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Dreamforce06 presentations on slideshare - (Slideshare Blog - 10/19/06) - "Salesforce.com just got finished their Dreamforce06 conference. And they have uploaded their presentations to SlideShare. They now have a permanent archive of their presentations to be shared with employees, clients and customers." Former resident gifts UC Law Library with 60,000 volumes - (Community Press & Recorder - 10/19/06) - "Sixty thousand volumes delivered by three semi-tractor trailer trucks recently changed the face of the University of Cincinnati Law Library thanks to the generosity of former Indian Hill resident Alfred K. Nippert Jr." Health Information Search Engines Emerge - (Marketwire - 10/18/06) - "Increasingly consumers find themselves in need of search engines that address the unique complexities of health information search and that can provide more reliable and personalized search results. Recently, several health-vertical search engines, including Healia ( www.healia.com), have launched in attempt to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the health search process." (via) Darwin's entire works go online - (The Guardian - 10/19/06) - "The collection brings Darwin's breathtaking range of writing together for the first time, with 50,000 pages of searchable text, and tens of thousands of images, many from previously unpublished manuscripts, together with notebooks, diaries and original publications such as The Origin of Species, The Voyage of the Beagle (the Journal of Researches) and The Descent of Man. Audio versions of key works will be free to download at the project website, darwin-online.org.uk. Creating community: The blog as a networking device - "This paper considers the place of blogs in librarians' professional practice. It defines blogging and the blogosphere, and examines them in the context of Bechtel's call for libraries to be 'centres of conversation'. Despite having been criticised for being over-indulgent, frivolous or a waste of time, the blog can be used as a tool to build trust, share knowledge, and raise and discuss professional issues within librarianship. The author informally surveyed thirty six librarian bloggers from around the world, asking them to consider how blogs fit into their professional practice. The issue of library blogs is also examined." (via) An e-mail from Charles A. Seavey (10/18/06) - "LISRadio home of interesting and stimulating webcast conversations with movers, shakers, and the odd gadfly or two in libraryland, now has an rss feed" Middle-School Library Strives To Liven Image - (The Daily News Recod - 10/5/06) - "Thomas Harrison Middle School librarians are getting their kids "actively involved" in reading — literally. This week, 148 students and teachers will take 20-minute turns pedaling on two stationary bikes located just inside the library doors. The reason? The bikes are attention-getting "entry points" into the library. For the last three years, THMS librarians Peggy McIntyre and Sandy Parks have slowly converted their media center to look, feel and function more like Barnes & Noble and less like an "old stuffy" library." ‘Street lit’ causing stir at city library - (The Trentonian - 10/19/06) - "A recently-purchased group of controversial "street lit[erature]" urban books--one titled, simply, "Whore"--has caused some concern in the city public library system." |
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