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Library News & Notes —
April 4, 2009

Internet Sites of the Week

Are we dangerously dependent on Wikipedia?
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/03/24/wikipedia/index.html?source=newsletter

Assessing the Impact of Research
http://becker.wustl.edu/impact/assessment/index.html
(Source: Open Access News)

Birdsong Radio
http://birdsongradio.com
(Source: Boing Boing)

A book catalog - on Twitter?
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2009/03/27/a-book-catalog-%E2%80%93-on-twitter/

Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300817.html?wpisrc=newsletter

Cambridge condos house academics, entrepreneurs
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/03/23/weekly14-Cambridge-(Shortened url)

Cloud computing and the return of the platform wars
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=303
(Source: scobelizer)

Creating an Atlas of the Human Mind
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/multimedia/2009/03/ff_brainatlas_gallery
See also: The five ages of the brain
http://www.newscientist.com/special/five-ages-of-the-brain
See also: You are not your brain
http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/03/25/alva_noe/index.html?source=newsletter

Dabble DB
"Dabble DB helps you create online databases on the web"
http://dabbledb.com/
(Source: As a Matter of Fact)

Dematerialize: Changing the Ways We Relate to Product & Ownership
http://www.urbeingrecorded.com/news/2009/03/27/dematerialize-(Shortened url)
(Source: timoreilly)

Distracted? Self Control Now Available as an OS X App
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/distracted-self.html

Do Newspapers Matter: Evidence from the Closure of the Cincinnati Post
http://wws-roxen.princeton.edu/wwseconpapers/papers/dp236.pdf
(Source: timoreilly)

Downturn Puts New Stresses on Libraries
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02library.html?_r=1&hp
(Source: SLA-DSOL)

Eyejot
" Send links with video, directly from your browser"
http://www.eyejot.com/features/eyejotthis.html
(Source: scobelizer)

Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees: study
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/02/AR2009040200973.html?wpisrc=newsletter

A field guide to misunderstandings about open access
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-09.htm#fieldguide
(Source: SPARC Open Access Forum)

Filling in the Gaps: Company Intelligence Beyond the Corporate Website
http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/find/3729

Four Tools for Tracking Topics in Social Media
http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/four-tools-for-tracking-topics-in-social-media/
(Source: scobelizer)

Friending Libraries: Why libraries can become nodes in people's social networks
http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/8-Friending-libraries.aspx
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Harvard May Cut Capital Spend by $500 Million a Year
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a6PS4.MwwAnk&refer=us

Harvard Says Energy's Chu to Give Commencement Speech
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=agPHWSRVZCd0&refer=us
(Source: Harvard in the News)

Household Products Start to Come Clean on Ingredients
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123863016746180639.html
(Source: Lynn Hubbard)

How microbes can power America's future
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/04/03/how-microbes-can-power-america%E2%80%99s-future/

How Science Fiction Found Religion
http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_1_urb-science-fiction.html
(Source: Arts & Letters Daily)

HOWTO Negotiate a Creative Commons License: Ten Steps
http://www.blog.digital-foundations.net/?p=53
(Source: Boing Boing)

How to find complete multi-volume works in Google Books
http://everybodyslibraries.com/2009/03/30/how-to-find-complete-multi-volume-(Shortened url)
(Source: srharris19)

How to Save Money When Money Is Tight
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/106838/How-to(Shortened url)
See also: Save $50 a Day: How Three Super Savers Do It
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/106839/(Shortened url)
See also: Getting Through Tough Economic Times
http://www.samhsa.gov/economy/
(Source: ResourceShelf)

How to Write an Elevator Pitch
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/nivi/2009/04/how-to-write-an-elevator-pitch.html

Hunch
http://www.hunch.com/
(Source: shamsha)

In search of the black swans
"The publish-or-perish ethic too often favours a narrow and conservative approach to scientific innovation. Mark Buchanan asks whether we are pushing revolutionary ideas to the margins."
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/38468

The Internet as Power From the People
http://www.infotoday.com/linkup/lud040109-goldsborough.shtml

Is Facebook Growing Up Too Fast?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/internet/29face.html?adxnnl=(Shortened url)
See also: Ten Facebook Tips For Power Users
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,161688/printable.html
(Source: Pandia Search World)
See also: Are Facebook Friends Really Your Friends?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/134004/are_facebook_friends_really_your_friends/

Latest cloud storage hiccups prompt data security questions
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic(Shortened url)
(Source: digg)

Library of Congress Shares Nation's Treasures on YouTube
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6648249.html
(Source: Library Web)

Library Take Out
http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dd3t35z7_106hfbz9pwp&ncl=true&skipauth=true
(Source: mstephens)

Magic/Replace
"clean up data"
http://www.cleanupdata.com/
(Source: As a Matter of Fact)

