The Library of Congress offers ‘Endangered Species: Selected Internet Resources’ in their Science Reference Services.  Learned about this from ResourceShelf.com.  Read their post about it - http://www.resourceshelf.com

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InsideHigherEd.com posted an interesting article about ‘the university library of the future’.  The article simply entitled, ‘Libraries of the Future’, begins:
‘The university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of little more than special collections and study areas.’
Read on…http://www.insidehighered.com

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TheStar.com had a great article on the role of libraries today AND the future of libraries.  The article, ‘A tale of two countries’ libraries’, looked at public libraries in Canada and the U.S.A. to see what is working.  Here is an excerpt:
‘In a 2006 poll, 78 per cent of Americans said if their local library [...]

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ResearchBuzz.org shares how to go about ‘turning Google into a near real-time search engine’.  Near real-time are the key words here!  Want to know what was indexed mere ’seconds ago’ about ‘libraries’ find out:
http://www.google.com/search?q=libraries&tbs=qdr:n
Other options such as a ‘day’, an ‘hour’, or a ‘minute’ can be found in the post on Research Buzz.  Check it [...]

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Not surprisingly, KimKomando.com introduced me to another great resource!  Tabbloid.com EASILY lets you create a ‘pdf’ magazine from your favorite RSS feeds and have it delivered whenever and how often you want it.  Check it out!  www.tabbloid.com

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The September 28th issue of Time magazine had an interesting article entitled, ‘Where Wikipedia Ends’ that although Wikipedia hit the ‘3 million article mark’ in August 2009 its ‘growth line flattened’ in early 2007.  The article looks at some of the possible reasons such as ‘has all knowledge been summarized’, has the site become too [...]

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Don’t do as I did! I just spent a half hour googling to find the best solution for copying the music to a new computer when your old one dies! However, you do want to be careful what you download. The solution? ‘Pod to PC’! Works like a charm! Push [...]

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This morning I was listening to Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ and thinking how much I loved it. Moments later I heard about Kanye’s disruption. Kanye’s action was classless and Taylor and Beyonce’s responses were classy. What more needs to be said!
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