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Syria has disappeared from the Internet. | LISNews: - 1 views

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censorship Syria

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Both Google and a Web security company called Umbrella Security Labs are indicating that the entire country of Syria was severed from the Internet on May 7 at 2:45 p.m.

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Authors Of 'The New Digital Age' Say 'The Power of Information Is Underrated' - 0 views

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interview North Korea Google

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Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen recently returned from a trip to North Korea and discuss the role of the Internet in repressive countries.

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Book News: Vast 'Digital Public Library Of America' Opens Today : The Two-Way : NPR - 0 views

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DPLA

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The Digital Public Library of America opened last Thursday. http://dp.la/

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The Slow Death of the American Author - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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authors copyrights

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"The global electronic marketplace is rapidly depleting authors' income streams. It seems almost every player - publishers, search engines, libraries, pirates and even some scholars - is vying for position at authors' expense."

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Amazon to Buy Goodreads - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Amazon Goodreads

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Amazon is acquiring Goodreads. They already own Shelfari and a portion of LibraryThing.

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Penguin Lifts Library Ebook Purchase Embargo - The Digital Shift - 0 views

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ebooks purchase embargo Penguin Group

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Penguin Group announced that on Tuesday, April 2, they will begin allowing libraries to purchase and lend ebook titles the day that hardcover editions are released.

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Credo's Literati integrates ReadSpeaker text-to-speech accessibility - 0 views

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literati accessibility readspeaker credo reference text-to-speech

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"Text to speech removes barriers for auditory learners, learners who are visually impaired and those who are learning English as a second language."

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Screwy Decimal: 5 Reasons Being a Librarian Is Stressful - 0 views

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librarianship job stress

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Librarians made the list of "Least Stressful Jobs of 2013" according to CNBC. This blog post covers the top reasons why CNBC is completely wrong.

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Fall 2012 (v.24 no.4) - National Information Standards Organization - 1 views

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library services platforms sierra

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The feature article "The Future of Library Systems" has a section about Sierra and a summary comparison of new library services platforms.

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River Falls Public Library's motorcycle exhibit woos bikers and bookish … qui... - 1 views

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exhibits

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Books and Harleys, who would have thought...

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3 Big Privacy Issues Of 2013 - And What You Can Do About Them - 1 views

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privacy transparency data sharing QR codes

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Major privacy issues that everyone should pay attention to in 2013: transparency, data sharing, and dodgy QR codes.

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Ten Stories That Shaped 2012 | LISNews: - 1 views

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headlines

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The top library headlines for 2012.

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Bedbugs Hitch a Ride on Library Books - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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bed bugs books

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Oh no! This is not good.

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'Social Reading' Projects Bring Commentary Into the Text - Technology - The Chronicle o... - 0 views

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social reading Open Utopia

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Stephen Duncombe, a professor at New York University, has created a free, online version of Thomas More's Utopia that anyone can browse and annotate. The project is called Open Utopia (http://theopenutopia.org/).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Stephen Duncombe, a professor at New York University, has created a free, online version of Thomas More's Utopia that anyone can browse and annotate. The project is called Open Utopia (<a href="http://theopenutopia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theopenutopia.org/</a>).</div>

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What Should Children Read? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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literacy reading nonfiction

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"Depending on your point of view, the now contentious guidelines prescribe a healthy - or lethal - dose of nonfiction."

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Letters to a Young Librarian: You're Going to Piss People Off, by Kelly Jensen - 1 views

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librarianship collection development

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One of those titles that forces you to read the blog.

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Tattooed Librarian Calendar to Raise Funds for Massachusetts Library Association - 3 views

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fundraising

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I think this is a pretty interesting fundraiser.

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Libraries Weather the Superstorm | American Libraries Magazine - 0 views

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superstorm Hurricane Sandy

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Libraries along the East coast served as community support centers for residents without electricity or heat.

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Random House Says Libraries Own Their Ebooks | LJ Insider - 1 views

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ebooks Random House

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"One Big Six publisher is, to its credit, on the record saying it is granting ownership. That bears repeating: a Big Six publisher says it is granting ownership. Librarians should do everything possible to test the limits of this ownership and to identify specific vendor practices (or clauses) that may undermine it."

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Newsweek magazine to stop printing, go all-digital - Yahoo! News - 1 views

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newsweek printing e-readers

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Print dies: Newsweek to go all-digital. The magazine will be subscription-based and available on e-readers.

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