I Am Bored
This site offers a bunch of sites to browse when you are bored. It is updated regularly and offers short film clips, catchy songs, cool web sites, online quizzes, and much more. Definitely a perfect place to waste your time.
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This site offers a bunch of sites to browse when you are bored. It is updated regularly and offers short film clips, catchy songs, cool web sites, online quizzes, and much more. Definitely a perfect place to waste your time.
Collection of free online flash and java games.
Intellicast offers this national fall folliage guide with information on when peak colors will occur and what highways will be best. There is also information on fairs and festivals and an explanation of why leaves change color in fall.
Sheboygan-Press: Check it out: Library automated
Sheboygan's Mead Public Library becomes the first in the state to go to a fully automated checkout system. It would be interesting to see how that works out for them. I am amazed that they are planning to move almost all of their circ to the machines where right now they do 91% of their circ manually. I am hoping that the comment of them being on the bleeding edge doesn't come true.
Finalists for the Booker Prize have been announced:
Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Master by Colm Toibin
I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward
Asking library filters to do the impossible
This is a nice piece on the problems that exist with filtering software and the fact that simply requiring filtering doesn't solve the overall problem of pornography or making the Internet safe for children.
LIScareer has a brand new blog that offers information for librarians on career management.
2004 University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries
This bibliography is now available online. It is a collection of recommended University Press books for public and school libraries.
Via Schooliblit.
Showcase of Dali's work, plus a collection of Dali sites and information on surrealism.
Pluck is my newest online toy. I just started using it a couple of days ago and it has completely replaced Bloglines for me. Pluck has many added features that give it the right to call itself "TIVO for the web." In order to understand Pluck you really have to try it, but it is a lot of fun and will change the way you surf!
There have been a lot of positive reviews of Pluck online, including CNet, The New York Times, and SearchEngineWatch. This is truly a must-try application.
The only drawback is that it only runs on IE, and I had been almost entirely using Firefox. Sigh.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia is one of the most interesting experiments happening on the Internet today. It is an encyclopedia created by its users, including you if you wish. The home page will lead you to featured articles as well as newest entries.
Online magazine with the top science news on a wide variety of scientific subjects. RSS feed available.
Poynter Online - Blogging for Books
This Book Babes article speaks to the impact that literary blogs are having. It also lists a couple of book-related blogs that I don't read! I always love to find new blogs to subscribe to.
NOVA | The Elegant Universe | PBS
NOVA offers this incredible site all about string theory and quantum physics. Best of all, you can watch the entire original three hour program online.
Wisconsin DPI Biennial Budget Request
"In her "State of education" speach Sup. Burmaster said: "In Wisconsin, our public libraries have long been centers of our communities and now also provide high-tech free access to information. State funding has fallen to 8.2%, the lowest level in 20 years. Continuing to under fund our public libraries puts at risk our program of library access, resource sharing, and quality services. Our libraries are being used now in more ways by more people than ever before. We must increase to 13% our state level of funding, and support our interlibrary loan operations and BadgerLink. Wisconsin must fulfill our promise.""
Yes!
CliffsNotes now offers their literature notes free online. You can find them by topic or browse the titles.
Via LibrarianInBlack.
Find out what jobs in your community have been lost due to being shipped overseas.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin now has a blog that offers local news. The Oshkosh Community News Network runs the blog and encourages interested people to sign up to contribute stories. RSS feed.
Information on how to care for a child with cerebral palsy, including bathing, dental care, dressing, exercise, feeding, hearing, nutrition, play, seizures, sleep, suctioning, vision, and more.
Roger Ebert has launched a new site that offers his movie reviews from 1967 to present.
LISNews.com | Request a library book...via Amazon
LISNews has a link to Jon Udell's latest great trick. Using Jon's code, you can create a bookmarklet that patrons can use when browsing on Amazon.com to then search the library's catalog for the same title! Way cool! I hope to get this set up for our patrons some time this week. Jon has made it so easy for the rest of us to use! Kudos Jon!
Join over a million people who have downloaded the preview release of version 1.0 of Firefox. Firefox is an alternative browser to IE that has become the main browser I use.
The ALA Office for Informaton Technology Policy offers this new site on copyright. The site has forums to discuss copyright concerns, links to ALA pages on copyright, and links to information on public domain, fair use, and copyright code.
A great site for Badger and Packer fans with recipes, parking lots and fanatical fans.
Wired News: Don't Mess With Librarians
Wired News interviews Jessamyn West, blogger of librarian.net about her radical librarianship and the fight against the Patriot Act. My favorite quote is:
"She believes that you have to be somewhat radical to become a librarian in the first place. In addition to a good education, you need to devote yourself to low-to-middle-paying jobs where even your friends make jokes about you, and fear that one day you will be replaced by a computer."
This is a great collection of blogs listed by state. The blogs are ones that "at least occasionally post on state and local news."
Comic Book Movie Guide - Yahoo! Movies
Yahoo presents this guide to the top comic book heroes who have made it to the big screen. It includes Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and Hellboy.
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre has just opened online.
British publisher of both regular and large print books.
Official site for this publisher of nonfiction and professional materials for librarians.
Information and photos of the rebirth of Ground Zero. Cameras document the rebuilding of the 9/11 site, the Master Plan can be read, and you can sign up for email updates.
The Waterboro Public Library blog told of the announcement of the Hugo Awards, given for the best works of science fiction and fantasy. Best Novel was won by Lois McMaster Bujold for Paladin of Souls.
The American Museum of the Moving Image offers this online exhibit of presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to 2004.
Commission on Presidential Debates
The schedule of presidential debates, plus information on the format, moderators and news.
Out-of-print bestsellers | csmonitor.com
The Christian Science Monitor offers praise for the Internet's impact on saving out-of-print books. The article offers a list of the top requested out-of-print items in ten different categories.
Laura Schenone | A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove
Schenone has written what looks like a wonderful cookbook and women's history book combined, A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove. On her website, you can join a mailing list that provides vintage recipes.
Very slick way to look at the top sites online from the top ones overall to specific subjects and languages.
This site claims to be the largest software archive on the Internet. At any rate, it is an impressive collection of software, the majority of which are shareware.
Open Source Initiative OSI - Welcome
A non-profit corporation that promotes the use of open source software. The site offers a news section with an RSS feed as well as a collection of award-winning open source software.
What's your library doing on September 11?
I wish I had heard about this earlier. This is a group working to create a day in public libraries across the nation where people will have the chance to discuss the meaning of democracy, citizenship and patriotism.
There are only four libraries in Wisconsin on the list, so it obviously wasn't heavily promoted around here.
Recipe Center: Family Favorite Recipes
Better Homes and Gardens offers a large recipe site with 10,000 recipes that can be searched or browsed.
Another hugely popular site that I had never found before. This site offers glimpses into our childhoods and teen years through pop culture, music, TV, and movies.
Free directory of Internet-only coupons found on over 500 online stores and 900 merchant emails weekly.
Basic information on computer viruses should be helpful to librarians. I know that we are asked on a regular basis what a computer virus is. This site will help librarians answer that question clearly and also gives us a great site to refer patrons to for more detailed information.
American Brain Tumor Association:
Information on brain tumors, treatment options, clinical trials and life with a brain tumor.