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April 17, 2009

Internet Sites of the Week

Academic Library Blogs
http://citesandinsights.info/v9i6c.htm
See also: Public Library Blogs
http://citesandinsights.info/v9i6b.htm
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

ACRL 2009 Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/future/acrlguide09.pdf
(Source: Ellyssa Kroski)

Advertising Firm Unveils New Mute-Resistant Commercials
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/94405

Aging Your Work Force
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123923040617102867.html

The All Results Journals
http://www.arjournals.com/ojs/
See also: Publish the Unpublishable in The All Results Journals: Chemistry
http://zusammen.metamolecular.com/2009/04/02/(Shortened url)
(Source: PAMNET)

Appraising Employee Performance in a Downsized Organization
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hmu/2009/04/appraising-employee-performanc.php

BibApp
"Find experts on campus... Promote their research... Archive their work"
http://bibapp.org/
(Source: Nicole Hennig)

Bidding Online for Better Deals
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/travel/12pracopaque.html

Blind Spots
"Humanists must plan their digital future"
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i30/30b00601.htm
(Source: Law Librarian Blog)

Cambridge Science Festival 2009
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2009Festival/2009ScheduleOfEvents.aspx

Can downloads predict impact for scientific articles?
http://www.physorg.com/news158583120.html

Commuter Couples and Distance Relationships: Living Apart Together
http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/encyclopedia_entry.php?id=15551&area=All

Computer Recycling
http://compreviews.about.com/od/general/a/PCRecycling.htm

Connecting the Dots of Medicine and Data
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/jobs/12starts.html?_r=1
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Do Parents Matter?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=parents-peers-children&sc=WR_20090415

Do You Own Facebook? Or Does Facebook Own You?
http://nymag.com/news/features/55878/
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)
See also: Facebook: Population 200M, Faces an Identity Crisis
http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/04/08/facebook_ Shortened url
See also: Three Tips For Sorting Through Facebook's Noise
http://www.pcworld.com/article/163312/3_tips_for_managing_facebook.html?tk=rss_news
(Source: CLEpost)

EBooks and Traditional Texts: Complementary or Mutually Exclusive?
http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/use/3790
See also: E-Book Biz Soaring, But Dead Trees Still Rule
http://www.ereads.com/2009/04/e-book-biz-soaring-but-dead-trees-still.html
(Source: ijclark)

EJournals: Their Use, Value and Impact
http://www.rin.ac.uk/use-ejournals

EngagedPatrons.org
http://www.engagedpatrons.org/
(Source: Information Center Connection)

Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?
http://www.exploratorium.edu/evidence/lowbandwidth/index.html
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

Fast-rising NU reexamines its identity
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/04/06/fast_rising_nu_reexamines_ Shortened url
(Source: Kept-Up Academic Librarian)

File2.ws
http://file2.ws/
(Source: thesciencebabe)

Find and Share information on the Internet : Part 1
http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/3792

Find the Best Part-Time Work for Your Time
http://lifehacker.com/5211422/find-the-best-part+time-work-for-your-time
(Source: Sloan Work & Family Newtork)

From the inside out and the outside in:
The academic library interview process in a tight economy
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2009/apr/insideout.cfm
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

The Future of Social Media Monitoring
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/whats_next_in_social_media_monitoring.php
(Source: scobelizer)

The Global Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34742.pdf
(Source: beSpacific)

The Google Book Settlement and the Public Domain
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2009/04/the-google-book-settlement-and-the-public-domain.html

Google is building a social network under our very noses
http://digg.com/d1omU6?OTC-twf4

Google Wants Your Links, Not Your Content
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/04/14/links-matter-more-than-content-folks/
(Source: LIBLICENSE-L)

GPS Units Plug Into the Web, but We're Not There Yet
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041700047 Shortened url

Grooveshark
"Listen to free music online"
http://listen.grooveshark.com/
(Source: pulseproject)
See also: The anti-iTunes: Forgotten rock for sale
http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/17/smallbusiness/anthology_records_tunes_in_the_attic.fsb/index.htm
See also: Amazon.com: Free - Songs: MP3 Downloads
http://www.amazon.com/b/?=undefined&node=334897011&pf_rd_p=469729471& Shortened url
(Source: msauers)

