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Library News & Notes —
July 31, 2009

Internet Sites of the Week

Amazon's troubling reach
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ulin28-2009jul28,0,2451238.story
(Source: Lisa Moricoli-Latham)

A break from the bench
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v460/n7255/full/460574a.html

Catch Phrases That May Tip You Off to a Lie
http://bit.ly/NtXIB
(Source: Beyond the Black Stump)

CDC Health Information for International Travel
http://bit.ly/GibZR
(Source: DocuTicker)

GAO puts Postal Service on 'high-risk' list
http://bit.ly/51Zs7

Google Books causes concern among librarians, authors
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/07/24/google_books_causes_concern_among_librarians_authors/
(Source: Tom Bruno)

Google or PubMed: When to Use What
http://sladenlibrarynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-or-pubmed-when-to-use-what.html
(Source: xuemei)

The Hidden Risks of Cloud Computing
http://bit.ly/U3P0N

How to Bypass Stupid Voicemail Instructions
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/how-to-bypass-stupid-voicemail-instructions/
(Source: David Pogue)

How Your Grant Proposal Compares
http://bit.ly/Ga94Q

A Look at Who Naps
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/us/30nap.html?emc=eta1
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)

mashthebook
http://www.mashthebook.com/
(Source: iBraryGuy)

Mentor Yourself
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/29/hurst

Microsoft, Yahoo! agree on Internet search partnership
http://bit.ly/EOORE

Nailed 'Em - Library Crime
http://lisnews.org/colbert_report_nailed_em_library_crime

A New Page
"Can the Kindle really improve on the book?"
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/03/090803fa_fact_baker?currentPage=all
(Source: Boing Boing)

The News About the Internet
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22960

NIH Refers to "Wikipedians" For Help: Scientists Learn Online Etiquette
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072701912.html
(Source: Matthew Fraser)

Old Media, New Media and Where the Rubber Meets the Road
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/07/old-media-new-media-and-where.html

Reasons Why Wi-Fi Network Connections Drop
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/tp/connectiondrop.htm
See also: 8 Tips to Effectively Boost Your Wireless Router Signal
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-tips-to-boost-the-signal-from-your-wireless-router/
(Source: Internet Legal Research Weekly)

Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/harvard200908

Six Things Libraries Should Tweet
http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/07/27/six-things-libraries-should-tweet/
(Source: Englib)
See also: How Your Library May Not Be Using Twitter But Should
http://www.kellyd.com/2009/07/29/how-your-library-may-not-be-using-twitter-but-should/
(Source: LISNews)

Should Copyright of Academic Works Be Abolished?
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Copyright%207-17HLS-2009.pdf
(Source: LISNews)

Supporting Libraries In a Challenging Economy
http://bit.ly/EfFob
(Source: LIBLICENSE-L)

Top 10 Thinking Traps Exposed
http://ff.im/-5Qlpi
(Source: Bill Romanos)

The Trouble With Twitter
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Trouble-With-Twitter/47443/?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Was Moore's Law Inevitable?
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/07/was_moores_law.php
(Source: Techdirt)

25 Predictions for the University of the Future
http://bit.ly/QJ7mM
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
http://www.cio.com/article/496708/The_Greatest_Gadgets_of_the(Shortened url)
(Source: Stephen's Lighthouse)

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Received July 25 - July 31, 2009