I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I would soon be the chair of the SLA-IT Blogging section - well - it’s that time. I’ve posted my hello post and I’m ready to roll!!
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Internet Opens Elite Colleges to AllAn MIT initiative called "OpenCourseWare" makes virtually all the school’s courses available online for free _ lecture notes, readings, tests and often video lectures. Strang’s Math 18.06 course is among the most popular, with visitors downloading his lec

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After upgrading to the new release of WordPress I went from 2000 readers to 900 - that means that my plugin that counts those of you not using my FeedBurner feed doesn’t work with the new release (or over 1000 of you got annoyed at me for something I wrote ). So - [...]

NVUA complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.

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Spock People SearchSpock is a search application for finding people you know.
Feature: Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and WebappsAs we wrap up the year 2007, it’s the perfect time to put together an authoritative guide to our favorite pieces of free software and web services for common computing tasks on every platform.
PDF Split and [...]

This from a post on the NY Times Bits blog:
In less than 14 months, any traditional television set still connected to its antenna will receive nothing but static, as the broadcasting industry cuts over completely to its new digital frequencies.
A recent poll by the marketing arm of the cable industry shows that most people still [...]

Delivering MARC/XML records from the Library of Congress catalogue using the open protocols SRW/U and Z39.50
EtsyYour place to buy and sell all things handmade
PDF Editing & Creation: 50+ open source/free alternatives to Adobe AcrobatCheck out our list of these programs and take advantage of these tools that are full of some of the best PDF [...]

It’s a little late now, but a friend of mine just reminded me about Etsy:
Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade.
Our mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.
My friend says (and I quote):
etsy…is my internet mecca - for reals. [...]

Last year I was lucky enough to win a scholarship to attend the Code4Lib conference. Now it’s your turn to give it a whirl. The announcements are up at the Code4Lib site. There are 2 scholarships - one for minorities and one for women.
Good luck to all! It’s a great conference!

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This year I’m going to try something different - I’m going to try and juggle blogging in two places. This past year I have been blogging at the SLA-IT Blogging section blog every once in a while - but starting in 2008 I will be the Blogging Section chair and as such responsible for [...]

The first issue of the Code4Lib Journal has been released and the TOC looks pretty enticing - now I just have to find time to read some of these articles.

Editorial Introduction "” Issue 1
Beyond OPAC 2.0: Library Catalog as Versatile Discovery Platform
Facet-based search and navigation with LCSH: Problems and opportunities
The Rutgers Workflow Management System: Migrating [...]

eBooks.com - RSS FeedseBooks.com offers RSS feeds for the featured titles in each of the main subject areas. These feeds include the title/author, a short summary and a link back to eBooks.com for further information.
Open Yale CoursesOpen Yale Courses provides free and open access to seven introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at [...]

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This is awesome! Kimbooktu posted this picture of a biker bar in New Mexico. How cool is that??
You can see what the book titles are here! I have to find this place - and buy a motorcycle

Thank you Brad - I was very tired and cranky because I had to go back out after work to a work party - but now I can’t stop laughing! You have to read his post entitled Michael Gorman makes me cry. Well Brad, I’m still laughing and that’s why I’m crying!! I [...]

Where have I been? Well, on Sunday I picked up a new pup. He was a rescue and has claimed a lot of my attention these last few days. On top of that I went to a training seminar in Harrisburg hosted by Palinet on Metadata Standards and Applications. These two [...]

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Welcome to GroupMe! …where Semantic Web meets Web 2.0It combines Semantic Web technologies and Web 2.0 technologies, and demonstrates a new kind of social tagging system.

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I know that money drives the world - and I know that we need money to pay for our web hosts and our programmers and such - but I’ve been pointed to two terrible examples of advertising in the wrong places. The first is PDFs - yep - now PDFs can have ads!
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Okay - I’ve been fighting with Drupal for months! Now there is finally some help in sight!
As the name implies, ‘DRUPAL4LIB‘ is for those interested in Drupal, a popular open-source CMS, as it relates to libraries and librarians. The idea is to have a forum to exchange ideas and advice, share experiences, and maybe even [...]

Looking for that perfect gift for the librarian in your family? I want this! It goes perfect with my book oriented desk-organizer.
Leather tissue boxes prove you can’t tell a book by its cover-look like a stack of valuable first editions! Have handcrafted leather “bindings” over wood, gold “pages,” hand-painted gold accents. Easy to refill-lift [...]

Education-Portal.comYour guide to undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, career education and online degree programs
Web2Bookmarks.com - Cream of Web2.0 SitesSocial bookmarking is good, but old skool way of hand-picking sites is better! That’s what we do best, collecting the coolest WEB2.0 sites.
Best4cIs a Web-based, online diagram tool that allows you to create, edit and share charts anytime, [...]

So - it turns out that I missed a few studies that have found that multi-tasking is actually counter-productive. I always thought that being able to do multple things at once lead to more productivity - but after I posted the link to Jarina’s article, I got some links sent to me about how [...]

I mentioned TasteBook a while back and that I was disappointed to find that I couldn’t add my own pictures - well that has all changed! I got this email today:

I wrote a short while ago about finally understanding how to use Yahoo! Pipes and since then I’ve been playing. I have come up with a pretty complicated looking Pipe that does something so simple - something we’ve wanted for a while.
Just click the image to the left to see the full screenshot - [...]

Don’t miss this free opportunity hosted by PALINET:
Koha Camp is a unique first opportunity for systems librarians, library software developers and designers to come together for an open source experience with Koha Library Integrated System.
This one-day workshop, limited to 25 participants, is a place where teams of software developers and librarians will join to explore [...]