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Rowland Institute at Harvard
Library News & Notes —
October 24, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

ALPSP: Journal Market Evolving, Content Surging
http://www.libraryjournal.com/ Shortened url
(Source: PAMNET)

At Frankfurt, Many Say Digital Will Take Over Print Books by 2018
http://www.libraryjournal.com/ Shortened url
(Source: PAMNET)

Bank Data & Statistics,
"Use searchable databases to find information on specific banks,
their branches, and the industry."
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/
(Source: Internet Resources Newsletter)

Banking crisis timeline
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/ Shortened url
(Source: beSpacific)

Banks Mine Data and Woo Troubled Borrowers
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22 Shortened url

Chasing the long tail
"Arie Jongejan, chief executive officer, and Thomas Snyder,
chief commercial officer, of Swets talk about how scholarly
information needs are changing."
http://www.researchinformation.info/ Shortened url
(Source: Internet Resources Newsletter)

Cool Tools to Save on Shipping
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ Shortened url

Designing Effective Posters
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/ Shortened url
(Source: PAMNET)

Dot What!? "The net's #1 file extension website"
http://dotwhat.net
(Source: Internet Resources Newsletter)

HathiTrust: A Digital Repository for Libraries, by Libraries
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/ Shortened url
(Source: Open Access News)

How to limit a search by date
http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/ Shortened url
(Source: Library Web)

Internet, Cellphones May Strengthen Family Unit, Study Finds
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ Shortened url

Measuring the Impact of Research: What do we know? (Part I)
http://28784.vws.magma.ca/other_documents/ Shortened url
(Source: American Scientist Open Access Forum)

Moving the Earth: a planetary survival guide
http://space.newscientist.com/ Shortened url

A Robot Network Seeks to Enlist Your Computer
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/technology/ Shortened url

Social Networking Grows Up
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/ Shortened url

Tech Terms to Avoid
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/10/16/ Shortened url
(Source: Librarian of Fortune)

Ten innovations inspired by nature
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Shortened url
(Source: Science in the News)

Tooling Up: Enhance Your Job Search Online
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/ Shortened url

weaselwords
http://www.weaselwords.com.au/index3.htm
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)

A Whimsical Riff on the Bookmobile
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/ Shortened url
(Source: SLADSOL)

Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth
http://www.technologyreview.com/ Shortened url
(Source: Library Juice)

Workers delay retirement
http://www.bizjournals.com/business_resources/ Shortened url

The 18 Things You Need for Your Computer
http://www.slate.com/ Shortened url

 

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