Monthly Archives: September 2011

Peekyou, search across the web, social media & more

robinna/ September 27, 2011/ social media, privacy, twitter/ 0 comments

peerindex (a reputation management/metrics site) has launched a new search engine called peekyou (http://www.peekyou.com). It searches across facebook, linkedin, twitter, friendster, myspace, several people search engines (intellius, spokeo, etc.) and even wikipedia. Results include email addresses, phone numbers, documents, web sites, and public records (although some of those results are offered through paid services like through peoplesearch or spokeo). An

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Tip: How to get rid of top stories in Facebook

robinna/ September 22, 2011/ question of the day/ 5 comments

Updated 10/19: Note: While this worked for a while, it no longer seems to, what is still workingis manually creating a list of all friends and just read that. It is chronological and not by top stories (thankfully!) Of course you have to select the list when you login. [older workaround > let me know if it starts working for

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Academic library (UGA) presentations at COMO – green libraries, social media, tenure, metadata, RDA & more

robinna/ September 22, 2011/ Libraries, my projects/ 0 comments

 UGA Librarians at COMO. Building a Green Library: Lessons Learned from Three Georgia Academic LibrariesThree Georgia library directors, Gene Ruffin, Loren Pinkerman, and Bill Potter, will discuss the opportunities and challenges involved in building an environmentally sustainable or “green” building. Virginia Feher(UGA), Gene Ruffin, Bill Potter(UGA), Loren Pinkerman One Size Fits No One: Unique Embedded Librarian Programs in Georgia UniversitiesAcademic

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Free – Drupal Business Summit Atlanta

robinna/ September 20, 2011/ software/ 0 comments

What: Atlanta Drupal Business SummitWhy: To attract and cater to more non-technical professionals evaluating Drupal and open-source software based solutionsWhen: Friday, September 30th, 2011 from 8:30am – 5:30pmWhere: Georgia Tech Research Institute in Midtown AtlantaHow much: FREE (thanks to some generous sponsors)Sponsored by MediaCurrenthttp://atlantadrupalsummit.drupalgardens.com/register and DrupalCamp ATL is in October!Drupalcamp Atlanta 2011 is Coming What: Drupalcamp Atlanta 2011Why: To evangelize, educate,

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COMO/GLA Paper presentation schedule

robinna/ September 19, 2011/ my projects/ 0 comments

GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS October 6, 2011 Olympia I Room, 10:00a – 11:50 a 10:00                          Pete Bursi:  YBP Award Winner                                     Why We Still Matter 10:12                           Jackie Radebaugh                                     Using the Social Design Model to Enhance Electronic Browsing and                                                 Document Linking in Online Journal Databases 10:24                          Jason Puckett                                     Open Source Software and Librarian Values                      

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Free Virtual Ed Tech Conference (K-12)

robinna/ September 18, 2011/ Training, Train/ 0 comments

 This is mostly k-12 oriented, but you may find some things you are interested in. FETC Fall Virtual Conference Sessions Announced!See below for information on the sessions you can participate in during theFall FETC Virtual Conference on October 27, 2011! Register today to participate in these popular and informative sessions from FETC 2011! Virtual Manipulatives: What Are the Advantages for

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South Georgia Newspapers digitized & available online

robinna/ September 8, 2011/ Uncategorized/ 1 comments

Announcement from the DLG about the South Georgia Historic Newspaper Archive. The DLG Newspaper project is really cool so check it out if you are interested (just looking at old ads is fascinating). The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sgnewspapers The South Georgia Historic

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Gmail: search & limit by date, exclude google buzz & more

robinna/ September 3, 2011/ question of the day, tools/tips, Training, Train/ 0 comments

If you’ve ever tried to search through 300 (or egads – 3000+) GMail emails, then you know how challenging the “never delete” idea is. Sorting is not really part of the GMail world (there is some sorting, but it rather limited). I usually build the search in the search box (similar to oldschool command line searching). (If you prefer to

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NYPL rare baseball photo on ebay – interesting story on artifacts, theft, & the internet

robinna/ September 1, 2011/ Libraries/ 0 comments

Really interesting story about library artifacts, theft, and selling of materials… A 19th-century cabinet photo created by the Philadelphia photographer, Phillip Edward Chillman, was documented on the NYPL’s 1922 inventory of the Spalding Collection but, after an inventory was taken by the library in 1987, it was discovered missing along with another photograph of Reach. Both cabinet photos appear on the NYPL’s official “Missing

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