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11/30/2018

Hey. Check out Amy Affelt's new column that's on the EContent website.

Will a Robot Take Your Job?' has become a ubiquitous headline in the news in recent months. It seems that no profession is safe. Content creators are not immune.

11/10/2016

Excellent review of Tom Reamy's "Deep Text" in Kirkus Reviews. Check it out: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tom-reamy/deep-text/

A treasure trove of technical detail, likely to become a definitive source on text analytics.

11/04/2016

How Can You Reach Non-Users?

If you find out why people don’t visit the library, you’re sure to identify improvements that will increase usage.

11/02/2016

This is very cool! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/subscription-box-black-authors_us_5819f680e4b0a76e174c276a?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000047

10/17/2016

Tom Hogan Sr. opened the conference and said that 17 Internet Librarian conferences have been in Monterey. Just under 600 people have pre-registered, from 43 states and 15 countries outside the U.S. A large number of people are attending their first conference; there are 126 speakers at the conference. Approximately 12 companies are exhibiting.

Welcome to the blog for Internet Librarian 2016! It's hard to believe but this is the 20th Internet Librarian conference. Where does the time go?

06/30/2016

U.S. Government Agrees to Hands-Off Internet Governance Proposal. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/US-Government-Accepts-IANA-Transition-Proposal-111998.asp

The U.S. government took a major step toward getting out of the internet oversight business on June 9, 2016, when the U.S. Department of Commerce approved a proposal by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to assume the operation and oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers…

06/23/2016

Preorders are now open for Editing Research.

Valerie Matarese documents the history of author editing and illustrates the varied ways in which these language professionals support researchers.

04/26/2016

In February 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Carla D. Hayden, CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, for the open Librarian of Congress position--which has been temporarily filled by David S. Mao after James H. Billington retired in September 2015. ... The first step to confirming H…

04/18/2016

We're giving away a sample chapter of Theresa Cramer's new book, Inside Content Marketing. Go go over to the Econtent website to download the chapter. http://www.econtentmag.com/Books/Inside-Content-Marketing.aspx

In this book, Cramer's savvy guidance demystifies the discipline and presents tactics and strategies that are working today. She offers definitions and background, highlights minefields and misfires, and describes exciting new roles and opportunities for marketers, publishers, and journalists.