Tag: Tools

Sep 24 2013

Constitute; Gathering the World’s Constitutions

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Yesterday Google announced a new project called, Constitute, which gathers the world’s constitutions. This project is a collaborating with the Comparative Constitutions Project, which originated in the University of Illinois,...

Feb 03 2013

Archives, Libraries, Library Science, Open Source, Photographs, Preservation, Professional Development, Tools

Free Technical Services Webinars!

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A little while ago I discovered this amazing list of free technical services webinars! They cover a wide range of topics, and best of all they are free! Some of...

Sep 22 2012

Americas, Databases, Law, Law Libraries, Politics, Searching, Tools, USA

Congress.gov

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Congress.gov was launched this Wednesday, offering us a new tool to research USA federal legislation information. The site will eventually replace THOMAS.gov, which after years of service has started showing...

Aug 19 2012

Searching, Tools

My Citations by Google Scholar

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For some time my father and I have been discussing name disambiguation, and searches in Google Scholar gathering every publication by a single author. Just as we thought there was...

Oct 11 2011

Americas, Politics, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

Google’s Political Trends Spotting

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The official elections may be over a year away, but it’s never too early to start paying attention to the process and looking at the trends. Yesterday Google announced another...

Mar 28 2011

Books, Libraries, Technology, Tools

Augmented Reality App for Shelf Reading

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I just saw this on a friend’s Facebook page and it looks awesome! This new app will allow librarians to quickly and correctly shelf read entire shelves. The app uses...

Mar 28 2011

Social Networks, Tools, Web 2.0

Facebook Questions

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It seems that everyday one of my facebook friends is requesting advice from the rest of the group. Well Facebook has just made this task a whole lot easier. Facebook...

Jan 28 2011

Databases, Europe, News, Open Access, Tools, World

Newspaper Map

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I just discovered this cool site that help you find newspapers across the globe! Newspaper Map is very easy to use, and color coordinated to make things easy to find. The different...

Jan 07 2011

Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

TeachParentsTech.org

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Back in mid December Google released TeachParentsTech.org, a great tool which will help us teach our parents, and really anyone needing some tech support, a little more about computers and...

Jan 04 2011

Africa, Images, Maps, News, Politics, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0, World

Satellite Sentinel Project

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The Satellite Sentinel Project hopes to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. The project provides documentation with the hope that exposing the country’s situation will prevent...