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<title>LISZEN: Trends / Most Popular</title>
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<description>LISZEN: Trends  votes</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:23:29 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Records Wire]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Public_Records_Wire</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Public_Records_Wire</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:23:29 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Current Events</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Public_Records_Wire</guid>
<description><![CDATA[www.publicrecordswire.com : Tag, rate and share public records databases. Keep track of information sources. Tag, review, rate and share the best!  &quot;<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Review of Blogging and Rss: A Librarians Guide]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Review-Blogging-Rss-Librarians-Guide</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Review-Blogging-Rss-Librarians-Guide</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:01:57 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Books</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Review-Blogging-Rss-Librarians-Guide</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A review of Michael Sauers new book called Blogging and Rss: A Librarians Guide.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What are you, an arcade?]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=What_are_you_an_arcade</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=What_are_you_an_arcade</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:36:45 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Public Libraries</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=What_are_you_an_arcade</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One mid-sized Ohio public library's experience with gaming and policy at a busy urban building. Likely unpopular, and against the Library 2.0 grain,<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's not just the OPACs that suck]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Its-not-just-OPACs-that-suck</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Its-not-just-OPACs-that-suck</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:19:55 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Public Libraries</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Its-not-just-OPACs-that-suck</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;If what a library is doing isn't working, maybe it requires a total reinvention.&quot; A critical look at why public libraries need radical changes.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Custom Zen: Enlightened Information Retrieval]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Custom-Zen-Enlightened-Information-Retrieval</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Custom-Zen-Enlightened-Information-Retrieval</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:58:30 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Custom-Zen-Enlightened-Information-Retrieval</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Article on LISZEN and Library Zen.  Touches on LISZEN: Trends and the future plans for LISZEN.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital Native or Digital Immigrant]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Digital-Native-Digital-Immigrant-1</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Digital-Native-Digital-Immigrant-1</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:41:13 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Academic Libraries</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Digital-Native-Digital-Immigrant-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Exploring Ways to Bridge the Generational Divide in the Library&quot; - despite the generalizations inherent in labeling generations, this summary...<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is your OPAC fun?]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Is-your-OPAC-fun-1</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Is-your-OPAC-fun-1</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:33:58 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Is-your-OPAC-fun-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LibraryThing discusses how to make your OPAC fun for the user.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do we want a perfectly filtered world?]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Do-we-want-perfectly-filtered-world-1</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Do-we-want-perfectly-filtered-world-1</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:17:11 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Censorship</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Do-we-want-perfectly-filtered-world-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great article on filtering, with a great analogy:&quot;Swimming pools pose some threat to the safety and well-being of children...&quot;<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Good News. Your Place of Work is Risk-free!]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Good-News-Your-Place-Work-is-Riskfree</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Good-News-Your-Place-Work-is-Riskfree</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:34:04 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>General</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Good-News-Your-Place-Work-is-Riskfree</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Unless we learn to tolerate uncertainty and risk in libraries, we will never be truly successful. Too often, we are paralyzed with inaction by the &quot;<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Ten-Reasons-Librarians-Should-Use-Askcom-Instead-Google</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Ten-Reasons-Librarians-Should-Use-Askcom-Instead-Google</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:38:20 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Ten-Reasons-Librarians-Should-Use-Askcom-Instead-Google</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A good overview of Ask.com's virtues. Comparing the two services is a good opener to discussion of search engines in general.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comparative article of social cataloguing software.]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Comparative-article-social-cataloguing-software-1</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Comparative-article-social-cataloguing-software-1</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:48:36 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Cataloging</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Comparative-article-social-cataloguing-software-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have recently been looking at Social Cataloging Applications, and have previously looked (briefly) at Gurulib, Librarything, and Shelfari. I am now<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Librarians-20-Manifesto</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Librarians-20-Manifesto</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:55:04 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Library 2.0</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Librarians-20-Manifesto</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Take on the Librarian 2.0 Manifesto with this excellent list of values and actions. You, too, can become an active participant in moving your library<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IM Talking Points]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=IM-Talking-Points</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=IM-Talking-Points</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:38:24 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=IM-Talking-Points</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fighting resistance to IM at your library? Use Aaron Schmidt's  talking points to convince coworkers and administration to get aboard the IM-train.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nintendo Wii @ Your Library?]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Nintendo-Wii-Your-Library-1</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Nintendo-Wii-Your-Library-1</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:37:47 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Nintendo-Wii-Your-Library-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bring the Digital Natives into your library with the new Nintendo Wii. $250 is a small price to pay to earn the &quot;wow&quot; factor from every kid that di<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Library Tools Wiki]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Library-Tools-Wiki</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Library-Tools-Wiki</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:26:27 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Library-Tools-Wiki</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new wiki is dedicated to helping information professionals (librarians, MLIS students, and others) learn more about available web technologies.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Books 2006]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Best-Books-2006</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Best-Books-2006</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:26:23 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Books</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Best-Books-2006</guid>
<description><![CDATA[68 of the best titles for 2006 from SLJ.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Networking for Bookworms]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Social-Networking-Bookworms</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Social-Networking-Bookworms</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:21:19 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Cataloging</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Social-Networking-Bookworms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If bookcases are a way to casually display interests dear to the owner, the Internet throws open the doors on reading habits. Social-networking and b<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vote for the title to replace]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Vote--title-to-replace-librarian</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Vote--title-to-replace-librarian</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:14:24 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Humor</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Vote--title-to-replace-librarian</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alex Aiken, a Westminster council official and former policy director for the Tories, expressed to a conference of the Public Library Authoriti<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Librarian As Entrepreneur: A Blueprint For Transforming Our Future]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Librarian-As-Entrepreneur-Blueprint-Transforming-Our-Future</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Librarian-As-Entrepreneur-Blueprint-Transforming-Our-Future</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:36:23 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Employment</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Librarian-As-Entrepreneur-Blueprint-Transforming-Our-Future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I see the 21st Century Librarian as an entrepreneur: an individual who creates new ventures, embraces challenges, and looks to make improvements. An <br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Web resources be the death of the Library?]]></title>
<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Will-Web-resources-be-death--Library</link>
<comments>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Will-Web-resources-be-death--Library</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:32:19 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Will-Web-resources-be-death--Library</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With the prevalence of online resources in today's academic world, students and faculty alike are wondering what's in store for public libraries.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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