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A new service that has just launched from Google allows users to see and use related material (from Google sites) based on whatever is in their browser window. It’s not a new concept but this attempt at a real time contextual search tool does a something differently vs. what we’ve seen in the past that […]
Last week we reported that BookLamp.org was expected to go live on Tuesday. Well, it’s now Tuesday AM in the U.S. and the service, the result of an “exploratory project” at the U. of Utah is live. Direct to BookLamp.org Our post from last week has background you might want to have before using BookLamp. […]
Hello Harry! 1 Million Users Now Able To Preview Pottermore.com, The Guardian Offers a First Look
Archives and Special Collections, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From The Guardian: From flying letters to a 4,500 word-discourse on wand woods, early access to JK Rowling’s move into the digital arena, Pottermore, reveals a richly-imagined, elaborately realised behind-the-scenes peek into the world of Harry Potter. Pottermore does not open to wider use until October, but has already been inundated by Harry Potter fans. […]
Direct: App Store to Download (Free) Note: NLA Tells Us They’re Looking At “Branching Out Even Further” With Apps for Other Platforms From the App Store Description: The National Library of Australia catalogue is now mobile! It’s a fast and easy way to search the collection and to find resources whenever and wherever you are. […]
Reference: Controlled Vocabularies "The Ethnographic Thesaurus (Beta Version) is Added to the Open Folklore Portal"
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources, Scholarly Communications
|From the Open Folklore Blog: The AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus is now available in a beta version on the Open Folklore portal, a collaborative effort of the Society, the Indiana University-Bloomington Libraries, and the Indiana University Digital Library Program. [Clip] The AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus is a searchable online vocabulary that can be used to improve access […]
ARL Appoints Judy Ruttenberg to Lead Transforming Research Libraries Program
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Special Libraries
|From an ARL Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Judy F. Ruttenberg as Program Director for Transforming Research Libraries (TRL). Ruttenberg is currently Program Officer for Collections at the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN), a collaborative organization of Duke University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, and the University of […]
Official Announcement “Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion (via Bloomberg) “Google: We’re Spending $12.5 Billion on Motorola to ‘Protect’ Android” (via AllThingsD/WSJ) Btw, the AllThingsD article also includes a live blog of the conference call and correctly observes that the FTC antitrust about Google probe in the U.S. and a number of investigations […]
Direct to Full Report ||| PDF Version is Also Available The report was written by Aaron Smith, a researcher at the Pew Internet & American Life Project. From the Overview: Cell phones are useful for quick information retrieval (so much so that their absence can cause problems) – Half of all adult cell owners (51%) […]
From Law Week Colorado: “Mistrial by Google” is a worrying phenomenon, but one that can be overcome by smart trial management, says Senior U.S. Judge John Kane of Colorado’s federal trial court. Googling is the new national pastime, but it’s one that simply won’t fly if you’re on a jury. Even so, with such vast […]
Canada: University of Calgary digital library ready for students
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|From the Calgary Herald Article: Staff at the University of Calgary are rushing to ensure the new Taylor Family Digital Library will be open by the start of the school year. The new library was intended to be open for students prior to final exams in April but after the first two floors opened, a […]