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Library News & Notes —
June 27, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

Be greener with Google Transit
http://www.pandia.com/sew/671-be-greener-with-google-transit.html


Big wave
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wuw_W0SgIkQ
(Source: Ed B.)


Does money make you happy?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0624/p09s01-coop.html


e!Science News
A science news aggregator
http://esciencenews.com
(Source: Nature)


The Future of Science and Technology in Europe
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/571/


How to Clean Stuff
http://www.howtocleanstuff.net
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)


How to Keep Cool without Running Your AC
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-keep-cool-without-a-c&sc=WR_20080624


Journal of Science Communication
http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/07/02
(Source: Open Access News)


The next electric car
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fsb/0806/gallery.nextgen_electric_cars.fsb/index.html


Open Notebook Science
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3705.html


Real Snail Mail
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3121/(Shortened url)


Spying on your neighbor
http://www.pandia.com/sew/668-spying-on-your-neighbor.html


Top 20 Most Important Rules of Email Etiquette
http://email.about.com/od/emailnetiquette/tp/core_netiquette.htm


Tracking Air Fares: Real Algorithms Predict Ticket Prices
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_airfares


Two new policies widen the path to balanced copyright management: Developments on author rights
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2008/july_aug08/authorrights.cfm
(Source: Open Access News)

 

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