The Dilemma of Personalized Library Services
Modern libraries, striving to provide a personalized user experience, are faced with the horns of the dilemma.
Libraries are competing in the information world against private for-profit companies who are killing us in the personalized web service experience. We simply cannot compete against the likes of Amazon.com,
Netflix, iTunes and the like for a number of reasons. [...]
Posted at 11pm on 8/4/08 | no comments; | Filed Under: Collective Intelligence, User Services | Tagged: amazon, dilemma, itunes, libraries, netflix, user experience, web services | read on
Zotero Improvements & More Virtual Worlds
On July 8th Zotero announced the beta test version of Zotero 1.5 which includes a long-awaited functionality: the ability to sync your library with multiple computers. If this implementation is successful it will go a long way towards Zotero’s success. Essentially, Zotero’s users are saving their content to Zotero’s servers and tapping into [...]
Posted at 6pm on 7/24/08 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Social Web, User Services, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: dc comics, dc universe, lively, second life, Virtual Worlds, zotero | read on
