Library News & Notes 11/13/09
Rowland Institute at Harvard
Library News & Notes
November 13, 2009
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere” – Groucho Marx
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)
Internet Sites of the Week
Books/eBooks
Hate reading text online? There IS a better way…
How to Purchase Books Online for Less
(Source: hrouda)
Kindle readers beware – big Amazon is watching you read 1984
(Source: Liz Bryson)
Publishers and Booksellers Rally to Support eBooks and eReaders
(Source: Peter Scott)
The Second Generation of e-Book Readers is on the Way
(Source: Library Web)
Computers and Internet
The Age of the Informavore
(Source: Liz Bryson)
Clicker launches for all–watch it
Online video and TV directory
(Source: raduboncea)
Copyright overreach takes a world tour
(Source: lapsedluddite)
See also: A Call for Copyright Rebellion
Google Dashboard: Its unintended uses (and abuses)
Google: Free Wifi at Logan, other airports
Google Wave: Better than Twitter for Conference Chatter?
(Sources: Library Web; Ellyssa Kroski)
See also: Uncovering the meaning of Google Wave for publishers
(Source: TheOccasional)
A glut of Google can give you a virtual fever
Harvard’s Web Ecology Project
Part 1 and Part 2
(Source: BoraZ)
It’s All Semantics: Searching for an Intuitive Internet That Knows What Is Said–And Meant
See also: The Rapid Evolution of Search
(Source: asu132
Maggwire
“Experience magazines online”
(Source: Bernie Sloan)
Marissa Mayer: The Visionary
(Source: NYT Technology Journalists)
Open and Save DOCX Files Without an Upgrade
QOTD: protocol-based time travel for the web
Rev The Engines: Bing Video Pulls In Hulu And YouTube
U.S. to speed up broadband plan
Where Are the Mile-High Hookups?
Wikipedia Bookshelf Project
(Source: Peter Scott)
See also: Wikipedia: How Accurate Is It?
See also: Edit This Page: Is it the end of Wikipedia?
(Source: Colleen McCaffrey)
Harvard
In Case You Didn’t Know: Harvard Is In A Lot Of Movies
Queer Artist Speaks at Women’s Center
Libraries
Bubbles, Panics & Crashes: A Century of Financial Crises, 1830s – 1930s
(Source: Laura Linard)
Climbing out of the “Ivory Tower”
(Source: Peter Scott)
How to be a person: Tips and tricks for virtual reference
(Source: Peter Scott)
In Face of Professors’ ‘Fury,’ Syracuse U. Library Will Keep Books on Shelves
Librarians and the Future of Work
Libraries and the future of search
(Source: Jacqueline Snider)
Libraries check out the eBook
(Source: ResourceShelf)
The Ripple Effect: Part 1 Extending the library’s reach
(Source: Peter Scott)
Rise Of The Web Librarian: An Elegant DMOZ Solution
(Source: Pandia Search World)
Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto
(Source: Peter Scott)
University Libraries’ report issued
Report of the Task Force on University Libraries
(Source: Steven Hyman)
Web 2.0, Marketing and Libraries
See also: Web 2.0 and Libraries
Life, Family, Work and Money
How to invest your 401(k)
See also: A 401k No-No
How to Write a Mission Statement that Isn’t Dumb
(Source: The 99 Percent
Over 50, and zero job offers
See also: Dealing with Age as an Older Job-Hunter
The Secret to Learning is Unlearning
(Source: Lone Wolf Librarian )
Self-Employed Retirement Magic
Top 10 Clever Fixes for Your Broken Stuff
(Source: Beyond the Black Stump)
Scholarly Publishing
European University Presses Fold, Consolidate in Economic Downturn
(Source: Michelle Pearse)
Is Peer Review Broken?
(Source: Theo Bloom
Learning to share
(Source: Stevan Harnad)
Open Access Memberships: Are Libraries Paying Too Much?
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project
University Public-Access Mandates Are Good for Science
Science and Technology
Adding a Sixth Sense to Your Cellphone
Bad Decisions May Be Contagious
Cell size and scale
(Source: Boing Boing)
Choose From the Latest Sound Systems
Discovery launches science news Web site
A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain
Emotions Influence Perception of Pain
(Source: psychcentral)
Federated Search – Don’t Get Caught Taking the Narrow View of What is Possible
GotReception
info on cellular reception in different US locales
(Source: beSpacific)
A Laboratory for Mixing Art and Science
LED Galaxy Dress: The World’s Largest Wearable LED Display
Mimicking the building prowess of nature
New report calls for family-friendly policies in science
Preparing for Behavioral Interviews
Pushing light beyond its known limits
(Source: lsmarshall)
Radio Stories Feature Women with Disabilities in Science
The Science Behind ‘Stop Me If I’ve Told You This’
A Scientist’s Guide to Academic Etiquette
Should you buy refurbished electronics?
Strength in science collaboration
Tactics for Successful Grant Writing
Time to take gene therapy seriously
Want a Solution? Try Offering a Prize
(Source: Science in the News)
www.sciforum.net, the unique international platform for holding electronic conferences for scholars
(Source: Open Access Tracking Project)
Social Networks
How Twitter is Changing the Face of Media
(Source: libraryfuture)
I’m Innocent. Just Check My Status on Facebook
Social Networking and the New Me
(Source: Sharon Hayes)
TwitCritics
(Source: Beyond the Black Stump
Travel
How to make business travel manageable
New Books
Received November 7 – 13, 2009
Geometry of Quantum States
Bengtsson, Ingmar and Karol Zyckowski
(Cambridge, 2006)
QC 174.12 .B453 2006
Requested by M. Burns