It took me a little bit to figure out what to do - but this is a fun idea. Library of Congress Classification, the game!
Via Thingology.

I taught a class on Thurs on the 2.0 Office. At the end I had some extra time so I showed some fun social tools that you can find professional uses for. One of these tools was Flickr. Well, it turns out (thanks David for pointing it out) that the Library of [...]

At the seminary we (meaning our Special Collections Assistant, Sarah) put together a book of pictures from one of our donors. She used a service called Blurb.com - I had heard of LuLu, but hadn’t heard of Blurb until she started this project. When book was printed and arrived at the library I [...]

FeedBlitz - The Leading RSS and Blog to Email ServiceFeedBlitz is the unique service that enables professional publishers, marketers and bloggers to quickly and easily reach all their subscribers.

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(theinfo)This is a site for large data sets and the people who love them: the scrapers and crawlers who collect them, the academics and geeks who process them, the designers and artists who visualize them.
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Thanks to Judith for pointing out Kathy’s editorial from the most recent issue of CIL.
“In the library world, many processes are still done the way they were years ago. The old adage ‘because we’ve always done it that way’ still holds sway, and entangled layers of bureaucracy can make real change incredibly slow, if no [...]

Iconize Textlinks with CSS - pooliestudiosLinks are fun, but sometimes we don’t know where they take us. With this little CSS technique a user can identify a link by its icon.
The Free Software Definition - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you [...]

The Advanced WordPress Help Sheet includes snippets from Styling Different Categories to Dynamic Page Titles. This is also only the first of a few I’ll be releasing. I plan on having at least three Advanced WordPress Help Sheets, totaling to around 9 or 10 pages of WordPress goodies.
This sounds pretty handy. One day I’ll [...]

I only went to the exhibit hall for 1 hour on Saturday - that’s about all the time I could spare - but Todd had an interesting observation from him stay at Midwinter that makes me smile:
After walking around the exhibits this afternoon, I noticed the the crowd around the LibLime (open source library software [...]

Tips for Conference BloggersBlogging a conference is an intense and rewarding activity. This document offers some basic tips on how to approach conference blogging.

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The news is out! I have been offered (and accepted) the position of Open Source Evangelist at LibLime. It seems like only yesterday I joined the staff at the Princeton Theological Seminary, but you never know when fate is going to step in. I’m going to miss working with the amazing people at [...]

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Open Source LivingAn archive of the Web’s best Open Source software, applications and references for a zero-cost / top quality digital experience.
How to Become a Gmail Jedi MasterLearn to master Gmail through the use of labels, filters, keyboard shortcuts, vacation autoresponders, and the new IMAP support.
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I’m registered - are you?? Check out the program and details at the official site.
The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites Downtown Portland. A single suite is $150 per night, which includes full breakfast and free happy-hour. To make reservations, please call the hotel directly at (503)279-9000 and let the guest representative [...]

15 Questions for an Early Facebook User - ReadWriteWeb"I thought it would be interesting to interview my sister about the Facebook and her experiences with it over the years. What follows is the 15 question interview."
ACRL Environmental Scan 2007Over the past decade, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has undertaken an ongoing environmental [...]

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What They Don?t Teach in Library School: Competencies, Education, and Employer Expectations for a Career in Cataloging
Resources of the Week: Free Stuff From Pricey Database VendorsWe have found that if you?re exploring vendor websites on your own, you?ll often find the good free stuff in the press/media area or possibly in [...]

Join NFAIS for its: 50th Anniversary (1958 – 2008)
The cut-off date for the early bird conference registration fee is only days away - Tuesday, January 8, 2008!! The conference, scheduled for February 24-26, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA, is for all information providers – publishers, librarians and educators - who want to learn [...]

Cataloging and Metadata Education: A Proposal for Preparing Cataloging Professionals of the 21st CenturyA response to Action Item 5.1 of the "Bibliographic Control of Web Resources: A Library of Congress Action Plan"
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I know I’m not programming in PHP anymore - but that doesn’t mean that some of you aren’t. Thanks Ray for pointing out these webinars for PHP programmers.
Webinar: Part one - Seven Steps To Better PHP
January 09, 2008 - Your computer via Webex
Webinar: Part two - Seven Steps To Better PHP Code
January 23, 2008 [...]

Pew Internet: Libraries Report: Information Searches That Solve ProblemsThe survey results challenge the assumption that libraries are losing relevance in the internet age. Libraries drew visits by more than half of Americans (53%) in the past year for all kinds of purposes, not just the problems mentioned in this survey.

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