Professional Reading Shelf
Weblogs
Source: RLG DigiNews
Blog Today, Gone Tomorrow? Preservation of Weblogs
From the article, “Weblogs seem to be growing in number and stature, but a lot of them seem pretty ephemeral. Are any special efforts being made to preserve their contents?”
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Internet
Critical Information Skills
Source: News.com
Reservoir blogs: Fan fakes Tarantino diary
Want to be a famous film director? No problem. Create a site and say you’re that person. The web makes it easy. This is nothing all that new but it’s a good article for your critical info skills teaching folder.
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e-Books
Source: News.com
Have e-books turned a page?
From the article, “After more than a decade of false starts and empty promises, publishers may finally be starting to understand what consumers want from electronic books. Although revenues remain tiny, industry surveys show encouraging signs of growth in e-book sales over the past year. Publishing executives and analysts say the industry is finally coming to grips with the most significant issues that have stalled e-book adoption to date.”

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