I considered naming this a concatenate recapitulation, but decided that was too pretentious. This is a summary of links from the Dogeared Pages section in the sidebar which I hope to have as a weekly post. They are pages that I have encountered throughout the week which relate to libraries, technology, theology, and anything else I found interesting.
- Library Use of E-books, 2008-09 Edition via the Distant Librarian. An evaluation of the use of ebooks in academic libraries during the past year.
- QOTD: Trees, books, rights via Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog. An interesting and short article on book swapping sites in the Guardian.
- 50 Awesome Open Source Resources via iLibrarian.
- del.icio.us: The Intellectual Property Disclosure Process: Releasing Open Source Software in Academia | code4lib via Planet Code4Lib.
- Unlock USB Support for VirtualBox in Ubuntu Hardy Heron [Ubuntu] via Lifehacker.
- Cambridge University Library Launches WebFeat system capable of searching more than 300 of the library’s databases via Library Technology Guides automation update.
- Coming up: Google Ocean via Pandia Search Engine News.
- Where You Find the Time to Spend Online [Time Management] via Lifehacker. A video of a brief talk by Clay Shirky at the recent Web 2.0 conference in which he decries television and its drain on time management.
- Major PC Vendors Push For Open Source Drivers via Slashdot.
- In Love With the History Our Teachers Never Told Us via the New York Times. About Tony Horwitz’s new book on the American history most Americans never learned.
- New Library Journal Service via the James P. Boyce Centennial Library.
- Congress Considers Reform On Orphaned Works via Slashdot.
- Essay: You’re an Author? Me Too! via the New York Times.
- Convert Word Documents to Cruft-free HTML [Microsoft Word] via Lifehacker.
- Back of the envelope via Marginal Revolution. A fascinating post about Wikipedia (or more specifically, the information contained therein) and the man-hours involved in its creations and maintenance.
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