FreeLargePhotos.com is a website that matches its name.  It is a collection of photos greater than 4MP that are free for use with attribution, except for selling products or promoting businesses or organizations.

If you are a photographer, note that they are looking for photographic contributions.

Of additional note:  it seems the person behind the site is none other than Roy Tenant.  Good work and a great collection of photographs, Roy!

found via ResourceShelf

Roy Tenant, formerly of the California Digital Library has been working for OCLC’s RLG Programs division for the past few weeks, and has posted his impressions on the hangingtogether blog.  It is well worth reading, and especially to note that he is practically bursting at the seams about something happening with OCLC before the end of this year.

Roy Tenant has posted an Open Letter to ILS Vendors. He makes his case wonderfully.

I suspect that we shall see an exodus away from the big vendors, and towards the open source solutions. The momentum is beginning to build; it will only take

1. the ability to pick and choose features for your installation, and
2. ease of installation and maintenance,

to really get the ball rolling. And I can see those changes coming….

(this post should have been up a few days ago… busy, busy, backson!)