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Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 14, 2009
 EBSCO has released a mobile version of its EBSCOhost® interface: EBSCOhost® Mobile™. The mobile interface gives access to all the databases available on the EBSCOhost interface, allowing searching, full text limiting, searching by date ranges, and other limits. Access is via a persistent link (place it on your library website or portal), or you can give your researchers an ID and password that work with two short urls: m.ebscohost.com or ebscohost.mobi.This is a very big deal, and it will be interesting to hear from EBSCO in the coming months about how much it's being used. More as it happens, anywhere, Cheryl Industries: Education/Training, Library Culture, Managing Libraries, News & Features, Products/Vendors
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 13, 2009
 Credo Reference is going to launch a SAGE Reference Publisher Collection, making nearly 70 SAGE reference titles available through the Credo Reference platform. Access can be by subscription or purchase as either complete collections or as individual titles, with the content integrated into the Credo Reference system. Titles to be offered include: Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and ...Read More
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Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 12, 2009
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Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 12, 2009
 Alexander Street Press just announced that they're releasing a free iPhone application in early 2010 to make their online streaming music collections (including Classical Music Library, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound® for Libraries accessible on iPhones and iPod Touches. Patrons of subscribing libraries will then also be able to access ASP video collections via iPhone (i.e., American History in Video, ...Read More
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Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 11, 2009
 According to a research study done by Nielsen Online and reported in the Telegraph online, "The average person who used Facebook [in the UK] in each of the last 12 months has spent 70 hours 26 minutes on the site during that period."The UK numbers work out to be about 15 minutes a day, and that cannot possibly represent the time wast... spent by my friends and colleagues in Facebook. Just telling us what they're doing/feeling/thinking/spacing on has to take half an hour or so daily, at least. Of course, it's possible that their constant tweeting on Twitter has cu...Read More Industries: Education/Training, Library Culture, Managing Libraries, News & Features, Products/Vendors
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 10, 2009
 And now H.W. Wilson has provided free access to their biography databases: Biography Reference Bank and Biography Reference Bank, Select Edition. Just click here.. The sneak peek is good till the end of this year, so happy searching. And more as it happens, Cheryl Industries: Education/Training, Library Culture, Managing Libraries, News & Features, Products/Vendors
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 9, 2009
 So you can read the book by Carmine Gallo, or you can go to the BusinessWeek web site and see the slide show of Steve Jobs' Presentation Secrets. Either way, you should take a look if you might EVER have to appear in front of an: audience, class, group, video camera, etc.More as it happens, in an interesting manner, Cheryl Industries: Education/Training, Library Culture, Managing Libraries, News & Features, Products/Vendors
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 8, 2009
 Given my near obsession with the swine flu, I found this graphic history and information overview of it both interesting and educational -- hope you do, too! (no vaccine available yet at my doctor's).More as it happens, while covering one's cough, Cheryl Industries: Education/Training, Library Culture, Managing Libraries, News & Features, Products/Vendors
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 7, 2009
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Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 7, 2009
 The Modern Language Association (MLA) just signed an agreement with Serials Solutions (part of ProQuest) to include the MLA International Bibliography in the Summon™ web-scale discovery service. This is big, because it means that, using Summon, researchers can search the contents of the MLA Bibliography at the article level, along with the rest of a library's collections, in a single search. As in, pretty much what every researcher would like. MLA is a huge addition for Summon, given its credibility and popularity with scholarly researchers. Who will be next? (here's the current ...Read More
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Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 6, 2009
 H.W. Wilson has provided free access to their suite of 5 art databases, including: Art Full Text, Art Museum Image Gallery, Art Index Retrospective, The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and Cinema Image Gallery -- just click here. ...Read More Industries: Education/Training, Library Culture, Managing Libraries, News & Features, Products/Vendors
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on November 5, 2009
 Here's a quick way to get perspective: take a look at these satellite images taken by the European Space Agency and NASA last month, and put up at the Guardian (UK) site. Now doesn't the latest thing that disgruntled (annoyed, disgusted, peeved, angered, irritated, etc.) you seem insignificant in comparison? If not, try going to this little news item, and all will be well again. More as it happens, and on to 28, Cheryl Industries: Education/Training, Library Culture, Managing Libraries, News & Features, Products/Vendors
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