Rowland Institute Library Blog

Robin Good says you can create a feed for Yahoo groups or similar mailing lists in three easy steps.

John DuPuis posted his slides “Blogging for Science Librarians.” Seems like a reasonable overview of the how and why. Mentions two other science library blogs, namely STLQ and Englib, not Pullen or RIH. (Then again, the others are Canadian, like the confessor. I enjoy reading his blog, although he is not as prolific as the others.)

From the O’Reilly network, software and other tips to make cross-platform sharing easier….

Carol Tenopir of Tennesee made an attempt to count how many scholarly journals are online and relates the difficulty of the task. (Source: Stevan Harnad, American Scientist forum)

An Internet News article reports that content providers will begin including ads with their feeds. I find it disturbing but who am I to tell Yahoo and others not to make money. (source; Daypop)

Good article about librarians and alternatives to search engines, such as books (!), proprietary databases (which most libraries make freely available to their patrons) and indexed sites such as lii.org. Thank you New York Times.
(And thanks to LIS News!)