The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com A solo special librarian blogs about his experiences setting up a library from scratch and on a shoestring budget...and more Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/9458183303420365ae59ad38901ffaca?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com Libraries and Ubiquitous Computing…11.11.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/ubiquitous-computing-11-11-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/ubiquitous-computing-11-11-09/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:09:36 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/ubiquitous-computing-11-11-09/ ]]>

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/ubiquitous-computing-11-11-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian How to Search for Similar Images With GazoPa…11.11.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/how-to-search-for-similar-images-with-gazopa-11-11-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/how-to-search-for-similar-images-with-gazopa-11-11-09/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:07:37 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/?p=10423 ]]>

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/how-to-search-for-similar-images-with-gazopa-11-11-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian Open Source and Library Web Sites…11.11.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/open-source-and-library-web-sites-11-11-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/open-source-and-library-web-sites-11-11-09/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:53:28 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/open-source-and-library-web-sites-11-11-09/ ]]>

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/open-source-and-library-web-sites-11-11-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian Kindle for PC NOW Available – FREE Download…11.10.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/kindle-for-pc-now-available-free-download-11-10-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/kindle-for-pc-now-available-free-download-11-10-09/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:23:25 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/?p=10418 ]]>

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From Business Wire: 

“Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN – News)) today announced the availability of ‘Kindle for PC,’ the free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their personal computers (PC). The U.S. Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) currently offers more than 360,000 books, including New Releases and 101 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, which are typically $9.99 or less. The Kindle Store is the only place to find some of today’s most popular books in digital format. Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch and PC. Kindle for PC is now available as a free download to readers in over 100 countries at www.amazon.com/KindleforPC….”

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/kindle-for-pc-now-available-free-download-11-10-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian kindle-for-pc-tcg-coming-soon._V227874645_ David Lee King on Twitter…11.10.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/david-lee-king-on-twitter-11-10-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/david-lee-king-on-twitter-11-10-09/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:59:26 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/?p=10416 ]]>

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/david-lee-king-on-twitter-11-10-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian “It is About Time: Getting Our Values Around Copyright” from EDUCAUSE…11.10.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/it-is-about-time-getting-our-values-around-copyright-11-10-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/it-is-about-time-getting-our-values-around-copyright-11-10-09/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:17:01 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/it-is-about-time-getting-our-values-around-copyright-11-10-09/ ]]>

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/it-is-about-time-getting-our-values-around-copyright-11-10-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian TinEye-Image Search…11.10.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/tineye-image-search-11-10-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/tineye-image-search-11-10-09/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:41:14 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/?p=10406 ]]>

Here is something interesting and useful:

“TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks…”

TinEye

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/tineye-image-search-11-10-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian TinEye Librarians…It’s All About Showing a Tangible ROI…11.09.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/librarians-its-all-about-showing-a-tangible-roi-11-09-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/librarians-its-all-about-showing-a-tangible-roi-11-09-09/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:19:05 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/librarians-its-all-about-showing-a-tangible-roi-11-09-09/ ]]>

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/librarians-its-all-about-showing-a-tangible-roi-11-09-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom – Redux…11.09.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/date-information-knowledge-and-wisdom-redux-11-09-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/date-information-knowledge-and-wisdom-redux-11-09-09/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:53:15 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/date-information-knowledge-and-wisdom-redux-11-09-09/ ]]>

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[Nice visual from Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom on the general human comprehension of the definition of and path to wisdom.]

In 2008, “the Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago…launched a $2 million research program on the nature and benefits of wisdom. Once regarded as a subject worthy of the most rigorous inquiries in order to discern its nature and benefits, wisdom is currently overlooked as a topic for serious scholarly and scientific investigation in many fields. Yet it is difficult to imagine a subject more central to the human enterprise and whose exploration holds greater promise in shedding light and opening up creative possibilities for human flourishing…”

The Institute has a blog and recent publications page with many interesting and erudite titles — apparently all very scholarly, of course.

Not meaning to deride in any way their intellectual pursuits, has this well-funded, august and prestigious group of researchers come close to finally discerning or deducing the truth about “wisdom”?

CONTUNUE to post:  Beyond Knowledge – A Discourse on Wisdom.

]]> http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/date-information-knowledge-and-wisdom-redux-11-09-09/feed/ 0 lonewolflibrarian dikw1 Pew Releases U.S. Religious Landscape Survey…11.10.09 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/pew-releases-u-s-religious-landscape-survey-11-10-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/pew-releases-u-s-religious-landscape-survey-11-10-09/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:17:48 +0000 lonewolflibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/?p=10399 ]]>

pew religion report

On Tuesday, November 9th, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released its U.S. Religious Landscape Survey results.

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