Harvard and American Physical Society Reach Accord on Journal Publications
http://publish.aps.org/HarvardAPSAccord
(Source: PAMNET)

Harvard dean details need to slash spending
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/04/15/harvard_dean_details_need_ Shortened url
(Source: Harvard in the News)

Hazardous health plans
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/insurance/health-insurance/overview/health-insurance-ov.htm
(Source: Docuticker)

HOLLIS Unveils New Search Interface
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527584

How to Ditch Your Cable Provider Without Giving Up on TV
http://digg.com/d1oseT?OTC-twf4

How to Revise an Email So That People Will Read It
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/silverman/2009/04/how-to-revise-an-email-so-that.html

How you sequence a human genome
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7990383.stm
(Source: genomepop)

In Defense of Open Access
http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/article/2009/04/09/defense-open-access
See also: Open Access: Promises and Challenges of Scholarship in the Digital Age
http://www.academicmatters.ca/AcademicMatters_printable_article.aspx?catalog_item_id=2477
(Source: SPARC E-News)
See also: Open access joins the mainstream
http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/features/2239825/open-road
(Source: libram)

Is TIAA-CREF Safe?
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/04/2009041301c.htm

Job Seekers at the Library, in Obama's Footsteps
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/job-seekers-at-the-library-in-obamas-footsteps/
(Source: SLA-DSOL)

Johns Hopkins Bars Gifts to Medical Professors From Drug Companies
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/04/09/qt/johns_hopkins_bars_gifts_to_medical_ Shortened url

The Literary Tradition of Women
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i31/31b01201.htm?utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Make Your Own Personal Cloud With Pogoplug
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/make-your-own-personal-cloud-with-pogoplug/
See also: The Cloud Makes Computers Truly Cheap and Truly Personal
http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/04/13/the_cloud_makes_computers_truly_cheap Shortened url
See also: The new cloud infrastructure: Do you care?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-10205292-240.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

The Mobile Difference
http://www.pewinternet.org/Press-Releases/2009/The-Mobile-Difference.aspx
(Source: PAMNET)

National Academies Reports Now Available in Open Access
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/National-Academies-Reports-Now-Available-in Shortened url

Not Exactly Rocket Science : On science blogging and mainstream science writing...
http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/04/on_science_blogging_and_mainstream Shortened url
(Source: sciencebase)

The Online Collaboration Tools Guide
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_online_collaboration_tools_guide.php
(Source: scobelizer)

Periodicals Price Survey 2009
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6651248.html
(Source: SPARC E-News)

Private Texts Not So Confidential
http://www.sciencetext.com/private-texts-not-so-confidential.html

Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking
http://www.physorg.com/news158928941.html
(Source: Slashdot)

Research revolution in the palm of your hand
http://physicsworld.com/blog/2009/04/research_revolution_in_the_pal.html

ScanGrants
"ScanGrants is a public service listing of grants
and other funding types to support health research,
programs and scholarship."
http://www.scangrants.com/
(Source: genomepop)

Science 2.0, Getting Started
http://etechlib.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/science-20-getting-started/
(Source: genomepop)

Science's most powerful computer tackles first questions
http://digg.com/d1oJYq?OTC-twf4

SEAS Dean Breaks Barriers
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527589

Six ways your library can save you money
http://www.lovemoney.com/news/ways-to-save/six-ways-your-library-can-save-you-money-3354.aspx
(Source: Library Web)

Social bookmarking for library services: Bibliographic access thorugh Delicious
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2009/apr/socialbookmrkg.cfm
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Some Guy Who's Not Stephen Colbert To Deliver College's Commencement Speech
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/some_guy_whos_not_stephen

Stimulus Bill Treemap
http://www.hivegroup.com/stimulus/
(Source: Physics Today)

Technology, Not War, Is the Solution to Publishing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-herscher/technology-not-war-is-the_b_187170.html

