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IPKat—IP news and fun for everyone (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A Defense Of Intellectual Property Rights , by Richard A. Spinello and Maria Bottis, is that rare creature these days -- a book on intellectual property rights that is not predicated by the considerations of economics and the demands of the marketplace. A little unfashionably, the authors argue the case that intellectual property rights are justified on non-economic grounds. Then they get a tiny little...
LisNews (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Whitman (MA) Public Library has a new adult services librarian and she is thrilled to be in her new position. Jessi Finnie decided to change directions in her career, and after being an editor of a magazine, wanted to continue to work with words. She felt becoming a librarian was what she ultimately wanted to do. Here's a portion of an interview from The Whitman & Hanson Express : How did...
EarthSky Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Why make art about science? It's a question that's been plaguing me, particularly last week, when I found myself crammed into a small meeting room in the public library across the street from my house. I was [...]
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
You’ll find a list of five institutions. Loughborough University is ranked number one. Source: Science Watch (Thomson Reuters)
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
This bibliography contains 50 entries and was compiled by Tam Dalrymple, Senior Information Specialist in the OCLC Library. The OCLC Library has begun a collection of studies on how libraries fit into people’s information-seeking behavior. Right now we are concentrating on published books, reports or dissertations, rather than articles, and are generally looking for items [...]
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
We have several poetry readings, several boat-type readings, and a book about looking at Puget Sound like an artist today. Then there are the book events we are actually going to hear about. To wit: Friends of the Library is hosting a Mini-Book Sale today at Magnuson Park. No, the books aren't mini. The sale is mini; they'll only (?) have 10,000 books for sale . At Seattle Mystery Bookshop, it's time...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The complete list of papers/presentations available can be found here. The meeting took place October October 14–15, 2009 in Washington, DC. Audio of the presentations is also available. Here are the Titles of the Sessions (Each Session Includes Presentations by One or More Presenters): + New Models for Federal Depository Library Collections: Report on Findings [...]
Evolution List (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
It has been almost exactly a century and a half since Darwin's Origin of Species was first published, and half a century since the conference at the University of Chicago where the "triumph" of the "modern evolutionary synthesis" was celebrated. So, isn't it a little odd that some well-respected scientists and historians of science are proclaiming in this celebratory year that the...
Astroblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Image left, the Bettdeckererscnappenden Weisles heart rate converted to colour and images. Image right, MiddleOnes heart rate converted to light and colour. The inaugral meeting * of the Adelaide branch of the Australian Science Communicators was a hoot. Held in the Royal Institute Australia's newly refurbished home in the old Exchange Building, Rob Morrison did a demonstration of the science of wind...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Yesterday we mentioned to searchable databases, one from the U.S. Census and the other from USA.gov with thousands of asked an answered questions about the federal government and the U.S. Census. Excellent ready reference tools to know about. Today, another database of asked and answered questions This time it’s a Library of Congress resource. The [...]
Evolution List (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
During this year of celebration of Darwin and evolutionary biology, Intelligent Design (ID) supporters are fond of asserting that a branch of the biological sciences that currently accounts for over 100 regularly published journals (containing over 1000 peer-reviewed scientific reports) per year , over 1000 books published by reputable scientific publishers per year , and involving grant and foundation...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
From the Article Carnegie Mellon has for years already been building its own “bookless library”: “For the nearly 15 years I’ve been in the Carnegie Mellon Libraries, we’ve been working hard to provide the campus with what I think is a very realistic view of the library of the future. We are working towards a hybrid [...]
LisNews (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Rise Of The Web Librarian: An Elegant DMOZ Solution Imagine if Bob Keating, Editor In Chief of DMOZ, got together with the ALA, and through a joint venture invited the Dean of every graduate program in Library and Information Science to send invitations to every single graduate student in Library Science to participate in the DMOZ/ODP. That sounds hard, but it could happen in three phone calls and...
MIT World » Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Astronaut Mike Massimino returns to MIT and shares his experience on the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125). Topics include the challenges of space walking while repairing the Hubble, having the right tools on hand for high stakes repairs, and the long hours of practice that lead up to the task. As the first astronaut to Twitter from space, Massimino provides funny, personal and insightful anecdotes...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Document: Access Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto Report (PDF; 2 pages) From the Document: The enticing opportunities in digital research and scholarship are coupled with new challenges for the research community. Researchers are drowning in a deluge of raw data and published information and face a bewildering array of options for disseminating and [...]
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cricbytes | 02/11/2009
Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and senior all-rounder Shahid Afridi were on Tuesday retained in the 22-member probables list for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka.
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