A few links on how to improve ur Internets:
14 “Other” Ways to Use RSS Feeds from makeuseof.com lists less talked about services like sending any RSS updates to your email and converting news feeds to speech.
10 Smart Hacks for Google Reader from Lifehack. Via LibrarianInBlack. [...]
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Posted in Links, tagged Europe on Monday, March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
EuropaWorld publishes articles about develeopment issues from a European perspective. They are divided into 21 categories, including Arms control, Climate, Debt relief and development, Drugs and terrorism, and Education. According to their About us page,
“[t]he target audience is opinion, policy and decision makers , NGOs, Government Organisations, Educational Institutions, Media and Commercial Organisations and the [...]
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Posted in Links, tagged Europe on Sunday, March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
EuropaWorld publishes articles about develeopment issues from a European perspective. They are divided into 21 categories, including Arms control, Climate, Debt relief and development, Drugs and terrorism, and Education. According to their About us page,
“[t]he target audience is opinion, policy and decision makers , NGOs, Government Organisations, Educational Institutions, Media and Commercial Organisations and the [...]
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Posted in Links, Solutions, Tech on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
EveryBlock is now available for New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. In Stephen Francoeur’s words, the site “allows you to search for neighborhood news and data in New York, Chicago, or San Francisco. You can search by address, ZIP code, or neighborhood name. The site pulls together information from a number of sources in a [...]
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Posted in Links on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Created by Steven Bell at ACRLog, this wee Academic Librarian Journal Readership Survey only takes a minute – or 2 minutes 47 seconds, like Steven puts it, if you want to add a comment at the end. Go raise your (virtual) voice!
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Posted in Design, Learning, Links, Web 2.0 on Saturday, February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
A Quick Guide to Website Design by Ellyssa Kroski includes links to free website templates, site builders, widgets, images, and analytics tools.
The Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet: Top 100 Lists of Web Development Cheat Sheets includes links to searching tips and improving your Firefox or Google skills. Simple Spark offers a wide collection of web apps. [...]
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Posted in Conferences, Green, Links on Friday, February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
ACRL is surveying its members about Greening ACRL National Conference 2009!
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Posted in Links, Solutions, Tech, Usability on Monday, February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
…and other ideas from Top 10 obscure Google search tips from Lifehacker.
From American Libraries Direct 1/9/2008.
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Posted in Library 2.0, Links, Tv / Video on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve kept an eye out for videos related to library science. There’s beginning to be so much that this Playlist: The best of library 2.0 will definitely be helpful.
Via What I Learned Today.
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Posted in Academic, Eh?, Links on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
OER Commons (Open Educational Resources) is a “global teaching and learning network of free-to-use resources – from K-12 lesson plans to college courseware.”
iBerry, the Academic Porthole, claims to offer “Free access to Higher Education (HE) resources and Open Courseware (OCW) from the Universities and Colleges of the world.”
I wish, however, that the iBerry team would [...]
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