Archive for January, 2008
MySpace Agrees to Block Sexual Predators
January 14th, 2008AP - “MySpace.com has agreed with more than 45 states to add extensive measures to combat sexual predators.”
The 2007 Medical Weblog Awards
January 14th, 2008Vote for LS friend David Rothman in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog Category.
We Find It All: Wikia’s New Social Search Engine
January 14th, 2008Woody Evans reviews Wikia.
Bookstore Befuddlement
January 13th, 2008It’s happened to the best of us. Excuse me, do you have any books on Pediafiles?
Last Season For Simon?
January 13th, 2008Say it ain’t so!!
Cover It Live
January 13th, 2008Maybe we should all try out Cover It Live at CIL. Looks interesting (via)
Books!
January 13th, 2008
Books!
Originally uploaded by seinberg
More on the Homeless
January 13th, 2008Impagination - “Are Public Libraries Criminalizing Poor People?”
YouLibrary
January 13th, 2008TCOHE - “Would a YouTube Video Create Buzz Around Your Library?”
Top Tech Trends | lauren’s library blog
January 13th, 2008Lauren Pressley reviews Top Tech Trends
Texas will soon have three presidential libraries
January 13th, 2008Houston Chronicle - “A new boast: Texas will soon be home to three presidential libraries — more than any other state”
Congrats to JCO
January 13th, 2008One of my favorite authors gets two nominations for National Book Critics Circle award.
The Gravedigger’s Daughter was incredible.
On Twittering
January 13th, 2008Overdue Ideas has a writeup.
It’s a Boy
January 13th, 2008Congrats Christina!
PLA Blogging Is On
January 13th, 2008Michael Golrick is blogging for PLA. The PLA Blog will always hold a special place in my heart.
Web porn hard to halt in libraries
January 13th, 2008The Columbus Dispatch - “Foiled filters, other factors hinder enforcement”
Hooked on books
January 13th, 2008Newsday - “How to turn reluctant readers into enthusiastic ones”
FML Tries Out FeedDemon
January 12th, 2008…and recommends giving it a try. Maybe…
Good-bye Job, Hello Leisure Girl?
January 12th, 2008Connie Crosby goes out on her own. Librarian entrepreneurs! I love it.
Religious libraries growing
January 12th, 2008LA Daily News - “Churches, temples and mosques are striving in recent years to establish their own libraries to feed a growing thirst from members who want to explore their faiths.”
Big Think
January 12th, 2008Big Think - “This is a digital age, one in which a wealth of accessible information empowers you, the citizen-consumer. But where is the information coming from? How accurate and unprocessed is it, really? Ask yourself this: how empowered do you feel debating a television screen or a newspaper?” (via)
Fallen Idols
January 11th, 2008Oh c’mon! I can see dropping Ruben and Taylor, but Mcphee? Geez.
I can’t wait for the next season, starting next week.
RIP Celeste West
January 11th, 2008Go read Jessamyn’s post on the original Revolting Librarian.
Need More Room For Your Books?
January 11th, 2008Boing Boing has an answer. Get a ladder. (From my good friend Laura’s shared items - Thanks Red)
Disruption Can Be Good
January 11th, 2008Chronicle of HE - “Embrace change. Don’t be afraid to take risks.”
For a second there, I thought I was still reading about the election. Change Change Change….
Bookshops
January 11th, 2008Guardian Unlimited Books - “Every booklover has their favourite shop” (via)
IMLS Announces Public Access Study
January 11th, 2008IMLS Press Release - “The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced that it has entered into a cooperative agreement with the University of Washington to conduct a national study on the social, economic, personal, and professional value of free access to computers at public libraries.”
Michelle Boule on Being “Famous”
January 11th, 2008The mommy-to be says: - “Famous is a meaningless thing compared to our lives outside of the limelight. What really matters is how we live our whole lives, not just what we do at conferences, in front of audiences, and when people are looking.”
With words of wisdom like that, she’s going to make for a [...]
ProQuest Search Widget Expands Access to Library Resources
January 10th, 2008Press Release - “ProQuest has launched a free search widget for products on its ProQuest(R) platform. Available now, the ProQuest Search Widget - a portable search box - allows instant searching of most ProQuest platform databases on any page of a library or university web site. This furthers ProQuest’s efforts to help libraries market their [...]
Yahoo Pipes & RSS Feed Mixing
January 10th, 2008Steve Matthews - “[O]nce you do have your content RSS enabled, the next obvious question is — what are you going to do with it?”