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« February 2006 | Main | April 2006 » March 23, 2006CIL2006 -- Cool Tools Update for Webmasters
I think I mentioned earlier that I would have to flip a coin to decide between Cool Tools Update and Searching the New Digital format. Cool Tools won, and I'm glad I went. It was a most excellent session. The...
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After sitting down with Chris Sherman and Paula Hane for a little while I went on to the next session, which was called New Web Site Tools and Technologies and featured Jason Clark from Montana State University and Karen Coombs...
Continue reading "CIL2006 -- New Web Site Tools and Technologies" » CIL Blog -- Chris Sherman Keynote
I always try to get to the sessions early at CiL, so I can get a good seat. Well, I mean a seat near the stage and screen that I can hear; I don't mean a seat that's comfortable. I...
March 21, 2006Keotag -- Meta Tag Search With Preview
Gary Price and I don't agree about all aspects of searching, and that's fine. Though we threatened to, we did not actually get into an umbrella swordfight about our various search disagreements. If we ever did, it would probably be...
CIL2006 -- After the Current Awareness Resources Workshop
Before I get started, I have three messages: -- To all the workshop participants: I'm really sorry it was so cold. We complained to a Hilton person but they apparently didn't do anything. Next time we'll complain LOUDER. -- To...
Continue reading "CIL2006 -- After the Current Awareness Resources Workshop" » First Official CiL Blog Entry Thingie: ResearchBuzz at CiL 2006
Good morning out there. I'm writing from the lovely Hilton Washington, home of the Computers In Libraries 2006 conference. We're going to get a little snow later, but at the moment it's awesome.. plenty of early morning sunshine. Actually the...
Continue reading "First Official CiL Blog Entry Thingie: ResearchBuzz at CiL 2006" » March 09, 2006ResearchBuzz Roundup 030906
CBS has announced alert services available as monthly subscriptions. "CBS News TO GO" and "ET TO GO" (priced at $.99 and $3.99) will include as many as five alerts each day with text, pictures and video. CBS will be using...
Most Excellent! It's an Archive Grid
RedLightGreen has started an excellent site called ArchiveGrid, to aggregate information about collections in archives, museums, etc. It's free through May 31, and will stay free longer if RLG can get additional grants or funding. You can try it at...
Ahhhh, Ma.gnolias.... New Tag Site
You know, when I think of magnolias I think of Georgia and mint juleps. I do not think about San Francisco. But all right. Ma.gnolia.com is a new tagging site available at http://ma.gnolia.com/. Well, the search isn't totally tag. It...
March 04, 2006Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Available Online
The GPO now has the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/. According to an , it's the first update since 1989 and the first time it's been available online. Unfortunately, while the information is pretty fascinating,...
Continue reading "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Available Online" » New Irish Newspapers Archive Now Available
There's a new archive of Irish newspapers available. And though the site does cost, searching is free and downloading the first ten documents is free. You can try it at http://irishnewspaperarchives.com/. There are eight publications currently available, including The Freeman's...
Continue reading "New Irish Newspapers Archive Now Available" » Science.gov Now Offering Alerts 3.0
Science.gov, a search engine for science information provided by US government agencies, is now offering Alerts 3.0, a new version of their e-mail alerts. (You can run a search of Science.gov's search engine of over 45 million pages of science...
March 03, 2006Vermont Launches Beta Version of Vermont State Archives ONLINE
The state of Vermont has announced the beta version of Vermont State Archives ONLINE, a collection of searchable public databases. You can find the new service at http://vermont-archives.org/database/. There are currently two databases available. The first database is the Records...
Continue reading "Vermont Launches Beta Version of Vermont State Archives ONLINE" » Extend Firefox Contest Announces Winners
You may remember the Extend Firefox Contest -- it was open for developers to create New and Cool extensions for Firefox. It's closed and the winners have been announced! You can see the winners at http://developer.mozilla.org/contests/extendfirefox/. The three grand prizes...
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