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Library News & Notes —
September 4, 2009

Internet Sites of the Week

After the Transistor, a Leap Into the Microcosm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/science/01trans.html
(Source: Science in the News)

At 40, the Internet still reshaping history
http://bit.ly/abgpl
See also: At 40, Internet grows stodgier
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/technology/story/1668729.html
(Source: Science in the News)

The Best Ideas are Free
http://www.abhishek-tiwari.com/2009/09/best-ideas-are-free.html
(Source: Andrew Spong)

Budget Planning: Some Things Have Changed
Harvard College Library
http://hcl.harvard.edu/about_hcl/admin_svcs/hcl_info/budget_planning.cfm
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

C-TASC Launches Online Database to Make Gene Data More Accessible to Researchers
http://www.genomeweb.com/dxpgx/c-tasc-launches-online-database(Shortened url)
(Source: ResourceShelf)

The case for open-access chemical biology
http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v10/n9/full/embor2009193.html

Clive Thompson on the new literacy
http://bit.ly/25Vl4
(Source: Eric Rumsey)

Collecta for realtime search
http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2009/08/collecta-for-realtime-search.html

Connections the key to overcoming shame, says researcher
http://www.physorg.com/news171129043.html

Conspiracy Theorist Convinces Neil Armstrong Moon Landing Was Faked
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/conspiracy_theorist_convinces_neil
See also: One giant slip in Bangladesh news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8237558.stm
(Source: jayhawkbabe)

A Data Deluge Swamps Science Historians
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125139942345664387.html
(Source: Joe Kraus)

The evolution of scientific impact
http://bit.ly/1jvBv
(Source: Next Generation Science)

Facebook: the Next Great Vetting Tool?
http://www.infotoday.com/IT/sep09/Greenwood.shtml
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)
See also: Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids
http://ff.im/-7tPsG
(Source: Matthew Fraser)

FAS Makes Limited Progress in Cuts
http://bit.ly/Rm3KP

Find the Name of That Song
http://bit.ly/7tptT
(Source: Beyond the Black Stump)

For Best Results, Take the Sting Out of Criticism
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/business/29shortcuts.html
(Source: Harvard in the News)

The future of libraries, with or without books
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/04/future.library.technology/index.html?
(Source: ResourceShelf)
See also: Welcome to the library. Say goodbye to the books
http://bit.ly/Rtz6B
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)
See also: Freak Out, Geek Out, or Seek Out: Emerging Trends, Transformations and Change in Libraries
http://bit.ly/2B3oR4
(Source: Xuemei)
See also: Returning the Researcher to the Library: Understanding the Next Gen user
http://www.libraryjournal.com/webcastsDetail/2140374033.html
(Source: Current Cites)

Harvard's DASH for open access
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/08/harvards-dash/
See also: A look at the scholarship of Harvard's famous professor Andrew Knoll (comparing DASH and Google Scholar)
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5918219/
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)

Help Me Investigate
http://www.helpmeinvestigate.com/
(Source: O'Reilly Radar)

Holy cow! Bovine to visit Harvard Yard
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/08/30/(Shortened url)

How to Travel on a Very Limited Budget
http://bit.ly/W7U4P
(Source: Beyond the Black Stump)

Illuminating physics for students
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/40214
(Source: materion)

Is this meeting really worth it?
http://isthismeetingreallyworthit.com/
(Source: David L. Rothman)

The Journalist's Guide to YouTube
http://bit.ly/sBZqf
(Source: Beyond the Black Stump)

Library Dominoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwihz7iZlx0
(Source: sciencegoddess)

Medical grants a boon for Mass.
http://bit.ly/w7PMI
(Source: Harvard in the News)

Miro Makes It Easier to Download and Enjoy Web Video
http://bit.ly/WWNCw

National Academies Communications Fair 2009
Podcasts on communicating science
http://www.nap.edu/commfair.html

The Nature & Science of Autumn: A Guide to Selected Resources
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/autumn.html
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

New journal models and publishing perspectives in the digital environment
http://eprints.rclis.org/16741/
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)

New Software Program Poses Threat to PACER
http://www.masslawyersweekly.com/index.cfm/archive/view/id/450840
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)

No parking? Librarians will deliver to your car
http://bit.ly/dSg4Q
(Source: libraryfuture)

Not every cloud has a silver lining
http://bit.ly/3PUW2T
(Source: guardiantech)

On Hiring: Writing the Ad
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Writing-the-Ad/7823/(Shortened url)
See also: HR by Twitter
http://bit.ly/i5fOA

