October 2010
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Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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A Library Designed for the Post-Print Era →
“How do you design a library when print books are no longer its core business?” Check out what the University of Amsterdam did to its 27 000 square-foot library: “Instead of stacks, the place is littered with workspaces. And instead of lending bureaus, it’s got a so-called red room: a space filled with more than 100 plastic red crates, where students can pick up books they...
Oct 29th
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“Handwriting produces a good feeling – a wohlgefühl.”
– How Twitter made handwriting cool - Telegraph
Oct 27th
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November is National Novel Writing Month -... →
“National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.” - What is NaNoWriMo?
Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
The 19 Most Complex and Dangerous Roads in the... →
Oct 23rd
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“Left to his own devices, NPR host Scott Simon admits he would regularly confuse...”
– ‘All Facts Considered’ By NPR’s Longtime Librarian : NPR
Oct 23rd
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Official Google Blog: Creating stronger privacy... →
Oct 23rd
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“But those who would like to see the street rolled back to its previous form —...”
– Dueling Protests Over a Brooklyn Bike Lane - NYTimes.com
Oct 23rd
Oct 23rd
Trucks: Related Items Bookshelf (RIB) →
Virtual bookshelf = awesome. joshtrucks: <xsl:stylesheet version=”1.0” xmlns:xsl=”http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform” xmlns:page=”http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/voyager/webvoyage/page” xmlns:fo=”http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format”> <!— ############################ —> <!— ## buildRelatedItemsShelf ## —> <!—…
Oct 21st
Oct 21st
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The Fashion Cycle: Linus Bikes - NYTimes.com →
Oct 20th
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Opinion - Cutting librarians cuts out the heart of... →
Attempts to quantify the usefulness of libraries often fall short of the truth.
Oct 20th
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FutureMe.org: e-mail your future self →
Oct 20th
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BookMooch: trade your books with other people →
Have you heard anything about this site? I found it while stumbling around the Internet.
Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
Oct 17th
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Could Karkwa's Polaris Prize bridge solitudes? →
Their album - Les chemins de verre - c’est magnifique!
Oct 17th
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HTML Tutorial →
For the size and type of library that I will most likely find myself at post-library school (fingers crossed), there will probably be some type of WYSIWYG system in place. Even so, I have found this html tutorial quite useful/informative.
Oct 17th
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CN Tower Time Lapse →
Oct 17th
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Oct 16th
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Oct 16th
Oct 14th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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I want to ride bicycles with you →
Oct 7th
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Oct 5th
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Digitizing the Personal Library - Wired Campus -... →
Oct 5th
A Library Without Walls by Robert Darnton -... →
Oct 5th
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Oct 3rd
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Oct 2nd
The Sketchbook Project: 2011 - Art House Co-op  →
“Each artist is sent the same blank Moleskine sketchbook. We’ve only got two rules: first, the book must be used in some way - no sending us back an empty book or a completely different book! Second, the sketchbook must stay within its original dimensions (because we don’t want to have to provide an extra suitcase just for your book while we’re touring the country). ...
Oct 1st
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