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Under-Reporting? A Report of Facebook at Swarthmore - The Daily Gazette
via facebook AND (library OR librarian) - Google News by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
Under-Reporting? A Report of Facebook at SwarthmoreThe Daily Gazette, PA - 11 May 2008By Brandon Lee Wolff Glancing though the computer terminals in McCabe Library or the dorm lounges, you are almost certain to see the ubiquitous blue ...
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C&RL - May 2008
via ACRL Insider by Dawn Mueller on May 15, 2008
The May 2008 issue (Vol. 69, no. 3) of C&RL is now available online.AbstractsFull-text ArticlesThe full-text of these articles are available to current ACRL members only. You will need your password to access them.Every Library’s Nightmare? Digital Rights Management, Use Restrictions, and Licensed Scholarly Digital Resources Kristin R. EschenfelderPDF versionStatus of Approval Plans in...
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New Blackboard Sync Application Leverages Facebook
via Campus Technology by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Blackboard Inc. today announced Blackboard Sync, an application that allows students to receive course updates and communicate with classmates while logged on to Facebook.
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Wikis Get Users Talking at MIT, Johns Hopkins
via Campus Technology by Linda L Briggs on May 14, 2008
In many ways, college campuses are an obvious implementation for a wiki tool. The decentralized nature of the technology and its ability to allow a wide range of individuals or groups to contribute ideas into a single area through Web browsers make wikis simple and compelling for higher education uses.
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Fair Dealing and Media Use of Flickr Photos
via Michael Geist Blog by Michael Geist on May 13, 2008
The Torontoist covers a recent decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council on CityNews' use of photos from Flickr in a news report without attribution. City argued that the use was covered by the news reporting provisions in fair dealing. The CBSC disagreed, noting that the statute requires attribution.
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Google Reader Gets More Social: Now With Notes
via TechCrunch by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Zee M sharing this with note about google reader with notes..Google has added support for Notes to Google Reader, allowing users to share notes or add notes to shared stories.The add a note feature is located in the “Your Stuff” menu at the top of the Google Reader sidebar. Tumblr style, the feature allows users to share with friends “whatever pops into your head (for better or...
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Reference Librarians at the Reference Desk in a Learning Commons: A Mixed Methods Evaluation
via ScienceDirect Publication: The Journal of Academic Librarianship by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Publication year: 2008Elizabeth B., Fitzpatrick , Anne C., Moore , Beth W., LangAt the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s W.E.B. Du Bois Library’s Learning Commons, only reference librarians staff the Reference and Research Assistance Desk. Surveys, a focus group, reference question transcriptions, and question-type tallies indicate that this service model is strongly preferred by users...
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Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on March 25, 2008
There is a scourge on the Web. It is called Internet Explorer 6. Even though the more recent version of Microsoft’s browser, IE7, has been around for more than two years, IE6 still represents 31 percent of all browsers out there (versus only 22 percent for IE7 and 36.5 percent for Firefox). This upgrade lag is simply unacceptable—to programmers, that is, who find it a real pain to make...
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Suing Georgia
via ©ollectanea by Georgia Harper on April 22, 2008
I have taken nearly a week to mull over this case that has been buzzing around the blogosphere, around email and even in real life, and I'm glad I did. I think I see it more clearly now than I did a week ago when the news first hit. I managed with a little time to connect it up with everything else in my life, well, my copyright life.I guess it was reading Claire Stewart's post at the...
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PLA 2008 Day 1: What Does it Take to be Good at Reference in the Age of Google?
via David Lee King by davidleeking on March 28, 2008
Speaker: Joseph JanesTitle: What Does it Take to be Good at Reference in the Age of Google?Aside - Sorta humorous - moderator asked us to turn off our cell phones… in THIS session about emerging trends in the age of google! Hee. Probably should have said “put cell phones on mute.”“we can find things they can’t find” - this is a revelation to many people.we shouldn’t emphasize ready...
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