Link Love

The NEFLIN Office will be closed tomorrow for Good Friday. Here is some Link Love to last until we return on Monday.

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SOLINET and PALINET continue their merger talks...at NEFLIN. We will be hosting a “Town Hall Meeting” on Wednesday, April 30, 10am – 12noon at the NEFLIN office. These meetings will allow you a forum to hear about this potential merger and provide feedback. Register by sending e-mail to NEFLIN. More on the merger is here.

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LIS News points out that Nicholson Baker has written a

first-hand account of editing entries in the “Wikipedia”. I found the section on how articles are proposed, and voted on for deletion, the most interesting.

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IMLS Announces Study Results on the Internet's Impact on Museums and Libraries. The study found that:

Libraries and museums are the most trusted sources of online information among adults of all ages, education levels, races, and ethnicities.

The Internet is not replacing in-person visits to libraries and museums and may actually increase on-site use of libraries and museums. There is a positive relationship between Internet use and in-person visits to museums and public libraries.

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Jacksonville Public Library and NEFLIN have made a joint purchase of OPAL. OPAL is a collaborative effort by libraries to use web conferencing software to providing live, online, web-based programs, training, workshops, meetings, conferences, and other group-based communication and collaboration. They offer a time- and cost-efficient alternative to in-person meetings and expensive telephone conference calls.

You will be hearing more about OPAL, and what NEFLIN will be able to provide our member libraries in the near future. For now check out their upcoming programs.

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Hulu debuts, and is trying to give YouTube a run for their money. Hulu provides streaming video from more than 50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., and Lionsgate.

They have many genres and formats, television shows, feature films, and clips available at no charge. You can watch full-length episodes of current primetime TV shows the morning after they air and shows from years gone by. Hulu also offers full-length feature films as well as clips from films.