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Complexity: It’s Not That Simple « how to save the world - http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2010...

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RT @stevenbjohnson: Tucking our 8-yr-old in tonight, he wanted to discuss a list of his favorite typefaces. ("I *love* Bank Gothic.") #geekdadheaven

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Green beans with feta and balsamic vinegar - http://www.chinesegrandma.com/2010...

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"This is my favorite way to cook green beans and a good illustration of my cooking philosophy – fresh ingredients, simple preparations, clean flavors. I also have a feta fetish. I just love this combination of crisp green beans with soft salty feta and sweet drops of balsamic vinegar. Start with fresh snappy green beans." - Derrick

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Victory on Antipiracy Issue Buoys Internet Lobby | New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2012...

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Pull quote: "If labor unions once amplified the legislative agenda of certain American industries, the antipiracy fight showed the potential power of a different force: young Americans who live and breathe the Internet. A Pew Research Center poll this week found that the antipiracy legislation was the most closely followed news topic among Americans under the age of 30; even news of the presidential elections failed to get as much attention in this age group." - Peter Murray

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Publisher statements that may get me on the boycott-peer-review bandwagon | @DrugMonkeyBlog http://scientopia.org/blogs...

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There's not much that makes me happier than seeing links to my blog from Wikipedia in the referrer logs http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki...

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from Drug Monkey: Publisher statements that may get me on the boycott-peer-review bandwagon http://scientopia.org/blogs...

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I know better than to be optimistic, but I wonder whether Issa the Tool may have inadvertently handed Elsevier & friends the proverbial "enough rope" with RWA. But after so many years of false starts...I'm afraid the legislation will disappear and so will the general will to actually move to gold OA (at a reasonable price). - Walt Crawford

naw, i don't think there's enough rope for Elsevier yet... honestly I think T&F is more evil, but they're so much smaller no one bitches - Christina Pikas

That's the reason I said "Elsevier & friends." In the library-related community, I have special affection for Emerald, with its over-$10K journal (truly! in librarianship!) and admitted aggressive pricing. - Walt Crawford

GovNewMedia: MT @aolgov: John Holdren, Dir. White House @USOSTP blogs http://t.co/ycgo5XV1 on Chopra stepping down #opengov #govIT - http://twitter.com/GovNewM...

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GovNewMedia: MT @aolgov: John Holdren, Dir. White House @USOSTP blogs http://t.co/ycgo5XV1 on Chopra stepping down #opengov #govIT - Richard Akerman

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'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon says that she chooses to be gay. What does science say? - http://news.discovery.com/human...

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""I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people it's not, but for me it's a choice, and you don't get to define my gayness for me. A certain section of our community is very concerned that it not be seen as a choice, because if it's a choice, then we could opt out. I say it doesn't matter if we flew here or we swam here, it matters that we are here and we are one group and let us stop trying to make a litmus test for who is considered gay and who is not."" - Shevonne

I wish I could choose to be straight. It may be fun. I just can't. #hopelesslyqueer - Ludwig (quisquiglia)

In my experience, human sexuality is a continuum. Some folks feel firmly associated with one end or the other, and there are those of us who fall somewhere in between. From a societal standpoint, it's sad that how a person views their own sexual identity is even an issue, from either end, but that's the reality of living in a social structure where selective morality governs. My two cents. - tamaran

digiphile: At @EFF, @WLLegal takes a hard look at @whitehouse @opengov work on #foia http://t.co/W6z4XAtg Interested to read his followup on successes. - http://twitter.com/digiphi...

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digiphile: At @EFF, @WLLegal takes a hard look at @whitehouse @opengov work on #foia http://t.co/W6z4XAtg Interested to read his followup on successes. - Richard Akerman

I could clean. Or cook. Or put away laundry. Or sort the mail. But I'm gonna play Skyrim instead, and you can't stop me.

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I'mma sit over here with these Peanut M&Ms and not try to stop you. Is that ok? - Louis Chartreuse

*fires arrow at Jenica's knee* - Pete

Tell us about your character build, please. - Steve Lawson feels impish

one-handed weapon, destruction in the other hand, Fire Breath shout, and Aela the Huntress as a companion. :) - Jenica

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Zamms put in a shoutout to "Codslap!--the zine for the Library Society of the World" in this press release. http://www.sla.org/content...

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"Chris is also an active speaker and writer. As a graduate student at the University of Maryland, he wrote a master's thesis about the use of Web 2.0 tools and other advanced content on state government websites entitled "Advanced Content in State E-Government: Criteria for Evaluation." He has contributed articles to Best Practices for Government Libraries, Revolting Librarians Redux, and Codslap!--the zine for the Library Society of the World. He also contributes to a variety of blogs, including SLA's Future Ready 365." - The lap for the dog

This is a man. - Derrick

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ACRLog » Convenience and its Discontents: Teaching Web-Scale Discovery in the Context of Google - http://acrlog.org/2012...

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"Web-scale discovery is doing about as much for these students as we could reasonably expect, and, in doing so, offers teaching librarians a challenge and an opportunity. Both are at root about our thinking, and they stem from the same fact: these tools offer an unprecedented convenience. For all the familiarity it allows students, our decision to make library tools more similar to commercial web search can reinforce the idea — primarily amongst students, but also, potentially, amongst administrators making personnel and workload decisions — that information literacy instruction isn’t necessary because students know how to get what they want from Google. If the new tool is like Google, then why does it require instruction?" - Catherine Pellegrino

I love just about everything about this post. And it has made me do a complete 180 on my views on whether we should get a discovery tool. - Catherine Pellegrino

Thank you for sharing this! I'm amazed at the rounded perspective this post offers, and how well it represents the questions that serve both teaching librarians as promoters of new technologies and their students as recipients of new means to access information. - Lily

JMIR-eHealth Literacy: Extending the Digital Divide to the Realm of Health Information | Neter | Journal of Medical Internet Research - http://www.jmir.org/2012...

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eHealth Literacy: Extending the Digital Divide to the Realm of Health Info. JMIR 2012 (Jan 27); 14(1):e19 http://t.co/CIpG12rY #healthlit - Patricia F. Anderson

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That cup of coffee I finally got to drink at noon today? That is the best cup of coffee I have ever had.

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Facebook IPO could come next week - http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/busines...

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Smashwords — Information Literacy in the Wild — A book by Kristin Fontichiaro - http://www.smashwords.com/books...

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Student authors self-publish on #infolit at #UMich #Libraries http://t.co/5pUm39Tx | http://t.co/teG0vb4l PDF http://t.co/Rlm6gX6V - Patricia F. Anderson

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"The best place to hide your data is the SRA (Short Read Archive)" - due to lack of #metadata requirement. Overheard at #gbwg

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RT @WoodsieGirl: *IMPOSSIBLY CUTE BABY OTTER KLAXON* http://t.co/UE1KKWEv - Jo Alcock

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If you have/want to be on an ALA committee, make it an awards committee. Not a huge time commitment and you get to make a person very happy. Like I just did. Nice way to kick off a Friday.

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cool. - Marie is mischievous

Yes. The first committee I was on/chaired was an award committee. It was awesome. :) - ellbeecee

True enough (with poss. exception of book awards). Also the only committees where you can legally move the meeting to, say, a bar. - Walt Crawford