It’s tax time so I’ve got another tip to add to this morning’s. Another tip from Jenkins Law Library - this time from RayAna who points us to a great article on Yahoo! Finance about overlooked tax deductions. One example:
4. Student loan interest paid by Mom and Dad. Until recently, if parents paid [...]

Did you know that Google had public calendars that you could add to your personal calendar? I didn’t - not until someone in one of the classes I was teaching pointed it out. This is why I love teaching small, hands-on type classes, I always walk away learning something from the students. [...]

A little bit of trivia for you from a photo on Flickr. I honestly can’t tell if this is a joke or if the person is serious - but if it’s real, this is kind of funny and very sad.

book rental?
Originally uploaded by Nick Triantafillou

It reads:
was just thinking. my sister does -alot- of reading, [...]

Well, Nikki at the Jenkins Law Library has a great tip to save you some headaches. Because of the new Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), those who file before February 11th may have their returns rejected:
If you are like me then you already have your taxes e-filed and you are waiting for your refund. [...]

BlacklightA next generation library catalog written in ruby, using solr as the underlying search engine. All you have to do is export your marc records, index them with the scripts provided, start up ruby on rails, and you’re on your way to faceted browsing bliss.
Pidgin4LibPidgin4Lib is a customized version of Pidgin. It includes a plugin [...]

The first library unconference in Upstate New York will be held on March 4-5, 2008 at the Holiday Inn, Carrier Circle, East Syracuse, NY.
This from the unconference wiki. Sounds exciting - and like it’s being announced a little late in the game.
Technorati Tags: unyunc

I didn’t think I’d get to attend this year, but I will be there with bells on! I am registered, hotel booked and have already volunteered to moderate the Open Source track on Wednesday. You can see my schedule as it develops on the CIL 2008 Wiki. Can’t wait to see all [...]

When I first saw this video I thought - ooo - a neat way to do webinars. I’m always looking for free tools to assist in web programs (not sure why - just something I’m interested in). After trying it out with a friend though - I have to say that Browmi has [...]

I mentioned almost a year ago that Borders was going to be splitting from Amazon.com - now I find a link to Borders beta via MoMB.

Looks pretty spiffy to me. I’ll have to browse later - but if the prices are no different then in the store - I’ll be sticking with Amazon for [...]

I user Firefox for all of my web browsing - but as someone who works on web pages, I need to have an older version of IE to do testing - also, I don’t like what I’ve heard about IE7 so far - but apparently I’ll have no choice (or little choice - I might [...]

There will be an interesting discussion later this week on Blending Libraries and IT Organizations:
As technology and data become increasingly intertwined, many small liberal-arts colleges are combining their IT organizations and libraries to better serve students and faculty members. Xavier University, in Cincinnati, has embraced that model wholeheartedly (The Chronicle, January 18). It is constructing [...]

FlickrDownDownload Flickr pictures in bulk.
PDFs: Pull and Format Text from PDFs with PDFTextOnline
Playlist: The Best of Library 2.0InfoSciPhi has put together a YouTube playlist of the Library 2.0 videos.

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I know this has nothing to do with technology or libraries - but I’m proud of my little baby so…
Look who’s on Sheltie Nation today. This is our baby Coda. And have you seen her other famous posts? One from when we moved and the other from when she was a baby
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Clustering Tags in Enterprise and Web FolksonomiesRecently there has been massive growth in the use of tags as a simple, flexible way to categorize resources. Tags are often used collaboratively to help share information using website; such as del.icio.us.
GSLIScastAudio Content from the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science

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I don’t where to begin with this. I have just read several different blogs/emails/releases all about this amazing leap for the open source ILS & other open source library tools.
Let’s start with Roy:
So anyway, here’s the skinny: IndexData, WebFeat, and CARE Affiliates have partnered to create a service they’ve dubbed OpenTranslators. In [...]

There are constantly new apps added to Facebook. I’m finding it hard to keep my list manageable. I am constantly turning down zombie and vampire invites (what do I need those for), but there are also some very useful apps in Facebook.
iLibrarian has three parts listing great apps for librarians:

Part 1
Part [...]

In my new role, I’m going to have to keep up with what people are saying about libraries, open source and technology in general. I’m sure you’re thinking that I’m already doing that - but now I have to do it full-time! So, here’s my list of podcasts:

Do you think I should be [...]

Tim Spalding has written a tiny little API to change ISBN10 into ISBN13:
A smart young programmer from a book-related company and I were talking. It turns out that, to validate ISBNs and get back both 10- and 13-digit versions he was submitting ISBNs to Amazon Web Services. That’s like calling NORAD to find out if [...]

Folio Society: A world of beautiful illustrated booksThe Folio Society Publishes Beautiful Illustrated Books

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A three-year study on the freshness of Web search engine databasesThis paper deals with one aspect of the index quality of search engines: index freshness. The purpose is to analyse the update strategies of the major Web search engines Google, Yahoo, and MSN/Live.com.
Flickr: The CommonsThe key goals of this pilot project are to firstly give [...]

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I recently remembered my Yelp membership and started using it more. What I never thought to use it for was reviewing libraries!! I found this picture via Tame the Web and was happy and surprised to find out that it was on door [...]

I don’t have much to add - but I thought I’d bring this post at ReadWriteWeb to your attention:

I suffer from information overload already

So much of what’s discussed online is meaningless. These forms of communication are shallow and make us dumber. We have real work to do!

I don’t have the time to contribute and moderate, [...]

In an article about the happiness of telecommuters versus those of us who have to go into the office, Techdirt makes a great point:
Whether or not your desk sits in your house, at the office, or both, it is not the location of the desk that is important, but rather the flexibility to choose when [...]

Today I had my first Skype call/interview. It was an interesting experience. It was for a podcast that will appear on Talking with Talis once I’ve started my new job. One big tip - find a place without distractions or dogs!! My house has an open floor plan and it’s freezing out [...]

Library of Congress Classification Game

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