+ IPR, the Digital Economy Act and You
by Naomi Korn
+ ITHAKA S+R Project Watch: How the $630 Bible adds layers of value
Public domain texts may be freely available to everyone, but a canny US company has identified how to add value to – and make a profit out of – one of the most famous out-of-copyright books of all. Matthew Loy of Ithaka S+R considers the 21st century Bible.
+ Recession busting the Canadian way
Canada’s cultural heritage sector is no stranger to the dark depths of a recession. Paul Lima, Policy Advisor at the Canadian Heritage Information Network, describes how the country has taken a proactive approach to the global downturn.
+ The Internet Archive: Surviving and Thriving
The Internet Archive, a US non-profit organisation, has an extraordinarily ambitious aim: to provide universal access to all human knowledge by building the world’s largest digital public library. Robert Miller, Director of Books, explains how the organisation has not just survived but thrived through economic adversity, whilst defending the ‘non-profit’ ethos.
+ Sharper, smarter, stronger
The museums, libraries and archives sector is facing a rapid and potentially revolutionary overhaul of its funding environment. Katie Pekacar, MLA Policy Adviser: Excellence, Improvement and Innovation, considers strategy, adjustment and the positive, long-term transformation of the sector.
+ It's wiki'd
2010 has seen Wikipedia and the cultural sector come together in a variety of different ways to see how relationships can be built between the two communities. Michelle Pauli finds out more.
+ A Panoramic View of Digital Research
Technology has pushed research in new directions, created new landscapes and has changed how researchers interact with information at their disposal. Richard Boulderstone, Director e-Strategy and Information Systems at the British Library, explains how the Library’s forthcoming Growing Knowledge exhibition will explore the future of digital research.
+ Will the virtual revolution be televised?
Academic, journalist and BBC TV presenter Aleks Krotoski talks to Michelle Pauli about how the internet is changing TV for good, and the ethics of a brand new frontier for research.
"BBC, British Library, JISC, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and National Health Service working together to fully realise the potential of digital content for all users."
A family of resources to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success. Read more »
Recently I have found myself cooing over visualisation maps (and heat maps) of health and well being resources. The content rich data is overlayed with mapping technologies, and some interesting themes and patterns are emerging.
A lot of the talk around social media in the last year has been around information overload. Social media has provided us with new and exciting ways to create content. But it has also meant learning new ways to manage and engage with social media tools. Are we teetering on the edge of an information overload precipice?
Information overload is a figment of your imagination. Or a failure of your filter. Or a symptom of your technological submissiveness. Depends on who you ask.
What if you had to sort through 3.5 million articles and social media posts a day and try to pull out the most relevant items for your organisation? What if you then had to cobble it all together into something readable for your top groups and executives in your organisation?
Alacra Compliance saves time by aggregating information from both free and fee-based sources and enabling users to conduct an accurate federated search across these sources (coined “simultaneous search” by Alacra).
FreePint Family
Quilting big data threads
The fallacy of information overload
Information overload: fact, fantasy or filter failure? 
