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Thursday, November 19th, 2009‘The Last.fm for Research Papers’ Tops 100,000 Users
Mendeley, a Web service that lets users organize and share research papers, recently announced that it has surpassed 100,000 users, and that its database now includes some 8 million works. The announcement has generated a lot of hype for the fledgling company.
TechCrunch, a popular
‘The Last.fm for Research Papers’ Tops 100,000 Users
Thursday, November 19th, 2009‘The Last.fm for Research Papers’ Tops 100,000 Users
Mendeley, a Web service that lets users organize and share research papers, recently announced that it has surpassed 100,000 users, and that its database now includes some 8 million works. The announcement has generated a lot of hype for the fledgling company.
TechCrunch, a popular
Tweckling Twitterfolk: Chronicle Readers React to the New World of Twitter Conference Humiliation
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Tweckling Twitterfolk: Chronicle Readers React to the New World of Twitter Conference Humiliation
A new low for academic life?
A powerful tool to improve conferences?
A shameful act of journalism?
A Chronicle story today about the abuse of Twitter at conferences is touching off an online debate among readers. Dozens of them are arguing about a new trend in [...]
Tweckling Twitterfolk: Chronicle Readers React to the New World of Twitter Conference Humiliation
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Tweckling Twitterfolk: Chronicle Readers React to the New World of Twitter Conference Humiliation
A new low for academic life?
A powerful tool to improve conferences?
A shameful act of journalism?
A Chronicle story today about the abuse of Twitter at conferences is touching off an online debate among readers. Dozens of them are arguing about a new trend in [...]
Universities Add Their Own Search of Google Books
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Universities Add Their Own Search of Google Books
Colleges working with Google on the company’s effort to scan millions of library books today unveiled their own search tool to comb the full text of some 500,000 volumes.
The tool has a few features that Google lacks, said John P. Wilkin, an associate university librarian for the University [...]
Universities Add Their Own Search of Google Books
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Universities Add Their Own Search of Google Books
Colleges working with Google on the company’s effort to scan millions of library books today unveiled their own search tool to comb the full text of some 500,000 volumes.
The tool has a few features that Google lacks, said John P. Wilkin, an associate university librarian for the University [...]
New Web Site Makes Internet Time Traveling Easier
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009New Web Site Makes Internet Time Traveling Easier
Time traveling is coming to an Internet browser near you.
A new Web site called Memento Web will allow anyone curious about what the Internet used to look like to plug in a date and then browse the World Wide Web as it was on that day.
The site is [...]
‘USA Today’ Pushes Digital Editions on College Campuses
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009‘USA Today’ Pushes Digital Editions on College Campuses
For years major newspapers have given away free copies on several college campuses to try to get students hooked on their print products. Now USA Today has added a digital edition to its free offerings at three campuses, hoping to test how students use its new premium electronic [...]
U. of North Texas Catalogs the Photos of the JFK Investigation You Haven’t Seen
Saturday, November 14th, 2009U. of North Texas Catalogs the Photos of the JFK Investigation You Haven’t Seen
Ever wanted to see a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald’s copy of the book 1984? Probably not (it looks remarkably like any other copy of the book), but if you ever do, the University of North Texas has made it easy with [...]
Course Requirement: Friend Your Professor on Facebook
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Course Requirement: Friend Your Professor on Facebook
Some professors don’t let students see their Facebook pages. Some accept students’ invitations but don’t initiate them.
Peter Juvinall insists students friend him.
The Illinois State University instructor decided the best way to connect with a bunch of freshman business students in a short 8 a.m. class was to conduct [...]