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Library News & Notes —
July 15th, 2005


NOTES

Garrett will be on vacation the week of July 25-29. Please contact Jason
() with any article and book requests during that time.


Internet Sites of the Week

Blogging + Video = Vlogging
Wired News explores the growing number of blog sites that include video.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68171,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

Complete Review
Complete Review is a web site that aggregates book reviews from a variety of sources, ranks them according to popularity, and features an index and an RSS feed.
http://www.complete-review.com/main/main.html
(Source: The Scout Report)

Free Programming and Computer Science Books
A wide variety of technical books can be found on this site, among such categories as C==, Linux, Networking, Security and others. Provides links to other open book sites and includes an RSS feed.
http://www.techbooksforfree.com/
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

Keeper of Expired Web Pages Is Sued Because Archive Was Used in Another Suit
On the predicament of the Internet Archive, sued by a Philadelphia company, because a law firm gained access to the company’s old web pages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/technology/13suit.html?ex=1278907200
&en=377b4f3f0d459300&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

(Source: beSpacific)

Micro & Biofluidic Research by MinJun Kim
MinJun Kim recently joined the Single Molecule Biophysics Group. His website features his research with bacteria and microfluidics at Brown University (some in collaboration with the Berg lab) and includes links to papers and conference presentations.
http://microfluidics.tripod.com/index.htm

Reference Book of the Day
A blog on library reference books offers reviews of various reference titles, from new to early in the last century. Topics include language, philosophy, education, national parks, crime and others.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/referencebooks/
(Source: Library Juice)


NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received July 9 - 15, 2005

Title Author/Editor (Publisher, Year) To be Shelved at: Requested by