Vast Active Library and Information Science blog. From a recent library science graduate in Wellington, New Zealand. A focus on reference and current awareness tools and issues, especially free, web-based resources.

 
I have no time to comment on this, so I'm just posting the links. There's a lot of good reading here:

• Department of Justice asks Google for search records (SiliconValley.com via BoingBoing)
• DRM primer for librarians (link goes to BoingBoing article (thanks for the compliments Cory); the primer is on the ALA website)
• Recruiters now looking at MySpace, other social network, profiles (Techdirt)
• Jeffrey Zeldman is sick of the Web 2.0 hype (A List Apart, commentary on Slashdot)
• Cops organise video games against troublesome kids; crime drops (BoingBoing) [Police 2.0?]
• Top tech trends of 2006 (Mercury News, via NEKLS Technology Weblog)
• Men and women online (Pew, via NEKLS again)
• On the L2 train (Michael Stephens talks to John Blyberg)
• The Web 2.0 crash is coming, says Steve Rubel (Micropersuasion)
• Will RSS revolutionise email newsletters? (ditto)

I am off to Auckland for the Big Day Out, which this year features one of the greatest bands of all time - the Stooges! The lineup (White Stripes, Franz Ferdinand, Fat Freddy's Drop, Magic Numbers, Kings of Leon, 2 Many DJ's, etc) would be good anyway. With the Stooges, it's amazing. I'm so excited!

| posted by Simon at 7:14 pm