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Official Google Blog: “Since we first introduced real-time search last December, weve added content from MySpace, Facebook and Buzz, expanded to 40 languages and added a top links feature to help you find the most relevant content shared on updates services like Twitter. Today, were introducing a new feature to help you search and explore …
H. Res. 1222 supporting the goals and ideals of National Library Week: April 13, 2010 Congressional Record – House H2465 “H. RES. 1222 Whereas the Nations school, academic, public, and special libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of people in the United States, today, more than ever; Whereas librarians are trained professionals, …
LLRX.com – The Odd Couple: SharePoint and Librarians: Lorette S.J. Weldon examines how SharePoint is used within the library to facilitate the coordination of collaboration, capturing and organizing “corporate” knowledge, and organizing digital content. She also reviews the results from her survey, “SharePoint Usage in the Library” which demonstrated how librarians could program their department’s …
News release: “Have you ever sent out a tweet on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be housed in the Library of Congress. Thats right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitters inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. Thats a LOT …
From the Law Firm Library Trenches: A Conversation Between Two Veterans: Elaine Billingslea Dockens and Karen Krupka, each of whom has over 20 years of law librarian experience, discuss the field of law librarianship, and key issues and factors that new law librarians are likely to encounter as they enter this unique, and still vital …
Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 19802008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5. The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 12 April 2010 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60518-1 “Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide. Reliable information about the rates and trends in maternal mortality is essential for resource mobilisation, and for planning and assessment …
News release: “America’s news executives are hesitant about many of the alternative funding ideas being discussed for journalism today and are overwhelmingly skeptical about the prospect of government financing, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism in association with the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) and …
The MetLife Study of Boomers in the Middle: An In-Depth Look at Americans Born 1952 1958, March 2010 “Distinguishable by a dramatic increase in birth rate following World War II, Baby Boomers now comprise one of the largest generations in U.S. history. They total about 77 million Americans and represent one-quarter of the total …
News release: “The economic crisis has created a significant shift in employers benefits objectives. Controlling benefits costs is now the top benefits objective for employers, edging out employee retention for the first time since 2006. And while improving employee productivity remains the third most important benefits objective, employers have renewed focus on this area due …
News release: “Consumers with overwhelming credit card debt may be tempted to seek help from companies that promise to erase their debt for pennies on the dollar, but the Federal Trade Commission urges caution. In a new consumer publication, Settling Your Credit Card Debts, the FTC says that there is no guarantee that debt settlement …
News release: “When jobs go away, Americans turn to their libraries to find information about future employment or educational opportunities. This library usage trend and others are detailed in the 2010 State of Americas Libraries report, released April 11, 2010 by the American Library Association. The report shows that Americans have turned to their libraries …
Saving Money Through Cloud Computing, Darrell M. West, April 7, 2010: “The U.S. federal government spends nearly $76 billion each year on information technology, and $20 billion of that is devoted to hardware, software, and file servers (Alford and Morton, 2009). Traditionally, computing services have been delivered through desktops or laptops operated by proprietary software. …
