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27 Oct 09

Waller on the relationship between Google and public libraries

In a research paper, Vivienne Waller from Swinburne has examined the relationship between Google and public libraries. It's very well researched and written, and will provide anyone with plenty to think about. The challenge now is to get the right people to read it - especially the "everything's there on the Web" crowd.

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13 Oct 09

Free Digital Versions

“Bound by Law translates law into plain English and abstract ideas into ‘visual metaphors.’ So the comic's heroine, Akiko, brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean 'Rights Monster' - all the while learning copyright law basics, including the line between fair use and copyright infringement.”

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23 Sep 09

The Library 2.0 Gang

Library 2.0 Gang 09/09 discussing eBooks & eReaders
(The site offers a great resource of podcasts by librarians and library staff all about 2.0 issues in the library. )

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17 Aug 09

Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)

Article that discusses the relevance of twitter for libraries and gives examples of how some libraries are using it.

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Web 2.0 in School Libraries

Lists links to numerous websites, blogs and wikis that discuss web 2.0 tools and uses in school libraries

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05 Jun 09

SBDS Prototype 0.1

Information on the prototype SDBS discovery service from National Library of Australia. SBDS will be a new discovery service focussed on Australia, Australians, and items found in Australian collecting institutions. It will provide a single point of access to resources currently discoverable via the Library's multiple discovery services, and to digitised material freely available online anywhere in the world.

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13 Apr 09

A Vision for Teacher-librarianship « LifelongLearner Rhonda's Weblog

A blog post that includes video and a flow chart on "integrating technology into every aspect of the inquiry process"

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07 Apr 09

The Accomplished Librarian: A Web Information Organizing Tool

Offers cognitive support designed to increase learners' access to important site and content-relevant information and tools.

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22 Mar 09

Harry Potter's World Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine

"the exhibition explores Harry Potter’s world, its roots in Renaissance science and the ethical questions that affected not only the wizards in J.K. Rowling’s books, but also the historical thinkers featured in the series. Exhibition panels feature the works of 15th- and 16th-century alchemists, naturalists and occultists, and explore the intersection between the Harry Potter novels an Renaissance thinkers, lore and practices."

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22 Jan 09

The NYPL Picture Collection Online

Search or browse "more than 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923”. Images are in public domain, but be sure to read permissions and link/attribution requirements.

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Whichbook

This website has you set criteria for a book you'd like to read and will then recommend some for you.

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