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Your federated search experiences, in a book
Back in October 2007, we posted a survey request from Alexis Linoski and her colleague for their forthcoming book Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide.
The authors would very much like to add your experiences with federated search to the book:
We are writing a book entitled “Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide”. We are searching for [...]
Interesting conversation on social networking etiquette
Navigating the new online landscape, with all of the new social networking sites, means navigating a whole new culture. Interacting in the new culture also means understanding the etiquette of that culture.
It’s important to understand that, on a certain level, the new culture is making it up as they go along. On the [...]
The web’s all a Twitter
No doubt you’ve heard of Twitter, the real-time social networking messaging service launched in August 2006, even in passing. According to the FAQ in the Twitter Help section:
Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives. Friends near or far can use Twitter [...]
Not-So-Techie Library 2.0: Finkelstein Memorial Library
Zeke Killbride, a librarian at the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley, NY, wrote to us about a digital collection recently posted to the library’s site:
I’m writing to suggest a library link for your blog. I’m a librarian at the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Rockland County, New York, north of New York City. One of [...]




