• Data is at the heart of new science ecosystem – DATA – Research Information
  Article by Rafael: “Offering their content through open APIs, publishers and platform providers can present researchers with application building tools based on more comprehensive content. In fact, publishers and platform providers have an opportunity to serve as the host of the new scientific knowledge ecosystem that is evolving.”
  (tags: elsevier, apis, data, science, scholarlycommunication)

• Hong Kong University First to Use Scopus API for all HKU Authors Across the Institution
  Press release: “Hong Kong University First to Use Scopus API for all HKU Authors Across the Institution
  02-03-2010 – Updating Institutional Repository through API Technology -”
  (tags: scopusapi api ir institutionalrepository hku researcherpages expertprofiling)

• Latest Features (Scopus, new APIs, interface improvements, & journal metrics
  SJR & SNIP jounral metrics introduced to Scopus. APIs for Author Profiles. Improved Cited-By Count integration. Some interface tweaks.
  (tags: scopus release pressrelease)

The videos of the Belgrade lectures are now loaded on the University of Belgrade Library’s YouTube channel.

The second day’s presentation was the more interesting topic and a better presentation overall, so I am going to highlight it first.  A written overview of the highlights, key diagrams, and slides is here and the playlist for the second lecture is embedded below:

The first day’s presentation was titled From Academic Library 2.0 to (Literature) Research 2.0.  A written overview of the highlights, key diagrams, and slides is located here and the playlist is embedded below:

I look forward to any feedback you might have on either presentation.

• Wired Campus: Elsevier Agrees to Let MIT Use Bits of Journal Articles Online – Chronicle.com
  “However, the agreement does not address fair use—it addresses what can be published using the Creative Commons open license that supports our publication.” – Comment to article by Steve Carson of OpenCourseWare.
  (tags: CreativeCommons MIT opencourses opencourseware elsevier)
• Elsevier Library Connect Newsletter: Introduction from Rafael Sidi
  “Figuring out how best to use Web 2.0 technologies to improve and ease our customers’ lives and solve customers’ needs seems harder than identifying such technologies. Helping us get a leg up in that area, helping us decide how and where to use Web 2.
  (tags: library2.0 web2.0 elsevier Libraries libraryconnect)
• Scopus Search API Technology Powers Topcited.com Presenting the Most Cited Articles Across 26 Subject Areas @ SYS-CON Media
  “Scopus Search API Technology Powers Topcited.com Presenting the Most Cited Articles Across 26 Subject Areas”
  (tags: elsevier scopus API apis)

• Social Graph API – Google Code

  XFN, FOAF – “With the Social Graph API, developers can now utilize public connections their users have already created in other web services. It makes information about public connections between people easily available and useful.”

  (tags: xfn foaf api social_networks socialnetworks socialgraph)

• What font says ‘Change’? – The Boston Globe

  “TYPOGRAPHY CAN subtly or boldly define a company, product, or person… The logos of the presidential candidates are no exception.”

  (tags: branding design politics)

• Building Blocks for Portable Social Networks

  A great summary of the standards currently available (OpenID, various microformats, API’s) that could be used to create portable social networks.

  (tags: openid xfn microformats social_networks socialnetworks apis)

• National Archives Partners With CreateSpace and Amazon to Digitize Movies

  CreateSpace is entering the POD marketplace, so I would like to take this time to point out that Lulu’s api offers great opportunities for libraries and archives to sell already digitized content.

  (tags: apis lulu nara)

Related posts on portable social networks:

• BarCampRDU,Part 3, Social networking, Social browsing, and Microformats
• Faceted Friending: Using Tags to Increase Relevancy in Social Networks

Related posts on creative uses of the Lulu api:

• http://mchabib.com/2007/07/19/links-for-2007-07-19/
• http://mchabib.com/2007/07/28/links-for-2007-07-28/

• Mises Economics Blog: Mises Institute Print on Demand
  A libertarian institute offering dozens of out of print books for sale through Lulu. This is just how academia and libraries should be embracing print on demand technology.
  (tags: libertarian POD printondemand lulu publishing)
• Mises Institute Print on Demand’s Storefront – Lulu.com
  The list of books they are publishing. Worth noting, is that it kind of makes sense that libertarians are the ones who thought to embrace a free and open marketplace like Lulu. Librarians as supporters of free and open marketplaces of ideas should take note.
  (tags: libertarian POD printondemand lulu publishing intellectualfreedom democracy capitalism)
• Talis Platform news
  “Welcome to the first issue of Talis Platform News, a new way for you to find out how we are continuing to develop the Talis Platform, and to share your own stories on putting it to use in powering the Web applications that matter to you.”
  (tags: talis)
• Submitting Written Testimony: Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (Library of Congress)
  “The Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control wants to know the viewpoints of all parties interested in this topic… written testimony will be accepted by the Working Group until July 31st, 2007.”
  (tags: loc cataloging metadata)
• Martha Yee’s Written Testimony to the LC Working Group
  Highly recommended. I think a lot of Web 2.0 types in the profession argue for much the same, only expanded to include contributions from our patrons.
  (tags: folksonomy Folksonomies cataloging facets LOC ucla)

• The Society for Preservation of Hebrew Books & HebrewBooks.org (about page)

  This non-profit has a mission to preserve all Torah Seforim ever printed. So far they have 11,000 classical Hebrew books available for download.

  (tags: lulu printondemand publishing preservation hebrew)

• PublishYourSefer.com – About Our Reprints Program

  This company partners with HebrewBooks.org and Lulu.com (disclosure: I am an employee of Lulu) to offer on-demand reprinting for over 12,000 books. Wow! How is this done?…

  (tags: publishing printondemand lulu hebrew apis preservation)

• Lulu Web Services (Lulu API)

  This is accomplished through the Lulu api, which “allows partners and outside developers to programmatically publish books.” Given that Lulu authors maintain full ownership of their books, why can’t libraries offer on-demand reprints of digitized books?

  (tags: books lulu publishing apis libraries preservation)

• JudaicaOnDemand.com – Judaica and seforim print on demand services for libraries, bookstores, publishers and others

  PublishYourSefer’s sister site, They offer consulting and services for digitizing collections, using print on demand to “monetize” collections, Also have periodicals and books for purchase.

  (tags: hebrew publishing digitization preservation printondemand lulu)

• [CODE4LIB] Using OpenID in libraries

  A discussion. (Thanks Jay)

  (tags: openid claimid lj code4lib identity identity20 toread)