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5 Things You Can Do With RSS

2005-06-13T10:06:00.000-05:00

Popular Science just posted "5 things You Didn't Know You Could Track With RSS."
The 5 things include: package, library books, weather, tv listings, yourself.

Cash for Old Cell Phones

2005-06-09T10:56:00.000-05:00

Do you have an old cell phone (or 2)? Do you feel bad about throwing it away? There is now an answer... Cashinmycellphone.com .
It is a project of Project RE-cell LLC company. They want to reduce the number of wireless devices in landfills.

Movie Info on Google

2005-02-25T22:40:00.000-06:00

Google has added a new "movie:" operator, so you can search for movie information quickly. On Google's Blog, they suggest using it to find recommendations ( movie:chick flicks).
You can also use the operator (movie:) followed by your zip code to find movie times in your area.
Have fun with this new tool on this Oscar weekend.

Google Maps

2005-02-09T16:58:00.000-06:00

Yes, Google has done once again ---- Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) . Very different approach to maps.

Daily Candy Newsletters

2005-02-04T22:45:00.000-06:00

DailyCandy.com offers an electronic newsletter that is emailed to you daily. The newsletters give you the lastest on travel, art, culture, fashion, restaurants, and gifts. They do offer city-specific newsletters for New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and LA. If you do not live in any the cities they feature, they do have a newsletter called "Everywhere." They do describe their newsletters "like getting email from a clever, unpredictable, and totally in-the know best friend." Hey.. what else can you ask for :). Enjoy.

Ta-Da List

2005-01-22T16:59:00.000-06:00

For all the list makers out there... (you know who you are!) I found this great new FREE web-based tool, Ta-Da Lists (http://www.tadalist.com). Lists can be made and can be retrieved as long as you have the Internet. Another great thing - you can share the lists with others, which would be great for collaboration. Ta-Da also offers a RSS feed for the lists.
Have fun making lists and of course, the most fun part, have fun checking things off.

Best Free Reference Web Sites of 2004

2005-01-04T10:27:00.000-06:00

The Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association (ALA) has posted their annual list of "outstanding" reference web sites for 2004.

Google, Google Everywhere

2004-12-14T10:13:00.000-06:00

Google announced today that they have partnered with libraries to digitize books. Some of the libraries include Harvard, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, New York Public Library, and Stanford. Read more about it in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Google Suggest is another new Google project. The feature gives search suggestions in real time.

List of Lists - The Best of 2004

2004-12-13T13:42:00.000-06:00

The list of the "Best of 2004" lists.

Dude, You Have Got to See This

2004-12-08T08:54:00.000-06:00

I just saw on Yahoo News a story titled Linguist Deciphers Uses of Word 'Dude'
Who knew there were so many ways to define dude, and so many ways to use it?

QuackTrack

2004-12-07T10:19:00.000-06:00

QuackTrack is an index of blogs. It includes many blogs about libraries/librarians. I just love the duck.

100 Notable Books of 2004

2004-12-06T14:09:00.000-06:00

The New York Times has listed their 100 Notable Books of 2004. A great list! A good gift guide if you plan to give books as gifts this holiday season.

Fodor's Travel Blog

2004-12-03T10:36:00.000-06:00

If you like to travel and want to read about neat things to do or just simple travel tips, Fodor's Travel blog is a great blog to read and/or add to your aggregator.

Marketing Tools for Your Library

2004-12-03T10:24:00.000-06:00

The Gale group offers free Marketing Tools (fliers, bookmarks, posters, newsletters) for different types of libraries. Some of the tools are available in Spanish too!

Free Credit Reports

2004-12-03T10:17:00.000-06:00

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that the consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion - will start offering free credit reports by state Dec 1. If you are a resident of western states you can get it now and the schedule is listed on the www.annualcreditreport.com site.

The Librarian - Quest for the Spear

2004-12-01T09:12:00.000-06:00

The Librarian - Quest for the Spear movie starring Noah Wyle will air on Sunday, December 5 at 8pm (ET) / 7pm on TNT. Check your Local Listings. I love the description of Noah Wyle's character - "a nerdish bookworm."
Thanks Theodora.

Library Toolbars

2004-11-29T15:10:00.000-06:00

I thought this was very cool. Stanford has created its own toolbar for users to download. Every library should have one of these. Do you agree?

Bookstore Classified by Color

2004-11-22T11:26:00.000-06:00

The Adobe Bookstore in San Francisco has reclassified their books by color. Read more about it here and see photos too.
Thanks Andrea!

Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography

2004-11-22T11:14:00.000-06:00

The Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography was compiled by Brenda Chawner, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, as part of her Ph.D. studies. The bibliography includes journal articles, web documents and announcements.

Google Has Done It Again - Google Scholar

2004-11-18T09:44:00.000-06:00

Google has done it once again. Their newest addition, Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/), is a new service that searches scholarly material. To read more about it their about page is a good place to start. Also there is an article on ResourceShelf about this new service.

SeeJaneWork

2004-11-18T09:11:00.000-06:00

I found this great site SeeJaneWork (seejanework.com) for shopping. It includes all the things I love: stationery, office supplies, and pens. They have some really cool unique things that I have never seen before. Enjoy. More shopping links to come :). It IS that time of the year!

Tool Kit for Expert Searchers

2004-11-16T16:04:00.000-06:00

The American Library Association (ALA) offers a Tool Kit for Expert Searchers.

Great Article by Gary Price

2004-11-14T15:38:00.000-06:00

Gary Price has written a great article, What Google Teaches Us that Has Nothing to Do with Searching . In the article he makes many great points, but I really like the eight points he has at the end of the article that we as librarians should try to achieve.

Google Cheat Sheet

2004-11-11T22:01:00.000-06:00

Bookmark worthy! A quick reference guide for special "search" operators for Google. The operators include definitions, date search, links, and much much more.

Koders Search Engine

2004-11-10T20:02:00.000-06:00

Koders (http://www.koders.com) is a search engine for source code. It enables developers to easily search and browse source code in thousands of projects hosted at hundreds of open source repositories.