Inside the Google Books Algorithm - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

Inside the Google Books Algorithm - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

BigHugeLabs and Education

This site offers free educator access to a series of on-line photo applications.

BigHugeLabs and Education

How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age

The University of Washington has published research on the research habits of college students. Interestingly librarians were at the bottom of the list in terms of people or services used by students.
Full report link below.

PIL_Fall2009_Year1Report_12_2009.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Bibliocommons : Community bibliography

Bibliocommons is new catalogue software partly based on some of the principles of social networking. For example you can add comments to a book or see what other borrowers in the system have tagged as interesting. See more description at the link below.

Community bibliography - Lorcan Dempsey's weblog

Furl

If you use computers in two or more locations, for example school and home, it can be handy to have access to your Web favourites from any computer. The Web application FURL can provide this service. A free sign-up (www.furl.org) gives you an account that can be accessed from any Web enabled computer. When you find a web page or site you would like to mark as a bookmark or favourite, you simply log into FURL and save the page. You can also download a toolbar that allows one-click additions. You can add extra value to your selections, because FURL allows you to add subjects and key words . As you build a set of favourites over time, they will be searchable within FURL by the terms you used to enrich the record. You can also import your favourites list from a browser like Internet Explorer.

Google Notebook

Google Notebook could be a useful homework tool. It is a web-based applet that allows you to save selections from web pages and organize them. After saving, the Notebook can be accessed from any web enabled computer. Web research performed and saved at school can be retrieved at home for further use, or vice versa.To use the applet you must sign up for a free Google account. (The account will give you access to many of Google's other tools) On a library computer, after you have a Google account, go to the Google home page (www.google.ca) and log in. Then go to Notebook (www.google.com/notebook). Then open another iteration of the IE browser. You can do research on that browser and select and copy the information you want. Then use ALT-TAB to return to Notebook and paste your information.On a home computer you can download the Notebook plugin that will provide easier one-click access to the Notebook.