No. 11
ISSN: 1559-0011
February 2009
Contents
We often think of innovation in terms of sweeping changes—entirely new technologies
that arise and, over time, saturate society and alter our way of life. Innovation
isn’t something ordinary people do ... or is it? Our conversations with
several libraries suggest that you need to make innovation personal—for yourself,
your users and your organization.
OCLC has released the new NetLibrary Media Center, a full-featured desktop application that allows library users to easily search, manage, transfer and listen to eAudiobooks from their local library. The free software application allows users to connect to NetLibrary, and then download and begin listening to eAudiobooks with just one click.
David Weinberger—technologist and author of Everything is Miscellaneous and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto—and Nova Spivack—Semantic Web pioneer, co-founder of EarthWeb, Radar Networks and the San Francisco Web Innovators Network—share their thoughts on the future of the Web and how we’ll share information and ideas.
Departments
President’s Report