Online restaurant reviews: a web of deceit?
http://ff.im/-7wWDW
(Source: Matthew Fraser)

Open access and the future of scholarly communication: dissemination, prestige, and impact
http://apo.org.au/audio/open-access-and-future(Shortened url)
(Source: Andrew Spong)

OurTube
"Open video" could beget the next great wave in web innovation--if it gets off the ground)
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/23173/page1/
(Source: David Weinberger)

Peer review and its alternatives
http://ow.ly/nwQd
(Source: Bonnie Swoger)

Positioning Information Professionals for the Future
http://tinyurl.com/kqsqsr
(Source: Jill Hurst-Wahl)

Press Roundup: UC Berkeley Conference Regarding Google Book Search Settlement
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/08/28/press-round-up-uc(Shortened url)
See also: Google Book Search? Try Google Library
http://bit.ly/YumCW
(Source: Library Web)
See also: How Google Is Leveraging Our Culture
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/28/copyright-books-settlement-intelligent-technology-google.html
(Source: Library Web)
See also: Google's Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars
http://bit.ly/L6CPb
See also: Google Books: A Metadata Train Wreck
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1701
(Source: Margaret Smith)
See also: Google, "the Last Library", and Millions of Metadata Mistakes
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6687562.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=1427993535
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)
See also: Library Groups Step Up Criticism of Google Book Settlement; Some Academic institutions Support It
http://bit.ly/1lckeB
(Source: Digital Koans)
See also: As Google Settlement Hits Home Stretch, Libraries Push for Changes
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6685906.html
(Source: ALA_TechSource)
See also: A spirited defense of the Google Book Search settlement
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23506
(Source: Digital Koans)
See also: Google to Draw Up New Privacy Policy for Books
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdFC6FPR3nJfAKfpAUEEsmkZjqWAD9AG3KF04
(Source: ResearchBuzz)
See also: Keeping Google out of libraries
http://bit.ly/ZVo9c
(Source: Phil Bradley)

The Race to Be an Early Adopter of Technologies Goes Mainstream
http://bit.ly/YCJjh
(Source: Jill Hurst-Wahl)

The Rise of the Data Web
http://bit.ly/3WOtGs
(Source: Tim O'Reilly)

Science Books Online
http://bit.ly/ESCcw
(Source: Marcus Zillman)

Seventeen tips for coping with a medical catastrophe
http://bit.ly/c1hu3

Should I Buy a Netbook Over a Laptop PC?
http://compreviews.about.com/od/buyers/f/NetbookvsLaptop.htm

Some Thoughts on Building a Successful Friendship
http://bit.ly/3lkjJA
(Source: Beyond the Black Stump)

Ten ancient Greek tips for coping with our high-tech world
http://bit.ly/2TY5IZ
(Source: Matthew Fraser)

Texas Attorney General Orders "Big Deal" Bundle Contracts Released
http://bit.ly/sbF3W
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)

They're Back, and They're Bad: Campus-Gossip Web Sites
http://bit.ly/5j5xy

Three Twitter Searches You Didn't Think Were Possible
http://www.twitip.com/three-twitter-searches-you-didnt-think-were-possible/
(Source: Xuemei)
See also: Twitter is the New RSS
http://bit.ly/sH4bF
(Source: Roy Tennant)
See also: Scholarly Communications Must Be Syndicated
http://www.academicevolution.com/2009/08/scholarly-communications-must-transform-4.html
(Source: Andrew Spong)

Tiny Librarian is Hell on Wheels
http://tinyurl.com/luea79
(Source: desertlibrarian)

Top 10 Most Usable Content Management Systems
http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/top-10-most-usable-content-management-systems/
(Source: Ellyssa Kroski)

Waiting game
"Visa problems continue to frustrate scientists seeking entry to the United States"
http://bit.ly/BXSz1

What technology tells us about society
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10320382-16.html

The Wikipedia Revolution
http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20090401lih
(Source: ResourceShelf)
See also: Wikipedia Looks Hard at Its Culture
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/business/media/31link.html
See also: Women and Wikipedia Don't Mix
http://bit.ly/1a6ihH
(Source: Ardis Francoeur)

Women in Science: Past, Present and Future
http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

8 Things an Airline Would Never Tell You
http://bit.ly/nE2dZ
(Source: Beyond the Balck Stump)

10 Awesome Websites That Help You Discover the Best Web Apps
http://bit.ly/HeITg
(Source: zenhabits)

10 Things to Look For in an e-Reader
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=997
(Source: Eric Rumsey)

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Received August 29 - September 4, 2009