11 days ago by sylvie

this week for you: raw urls ;) (no, well, yes, but raw urls to cool stuff.) http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/01/24/bigger-libraries-are-not-better-if-they-are-closed/ neither would be more libraries... jessamyn at boingboing (1 week only) http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/24/welcome-guestblogger.ht ...

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18 days ago by sylvie

fravorite links from the interwebs: aaron on the user experience 5 things innovators do. (thanks bobbi newman) open source marketplace: PTFS acquire liblime Rober B Parker dies I am very sad. he was like a friend to me. so many say: "he's one of the reasons I do what I do." I am part of that group a ...

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18 days ago by Lukas Koster

New models, new formats © Lukas Koster Recently I have been experimenting a bit with reading newspapers on my mobile phone (a G1 android device), or maybe I should say “reading news on my mobile”. I looked at two Dutch newspapers that adopt two completely different approaches. “ NRC Handelsblad” pub ...

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25 days ago by Rhondda

CiteXplore ”CiteXplore combines literature search with text mining tools for biology. Search results are cross referenced to EBI applications based on publication identifiers. Links to full text versions are provided where available. “ MapSkip – Places Have Stories! MapSkip makes the world a canvas ...

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28 days ago by sylvie

sorry this list goes on and on. many brilliant finds in the last few weeks. start with my 3 absolute favorites: what makes a person satisfied... IT'S ABOUT PROGRESS... -for those who think the internet is killing social interactions: how the internet enables intimacy. and taming the paper dragon (lo ...

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33 days ago by theunquietlibrary

The Unquiet Library is now an official venue in the LibraryThing Local Books app for iPhone/iPod! You can read more about this cool new app and get the link to the free app in iTunes by reading this terrific post at the LibraryThing blog. You can search for our library by the name, The Unquiet Libra ...

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33 days ago by WoW!ter

At Wageningen UR Library we had for many years already a quite successful e-mail based TOC-alerting system for our users. It was introduced in 2003 (Gerritsma, 2003) and has been flourishing ever since. Why would we compete with publishers by offering TOC-alerts through the mail? The answer is quite ...

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37 days ago by Rhondda

Facebook Guide Book – How To, Tips and Instructions by Mashable Mashable has put together a new Guidebook to Facebook, similar to their Twitter Guidebook, with detailed instructions for how to do nearly everything on the social network including – Facebook 101: The Basics, Managing Your Facebook Wal ...

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42 days ago by Lukas Koster

Teylers museum library © Dymphie On Sunday December 27, 2009 I was in the opportunity to visit the, otherwise closed, library of The Netherlands’ oldest museum Teylers museum in my home town Haarlem, together with a small group of Dutch library twitter people. We were very kindly shown around by lib ...

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53 days ago by Rhondda

Inside Mecca – Watch the Documentary Film for Free – SnagFilms Inside Mecca is an in-depth look at the principles of Islam, the significance of Mecca, and the stories of pilgrims to Mecca. This video from National Geographic (hosted by Snag Films) may be of use to anyone studying comparative religio ...

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