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Library News & Notes —
November 21, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

Approaches to Open Access in Scientific Publishing
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0811.2603v2
(Source: American Scientist Forum)

Brave New World
"Reference librarians in the age of Google"
http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/091008/brave1.html
(Source: Library Web)

Building a better collective memory
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?p=448
(Source: PAMNET)

The Child Trap
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/11/17/081117crbo_books_acocella
(Source: Science in the News)

Clicking and Choosing
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/magazine/(Shortened url)

A Computing Pioneer Has a New Idea
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/technology/business-computing/17machine.html

The Cybercafe Lives
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/magazine/09wwln-medium-t.html

Dancing With the Scientists
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/dancing-with-the-scientists/

Darwin 200
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/darwin/index.html
(Source: Open Access News)

Defying stereotype, nerdy Kendall Square wants some nightlife
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1751721218/(Shortened url)

Digital Youth Research: Living and Learning with New Media
http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/report
(Source: Boing Boing)

Electronic Journals and Changes in Scholarly Article Seeking and Reading Patterns
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november08/tenopir/11tenopir.html
(Source: Open Access News)

European online library launches
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7738318.stm
See also: Readers Overwhelm Europe's New Digital Library
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/zd/20081120/tc_zd/234209
(Source: Library Stuff)

For Advice on Publishing in the Digital World
Scholars Turn to Campus Libraries
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=mNrrgDBGVg3xYwRwvkCFxBc9tGpb9twk

From Wall Street to Main Street:
Understanding How the Credit Crisis Affects You
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2008/11/from-wall-stree.html

The Future of College Libraries
http://chronicle.com/media/audio/v55/i14/(Shortened url)

God enough
http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2008/11/19/(Shortened url)

Google unveils customised search
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7740815.stm

Harvard's Investment Errors
http://www.slate.com/id/2204827/?from=rss

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
(Source: Boing Boing)

N.Y. Public Library puts its 'Treasures' online
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2008-11-11-new-york-public-library-video_N.htm
(Source: Library Stuff)

Scan and Deliver Does Just That
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525397

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6079.html
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Topics to Avoid at Thanksgiving Dinner
http://ideas.thenest.com/dinner-recipes/entertaining/Articles/(Shortened url)
(Source: Librarian's Internet Index)

Web reviews can spur lawsuits
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/(Shortened url)
(Source: Techdirt)

Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/business/media/18voice.html?_r=1

When Technology Fails
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Tech_Failure.pdf
(Source: Docuticker)

Writing about Reading
http://citesandinsights.info/v8i12b.htm
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

15 Useful Project Management Tools
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/13/15-useful-project-management-tools/
(Source: Library Web)

2008 Gadget Guide: 33 Technology Innovations
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=2008-sciam-gadget-guide&sc=WR_20081118

 

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Received November 15 - 21, 2008