Author: Paul R. Pival
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PubMed on the iPhone
Karen points to information about a 3rd party iPhone app to search PubMed from the iPhone or iPod Touch: PubMed On Tap. If you're aware of other official or unofficial applications allowing database searches, please add them to the M-Libraries page on the LibSuccess Wiki.
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Call for Articles: Library Hi Tech News
Library Hi Tech News has posted an updated list of areas in which they're particularly interested in receiving submissions: Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8.0: Review and Implications for Libraries Beyond Meebo Chat: Free Available Programs for Virtual Reference Library Uses of Skype Blogging Software – Comparison Guide Libraries on the Move: Mobile Web Browsers…
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ebook pricing stuff
A couple of quick things to note. Teleread points to an ebook price comparison website: http://www.ebookprice.info/. Doesn't look terribly comprehensive, and it's only US sources, but a good idea. Couldn't find Outliers, for example. But the second thing to note is that I did notice Outliers is now selling for only $4.88 on Shortcovers, vs…
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MLA no longer requires URLs
Michael Rees at Impressons Scholarcast reports that in the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers print should no longer be treated as the default medium, AND that the MLA has ceased to recommend inclusion of URLs in citing Web-based works – unless the instructor requires it or a reader would…
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Orange County Lib System (FL) Brings Library Catalog Access to iPhones
From the press release found at Library Technology Guides, “The Orange County Library System in Florida is providing iPhone access to its library catalog using Innovative’s AirPAC product. A test-group of library users is now using iPhones to search the catalog, request items, and renew checked-out materials. This new capability launched in January 2009 as…
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CFP: International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web (ICSD2009)
*****************************************************************************CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web (ICSD2009) September 8-11, 2009 – University of Trento, Trento (ITALY)***************************************************************************** Digital libraries, in the central view of the term, focus on storing and organizing digital objects and providing access to these objects through professional or user-generated metadata or content-based search (full text, image…
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Shirky on the newspaper industry: I don’t know. Nobody knows.
Clay Shirky's got a really thought-provoking piece called Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable in which he points out how and why the newspaper industry has gotten to where it is, and how and why nobody knows yet what's going to happen next in this industry (or whatever replaces it). Some quotes to whet your appetite:…
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Internet Librarian 2009 Call for Speakers
Internet Librarian 2009 (October 26-28 in Monterey CA) has just posted its call for speakers. The deadline is March 27.