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Library News & Notes —
December 14th, 2007

Internet Sites of the Week

As more information goes online, companies and individuals try to maintain privacy of web searches
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2007/scout-071214-inthenews.php#1
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)

Best cell phone deals
Shortened URL
(Source: Librarian's Internet Index)

Books to Give — Books to Get
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=books-to-give--books-to-get
(Source: American Scientist Bookshelf)

Google and Its Enemies
shortened URL
(Source: Arts & Letters Daily)

John Harvard Book Project
http://www.community.harvard.edu/johnharvard

A Million Little Writers
http://www.02138mag.com/magazine/article/1763.html
(Source: Chronicle of Higher Education)

The Most Anti-Tech Organizations in America
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,140081/printable.html#
(Source: Boing Boing)

New Effort Encourages Professors to Share the Research Materials on Their Hard Drives
http://chronicle.com/free/2007/12/968n.htm?utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Schmap
Travel guides combining Yahoo maps and Flickr pictures
http://www.schmap.com/
(Source: Christina's LIS Rant)

SCImago Journal and Country Rank
http://www.scimagojr.com/
(Source: American Scientist Forum)

Swivel
“upload and explore data”
http://www.swivel.com
(Source: Science Library Pad)

Today's digital information landscape
http://infomotions.com/musings/digital-landscape/
(Source: Library Web)

Work and Life in the Balance
Shortened URL

10 Semantic Apps to Watch
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_semantic_apps_to_watch.php
(Source: Library Web)

NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received December 8 - 14, 2007