Research Infrastructure
Library and Information Center
Rowland Institute at Harvard
Library News & Notes —
June 26, 2009
Internet Sites of the Week
Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy
(Shortened url)
Ask.com and Ask Jeeves launch database of 300 million answers and questions
Be Selfish, Promote Service
(Source: OPL Plus)
See also: Information Services Add Value: Measuring and Proving It
The Best Way to Change a Corporate Culture
Better, Less Stressful Meetings with the Web
The Big Shift: Measuring the forces of deep change
(Source: Kathleen Gilroy)
Bridging the DiGital Divide: Custom Search Engines Put You in Control
(Source: Law Librarian Blog)
Data publication: towards a database of everything
DiRT - Digital Research Tools Wiki
(Source: Debra Kolah)
DNA Sudoku: Logic Of 'Sudoku' Math Puzzle Used To Vastly Enhance Genome-sequencing Capability
(Source: sciencebase)
Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain
Dozens protest Harvard layoffs
See also: Staff, Activists Protest Layoffs
See also: Staffers Vehemently Criticize Job Cuts
See also: Harvard workers stunned by layoffs
(Source: Harvard in the News)
See also: In Hard Times, Colleges Search for Ways to Trim the Faculty
E-Books: Understanding the Basics
(Source: Eloy Rodrigues)
See also: Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple
(Source: Rebecca Skloot)
Effectively Influencing Decision-Makers
(Sources: Bill Romanos; Stephen's Lighthouse)
Elsevier Won't Pay for Praise
(Source: PAMNET)
An E-Z Pass Model for Web Content
See also: Finding a fair price for free knowledge
Federal Research Public Access Act
(Source: Jennifer McLennan)
Finding Videos, Audio and Images on the Web: Search Tools
Four Must-Haves for Convincing Communication
A free TV site that beats Hulu, Veoh
(Source: ResearchBuzz)
Future Knowledge Ecosystems: The Next Twenty Years of Technology-Led Economic Development
Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet - and Keep Google Out
(Source: Ellyssa Kroski)
See also: How to Avoid Facebook and Twitter Disasters
See also: Planet Facebook: Is social-networking site a phenomenon or a fad?
Is This a Good Idea?: Downloading Data Directly Into Your Brain?
(Source: sciencegoddess)
JACS Journal Club
Language may be key to theory of mind
Libraries may go private
(Source: LISNews)
A Literary Legend Fights for a Local Library
(Source: Tim O'Reilly)
M-Libraries: Information on the Move
(Sources: kowalskibob; Gerry McKiernan)
See also: arcadia@cambridge: rethinking the role of the research library in a digital age
(Source: Vicki Owen)
A Matter of Style
On article-level metrics and other animals
(Source: ResearchBlogs)
Phone and Computer Etiquette
Potential Employee Uprising Quelled With Free Pizza
The Rating Game
Science journalism: Breaking the convention?
"Blogs and Twitter are opening up meetings to those not actually there.
Does that mean too much access to science in the raw, asks Geoff Brumfiel."
See How Far Your Salary Goes in Another City
Smarter phone calls for your smart phones
See also: Cell Phones That Listen and Learn
See also: Apple iPhone upgrade delivers opportunity for app developers
(Shortened url)
Somerville startup shares teachers' lesson plans
Speed Networking for Scientists
Spezify
"Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways."
(Source: pulseproject)
Tapping Massachusetts' STEM education potential
Tara Brabazon: Committed to fighting and thinking
"I am worried about the invisibility of librarians in our contemporary universities."
(Source: Nicole Hennig)
The Third Chapter
"A good chunk of the more than 75 million people - about a quarter of the U.S. population - between the ages of 50 and 75 are living longer and living healthier. And many are not ready just yet to fade away on the couch: They are learning new skills, going back to school, and, very often, finding ways to add value to society."
(Source: HarvardResearch)
Translation resources on the Web: A guide to accurate, free sites
(Source: ResourceShelf)
The Troubled Asset Relief Program: Report on Transactions Through June 17, 2009
(Source: beSpacific)
See also: The Science of Economic Bubbles and Busts
US Copyright Law, King Lear, and Jammie Thomas-Rasset
(Source: Techdirt)
Which Twitter Desktop App Is Most Usable?
(Source: ErikJHeels)
See also: 7 'Secret' Ways to Use Twitter Search
(Source: BaranLLC)
See also: Twitter Creator On Iran: 'I Never Intended For Twitter To Be Useful'
(Shortened url)
See also: Twitter search sites: The three best, and all the rest
See also: Twitter software applications prone to crashes, tests show
(Source: Boston Business Journal)
See also: Libraries tap into Twitter
(Source: Phil Bradley)
See also: 'Twitterature': Tweeting Classics on the Web
See also: Headline Blogging: Elevating the Twitter Conversation
See also: Twitter in 1935
(Source: Boing Boing)
See also: Tweeting for profit
See also: twitter and Science presentation from the 140 Characters Conference
(Source: sciencegoddess)
See also: Twitter as Publishing
See also: The Ultimate List of Twitter Tools
(Source: Bill Romanos)
Why free web services aren't really free
(Source: digg)
Why the PC matters
You May Be Hiding the Secret to Your Success
See also: How to Identify Your Employees' Hidden Talents
11 Tips to Help Boys Find the Right Books
(Source: Library Web)
50 Excellent Open Courses for Techie Librarians
(Source: Shamsha Damani)
100 Incredible Lectures from the World's Top Scientists
(Shortened url)
(Source: LabSpaces)
100 Tips, Tools and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media
(Shortened url)
(Source: Ellyssa Kroski)
NEW BOOKS
Received June 20 - June 26, 2009
| Title |
Author/Editor |
(Publisher, Year) |
To be Shelved at: |
Requested by |
| Mathematica Navigator, 3rd ed. |
Ruskeepaa, Heikki |
(Academic Press, 2009) |
QA 76.95 .R87 2009 |
M. Burns |
| Presentation Zen |
Reynolds, Garr |
(New Riders, 2008) |
HF 5718.22 .R49 2008 |
Library Staff |
| 
