While clearly catering to the many (??) younger male librarians of the world, the Ms. Dewey search engine is attempting to draw information seekers through a more — shall we say — ‘visually appealing’ search engine.

Fill in the blanks: Like most _____, however, Ms. Dewey quickly ceases to be _____ and just becomes rather annoying. [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

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The BiblioTech Web blog, a helpful place to stay up-to-date on how technology is changing libraries, has posted this :

“The Chronicle of Higher Education just posted an article about a new scholarly version of Wikipedia that’s coming out soon. It’s called Citizendium, is being started by one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, and the biggest [...]

Popularity: 17% [?]

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At the behest of Russ (who himself has a blog, but, alas, I know not where), our resident computer genius, and in response to his passing chastisement concerning the recent inactivity here at CommonPlaces, I  give you these new and interesting book acquisitions in the library:
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell, Sacred Stacks: The Higher Purpose of [...]

Popularity: 27% [?]

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