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06
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 6, 2009

Gmail Helps Spam Be More Annoying? — Yesterday Google began rolling out a new “feature” called “enhanced email” to some Gmail
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05
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 5, 2009

The Future of Libraries — Broadcasting from my very own neighborhood, local Washington DC NPR personality, Kojo Nmandi, hosted a special
03
Oct

Privatizing Holocaust History?

For the past few years, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has undertaken a series of public-private digitization partnerships,
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01
Oct

SI and Flickr Commons

Originally published in the journal Archival Science, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries has just released under open access terms a report
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25
Sep

Briefly Noted for September 25, 2009

What is Cloud Computing? — You know what it is. But have you ever struggled to explain “the cloud” to anyone
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24
Sep

Briefly Noted for September 24, 2009

New Anglo-Saxon Finds: The "Staffordshire Hoard" — The History Today blog has an account of the recent archaeological finds
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23
Sep

Briefly Noted for September 23, 2009

Espresso Book Machine at Harvard Book Store — The Harvard Book Store will be the first to offer on-demand printing of
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21
Sep

Briefly Noted for September 21, 2009

FCC Proposes New Net Neutrality Guidelines — The Federal Communications Commission today announced two new principles that will guide its rulemaking
18
Sep

Briefly Noted for September 18, 2009

The Art of Community Available for Free Download — The Art of Community, the new book by Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community
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17
Sep

Briefly Noted for September 17, 2009

DOJ to Voice Concerns over Google Books Settlement — The United States Department of Justice will file a brief with the
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