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Library News & Notes —
October 5th, 2007


Internet Sites of the Week

Askville
http://askville.amazon.com/

Beyond Bias and Barriers
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hgwise/Images/BBBposter.pdf
(Source: Harvard Gazette)

Cal offers full courses on YouTube - but not for credit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/04/BUJ0SJ9JS.DTL
(Source: LIBLICENSE-L)

He tallies hidden costs of free parking - one space at a time
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0924/p01s10-usgn.html
(Source: SciTechDaily)

iheard
http://www.iheard.com/
(Source: ResearchBuzz)

Libraries strained by Internet use
(Not us, don't worry)
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_25/45079-1.html
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)

Perspectives on U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF235/
(Source: Docuticker)

Rising Journal Costs Limit Scholarly Access
http://web.library.emory.edu/about/publications/journalcosts.html
(Source: beSpacific)

The Sun Rips Off a Comet's Tail
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/01oct_encke.htm?list63201

9Neighbors
http://9neighbors.com/news/ma/cambridge/
(Source: j)


NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received September 29 - October 5, 2007

Title Author/Editor (Publisher, Year) To be Shelved at: Requested by
Four Laws That Drive the Universe Atkins, Peter (Oxford, 2007) QC 311.2 .A85 2007 Requested by M. Burns
Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research   (National Research Council, 2003) RC 337 .G85 2003 Requested by D. Cox
The Laboratory Rat, 2nd ed. Suckow, Mark A. et al , editors (academic, 2006) SF 409 .R38 L34 2006 Requested by D. Cox
Photonic Crystal Fibers Poli, F. et al, editors (Springer, 2007) TK 5103.59 .P457 2007 Requested by F. Vollmer
The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, 6th ed. Paxinos, George and Charles Watson (Academic, 2007) QL 937 .P36 2007 Requested by D. Cox