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Library News & Notes —
October 17, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

At MIT, chic nudges geek
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/(Shortened url)
(Source: Inside Higher Ed)

Darwin's Famous Journey Is Recreated in Second Life
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3396/(Shortened url)

An Elephant Backs Up Google’s Library
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/(Shortened url)
See also:
Mass book digitization:
the deeper story of Google Books and the Open Content Alliance
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs(Shortened url)
(Source: Open Access News)

Expert Village
http://www.expertvillage.com
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

The Frugal Teenager, Ready or Not
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/fashion/sundaystyles/(Shortened url)
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)

In Defense of Piracy
http://online.wsj.com/article/(Shortened url)
(Source: Law Librarian Blog)

Internet for Image Searching
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial(Shortened url)
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Internet use 'good for the brain'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/(Shortened url)

Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
http://www.oaspa.org
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Optimize Your Web Connection
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/(Shortened url)

Web Based Software Page
http://protopage.com/websoft#/Applications(Shortened url)
(Source: Librarian of Fortune)

10 American Financial Meltdowns in the Past Century
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/08/(Shortened url)
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

 

NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

No new books received October 11 -17, 2008