Flickr, a photo-sharing site, now will allow you to upload videos! A couple of caveats:
You have to be a Pro member ($25 per year)
Videos cannot be more than 90 seconds in length
Videos cannot be more than 150mb each
Only safe or moderate content is permitted (no restricted content)
Only videos you have created yourself
By the way, Flickr [...]
Apparently, the Google Terms of Service includes an age requirement.
Section 1 — The Terms of Service document is used with all Google’s “services and web sites (referred to collectively as the ‘Services’ 
. . . “
Section 2.1/2.2 — You must agree to these Terms in order to use the Services. You can accept the [...]
BookLamp is a service that analyzes different aspects of books and then compares those traits with traits in books you say you like. Kind of confusing, but if you’ve used Pandora, it works on the same principle. It looks at traits like pacing, density, action, dialog, description, perspective, and genre.
Be aware that BookLamp is still [...]
Google has introduced a set of protocols, Google Book Search API, that allow libraries’ automation systems to include Google’s scanned books into patron searches. Basically, if a library owns a title, they can provide a link to the full-text or to the preview, depending on its copyright restrictions. The University of Texas [...]
A very interesting story from Wired on the person who created Google’s well-known logo. She discusses eight iterations of the logo before they settled on the current one. Great images and interesting reasoning behind each.
[from Wired]
Google is opening an engineering center in the middle of Austin — 6th Street and Congress. The Austin-American Statesman provides more details. They’re hiring engineers and software developers . . . no librarians.
[from CNET News.com]
Ask.com now allows you to decide on your own background for their site. If you don’t like any of theirs — upload your own. Especially great for kids’ computers!
[from ResourceShelf]
Jenny Levine at The Shifted Librarian has highlighted a new service from ProQuest — ProQuest Widgets — the ability to easily create a search box on your web site that will search all or some of the ProQuest databases. You could have a search box for just the business databases or just popular literature or [...]
EZProxy has been used by libraries for years, primarily because it is a relatively simple piece of software to install and maintain. In January, OCLC acquired EZProxy. Chris Zagar, the developer of EZProxy, will be hired by OCLC as a full-time consultant.
[Disclaimer: I work for Amigos Library Services, which works with OCLC.]
[from OCLC News Release]
EBSCO has created GreenFILE, a database covering environmental concerns such as global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution. It is freely available to anyone.
Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues [...]
