'Too Much Happiness,' by Alice Munro
News | www.sfgate.com | 22 hours ago
Too Much Happiness Stories By Alice Munro (Alfred A. Knopf; 304 pages; $25.95) Alice Munro has done it again. Now nearing 80, the Canadian author - winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize - keeps getting better. For five decades, Munro has written...
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Reading Convergence – How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector
News | www.davidleeking.com | Nov 20, 2009
This morning, I discovered a blog I hadn't heard of before - the Leading Blog, at leadershipnow.com (subscribed). The post that interested me pointed to a
Dialog lends support to laid-off librarians, Auto-Graphics partnering with ChiliFresh and Index Data, New platform for IGI Global, and more
News | www.libraryjournal.com | Nov 19, 2009
The aim of the program is to help these professionals use Dialog’s powerful resources do their job search, retain and develop their search skills, and even do some independent consulting while they look for employment. Free access and discounts can be used for up to 12 months.
Get well soon, Andrea!
Press Release | www.justonemorebook.com | Nov 18, 2009
A Podcast about the children's books we love and why we love them - recorded in our favourite coffee shop
http://www.justonemorebook.com/2009/11/18/get-well-soon-andrea/
Illustrated Children's Books
News | www.telegraph.co.uk | Nov 18, 2009
A new book, Illustrated Childrens Books, explores the history, design and influence of some of the best-loved childrens books.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/6599381/Illustrated-Childrens-Books.html
Network Computing Features Brainware Success Story
Press Release | www.prnewswire.com | Nov 16, 2009
Network Computing Features Brainware Success Story. Article Demonstrates Growing Trend toward Embedded Search.
Social Tags Complement the Learning Resource Metadata, a Finnish Researcher Finds Out
News | www.resourceshelf.com | Nov 11, 2009
From the ACM TechNews SummarySocial tagging can help people find educational resources in digital repositories that are filled with millions of learning materials, says Open University of the Netherlands PhD candidate Riina Vuorikari. She says that adding free, non-hierarchical keywords to the
Open Source Advocates Reject SirsiDynix's Warning about OSS
News | www.ala.org | Nov 11, 2009
NEW! Interview: Mohammad Abbas talks about his role as head of the new Library Department of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the nations parliament in Baghdad.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2009/november2009/abramvsoss111109.cfm
Abram on open source: all I can really say
News | freerangelibrarian.com | Nov 11, 2009
One of the facts in life is that library administrators take the jobs they take (and this is my fourth head-of-the-whatever library job, not to be confused with my various military MFWIC positions) based on many, many things and the integrated library system they will inherit is rarely if
http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/11/11/abram-on-open-source-all-i-can-really-say/
SirsiDynix US Employees Rally for Juvenile Diabetes Cure
News | www.sirsidynix.com | Nov 11, 2009
PROVO, Utah, November 11, 2009 – SirsiDynix®, the global leader in library technology solutions, proudly announces a donation of $8,900 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The funds were raised by 250 employees in Provo, Utah, Huntsville, Alabama and St.
http://www.sirsidynix.com/Newsevents/Releases/2009/20091111_jdrf.pdf
