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Book Glutton

Posted on November 04, 2007
Book Glutton is an online reader that lets you form reading groups and discuss and annotate texts with others. You can opt to read alone and the unbound reader is pretty sleek, letting you bookmark your place for the next time you log in. We set out to create a better way to read on-line; our [...

Guardian Archive Free Trial

Posted on November 04, 2007
Get your free 24 pass to the Guardian online archive here. Rates until the end of November are as follows: 24 hours = 3.97 3 days = 7.46 1 month = 24.97 Bookmark to:

This Weeks Useful Tools

Posted on November 04, 2007
Bookmarked this week: A fistful of Greasemonkey scripts to pimp up your Gmail and Reader - from Google Tutor. Google Calendar: receive an email of your daily agenda - from Tech Recipes. Splashup - image editing (formerly called Fauxto). Nice Photoshop-esque features such as working with layers...

Show Your Support

Posted on November 02, 2007
Nick Holmes has posted an open letter to UK legal publishers requesting RSS feeds for their new publications. Show your support by leaving a comment on his post and if youre a Facebooker then join the UK Law Librarians for Publishers RSS. Wear it on your sidebar too, display the badge linking to the open letter: Bookmark [...

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Warbears! Huh. What Are They Good For?

Posted on November 01, 2007
Well, they are an ideal timewaster. Minature polar bears with samurai swords and hand grenades! Warbears (via haha.nu) Bookmark to:

ILI 2007

Posted on October 31, 2007
Presentations now online at the conference website. Bookmark to:

LegalPubs.ca

Posted on October 29, 2007
Steve Matthews shows us what RSS can do! LegalPubs.ca brings together Canadian legal publishers feed using Yahoo! Pipes. The site also uses Grazr to preview individual publishers feeds. Oh, and a Rollyo too, so you can search. A pretty perfect one stop shop for keeping up to date...

BBC News Website is 10 Years Old

Posted on October 29, 2007
Our first 10 years Once, well within living memory, it would be normal for many to find out the news from a weekly newspaper or from a cinema newsreel. Now even waiting for the morning papers would be considered quaint, especially since even they have started publishing stories online before making it to newsprint...

Stephen Abram Interview

Posted on October 28, 2007
via Tame the Web. Bookmark to:

Exciting Stuff

Posted on October 28, 2007
ResearchBuzz reports news that the Guardian will be extending its archive to cover the period 1821-1975 with plans to further extend this in early 2008. The Observer is to be given similar treatment, with coverage for 1900-1975. The archive will be accessible to pass holders, with a 24 hour, 3 day and a 1 month [...

This Weeks Useful Tools

Posted on October 28, 2007
Bookmarked this week: Mind42 - mindmapping tool. Notbook G - online organiser / notebook. Mojonote - notes, calendar and tasks lists. Share with friends and receive reminders. RSS Calendar - create a calendar, get feed for new additions and edits and code to embed (via Infodoodads)...

Readeroo

Posted on October 27, 2007
I have much love for this little Firefox add-on. Its provides a simple but really cool way for del.icio.us users to keep tabs on those must-reads stumbled upon as you surf the web and trawl your feed reader. Readeroo provides you with two little buttons: The plus button adds your articles etc...

Join Us

Posted on October 25, 2007
Thanks to Library etc. for announcing the Facebook group - UK Law Librarians for Publishers RSS. Come join us, share your experiences, have a good old grumble and report RSS sightings. Its where all the cool kids hang out. You better believe it! Bookmark to:

It Can Be Done!

Posted on October 24, 2007
Nick Holmes has created some feeds for new publications from Sweet Maxwell and Jordans. The information is taken from publishers spreadsheets and is current as of the end of September. It is a bit of an undertaking and one that Nick is not committing to indefinitely...

Web 2.0 and the Law

Posted on October 24, 2007
The Times: Web 2.0: new internet, new etiquette & new law? New forms of interaction are forcing us to develop new social rules: is it wrong to spy on your exs Facebook page? At what point does an unanswered friend request become a gentle hint that you are not wanted? But such rapid change also raises [...

