{"id":470,"date":"2009-12-18T02:19:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T06:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/?p=470"},"modified":"2012-05-07T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T19:33:25","slug":"library-news-notes-121809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/2009\/12\/18\/library-news-notes-121809\/","title":{"rendered":"Library News & Notes 12\/18\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rowland Institute at Harvard<\/a>
\nLibrary News & Notes
\nDecember 18, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note: this is the last LNN for the calendar year. The next issue will be posted on January 8, 2010. Happy Holidays to one and all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quotes of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFaith is taking the first step even when you don\u2019t see the whole staircase.\u201d \u2015Martin Luther King Jr.
\n(Source: Real Simple<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“Libraries: Unlike banks, we are still lending” – unknown
\n(Source: oodja<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Books\/eBooks<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nEasy and Inexpensive Mechanics of Creating Your First E-book<\/a><\/p>\n

The Future of E-Books<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Destroy the Book<\/a>
\n(Source: The Shifted Librarian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Legal Battles Over E-Book Rights to Older Books<\/a>
\n(Source: Matthew Fraser<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Open Content Alliance (OCA) vs. Google Books: OCA as superior network and better fit for an emerging global public sphere<\/a>
\n(Source: Open Access Tracking Project<\/a>)
\nSee also: Libraries Ask For Oversight Of Google Books Product<\/a>
\n(Source: Bernie Sloan) <\/p>\n

Preserving business models<\/a>
\n(Source: Joseph J. Esposito<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Random House unveils book-excerpt sharing on Facebook<\/a>
\n(Source: Library Web<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Women’s 2009 Books Enjoyed a Banner Year<\/a>
\nSee also: 8 Awesome Books By Women: An ’00s Virtual Bookshelf<\/a><\/p>\n

Computers and Internet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Automated to Death<\/a><\/p>\n

Clean Up and Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac<\/a><\/p>\n

Deep Web Research 2010<\/a>
\n(Source: beSpacific<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Deluge of Data Shapes a New Era in Computing<\/a>
\n(Source: Michael T. Peper<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Google Collaborates with D-Wave on Possible Quantum Image Search<\/a><\/p>\n

How to create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive<\/a><\/p>\n

How to stream your next event live for free in 4 easy steps<\/a>
\n(Source: The Shifted Librarian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

If web services were vintage paperbacks<\/a><\/p>\n

PC Holiday Gift Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

Send Large Files Of Any Size: Guide To The Best Tools And Services To Transfer Large Files<\/a>
\n(Source: Internet Legal Research Weekly<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Slaves of the feed \u2013 This is not the realtime we\u2019ve been looking for<\/a>
\n(Source: Hacker News<\/a>)
\nSee also: Why We Don’t Care About Information Overload<\/a>
\n(Source: MLx<\/a>)<\/p>\n

TeuxDeux: a simple online to-do list manager<\/a>
\n(Source: Beyond the Black Stump<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Top 10 Gadgets of Decade; Will the Data These Devices Hold Be Accessible in Another 10 Years?<\/a><\/p>\n

The War for the Web<\/a><\/p>\n

Wave Federation: Building An Open Network<\/a><\/p>\n


\nYouTube unveils most-watched, most-searched list for 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

100+ Sites to Download Everything Online<\/a>
\n(Source: Lone Wolf Librarian)<\/a><\/p>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have the learners leapfrogged the teachers?<\/a>
\n(Source: Library Web<\/a>)<\/p>\n

How to Prepare Your College for an Uncertain Digital Future<\/a><\/p>\n

The Purposes of Learning Technology<\/a><\/p>\n

Ten Steps to Successful Teaching<\/a>
\n(Source: Hacker News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Libraries and Archives<\/strong><\/p>\n

The All-Digital Library? Not Quite Yet<\/a><\/p>\n

The Collaborative Imperative: Special Collections in the Digital Age<\/a>
\n(Source: Open Access Tracking Project<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Collaborative Learning Experiment: Top Ten Customer Service Skills for Library Staff<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell University Library Partners with the Internet Archive<\/a>
\n(Source: ResourceShelf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Daguerreotypes at Harvard<\/a>
\n(Source: Jan Merrill-Oldham<\/a>)<\/p>\n

E-Books in the Sciences: If We Buy It Will They Use It<\/a><\/p>\n

Electronic Scientific Data & Literature Aggregation: A Review for Librarians<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Read Scientific Research Articles: A Hands-On Classroom Exercise<\/a><\/p>\n


\nLibrarians: The Secret to Narrative History<\/a>
\nRebecca says “librarians helped make my book possible to write” and “librarians rock!”
\n(Source: BoraZ<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Managing free and open access electronic resources<\/a>
\n(Source: Open Access Tracking Project<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Of Moore and Magic<\/a>
\n(Source: Librarian of Fortune<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Provost Addresses Library Changes<\/a><\/p>\n

Question: What\u2019s the biggest dead-end you ever hit in your research where you suddenly, unexpectedly found a way forward?<\/a>
\n(Source: ResourceShelf<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\nResource of the Week: A Freebie for Info Pros from ebrary<\/a><\/p>\n

Search engine use behavior of students and faculty: User perceptions and implications for future research<\/a>
\n(Source: ResourceShelf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Season of Change: How Science Librarians Can Remain Relevant with Open Access and Scholarly Communications Initiatives<\/a><\/p>\n

