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Talia Wujtewicz

World Data Counter - 0 views

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    Ever wonder how big the Internet is? Or how much data is being transferred at any time? This website measures it for you
Alex Gregg

Wordpress Tip and Tricks - 0 views

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    I found this interesting. It could be useful to anyone who really wants to make their wordpress profile stand out. If you have the patience to learn it all, it would definitely be helpful.
Paola Torrico

Optical Character Recognition - 0 views

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    A good article that goes in depth of what Optical Character Recognition does.
Gordon Hall

MARC standards - 0 views

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    These are the standards for machine readable catalouging for libraries. In addition to bibliographies, MARC's can also record other codes as well.
Lauren McDonald

Ten Facts About Wikipedia - 0 views

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    This is an article that has ten fun, weird and impressive facts about Wikipedia. I found some of these facts to be very interesting and taught me even more about Wikipedia.
Gordon Hall

Lego machine removes DRM from Kindle e-books - 0 views

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    Interesting article about how a lego mindstorm bot got rid of DRM on a kindle device.
Xiaotong Liu

Understanding MARC - 0 views

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    a good website help you understand all the details about MARC.
Talia Wujtewicz

How to Laugh Online in Other Languages - 0 views

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    We all know the acronyms "lol" and "lmao" and sometimes just use "haha." This article explores how people from other countries express laughter over the Internet.
Claire Madison

How to Give Kind Criticism, and Avoid Being Critical - 0 views

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    A great read for the next few weeks of presentations! A how-to on constructive criticism!
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    Thanks, Claire! It's all been pretty constructive so far, I think, but this is helpful.
Xiaotong Liu

Open-source software projects need to improve - 0 views

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    researchers says that 0pen-source software projects need to improve vulnerability-handling practices,
Adam Munera

Google Doodles - 0 views

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    Just thought I would add this page about controversial Google doodles! Its interesting which ones were viewed as controversial.
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    Good one, Adam. I meant to ask Laura and forgot whether the doodles are always the same in every country, and this gallery shows that they aren't. Which makes a lot of sense. The Miró one is interesting, too -- the fact that the artist's heirs felt ripped off, even though it was original artwork in the *style* of Miró rather than anything actually copied from a digital version of Miró.
Emily Broadwater

19 Apps to Boost Concentration - 0 views

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    These are different app for computers that will help you concentrate on your work rather than being on sites that you shouldn't be. Currently I am using the StayFocused chrome extension to block certain sites when I am working.
Gordon Hall

Zotero vs. Endnote for citations - 0 views

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    This article is really useful in deciding what are good ways to cite things online and which websites provide the best services to do this
Anthony Rossi

13 BEST Global Google Doodles - 0 views

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    This article provides 13 Google Doodles that have been widely seen as "the best". It also gives a brief history of Google Doodles, talks about Doodle4Google, and briefly describes the events each of the 13 Doodles represents.
Anthony Rossi

A Timeline of Cyberwar and Cybercrime - 0 views

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    I thought this blog post was interesting. This individual made a time-line which depicts the history of cyber-crime. This provides dates and in-depth details on specific accounts that provides purpose and reason in respect to the internet we know and see today.
Lindsay Underwood

In the Library with the Lead Pipe " Marketing Search: An Interview with Pete Bell of En... - 0 views

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    This is an interesting interview because you get to hear from the founders of Endeca and DuckDuckGo. They explain their purpose for creating them. It also mentions a lot of things we've talked about it class including WorldCat.org and Wolfram Alpha.
Lauren McDonald

Open access - 0 views

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    Open access ( OA) is the practice of providing unrestricted access via the Internet to peer-reviewed scholarly research. It is most commonly applied to scholarly journal articles, but it is also increasingly being provided to theses, book chapters, and scholarly monographs.
Talia Wujtewicz

Online Libraries - 25 Places to Read Free Books Online - 0 views

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    A collection of online libraries that have books and other materials you can read online for free
Emily Broadwater

11 Essential Algorithms That Make The Internet Work - 0 views

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    For the math-phobic out there, don't let the word scare you. An "algorithm" is nothing more than a set of instructions, just like a recipe or how-to book.And the Internet relies on many, many algorithms in order to function properly. When you type search terms into Google, it follows a very complex algorithm to determine which results to show you.
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