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Library News & Notes —
August 22, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

ARL Report Wants to Help Authors Deal With Embargo Policies
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3250/(Shortened url)


At Least the Airsickness Bags Are Free
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/business/(Shortened url)
(Source: Techdirt)


Citation Statistics
A report by the International Mathematical Union
http://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/IMU/Report/(Shortened url)
(Source: Donna Coletti via PAMNET)


Digital Designers Rediscover Their Hands
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/technology/(Shortened url)
(Source: Techdirt)


Digitizing Old Text and Fighting Spam, Too
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/(Shortened url)


eBay insect fossil is new species
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7572052.stm
(Source: Science in the News)


For some Harvard professors, the blogosphere is new terrain
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/(Shortened url)


Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Institutions and the Labor Force
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/97-746.pdf
(Source: Docuticker)


Gadgets
A collection of articles from Discover magazine
http://discovermagazine.com/topics/technology/gadgets
(Source: Librarian's Internet Index)


H2O Project
http://h2oproject.law.harvard.edu/index.html
(Source: Scripting News)


Intel, Yahoo in deal to bring Internet to television
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle(Shortened url)


Librarians in Virtual Worlds: Why Get a Second Life?
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/(Shortened url)
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)


Noisy row breaks out in libraries over fines
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/15(Shortened url)
(Source: Library Web)


Out in the open: Some scientists sharing results
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/(Shortened url)


A Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying
http://familyinternet.about.com/od/computingsafetyprivacy(Shortened url)


Photosynth
http://photosynth.net/Default.aspx
See also:
Must See! Microsoft's Photosynth Makes Photos a 3D Experience
http://www.pcworld.com/article/150100/must_see(Shortened url)
(Source: Google Sci/Tech)


PubMed Now Indexes Videos of Experiments
and Protocols in Life Sciences
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3260/pubmed(Shortened url)


Set Up a Home Server
http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Set_Up_a_Home_Server


Sky-high gas prices can't keep people from behind the wheel
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/08/18(Shortened url)


Technology Tools for Information Management
http://www.llrx.com/features/technologytools.htm
(Source: beSpacific)


Technology's Toll on Privacy and Security
http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=privacy
(Source: Science in the News)


They Teach Happiness at Harvard
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2008/(Shortened url)
(Source: Harvard in the News)


Travel Scams to Avoid
http://www.forbestraveler.com/luxury/travel-scams-story(Shortened url)
(Source: Boing Boing)


US Internet speeds still slow compared to the rest of the world
http://www.betanews.com/article/US_Internet_speeds(Shortened url)
(Source: Google Sci/Tech)


20 Best Websites to Download Free EBooks
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites(Shortened url)
See also:
80 Online Resources for Book Lovers
http://www.kevinbondelli.com/2008/03/15/80-online(Shortened url)
(Source: Library Web)

 

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