OCLC Report

Posted on October 23, 2007
OCLC have just published Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World which explores: The use of social networking, social media, commercial and library services on the Web How and what users and librarians share on the Web and their attitudes toward related privacy issues Opinions on privacy online Libraries' current and future roles in social networking Pretty hefty, but [...

This Weeks Useful Tools

Posted on October 22, 2007
Bookmarked this week: Google News Facebook app Friendvox - instant messaging for Facebook. Wiki Whiteboard app - Wetpaint is in ur Facebook. Second Life Link - Facebook app for your Second Life avatar. Create a Facebook friends collage - instructions from Digital Inspiration...

Information R/evolution

Posted on October 22, 2007
Another amazing video from Michael Wesch, Kansas State University. Bookmark to:

COPAC Goodness

Posted on October 17, 2007
Happened upon a couple of neat things on COPAC today. For those of you who dont know, COPAC allows you to search the catalogues of major Universities and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland. New (to me) features include: Plugin for Firefox 2.0 and IE 7 that lets you search COPAC from your web browser search [...

Why Cant We Be More Like Canada?

Posted on October 17, 2007
Connie Crosby recently posted thanks to Canadian legal publishers, it turns out that all the major players now offer RSS feeds for new title information. The UK law librarian, on the other hand, lives and dies by the flier and the email alert. Having all been sinners in past lives, we are regularly punished by [...

Startpix

Posted on October 16, 2007
Startpix lets you create pretty cool start pages using icons. You start off with a grid, on which you can place your icons anywhere you want, resize and customise them or create your own. You can even add to your start page using the handy bookmarklet available...

UC Berkeley Lectures

Posted on October 16, 2007
SIMS 141 - Search, Google, and Life: Sergey Brin - Google UC Berkeley have made their video lectures freely available via YouTube. Good stuff! Of particular interest is SIMS 141 Search Engines: Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business. The World Wide Web brings much of the worlds knowledge into the reach of nearly everyone with a computer [...

Index Cards Are Here To Help

Posted on October 15, 2007
Web Worker Daily has a fab post on 24 things you can do with an index card. For us Librarian folk these are plentiful, in fact I am often spotted clutching a greedy handful (or two), HB secured in regulation bun, the whole bit. The rest of you can buy them in any good stationers...

Get Your Geek On

Posted on October 15, 2007
Wired magazine has compiled a Geekipedia a list of essential people, places, things and trends to help you navigate the wired world. Study it and impress your friends. Bookmark to:

This Weeks Useful Tools

Posted on October 14, 2007
BibSonomy - social bookmarking with a difference, import and export bibliographic records, e.g. Bibtex and Endnote records. tagmindr - send yourself del.icio.us bookmarks at set times as reminders. Example, youve spotted the perfect birthday present for someone, send yourself a reminder as their birthday approaches...

OPSI Report

Posted on October 10, 2007
The OPSIs Report on Public Access Scheme Funding 2006/07(PDF) makes for some interesting reading, highlighting the new features introduced on the OPSI website. Well worth a look see if you use the site for finding and trackinglegislation. Hatip Binary Law...

Found Blogs

Posted on October 09, 2007
One of the nice things about ILI was discovering new blogs, heres a selection of new (to me) blogs worth a look see: Self Plagerism is Style - Dave Pattern, University of Huddersfield, posts related to revamping the OPAC can be found here. OUseful - Tony Hirst, the Open University...

Internet Librarian International IV

Posted on October 09, 2007
Search hubs and discovered custom search engines - Tony Hirst, Open University. Lots of interesting ideas, although Ive messed around with Google Custom Search Engines, Id not tried Live Search Macros and not really considered using CSEs seriously. Something to think about...

Pupilblog R.I.P.

Posted on October 09, 2007
Sending good thoughts to Pupilblogger, while he awaits the tenancy decision. Read his last post (?) here. Bookmark to:

Internet Librarian International III

Posted on October 09, 2007
Some more of yesterdays presentations, some of which I didnt get to attend (including masterclasses which I didnt sign up for, tee hee): Why have a blog; Addressing the barriers; Case study: my:self-archive - Kara Jones, University of Bath Information architecture for internal users - Anne Welsh (now at 18 Red Lion Court)...

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