It looks like Google is experimenting with a Digg-like search over at Google Labs (info found via TechCrunch)
The new search would let logged in users sort/rate their search results:
This experiment lets you influence your search experience by adding, moving, and removing search results. When you search for the same keywords again, you’ll continue to see [...]

Paglo - The Search Engine for ITSimply put, Paglo is the world’s first search engine for IT. Think Google? for IT. Use the open source crawler and discover everything about your computers, network and users.
GenfaviconFree Online Favicon Generator. Icon Generator.
MarkMailMarkMail is a free service for searching mailing list archives, with huge advantages over traditional search [...]

I just read on a few quotes from the the report of the RLG Programs metadata practice survey on Lorcan Dempsey’s blog (I haven’t read the whole report yet) and wanted to add to his comments. The report says:
… RLG Programs surveyed 18 Partner institutions1 in July and August 2007 to obtain a baseline [...]

Via AutoCat (by J. McRee (Mac) Elrod) & Cataloging Futures:
Brian Campbell called my attention to this recorded lecture by Francis Miksa. It’s well worth the hour and a half it takes to listen to it (and I probably kept Hal awake doing so).
http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/2007/11/essential-liste.html.
After a fascinating detailed history (which establishes that nothing is new under [...]

VoxVox is a new personal blogging service. It’s all about ease of use, privacy control, playing well with other web services, and staying connected to the people you care about.
GliffyWith a tool that makes it easy to create, share, and collaborate on a wide range of diagrams, Gliffy users can communicate more clearly, boost innovation, [...]

There was an interesting article in InformationWeek about how social networks are built to self destruct. Then over at CrunchGear there was a funny comic strip and some additional comments on the topic. Cory writes:
Emails from Facebook aren’t helpful messages, they’re eyeball bait, intended to send you off to the Facebook site, only to [...]

While Thanksgiving has passed, I can be thankful anytime and I want to repeat Michael’s thanks to LISNews & Blake Carver.
I’m also thankful for LISNews and the hosting services that Blake Carver provides. He puts up with the mountains of spam comments TTW gets as well as all my strange requests. If you [...]

Now, I’m all for campus safety and for colleges using the technology that our students are using - but this is a bit much!
Students at Montclair State University in Dirty Jersey now must purchase, out of their own pocket, a Sprint cellphone, dubbed the "School Phone" by students. Ostensibly, the plan is designed to ensure [...]

BookSurge, part of the Amazon group of companiesBookSurge offers complete publishing, inventory-free fulfillment and online distribution services for independent publishing.

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web 2.0 & Online generators [100+]Some of the more popular web 2.0 generators. these make it easy to add stuff like badges, stripes, loading gifs, rounded corners and more to your site
KompoZer - Easy web authoringNvu’s unofficial bug-fix release

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The ultimate guide to advanced searching within Yahoo, Google and MSN operators
CollegeRuledCollegeRuled.com is a resource for university students. We are making tools, pages and features to help college students stay organized and connect with classmates.
NvuA complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like [...]

If Meebo isn’t your thing - there’s also doof. A social gaming site that I’ve been meaning to try out - but just haven’t had the time yet.
doof is all about playing games and meeting people, we like to call it Social Gaming.
Bursting with games and cool ways to meet and beat others, [...]

What a great combo:
If you’re looking for a killer app on the Internet and are unwilling to get into pornography, gaming is your best bet. So when Meebo opened their platform last month to third party developers, it was clearly only a matter of time before they let game startups in. That time has come.
Twenty [...]

Did you know that Gmail added Permalinks? Thanks to Google Blogoscoped for pointing me to these tips on the Official Gmail Blog. Among them is the fact that the URLs in Gmail have changed so that you can easily copy and paste them.
Now, I’m trying to find a good use for [...]

So, I read on TechCrunch and Lifehacker about Windows Live Community Builder and I want to poke around a bit (because I’m trying not to be prejudiced) - but the link takes me to a very minimal looking page.

I tried a few different links and then thought … hmmm … this is Microsoft, [...]

Last week I wrote about my impressions of David Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous. Well, this morning (around 2am) I finished the book and am so impressed! I love books that make me think - and Weinberger really left my head reeling.
In my role as Metadata Librarian I not only have to [...]

Journals with RSS Feeds
Distance Learning for Librarians via the Internet
ProductWikiUnbiased product reviews and information

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Do you think that this name has some hidden meaning? Turning your paperbooks into kindling? Anyway, Amazon’s Kindle looks awesome!! My only problem is that it doesn’t read PDF. Now, while I’m not a student anymore, I always wanted an e-book reader so I could read my lecture notes which were [...]

Harvard University Press: RSS Feeds
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Law of The Blog - A Blogger’s Guide to Copyright, Defamation, Trademarks, and other online legal issues.Bloggers’ rights and risks are in legal limbo. This information describes the situation as of October 2007. It is also relevant for websites that express opinions or publish reviews, or companies that encourage employee blogging.

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Information Organization Future for LibrariesIn a world of quick-and-easy search engines and of online social networks?in which information gets shared at an astonishingly rapid rate?information retrieval and aggregation are no longer the purview of the library institution alone.

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I just read that Roy will no longer be writing his column for Library Journal - but will continue to blog - an option he didn’t have when he started out 10 years ago.
Blogs didn’t exist then either. But since they do now it seems like a fairly good platform for continuing my coverage of [...]

Okay - I have to admit, I had no clue what the heck Yahoo! Pipes were all about. I read about them in the beginning and was lost, but thanks to Mashing Up Multiple Web Feeds Using Yahoo! Pipes, an article By Jody Condit Fagan in the recent issue of Computers in [...]

Via Autocat:
Greetings! I am working on a research article for ALA-NMRT’s Footnotes about transitions in librarianship. If you have made a significant career change during your first decade of professional service, then please take several minutes to complete this survey.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks so much [...]

SplashupA powerful editing tool and photo manager. With all the features professionals use and novices want, it’s easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once.
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