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Library News & Notes —

November 6, 2009


Quote of the Week

"The question once was, 'What can a library be?' Today the question is, 'What can a library do?' Formerly it was a question of resources, of number of books, of wealth, of material. Now, it is rather a question of effectiveness, of vitality, of influence in the community."

- Springfield (Mass.) Public Library Director John Cotton Dana, 1898, in Chalmers Hadley, John Cotton Dana: A Sketch (Chicago: ALA, 1943), pp. 40-41. (Source: Judith Seiss)

Internet Sites of the Week

Books/eBooks

E-Readers May Not Solve Publisher Woes Yet


E-readers: To be open or not to be open - that is the question
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)


The Future of Reading
(Source: beSpacific)


Getting the best read on your smartphone
(Source: Library Web)


Kindle for the Academic


Computers and Internet

Bend Your Browser: Customize Firefox 3.6


Combine search, bookmarks and RSS with 43 Marks


Convert Photos To PDF
(Source: Beyond...... The Black Stump)


For Web Search, the Time Is Now
(Source: Library Stuff)


Google Goes Mobile


Google looking to grow in Cambridge's Kendall Square
See also: Google CEO Schmidt: On tech, innovation, Google Wave and Maps Navigation
See also: Google Takes on the World
See also: Google's new revenue stream: books and music
See also: Google providing better view of personal data


The Government Domain: A Handful of Classics
(Source: beSpacific)


Harvard students win mobile app contest


How To Charge Your Laptop
(Source: NYT Technology Journalists)


Listen, watch, read - computers search for meaning


MassTLC honoree Beranek traces a trail of tech and business achievement


More Tech for Older People


Now we know where we stand, and it's about time
See also: GPS Is Destroying Your Brain


Revisiting Google Squared


Seven secrets of a Steve Jobs presentation


Startup lets you pick up dinner with the flip of a phone


Triple Boot Mac OS, XP, and Linux on a Mac


Ultimate jukebox is next step in net music


Where Next for Openness?

See also: State of open source software at 25


Where to Download the Latest Windows 7 Drivers


Windows 7 Pins - Pin and Unpin in Windows 7


Windows 7: What You Should Know About XP Mode


50 Common Mac Problems Solved
(Source: Sharon Hayes)






Science

The Benefits of Investments in Basic Research


Career resilience


Chemistry in Second Life
(Source: Useful Chemistry)


Courting Generation Y


Down But Not Out


Frontiers in Crystalline Matter: From Discovery to Technology


How to Reject a Paper: Advice from a Chain Letter


The importance of stupidity in scientific research (and in writing)
(Source: ccziv)


Industry support of academic life science research may be dropping


License to Wonder


The New Science of Temptation
(Source: Science in the News)


New wrinkle in old approach
Harvard SEAS researchers gain new insights about glass formation


Open Source Science? Or Distributed Science?
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)


Posted Science and Engineering Jobs Continued to Decline in October


Shunning science for higher-paying careers


Stop selling out science to commerce


NEW BOOKS

Received October 31 - November 6, 2009



No new books received this week.


Earlier editions of Library News and Notes are available at http://www.rowland.harvard.edu/resources/library/lnn_archive/index.php