The thing that I am really interested in right now is the Open Library. Aaron Schwartz created this cataloging wiki in an effort to catalog every book. Because it is a wiki, it can be added to by virtually anyone. This is a fascinating concept and the possibilities for application in the library setting are astounding. I am eagerly watching this site and waiting to see what it does for our profession.
Here is a link to the Open Library: http://openlibrary.org/, if you would like to check it out.
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I think Open Library is a great tool - until the power goes out ! It seems to be the way things are going - I recently had he idea that the library of the future will be the size of a phone booth - search the catalog, download the file/book/movie to your portable device and hop back on your segway
Librarything just announced a similar project this week at http://www.librarything.com/thingology/. They're looking for 5 librarians to volunteer to coordinate the project.
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