ACRL | How to be a person: Tips and tricks for virtual reference
News | www.acrl.org | 3 hours 28 minutes ago
Five steps to a happy patron1. Welcome the patron (no scripts). 2. Get some background info. 3. Let them know how long this will be.4. Do not be afraid of smileys.5. Never leave them wanting more.
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2009/nov/person.cfm
The Code4Lib Journal - Issue 8
Blog | xrefer.blogspot.com | 9 hours 31 minutes ago
The Code4Lib Journal - Issue 8 is now available. The Code4Lib Journal exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future<img
25 Great Facebook Tips and Tricks
Blog | oedb.org | 10 hours 32 minutes ago
EasyTweaks has an excellent list of 25 Great Facebook Tips and Tricks youll want to check out. List items include useful instructions such as how to: Search Facebook Like A ProDisplay Your Facebook Status On Your Wordpress BlogUpdate Facebook Status From GmailSchedule Facebook Messages To Be
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/25-great-facebook-tips-and-tricks/
Libraries Explore Big Ideas to Overcome Small Budgets - Libraries - The Chronicle of Higher Education
News | chronicle.com | 10 hours 42 minutes ago
That problem will ease in time, Mr. Reilly believes, as researchers become more comfortable with the idea that they can get their hands on the material even if it isnt all on the campus-library shelves. The solution is to get information out to the researchers about how these
A walk ‘with’ Molly Ivins: Too bad she isn’t alive to tell the Authors Guild off about its war on text to speech
News | www.teleread.org | 12 hours 39 minutes ago
The late Molly Ivins raised a Texas-sized amount of hell in her time over political and social issues even though she grew up among members of the Lone Star
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Blog | www.newyorkgazettenews.com | Nov 23, 2009
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Web Harvester and Connexion digital import enhancements
News | www.oclc.org | Nov 20, 2009
With Web Harvester, the new functionality allows you to select and deselect files to be included in or excluded from your harvest—giving you even more control over the Web content that you harvest and ingest.
HathiTrust Offers Full-Text Search of Millions of Digitized Books and Journals
News | www.resourceshelf.com | Nov 20, 2009
From the Announcement:A year after its launch by 25 leading U.S. research libraries, HathiTrust Digital Library announces a service that will transform how researchers use the more than 1.6 billion pages (4.6 million volumes) in its collections.The breakthrough allows for full-text searching
Nstein Launches New Semantic Site Search
News | newsbreaks.infotoday.com | Nov 19, 2009
Nstein Technologies, Inc. (www.nstein.com) announced the release of a new product, Semantic Site Search (3S), a front-end, multi-index search engine. 3S leverages Nstein's patented text-mining technology to power a faceted site search that returns highly accurate results that are organized
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/Nstein-Launches-New-Semantic-Site-Search-58026.asp
I Yam What I Yam
Blog | blogs.loc.gov | Nov 17, 2009
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the new Science, Technology and Business blog has a timely post: Candied Yams or Candied Sweet Potatoes?
