Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
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Just saw this on Herryanto’s blog about a fantastic new feature for BookJetty users. If you haven’t used BookJetty before, then this is a perfect time to join and use it. This new feature will SMS you the book call number when you click on a SMS link on the book title you are looking […]
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- Encyclopedia of LifeEncyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an online reference source and database for 1.8 million specifies that are named and known on Earth. What’s interesting is that the information on EOL is mashups of content from different sources and then verified by scientists for authenticity. The information on EOL will also be updated […]
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- Neat Amazon Feature: Book CitationsAn innovative feature of Amazon.com that allows you to look at books that cite from your favorite book(s). So, Seth Godin, an author, is asking if this wonderful feature is even possible at his public library.(via Seth’s Blog) - Library is more than just “resources”Ever wonder why no one comes […]
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A total of 20 novels have been chosen in a longlist for the 2007 Orange Broadband Award. Last year’s winner was Zadie Smith’s On Beauty (Call No.: English SMI). The Orange prize is the only UK’s fiction award opened to women writers. And the award is open to any woman writer as long as she […]
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A reading initiative, The Advertiser Little Big Book Club, was launched yesterday in South Australia by its Premier Mike Rann to boost literacy. All children in South Australia between 6-12 months can collect a free reading pack, starting from tomorrow. They expect to distribute about 18,000 reading packs. The reading pack will include “The Only […]
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Hmmm … that’s something that I’ve been tasked to check with regards to MPOW. We would like to find out what others are saying about our libraries. And this list by Li Evans of Search Marketing Gurus is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It gives 31 sites that anyone can use to monitor what […]
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Ever needed to search for science fiction and fantasy books or articles? Well, here’s a wonderful Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database by the Texas A&M. To date, they have about 75,000 records. Here’s the write-up from their ‘Introduction’ page: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database provides indexing to articles, books, news reports, obituaries, […]
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The Florida Metropolitan University (FMU) Online has compiled a Top 10 list of the most useful online databases. The list is as follows: Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)* ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)* CQ Researcher Gale Virtual Reference Library* Oxford Reference Online Premium LexisNexis Academic* College Source Online Plunkett Research Online Census Information WorldCat (OCLC) I’ve added asterisks […]
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