Library Stuff

Neat.

TwitterMap "pulls the location and last message of Twitter community members using a public Twitter feed, then plots it to a Google Map. The resulting map lets you discover what geographic area your Twitter friends are from, or you can find new Twitter-folk to interact with in your community." (via)

Check out this new blog from two researchers at the Charlotte Observer called "Your Right to Know".  It’s about how to best use Public Records for research.  Loevly. (via)

Just read this via Reddit…

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The records administration began removing materials under its "records of concern" program, launched in November 2001 after the Justice Department instructed agencies to be more guarded in releasing government papers. The agency has removed about 1.1 million pages, according to partially redacted monthly progress reports reviewed by the AP. The reports were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act."

Scary.

Eric Berlin, fellow librarian and friend from high school (and proably before that), has one of the cutest Twitter article titles I’ve seen so far.  Could it be in honor of REMs induction to the Rock in Roll Hall of Fame?  A tribute to my son?  Who knows.

Anyway, it’s a great article and I just added another Twitter friend.  Here’s Erics Twitter page.

I have a customized news feed set up for Twitter.  Here’s what has been coming up. 

I’m out in CA for a few days for library software training so blogging will be light until the end of the week.  I am, however reading my feeds and sharing a lot of items.  And I’m Twittering as much as I can…because it’s so darn easy!!

BTW, if you read my shared items feed, grab this new one.  I had to change it due to me being a dummy.  I was logged into the wrong Google Account the entire time. Doi. 

Also, I turn 33 tonight at midnight.  I hope the beer flows well tonight.  Fingers crossed.

Tim, Janis, Chris & Patty

Originally uploaded by Friends for Peace.

Get the word out. Check out the Friends for Peace photos.

I have read lots of these tips posts today.  Even thought this is from April 2006, it’s still very useful.  We use Google Calendar for work and it really helps us organize our team as we are all at different places each day.  CG syncronizes our work lives well. (via)

Akshay Java on the importance of short URL tools, especially lately:

"[w]ith the growth of micro-blogging and mobile applications, TinyURL seems to be an important service that is sure to become even more popular. I have found that, from the sample of logs of the public timeline in Twitter, about 68% of the URLs used by “twitterers” were resolved via TinyURL."

I’ve been thinking about this too.  Investors should invest more in these services, no?  They will only continue to get more popular.

Here’s a useful tool for those that work with EPA data.

"If you want to know how close you are to a Superfund waste site then use this. Integrates the EPA Superfund XML to allow anyone to quickly and easily find the nearest Superfund Sites to their home address or a location of interest."

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