Although a good portion of what I read in terms of change in libraries is cataloging/metadata/systems related (metadata for electronic & digital objects, nex-gen catalogs, rda, opensource ILS, products to enhance user experience that work with the existing catalog (e.g., vufind, etc.), changes in LC policy, etc.), occasionally an article which is more reference oriented wanders across my desk.

Although a good portion of what I read in terms of change in libraries is cataloging/metadata/systems related (metadata for electronic & digital objects, nex-gen catalogs, rda, opensource ILS, products to enhance user experience that work with the existing catalog (e.g., vufind, etc.), changes in LC policy, etc.), occasionally an article which is more reference oriented wanders across my desk.

Are you tired of chrome yet? Not even sure what chrome is?Here is the story of chrome (google's new browser):..to be honest, it looks an awful lot like firefox3.... but no support for RSS Feeds? Are you kidding? Lots of chatter about its TOS, too, but apparently some of that was old verbage and has now been modified, at least, that is the official story. Bottom line is > read the TOS.

Are you tired of chrome yet? Not even sure what chrome is?Here is the story of chrome (google's new browser):..to be honest, it looks an awful lot like firefox3.... but no support for RSS Feeds? Are you kidding? Lots of chatter about its TOS, too, but apparently some of that was old verbage and has now been modified, at least, that is the official story. Bottom line is > read the TOS.

Nice preview of openoffice 3 (woohoo!) Honestly, I haven't missed dumping Microsoft Office yet......and if you'd like to see a little demo, try this one which covers all of the types of openoffice (databases, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations):[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yMCYsG7o0&hl=en&fs=1]

Nice preview of openoffice 3 (woohoo!) Honestly, I haven't missed dumping Microsoft Office yet......and if you'd like to see a little demo, try this one which covers all of the types of openoffice (databases, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations):[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yMCYsG7o0&hl=en&fs=1]

Open access webliography:http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/oaw.htm

Open access webliography:http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/oaw.htm