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June 5, 2009

Internet Sites of the Week

Apprehending the Future: Emerging Technologies, from Science Fiction to Campus Reality
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazine(Shortened url)
(Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian)

Auburndale, MA library patrons re-open shuttered branch as a community library
http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2009/06/auburndale-ma-library-patrons-reopen(Shortened url)

Awful Library Books!
http://ow.ly/a6ef
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Bing
http://www.bing.com/
See also: Bing's Early Reviews: So Far, Not Bad
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2009/05/bings_early_reviews_so_far_not.php
(Source: digg)
See also: Bing launches. It's awful.
http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2009/06/bing-launches-its-awful.html
See also: Google/Bing Comparison
http://www.blackdog.ie/google-bing/search.php
(Source: Phil Bradley)
See also: Parsing Microsoft's Bing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/parsing-bing_b_209077.html
See also: Microsoft s New Bing Search Engine Makes Lackluster Debut
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Microsoft_s_New__Bing__Search_Engine(Shortened url)
See also: Bing vs. Google vs. Yahoo: Feature Smackdown
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,165749/printable.html
(Source: beSpacific)
See also: Microsoft Effort to Best Google Yields Results
http://solution.allthingsd.com/20090602/microsoft-effort-to-best-google-yields-results/

Can science reinvent the economy?
http://www.newscientist.com/special/can-science-reinvent-economy(Shortened url)

Creative Ways to Combine Work & Family
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/alpha-consumer/2009/05/29/creative-ways-to-combine-work--family.html
(Source: Sloan Work & Family Network)

Digitize All of Your Old Media
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/28/AR2009052800102.html(Shortened url)

Don't panic
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/39315

Employers reduce salary, not staff
http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/employers-reduce-salary-not-staff-2680957-1.html
(Source: Sloan Work & Family Network)

The end of theory in science?
http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v10/n6/full/embor2009111.html

File-Sharing and Copyright
http://bit.ly/9rue5
(Source: Docuticker)

Getting the Full 360 on Silobreaker
http://web.vivavip.com/forum/LiveWire/read.php?i=20361&start=0
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Harvard to Endow Chair in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/education/04harvard.html?_r=1

How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review
and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0005738
(Sources: lsmarshall, phys.org)

How to Peer Review on the Internet
http://physics.about.com/b/2009/05/28/how-to-peer-review-on-the-internet.htm
(Source: oa.new)

How to Manage Up
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10356826/1.html
(Source: Lisa Latham)

Hulu Shakes Up the Online Video Scene
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007070
(Source: Northern Light)
See also: much to like in Hulu Desktop
http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2009/05/hulu-desktop-breaks-streaming-tv-shows-out-of-the-browser.ars

LinkedIn Profiles: Avoid the Six Most Common Mistakes
http://www.cio.com/article/492611/LinkedIn_Profiles_Avoid_the_Six_Most(Shortened url)
(Source: Stephen's Lighthouse)

Microscopy
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/microscopy/index.html

New shores of literature
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2009/090604/full/nj7247-739a.html

Notes from a Catastrophe: Easing the Pain of Budget Cuts
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6661111.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=1427993535
(Source: oa.new)

On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124363359881267523.html
(Source: msauers)

Open Innovation Pavillion
http://www.nature.com/openinnovation
http://www.nature.com/press_releases/oip.html
(Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Open Library Scan-On-Demand
http://openlibrary.org/bpl
(Source: msauers)

The Persistence of Writing
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazine(Shortened url)
(Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian)

Preparing to Sell E-Books, Google Takes on Amazon
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/internet/01google.html(Shortened url)
(Source: Boston Business Journal)

A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/business/30oath.html?_r=6&ref=business
(Source: The Business Ethics Blog)

Science Nation
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/index.jsp

Second Life's Linden Lab sells virtual realities to businesses
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/01/story2.html(Shortened url)

The summer of staying close to home
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/05/30/the-summer-of-staying-close-to-home/

To track Internet censorship, a new tool relies on the power of numbers
http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2009/summer/online.php
(Source: Harvard Research)

The Top 6 Game-Changing Features of Google Wave
http://mashable.com/2009/05/31/google-wave-features/
(Source: baranLLC)
See also: Hands-on with Wave: Weird and quite wonderful
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10255402-2.html
See also: Debating the power of Google's Wave
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10256471-2.html
See also: Google wave and implications for science
http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=2032
(Source: oa.new)
See also: Will science ride the Google Wave into the 21st century?
http://bjoern.brembs.net/news.php?item.521.3
(Source: genomepop)
See also: Google won't run all the Wave servers
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10252579-2.html
See also: Is Google Wave a Twitter Killer?
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/is-google-wave-a-twitter-killer/
See also: Google Wave mashes communication, collaboration together
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/05/google-wave-mashes-communication(Shortened url)
See also: Five Reasons to Be Terrified of Google Wave
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/five-reasons-be-terrified-google-wave
(Source: digg)
See also: Why We Are Cautious About Google's Wave
http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/05/29/why_we_are(Shortened url)
See also: OMG! This changes EVERYTHING! - or - Yet Another Wave of Adulation
http://blog.openwetware.org/scienceintheopen/2009/05/30/omg-this-changes-every(Shortened url)
(Source: Open Access News)

Undelete Plus 3.0 can get that file back
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10254021-1.html

What libraries are worth to us
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090601/COL01/906010329/What+libraries+are+worth+to+us
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Which web 2.0 services do scientists use?
http://blogs.nature.com/wp/nascent/2009/05/what_web_20_do_scientists_use.html

Wolfram Alpha and Its Medical Powers
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/05/wolfram_alpha_and_its_medical_powers.html
(Source: Next Generation Science)

You Know More than You Think:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=you-know-more-than-you-think&sc=WR_20090602
See also: How to unleash your brain's inner genius
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227111.500-how-to-unleash-your-brain(Shortened url)

10 Ways to Share Music on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/05/29/twitter-music/
(Source: ErikJHeels)
See also: Twitter science
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2009/06/twitter_science_1.html
See also: The Twitter Explosion
http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4756.
(Source: Jen Preston)
See also: How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1902604,00.html
(Source: shamsha)

58 Essential Resources For Every Mac Geek
http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/58-essential-resources-for-every-mac-geek/

NEW BOOKS

Received May 30 - June 5, 2009

Title	Author/Editor	(Publisher, Year)	To be Shelved at:	Requested by
Water and Biomolecules	Kuwajuma, Kunihiro et al, editors	(Springer, 2009)	QP 514.2 .W34 2009	J. Parks

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