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Library News & Notes
April 29th, 2005

Notes

Garrett will be out of the office on Monday afternoon (May 2) at a Harvard library meeting and also on Tuesday morning (May 3).

Internet Sites of the Week

Aggregating the Aggregators: RSS Reader Round-Up
Five desktop and browser-based applications are reviewed here, including Sage, an RSS extension for Firefox.
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=7875
(Source: Steven Cohen)

Blogs Will Change Your Business
A perhaps slightly hyperbolic, blog-like look at how businesses are/will be using blogs for marketing and communication with customers.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm
(Source: Daypop)

Faculty Task Force Makes University Science Recommendations
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/04.28/01-scitf.html
http://www.provost.harvard.edu/reports/scitech2005.pdf

From Apple, a Tiger to Put in Your Mac
Apple's newest OS, version 10.4, is due to be released today. David Pogue gives an overview of its features, which include a sophisticated desktop search engine, browser support for RSS (Safari), the Dashboard which launches all sorts of applets at a click of a key, and enhanced security, among others.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/technology/circuits/28pogue.html?
See also a Globe review:
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/
2005/04/29/apple_hopes_to_leverage_buzz_into_pc_converts/

HubbleSite
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched fifteen years ago this week. Browse through some of its spectacular planetary and galactic images in this online gallery.
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/
(Source: SciTech Today)

Naxos Music Library
Thousands of selections from the Naxos recording label can be heard on this site. Mostly classical music is featured, with some jazz and folk titles. Read the browser requirements and enjoy some musical accompaniment.
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:naxosmus
(Source: Harvard Libraries)

Open Media Network
Open Media Network is a clearinghouse for movies, video and audio broadcasts. Content producers can post their work for free public downloading. Includes a directory.
http://www.omn.org/index.htm
(Source: Boing Boing)

Rediscovering the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
A bird long thought to be extinct has been sighted, Cornell scientists report.
http://birds.cornell.edu/ivory/
(Source: BBC News)

SciAm Perspectives
The editors of Scientific American muse on a wide variety of scientific topics in their weblog. No RSS feed, however.
http://sciam-editor.typepad.com/
(Source: nodalpoint.org)

10 Emerging Technologies
Technology Review profiles ten areas of research with the potential to “transform the Internet, computing, medicine, energy, nanotechnology, and more.”
http://www.techreview.com/articles/05/05/issue/feature_emerging.asp
(Source: Librarian in Black)

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Received April 16 - 22, 2005