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National Library Week and Bookshare

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Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.” Bookshare is a unique library.

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

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YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. " Dr. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. The Rise of Virtual Libraries. Virtual libraries aren't a new phenomenon.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Reduce Travel with Online Collaboration

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Cloud Services for Collaborating. The easiest way to see what online collaboration is all about is to check out some of the new, free cloud computing services that are out there. The TechSoup admin fee for eligible nonprofits and libraries is $40.00. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia. plus $2 per user license.

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Alas, Poor Encarta

Tech Soup

Some people have responded to the news with little more than bemusement that Encarta lasted as long as it did, and many have pointed to Wikipedia as Encarta's killer and successor. For me, Encarta was never a replacement for the library; it was an intellectual onramp to the library. Photo: Bright Tal.

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Private Foundations Are Now Eligible for Citrix Online Donations

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Citrix services — like GoToMeeting , GoToTraining , and GoToMyPC — make it easier to hold meetings and training sessions by allowing staff or constituents from around the world to call in to your conferences and presentations. Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services. " —Laura Pedersen. Executive Director.

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…Who Knows *What* About Me?! Four Tools that Show You How You’re Tracked Online

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According to the brains of Wikipedia , digital footprints* are simply put “the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.” This page from Cleveland’s Public Library (Woot!) Casting Digital Shadows: What Is It, Really, and Remind Me Why I Care? …How'd it go?!

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