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  • Citations your way – beta test SiteCite

    Andrew Pasterfield, one of our library programmers, has built a tool for himself that you might also find useful.  Site Cite allows you to bookmark websites with a URL of your choosing, so you can recite it to another person w/o having to look it up.  As long as you can remember the URL of…

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  • Registration and program for Internet Librarian 2009

    The program for Internet Librarian 2009 is now available, as is registration.  The opening keynote is to be given by Vint Cerf! After taking a year (or two?) off, I'll be back this year, presenting a screencasting workshop on Sunday morning.  Dates of the conference (held in Monterey, CA) are October 26-28, with two days…

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  • Understanding the Next-Gen User – Free Webcast

    Library Journal is hosting a series of free webcasts on Returning the Researcher to the Library.  The first runs this Thursday from Noon – 1PM EDT – you can register online. Title: Returning the Researcher to the Library: A Series in Four Parts Part 1 – Understanding the Next-Gen User Sponsored by Serials Solutions Live…

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  • This time we mean it! – Google to sell e-books

    The New York Times is reporting that Google plans to begin selling ebooks by the end of 2009.  "In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by that would enable publishers to sell digital versions of their newest books direct…

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  • Metrics on mobile web usage

    The Making mobile web sites with Drupal blog points to a report showing some surprising statistics on mobile usage.  The report comes from a company (AdMob) that serves ads on mobile websites, and shows, among other things, that "The iPhone OS had 8% market share of handset sales in 2008, but generated 43% share of…

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