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Friday-lite links: interesting chatter from across the web

By libnews, on August 6th, 2010%

Do doctors and biomedical librarians agree on, “…the medical journals most important to [their] life’s work?” See the list of journals resulting from the polls asking this question of the two groups, posted on the Special Library Association’s Biomedical & Life Sciences Division Blog.

Notice the cited by __ link underneath each Google Scholar results? Read about the recent release on the Google Scholar blog.

This doesn’t only happen in movies; shelves tip in domino fashion at the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University. Read the news report from the Tribune-Star.

Erez Zukerman at Download Squad reviews a free online file converter.

Friday-lite links: interesting chatter from across the web

By libnews, on June 25th, 2010%

A plug and resource from Science & Sensibility; A Research Blog About Healthy Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond, for skin-to-skin contact after birth

Michelle Kraft of the Krafty Librarian weighs in on the blog article, “Should medical professionals get an iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone? It’s complicated,” from iMedicalApps.com.

Curious about the future of cloud computing? Read Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project’s report regarding cloud vs. desktop computing.

Trying to stay current with the oil spill conditions, or merely curious about the exact extent? Check out the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) GATOR map. It provides real time alerts, information, and updates on oil on Florida’s coastline. This GeoWeb application is an amazing example of the power of spatial technologies.

Happy Friday, and happy reading!