Archive | January, 2009

Md. librarian leaves Enoch Pratt system $650,000

The Daily Times – “The amount Siebert left to the library system exceeds the total of all the paychecks she took home in her 34 years as Pratt’s director of young adult reading.”

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Google Glitch Briefly Disrupts World’s Search

The Lede Blog – “Such was the case, at least temporarily, this morning from 9:30 a.m. Eastern time to about 10:25 a.m., when all searches returned results with the same warning message: “This site may harm your computer.” The link then referred users to StopBadware.org, the company that works with Google to flag sites with potentially dangerous software. Even if people chose to click on the link, disregarding the warning, the site would not pull up.”

I wonder if library use was up during this hour. ;-)

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Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain

AP – “On the streets of Birmingham, the queen's English is now the queens English. England’s second-largest city has decided to drop apostrophes from all its street signs, saying they're confusing and old-fashioned.”

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Lebron loves librarians, and so should you

D’Angelo Law Library Blog – “A recent ESPN interview with Cleveland Cavaliers superstar Lebron James recounts that James still returns to his old high school to visit the librarian Barb Wood.” (Thanks Matthew))

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Copyright in the Age of YouTube

ABA Journal/a> – “As user-generated sites flourish, copyright law struggles to keep up.”

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