1. Relocation of Albury Library to Thurgoona Learning Commons 1 hour ago   permalink

Infolib / Your Library

From Friday 4th December the Albury Library will relocate into the Thurgoona Learning Commons. The move is part of the wider Albury/Wodonga relocation project to decommission the Albury campus. The Library move is expected to take place over four days from the 4th - 9th December. The Learning Commons will remain open during this time however ...

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Alicia / Check It Out The Library’s Gone Social!   —  Did you know? You can find the Madison Public Library on many of your favorite social networking sites. Become a fan of the Library on Facebook and have our posts appear alongside your friends’ status updates. Follow @MadisonLibrary and @SequoyaLibrary on Twitter for real time news and info. Share our bookmarked resources on Delicious . ...

Molly / Check It Out All Library Locations Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday   —  All Madison Public Library locations are closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. You can still use the library when we’re closed: place holds in LINKcat , return items to our bookdrops, or use our 24/7 online reference service, AskAway . Are you hosting your family’s Thanksgiving Dinner?  Try our Turkey ...

NJLA Blog Library celebrates additional space, services   —  November 24, 2009 c-n.com EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Public Library has announced the completion of a 2,000-square-foot “push out” that will provide more space for children’s programming, quiet reading and study and information on health issues. A ribbon- cutting ceremony for the $230,000 capital project took place on Nov. 8. ... Julie Elliott / Schurz Library News Schurz Library & Educational Resource Commons Hours from November 25 through November 29   —  The Schurz Library Hours during the Thanksgiving break are as follows: Wednesday, November 25: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, November 26 & Friday, November 27: closed Saturday, November 28 & Sunday, November 29: Regular Weekend Hours (Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. & Sunday, 11 a.m. to midnight) The Educational Resource Commons is open on Wednesday, ... Noreply / What's New Thanksgiving Holiday Hours   —  Wednesday, November 25, the Library will close at 5:00pm. The Library will be closed Thursday, Novermber 26, for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Library will re-open Friday, November 27, at the regular time of 9:30am. The staff and Board of the Roselle Public Library wish all of our patrons, friends and families, a happy Thanksgiving! Your Library ...

2. Figuring out Google Wave 4 hours ago   permalink

FamManLib / Family Man Librarian

Thanks to a coworker, I recently jumped into the pool that is Google Wave.   (I couldn’t resist the water analogy.)  While I find many of its features exciting and innovative, like many other people, I am still kind of struggling with it. The best thing I think it could do for me at the moment is [...]

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Philipbradley / Phil Bradley Google's ineptitude with Obama image, and it's not what you think   —  OK, there's a big fuss going on at the moment with Google images and a nasty little badly photoshopped racist image of Michelle Obama. If you run a search in Google images for her name (without quotes) you get this image popping up in first place. Google apparently removed it, then decided to put it back and take out an advert talking about it ...

Www.washingtonpost.com Google documents Iraqi museum treasures   —  Google chief Eric Schmidt, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill attend a ceremony at Iraq's national museum, in Baghdad, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Internet search engine Google is documenting the treasures of Iraq's national museum, home to priceless artifacts from the Stone Age through Islamic periods, and will make the ... J / J's scratchpad :    Google to Provide Photographs of Iraq Museum Collection

Joe Hodnicki / Law Librarian Blog Call for Suggestions for Crowdsourcing Google Scholar Legal Opinions & Journal   —  Greg Lambert and Toby Brown are looking for ideas for a Google Scholar Legal Opinions & Journal crowdsourcing project. Got one? Comment to their post on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog. Great idea for a collaborative test drive! [JH] Karen / Rhodarian Google Adding Captions to YouTube Videos   —  Google has announced that it is adding technology that will automatically generate text captions for English language videos. This will make videos more accessible to viewers that are hard-of-hearing or deaf. In addition, text captions will make video content more searchable. Viewers will also have the option of using Google’s automatic ... J / J's scratchpad Google to Provide Photographs of Iraq Museum Collection   —  Good news from Iraq! (Yes, that’s right: Good news from Iraq!) Google has embarked on a project to put images of the Iraq national museum collection online to make it accessible to people all over the world. “I can think of no better use of our time and our resources than to make the images [...] Www.alatechsource.org Chrome is Coming!   —  This past Thursday, Google announced its next large software project, currently named Chrome OS. The announcement came in the form of a press conference and a question and answer session that included not only the lead engineers on the project, but Sergey Brinn himself. This is not to be confused with their Chrome browser, a successful project in ... Griffey / Pattern Recognition :    ALA Techsource Fall posts

