Upcoming Events:

Kim is part of an Industry Roundtable Professional Development event hosted by the Knowledge Media Design Institute on Thursday March 4th, 4-6pm at the University of Toronto iSchool.

Kim is presenting at the Library Technology Conference in St. Paul, MN March 17-18 2010.

Registration for Computers in Libraries 2010 is now open. April 12-14, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA.

Kim is presenting at IASSIST 2010: Social Data and Social Networking: Connecting Social Science Communities Across the Globe in Ithaca, NY June 1-4 2010.

Registration for SLA's Annual Conference is now open. The conference is in New Orleans, June 13-16, 2010.

KMWorld 2010 is in Washington, D.C. this year; November 16-18, 2010. The call for speakers is now open.

10 Technology Ideas Your Library Can Implement Next Week | American Libraries Magazine

American Libraries features this nifty article on easy tech wins:

Even non-techies can offer cutting-edge services right away

New social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter enable librarians to converse, communicate, and collaborate with patrons as never before, because they are increasingly a part of people’s everyday lives. A brochure [...]

A Library to Last Forever

Google Founder Sergey Brin writes his response in the NYT for critics of Google Books:

By SERGEY BRIN
Published: October 8, 2009

Mountain View, Calif.

“THE fundamental reasons why the electric car has not attained the popularity it deserves are (1) The failure of the manufacturers to properly educate the general public regarding the wonderful utility of the electric; [...]

The Fight over the Google of All Libraries: A Wired.com FAQ

The Google Book Search Settlement has been much in the news recently, with the Internet Archive, Philip K. Dick’s heirs, consumer groups and Microsoft registering their objections to the search giant’s agreement with authors and publishers. And now Justice Department anti-trust lawyers are meeting with Google about the settlement, raising the possibility of a full-blown [...]

Librarians challenge Web 2.0 youth-work myths

by Phil Manchester

Search reality check

From BEA Systems and its soon-to-be owner Oracle, from mighty IBM to a myriad of social network and online office start-ups, vendors have been telling us how the “Google generation” and Web 2.0 will change the way we work. Many have been flogging applications and middleware products, [...]

Knowledge Ontario receives $5 million from Ministry of Culture

Knowledge Ontario receives $5 million grant from Ontario Government

As part of the 2008 Ontario budget, Knowledge Ontario will receive an additional $5 million grant to sustain its projects and services. 

Together with a 2006 grant of $8 million, the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Culture has committed $13 million over four years to fund [...]