Sharing/Re-using catalog records in a web2.0 world

Wow, this is kind of cool...
The internet has made sharing library catalogue records easier for libraries and users - but with it comes a new set of challenges surrounding the legal implications. A new JISC toolkit helps librarians navigate the legal minefield of making their catalogue records available to others.
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Projects/TransferandUseofBibliographicRecords.aspx

Biggest news in social media today --- Facebook + Friendfeed, and a little about Wowd)

If you haven't heard/read (and you don't follow my tweets -- georgiawebgurl@twitter), Friendfeed has been bought by Facebook. Read about it here and here.On another note, I asked for an invite for Wowd. I am interested to see how this will differ from StumbleUpon.

thoughts on metadata

I answered a question about metadata on a list, and I thought I'd post my answer in an abbreviated form:Yes, it is still important. ;-D
  • Focus on the most relevant terms for a website. At various times, depending on their algorithms, some search engines have truncated keywords at a certain limit 25 words, even 250 characters. Any other that = seo spam So, choose keywords very very carefully and weight the most important ones at the beginning of the keywords list ;-)
  • Use all of the metadata FIELDS that you can.
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