Text Message Reference: Is It Effective?<\/a>
\n(Source: Library Web<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Widening your Nets, Decentralizing your Web Services<\/a><\/p>\n

Life, Family, Work and Money<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alphabet Updated With 15 Exciting New Replacement Letters<\/a><\/p>\n

Career Victories<\/a><\/p>\n

Ditch the Resume; Make a Chart Instead<\/a><\/p>\n

The Encyclopedia of Counterintuitive Thought<\/a>
\n(Source: The 99 Percent<\/a>)<\/p>\n

How Do You Say No?<\/a><\/p>\n


\nHow Remarkable Women Lead<\/a>
\n(Source: HarvardNews<\/a>)<\/p>\n

How to measure product\/market fit<\/a>
\n(Source: Hacker News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Job Hunting During the Holidays<\/a><\/p>\n

A Long, Elaborate History Of Time<\/a>
\n(Source: Randy Reichardt<\/a>
\n)
\nManaging to Learn: The Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n

Online Privacy and Reputation in Job Hunting<\/a><\/p>\n

Performance Reviews that Energize<\/a><\/p>\n

That Hobby Looks Like a Lot of Work<\/a><\/p>\n

Underrated career skill: Asking questions<\/a><\/p>\n

What Would a Fashionable Academic Wear to a Job Interview?<\/a>
\n(Source: Fashionable Academics<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\n5 Ways to Do Less and Accomplish More<\/a>
\n(Source: Girlie Girl Army<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Scholarly Publishing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author Identification Systems<\/a>
\nSee also: Credit where credit is due<\/a><\/p>\n

Citemine: preparations for the publish:filter revolution have begun<\/a><\/p>\n

Dramatic Growth of Open Access<\/a><\/p>\n

How do I feel about open-access journals? The president wants to know<\/a>
\n(Source: BoraZ<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Open Access Encyclopedias<\/a>
\n(Source: Open Access Tracking Project<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Open Their Eyes: How the Open Access Movement has Changed the Scholarly Publishing World for Academics<\/a>
\n(Source: Open Access Tracking Project<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Scholars Seek Better Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity<\/a>
\nSee also: Another idea from the scholarly evaluation metrics workshop<\/a><\/p>\n

Should Editors Influence Journal Impact Factors?<\/a>
\n(Source: Joseph J. Esposito<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Snappy answers to stupid questions: an evidence-based framework for responding to peer-review feedback<\/a>
\n(Source: laikas<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Sustaining On-line Research Resources<\/a>
\n(Source: Open Access Tracking Project<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\nTimeline of a scientific article<\/a>
\n(Source: BoraZ<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\nScience and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice’s adventures in algebra: Wonderland solved<\/a>
\n(Source: Liz Bryson<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Apollo: Reflections and Lessons<\/a><\/p>\n

Atomic spins measure ultracold temperatures<\/a><\/p>\n

The best books of 2009<\/a>
\nNew Scientist weighs in<\/p>\n

A Christmas Reading List<\/a>
\n(Source: Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Creating Citizen Scientists<\/a>
\n(Source: Science in the News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Did You Hear the One About the Former Scientist?<\/a><\/p>\n

Evolution Going Great, Reports Trilobite<\/a><\/p>\n

In which priorities clash<\/a><\/p>\n

Laser Stretches 167 Miles<\/a><\/p>\n

New NIH forms raise concerns<\/a>
\n(Source: Science in the News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Rain or Shine? Computer Models How Brain Cells Reach a Decision<\/a><\/p>\n

Science-themed cookies for all your holiday baking needs<\/a><\/p>\n

Scientists Crack ‘Entire Genetic Code’ of Cancer<\/a>
\n(Source: Science in the News<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\nSlowed light breaks record<\/a>
\nLene Hau<\/a>‘s latest breakthrough<\/p>\n

Strange Physical Theory Proved After Nearly 40 Years<\/a><\/p>\n

stemming.org<\/a>
\n“growing the community of girls and women in science, technology and mathematics”
\n(Source: Under The Microscope<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Striking Out On Your Own<\/a><\/p>\n

Talks that go pear shaped…<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 9 organizations women in science should consider joining<\/a> <\/p>\n

Social Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n

Complete History of Social Networking<\/a>
\n(Source: Matthew Fraser<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\nConference Information: Managing Before, During and After<\/a><\/p>\n


\nFacebook Suggests You Lie, Break Its Own Terms Of Service To Keep Your Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n

A futurist\u2019s view of the \u201cnext big thing\u201d in social media<\/a><\/p>\n

Six scientific steps to social media success<\/a><\/p>\n

Tweet, Tweet, Retweet: Conversational Aspects of Retweeting on Twitter <\/a>
\n(Source: ResourceShelf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Twitter Is a Boon, But with a Catch<\/a>
\n(Source: NAE Spotlight on Engineering, Technology, and Policy<\/a>)<\/p>\n

9 Tips for Enriching Your Presentations With Social Media<\/a>
\n(Source: CyberlandGal<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rowland Institute at Harvard Library News & Notes December 18, 2009 Note: this is the last LNN for the calendar year. The next issue will be posted on January 8, 2010. Happy Holidays to one and all. Quotes of the Week \u201cFaith is taking the first step even when you don\u2019t see the whole staircase.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1077,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13658,371,2780,13660,13640,291,17071,980],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-harvard-libraries","tag-internet","tag-libraries","tag-library-news-notes","tag-rowland-institute","tag-science","tag-science-news","tag-social-networks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/rihlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}