This is the Way to Enforce the No Food in the Law Library Rule
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/04/this-is-the-way-to-enforce-the-no Shortened url

Top 13 Twitter Dont's
http://digg.com/d1olhN?OTC-twf4
See also: It's Official, Twitter is a Cult
http://www.livedigitally.com/2009/04/14/its-official-twitter-is-a-cult/
(Source: scobelizer)
See also: Twitter Tips: How to Safely Blend the Personal and the Professional
http://www.cio.com/article/488776/Twitter_Tips_How_to_Safely_Blend_the_ Shortened url
(Source: Stephen's Lighthouse)
See also: Do I Really Have to Join Twitter?
http://www.slate.com/id/2215829/
(Source: Scripting News)
See also: Twitter tools on the rise
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/04/16/twitter-tools.aspx
(Source: ResourceShelf)
See also: Three startups attack Twitter search
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10218084-2.html
(Source: ResourceShelf)
See also: On social networks, tweet at your own risk
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/04/13/story11.html?b=1239595200
See also: Twitter & Facebook could harm moral values, scientists warn
http://digg.com/d1odN9
(Source: scobelizer)
See also: How to Sync Twitter with Facebook
http://twitterstop.com/2009/03/30/how-to-sync-twitter-with-facebook/
(Source: tweye)
See also: Understanding the Psychology of Twitter
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-tao-innovation/200903/understanding-the Shortened url
(Source: scobelizer)
See also: A Visual Guide to Twitter
http://applicant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tweetcurrency1.jpg
(Source: CLEpost)
See also: 45 Pros You Should Be Following on Twitter
http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/2009/04/15/45-pros-you-should-be-following-on-twitter/
(See also: scobelizer)

University gets book back - 145 years later
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30226659/
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)

The University's Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazine Shortened url
(Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian)
See also: Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says
http://www.physorg.com/news158518725.html

Verb
"Verb is a user focused task management and sharing application."
http://www.verbapp.com/
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Walking the walk - the practical experience of Web2 in research
http://www.slideshare.net/CameronNeylon/walking-the-walk-the-practical-experience Shortened url
(Source: Next Generation Science)

Watch your language!
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/04/16/slang/index.html?source=newsletter

Web Redesign on a Dime
http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1269
(Source: Kept-Up Academic Librarian)

What is FriendFeed? And why it's better than ever.
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/04/09/what-is-friendfeed-and-why Shortened url

When to Keep Your Mouth Shut
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/erickson/2009/04/did_i_really_need_to_hear_that.html

When to Show Your Versatility
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/demaio/2009/04/when-to-show-your-versatility.html

Why Goofing Off Boosts Productivity
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131066
(Source: amcafee)

Why newspapers are like department stores
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/16/newspaper/index.html?source=newsletter

Why That Big Meal You Just Ate Made You Hungry
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123966898930315491.html
(Source: Chris Shea)

Working Executives Turn to Networking
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/fashion/09networking.html?_r=2&8dpc

XnView
"XnView is a utility for viewing and converting graphic files."
http://www.xnview.com/en/features.html
(Source: Information Center Connection)

9 Semantic Search Engines That Will Change the World of Search
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/semantic-search-engines/9832/
(Source: scobelizer)

10 Surprising Former Librarians
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24574
(Source: Library Web)

15 Free Tools for Web-based Collaboration
http://sixrevisions.com/tools/15-free-tools-for-web-based-collaboration/
(Source: genomepop)

60 Open Source and Free Mac Apps
http://mac.appstorm.net/general/60-open-source-and-free-mac-apps/
(Source: Ellyssa Kroski)

NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received May 31- June 6, 2008

Title	Author/Editor	(Publisher, Year)	To be Shelved at:	Requested by
Atomic Clusters: From Gas-Phase to Deposited	Woodruff, D. P., editor	(Elsevier, 2007)	QC 173.4 .M48 A86 2007	J. Parks
Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science, 2nd ed.	Peitgen, Heinz-Otto, et al	(Springer, 2004)	QA 614.86 .P43 2004	F. Vollmer

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