What do Small World Networks and Kevin Bacon have in Common?

In a strange case of seredipity, while I was reading Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky I saw a fascinating documentary that used the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game to explain Small World networks. Shirky devoted a chapter of his book to networks (particularly how network theory helps explain social networks). It fascinated me and prompted a post called Six Degrees Makes for a Small World on the RISG blog.

Here Comes Everybody...

Clay Shirky's book, Here Comes Everybody, is a fascinating look at the way Web 2.0 and social networking is touching every aspect of society. I found it highly thought-provoking and encourage anyone who's interested in this stuff to have a read.

I talked about a couple of things that struck me from the book on the RISG blog. Here's one...

Beth Jefferson, Bibliocommons and the Next Generation Catalogue

This interview with Beth Jefferson, Founder of Bibliocommons, inspired a post on the RISG blog about the future of library web sites and catalogues. Go on, read it...