SoundCloud
The Library Innovation Lab podcast series is now available at SoundCloud.
Read more of "Our podcasts are now at SoundCloud"Splashed some water on our face.
On off moments over this summer, Annie and I have put together our new site. You know, splashed some water on our face.
Read more of "Splashed some water on our face."Library e-book licensing: overview
The Berkman Center’s David O’Brien, Urs Gasser, and John Palfrey have just posted a 29-page “briefing paper” on the various models and licenses by which libraries are providing access to e-books.
Read more of "Library e-book licensing: overview"LIL on github
Group hug at github.
Read more of "LIL on github"The Setup – Annie Cain
Who are you, and what do you do?
I’m Annie Cain. I was once a librarian and maybe still am. Either way, I currently build web apps. For libraries. I also come up with ideas, help shape ideas and help execute & build non-web ideas.
