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Library News & Notes —
June 13, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

America's Energy Future
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/energy/

Among Scientific Treasures, a Gem
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/science(Shortened url)


Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes -- Gasp! -- Wiki
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article(Shortened url)
(Source: PAMNET)

A Flashy Facebook Page, at a Cost to Privacy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article(Shortened url)
See also:Educause Survey Shows Students Watch Their Privacy on Facebook
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3086/(Shortened url)


The future of e-paper: The Kindle is only the beginning http://www.computerworld.com/action/article(Shortened url)
(Source: Library Web)

Google News from a better world
http://www.fugue.com/pics/goodnews.html
(Source: Boing Boing)

Harvard Psychiatrists Underreported Earnings From Drug Companies, Investigators Say
http://chronicle.com/news/article/4638/(Shortened url)
See also:3 psychiatrists accused of missteps face inquiry http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles(Shortened url)
(Source: Harvard in the News)

Harvard's $35-Billion: Misunderstood?
http://chronicle.com/news/index(Shortened url)


How a Cardiff computer could solve the mystery of the universe
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/(Shortened url)
(Source: IEEE)

How the Web Was Won
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/(Shortened url)
(Source: ResourceShelf)

How to Block Cellphone Spam
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008(Shortened url)


Is Google Making Us Stupid?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
(Source: Chronicle of Higher Education)

Key differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs(Shortened url)
(Source: Library Web)

Libraries unleashed
http://education.guardian.co.uk/librariesunleashed/0,,2274706,00.html
(Source: Law Librarian Blog)

Longfellow Bridge to close for July 4
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/(Shortened url)


NIH Director Announces Enhancements to Peer Review
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2008/od-06.htm
(Source: PAMNET)

The Opening of Science and Scholarship
http://publius.cc/2008/06/04/peter-suber-the-opening-of-science-and-scholarship/
(Source: Open Access News)

Putting Academic Fair Use to the Test
http://www.infotoday.com/IT/jun08/Pike.shtml
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Researchers Discover Details Smaller Than Minutiae
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/80952


ResearchGATE
"a global and powerful scientific web-based environment,
in which scientists can interact, exchange knowledge and
collaborate with researchers of different fields."
https://www.researchgate.net
(Source: PAMNET)

Squeezing the most out of a gallon http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation(Shortened url)


Twing "search and discover communities"
http://www.twing.com
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Unbound
"Publishers worry as new technologies transform their industry"
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11504752
(Source: Open Access News)

U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG674/
(Source: Chronicle of Higher Education)
See also:Despite Recent Obits, U.S. Science and Engineering Remain Robust
http://chronicle.com/temp/(Shortened url)


Who Will Rule The New Internet?
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1811814,00.html
(Source: Law Librarian Blog)

 

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