3. Linking the VTLS Virtua catalog 39 minutes ago   permalink

Karen / Library Web Chic

So I’ve been trying to figure out how to link to a specific ISBN or ISBN in VTLS Virtua web catalog. Also how to embed a keyword search in an external site in the simplest fashion possible. I can hack this for most catalogs I’ve encountered by I can’t figure it out for VTLS. Does anyone have an idea how to do either of these ...

4. Kansas State University, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Receive Grants for Pollution Prevention Projects ... 5 hours ago   permalink

Laura B. / Environmental News Bits

EPA Region 7 has awarded grants totaling $154,332 to Kansas State University and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) for separate projects aimed at pollution prevention Both grants are authorized by the Pollution Prevention Act, which allows EPA to provide funding to states, their entities, and tribal governments for technical ...

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Jennifer / HOOPLA Kansas Reads to Preschoolers   —  Last week was “Kansas Reads to Preschoolers”, a statewide, preschool reading initiative sponsored by the State Library’s Kansas Center for the Book . All across the state of Kansas, preschoolers listened to readings of the same book. This year’s book was Wiggle written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Scott Menchin. ...

Laura B. / Environmental News Bits University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Omaha Receive Funding Awards for Pollution Prevention Efforts   —  EPA Region 7 has awarded a total of $172,650 in funding to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha for separate efforts aimed at pollution prevention. Both funding awards are authorized by the Pollution Prevention Act, which allows EPA to provide funding to states, their entities, and tribal governments for ...

Laura B. / Environmental News Bits EPA Awards $800,000 for Environmental Justice Projects in Five States   —  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $800,000 to five state government agencies to support state efforts to work with communities to address environmental and public health issues, such as childhood lead poisoning and exposure to air pollution. The funding will help address concerns in communities disproportionately ...

5. Where to Feast 2 hours ago   permalink

Www.census.gov

Number of places in the United States named after the holiday’s traditional main course. Turkey, Texas, was the most populous in 2008, with 456 residents, followed by Turkey Creek, La. (361) and Turkey, N.C. (272). There are also nine townships around the country named Turkey, three in Kansas.

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Resourceshelf / ResourceShelf :   Fast Facts About Thanksgiving 2009

6. Small Business Marketing 4 hours ago   permalink

Stephen

OK, libraries aren't in some respects small businesses - but we can learn from other sectors and branches aren't that different from retail locations in some aspects. I recommend that you review this free book of the revised and freshly updated: Let’s Talk: Social Media for Small Business. You can grab a copy from the Office Live Small ...

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Www.ducttapemarketing.com Update of My Free Social Media Ebook   —  Social media and online marketing tools and tactics are an evolving lot. What was true last month may have a new twist this month. With that in mind I am happy to report that I’ve once again teamed up with the Microsoft Office Live Small Business team to bring you the revised and freshly updated – Let’s Talk: Social Media for ... Stephen :    Small Business Marketing

7. Trying to Save the Web’s Shortcuts 2 hours ago   permalink

Resourceshelf / ResourceShelf

We first posted about this topic on November 13, 2009. Our post includes a list of the 21 url shortening services participating in this new program. From the Article: Services such as Bit.ly and TinyURL allow consumers to convert a lengthy Web address into a miniaturized one. They have soared in popularity in recent years with the advent of ...

8. Mendeley Citation Manager 3 hours ago   permalink

Noreply / Innovate

Mendeley plugged in to Open Office , originally uploaded by petaj . Another tool for researchers. This one is competition for Zotero, Endnote, Refworks and other bibliographic reference managers. It is also competition for the social citation cites too, as there is both a desktop client and a web library that are easily synchronised. The desktop ...

9. Burning Questions 5 hours ago   permalink

Laura B. / Environmental News Bits

Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. The waste-to-energy industry touts its technology as environmentally friendly, but critics claim it’s just incineration in disguise. IST Energy has developed the Green Energy Machine (GEM), a waste-to-energy conversion system. The GEM system processes food, paper, plastic, wood and ...

