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Library News & Notes —
November 7, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

The dangers of Internet censorship
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/ (Shortened url)
(Source: Harvard in the News)

Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH)
http://dash.harvard.edu
(Source: Open Access News)

Edit Wikipedia
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/(Shortened url)


Five Useless Gadgets
You Should Throw in the Trash Right Now

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/(Shortened url)


From the Library to the Laboratory:
a New Future for the Science Librarian?

http://net.educause.edu/ (Shortened url)
(Source: Gosia Stergios)

The Google Book Search Settlemen:
'The Devil's in the Details'

http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/(Shortened url)


Getting the roles of blogs and journals straight
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/(Shortened url)


Handle This Book!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/education/ (Shortened url)
(Source: Harvard in the News)

Harvard Law Professor Takes New Tack Against RIAA
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/(Shortened url)


How the Semantic Web Will Change Information Management:
Three Predictions

http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/(Shortened url)


How to Use the New Google Web Search RSS Feeds
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/(Shortened url)


The Incredible Vanishing Book
http://insidehighered.com/views/(Shortened url)


The Internet, It Is A-Changin'
http://www.infotoday.com/(Shortened url)


The Nature & Science of Autumn:
A Guide to Selected Resources

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/ (Shortened url)
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Speak Quietly: Amazon Kindle
http://speakquietly.blogspot.com/ (Shortened url)
(Source: Library Web)

Tuning in to unconscious communication
http://web.mit.edu/ (Shortened url)
(Source: Boing Boing)

What Is a Rogue Scanner?
http://antivirus.about.com/(Shortened url)


Why Do We Forget Things?
http://www.sciam.com/ (Shortened url)
(Source: Science in the News)

WiFi Gains Strength in Cities
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/(Shortened url)

Wordie
"Wordie lets you make lists of words and phrases. Words you love, words you hate, words on a given topic, whatever."

http://wordie.org
(Source: I want to via Library Web)

5 strategies to save online when holiday shopping
http://www.physorg.com/(Shortened url)



 


NEW BOOKS

Received November 1 - 7, 2008




Title Author/Editor (Publisher, Year) To be Shelved at: Requested by
Beautiful Evidence Tufte, Edward (Graphics Press, 2006) P 93.5 .T837 2006

Requested by Library Staff

Survival Guide for Scientists: Writing - Presentation - Email Lagendijk, Ad (Amsterdam University Press, 2008) T 11 .L34 2008

Requested by Library Staff

Who's Who in America (Marquis Who's Who, 2009) Ref Who's Who

Standing order requested by Library Staff