CES 2010: Breakthrough enTourage eDGe 2-Screen eBook Adds Web Browsing!

2010 January 7
by faith johnson

New Android based eBook reader, the enTourage eDGe debuts at CES Unveiled and combines a full-sized ebook reader screen with a second screen designed to surf the internet, play movies, and more!

Why learning about Emerging Technologies is part of every librarian’s Job

2009 December 2

Google’s plan to launch it’s eBook programme next year.

2009 October 14
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by faith johnson

Read more about Google’s ‘buy anywhere, read anywhere’ offer from this article by Catherine Neilan.

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Facebook ‘cuts student drop-outs’

2009 October 13

By Sean Coughlan,BBC News education reporter

Social networking websites such as Facebook are helping to reduce college drop-out rates, it is claimed.

Gloucestershire College says social networking is used to keep students informed and in touch with staff. [More...]

Anne Frank: the only existing film images

2009 October 8
by faith johnson

July 22 1941. The girl next door is getting married. Anne Frank is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam to get a good look at the bride and groom. It is the only time Anne Frank has ever been captured on film.

Digital Library of the Caribbean

2009 October 2

The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. dLOC provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.

The Collections include newspapers, photographs, archives of Caribbean leaders and governments, official historical documents, and historic and contemporary maps.

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Preventing Mold After a Disaster

2009 September 16

When rain or flood waters get into your building, take steps to prevent mold growth.

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Students’ perception of their IT skills vs their actual abilities

2009 July 21

A study by North Carolina Central University found that students were not as software-savvy as they perceived themselves.  Undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory computer applications course constituted the sample of this study.

The Library that Never Closes

2009 July 8
by faith johnson

Bobbie Johnson’s article discusses  the Open Library project which aims to archive information about every book.  It also looks at the project in light of other Internet projects such as Google’s book search…more

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University offers free access to scholarly articles

2009 July 8

Article by Kristen Liszewski in Kansan.com reports on the new open access policy of the University Kansas. Under this arrangement scholarly journal articles by their professors are freely available online.

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