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Here’s a site to practice your web searching skills: a Google a Day. Be careful. You might find yourself wasting as much time here as you would on Facebook, LOLcats, or whatever your fancy. Have fun! via @SwissArmyLib

Sep 5th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

Want to co-browse a website with another person at the same time? Check out channel.me. Share the link via Facebook or through email, and your friend can open the website and view with you in real time. Chat together, add notes, switch to other pages – this is pretty neat. One (big) issue is channel.me doesn’t [...]

Jul 27th, 2011 | Filed under tools

It’s official: the Internet Public Library (IPL) and Librarian’s Internet Index (LII) merged today. Check out the new and improved website, with ever-so-much-more trustworthy, authoritative, librarian-approved resources.

Dec 16th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

Remember when MTV and Vh1′s programming consisted of music videos 24-7? My memory goes back to 1987 when Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car video appeared on the TV screen – it was the first music video I saw as a wee lil’ tot. I’ve heard folks make comments about how MTV and Vh1 rarely show music [...]

Sep 14th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

Library fans, MLIS students, and librarians alike – I discovered a new online resource today via the National Center for Educational Statistics: Library Statistics Program – Compare Public Libraries. Ok, I bet most of you librarians knew about this resource already, but for a rookie MLIS student, it was new to me. As I played [...]

Mar 4th, 2009 | Filed under recommendation