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Laura B. / Environmental News Bits The Dark Side of Snow: Keep the Snow from Turning Toxic this Winter   —  Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. Crystalline treetops, glistening fields of billowing white—a little snowfall can transform a city landscape into a scene of tranquility, but it’s not without its poisons and its price. Snow gets dirty, and this “dirt” results in negative changes in the natural environment. From ...

10. Blind Law Student Sues Bar Examiners Over Screen Reader Denial 4 hours ago   permalink

Rtruman / Law In The News

Blind Law Student Sues Bar Examiners Over Screen Reader Denial

11. HeinOnline or Google Scholar? Why You Should Start Your Research in HeinOnline First 4 hours ago   permalink

Heinonline.blogspot.com

Stay informed of the latest content and enhancements that are added to HeinOnline! Sign up for e-mail alerts or add our Blog to your RSS feed to receive searching tips, HeinOnline's Tip-of-the-Week, and more valuable information. We invite you to share your feedback with us as we hope to create a community forum that will allow HeinOnline user's ...

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Zieflibrary / ZiefBrief :   Law Review Articles on Google Scholar and HeinOnline — A Comparison

12. Adult Services/Reference Librarian - Case Memorial Library, Orange 5 hours ago   permalink

Connecticut Library Consortium / Connecticut Library Jobs

Adult Services/Reference Librarian - The Case Memorial Library in Orange is accepting applications for the position of Adult Services/Reference Librarian. Qualified candidates must have an M.L.S. from an ALA-accredited institution and at least one year working in a public library environment. Applicants should have excellent written and oral ...

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Paul R. Pival / The Distant Librarian Program Announced for Off-Campus Library Services Conference 2010   —  The Fourteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference will be held April 28-30, 2010, at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The list of presentations has just been announced. Looks like there should be something for most everyone in that list!

13. World Health Organization: New HIV infections reduced by 17% over the past 8 years 4 hours ago   permalink

Sabrina / BeSpacific

News release: "According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17%...

14. Columbia Journalism Reiew's Comprehensive Guide to Big Federal Spending Programs 5 hours ago   permalink

Sabrina / BeSpacific

"In a specially commissioned study, The Audit here takes a look at online resources tracking the bailout and stimulus money,...

15. Elsevier 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.elsevier.com

Amsterdam, 24 November 2009 – Elsevier announced today that Scopus®, its flagship product and world’s largest abstract and citation (A&C) database, was selected as the sole citation provider by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.

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Resourceshelf / ResourceShelf :   Scopus Chosen as Sole Citatation Provider by Australian Research Council; Enhancements to Web of Knowledge

16. Too much fun? Facebook photos cost woman her sick-leave benefits 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.siliconvalley.com

MONTREAL — A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits after her insurance agent found photos of her apparently having fun on Facebook.

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Law Librarian / Law Librarian Blog :   Facebook photos cause woman to lose health benefits

17. Executive Director - Connecticut Library Consortium 5 hours ago   permalink

Connecticut Library Consortium / Connecticut Library Jobs

Executive Director - The Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC) is seeking someone who is creative, dynamic, and articulate to serve as its Director. CLC's mission is to serve as a statewide membership collaborative serving all types of Connecticut libraries by initiating and facilitating cost-effective services to strengthen their ability to ...

18. Share. Collaborate. Innovate. Building an Organisational Approach to Web 2.0 and Other Articles from Issue #61 of ... 6 hours ago   permalink

Resourceshelf / ResourceShelf

Articles Include: + Share. Collaborate. Innovate. Building an Organisational Approach to Web 2.0 + Search Engines: Real-time Search + How to Publish Data Using Overlay Journals: The OJIMS Project + Enhancing Scientific Communication through Aggregated Publications + Cautionary Tales: Archives 2.0 and the Diplomatic Historian + UK Institutional ...

19. JISC Digital Media programming 2009-2010 6 hours ago   permalink

Noreply / Peter Scott

JISC Digital Media has just published its training timetable for the period January to April 2010. Subscribe to the training RSS Feed

20. Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle receives special recognition by CARL 6 hours ago   permalink

Noreply / Peter Scott

At a dinner gathering of library directors and guests, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) bestowed upon Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle special recognition for his significant contributions to the preservation and sharing of knowledge through the Internet Archive, in general, and to the open access digitization of ...