The Messy Room Dilemma
http://www.slate.com/id/2214678/?from=rss

MyJournals.org
"The latest issues of all your favorite science journals on one page"
http://www.myjournals.org/
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Nanotechnology may have found its Henry Ford
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/03/27/nanotechnology-may-have-found-its-henry-ford/

New Improved Internet Job Search: Now With Social Networking
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr09/McDermott.shtml
See also: How to Get a Job When No One's Hiring
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106829/How-to-Get-a-Job-When-No-One

Open Cloud Manifesto
http://opencloudmanifesto.org/
(Source: Law Librarian Blog)

OpinionCloud tells you whether to watch that YouTube video
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10208803-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

The Periodic Table of Videos
http://www.periodicvideos.com/
(Source: The Scout Report)

Polaroid assets sold at auction
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/03/30/daily55-Polaroid-assets(Shortened url)

Practicing Medicine in the web 2.0 Era
http://digicmb.blogspot.com/2009/03/practicing-medicine-in-web-20-era.html
(Source: shamsha)

Pun for the Ages
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/opinion/28Tartakovsky.html?_r=1

RIAA, MPAA Copyright Warnings: Facts and Fiction
http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-mpaa-copyright-warnings-facts-and-fiction-090328/
(Source: digg)

Rise of the machines
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2009/04/rise_of_the_machines.html

Saving Your Digital Life
http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2009/03/saving-your-digital-life.html
(Source: Library Web)

Some provocative statements
http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/2009/04/some-provocative-statements.html

Stanford Medical School to reveal faculty business links
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/03/30/daily43.html
(Source: iHealthBeat)

Stop the Internet, I want to get off!
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/01/freedom_traister/index.html?source=newsletter

The suits come to Second Life. Now it's dying
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6017891.ece
(Source: Phil Bradley)

Tapping Into Spring: The Art & Science of Maple Sugaring
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dbertuca/features/maple.html
(Source: PAMNET)

Tech Firms Seek to Get Agencies on Board With Cloud Computing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/30/(Shortened url)

Tech Tips for Hurricanes, Fires, Earthquakes, and Other Minor Nuisances
http://technologizer.com/2009/03/26/tech-tips-for-hurricanes-fires-(Shortened url)
(Source: scobelizer)

Toorcamp
http://www.toorcamp.org/
(Source: Andrew Pacilli)

Top Ten Writing Tips for Scientists
http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/writing-tips-for-scientists

Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009
http://spectrum.ieee.org/apr09/8327
See also: Find the right used car for you: 24 sites
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10208015-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Tough times are ushering in the bartering economy
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/03/30/story1.html?ana=e_ph

Turning a New Page in Ebooks
http://www.infotoday.com/IT/apr09/McClure.shtml

Venky To Head KSG Program
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527423

what are you doing on Twitter?
http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2009/03/what-are-you-doing-on-twitter.html
See also: A primer on Twitter
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/03/26/a-primer-on-twitter/
See also: When Stars Twitter, a Ghost May Be Lurking
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/technology/internet/27twitter.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
See also: Twitter 101: Tips and Tricks
http://www.switched.com/2009/03/26/twitter-101-tips-and-tricks/
(Source: Phil Bradley)
See also: 12 Reasons to Start Twittering
http://michaelhyatt.com/2008/05/12-reasons-to-start-twittering.html
(Source: Nicole Hennig)
See also: Tweecious turns Twittered links into Delicious bookmarks
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10207146-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
See also: Twitter Tips: How To Search Twitter Smarter
http://www.cio.com/article/487319/Twitter_Tips_How_To_Search_Twitter_Smarter?page=1
(Source: SLA-DSOL)
See also: 10 Ways to Build Your Blog Community with Twitter
http://blog.shoutem.com/2009/03/25/build-your-blog-community-with-twitter/
(Source: Ellyssa Kroski)
See also: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Librarians on Twitter
http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-tips-tools-and-resources-for-librarians-on-twitter/
(Source: shamsha)

Where Are They Now? 25 Computer Products That Refuse to Die
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,162106/printable.html
(Source: digg)

Who Protects The Internet?
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-03/who-protects-intrnet
(Source: j's scratchpad)

WhosTalkin
"Social media search tool"
http://whostalkin.com/
(Source: Internet Resources Newsletter)

You've Got Voice Mail, but Do You Care?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/fashion/02voicemail.html

YouTube - EDU
http://www.youtube.com/edu
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

A 3D web moves closer to reality
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7963302.stm

10 Craiglist Tips for Power Users
http://www.pcworld.com/article/162030/10_craigslist_tips_for_power_users.html
(Source: digg)

15 tools for the Gmail addict
http://news.cnet.com/15-tools-for-the-gmail-addict/

25 highly anticipated open-source releases coming this year
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticle(Shortened url)
(Source: digg)

100 Tips, Apps, and Resources for Teachers on Twitter
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/100-tips-apps-and-resources-for-teachers-on-twitter/
(Source: shamsha)

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Received March 28, - April 4, 2009