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Google library a windfall for authors

 

 

Australian authors and publishers are set to receive a windfall from Google’s project to put millions of books online.

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Librarian Nancy Pearl Dips Below The Reading Radar

Although we all can turn to reviews, advertisements or the best-seller lists for some suggestions, many books remain unreviewed and overlooked. I always especially like to look for books that have fallen beneath the reading radar, or books that I think more people ought to know about, because they’re just too good to overlook. Here are some of my recent favorites.

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The Librarian’s Career Guidebook

by Priscilla K. Shontz

The Librarian’s Career Guidebook guides novice librarians, prospective librarians, M.L.S. students, and entry-level librarians, as well as experienced information professionals through the intricacies of finding, getting, keeping, and enhancing jobs, and more.

 

Book Review – Extreme Searcher’s Internet handbook

 

 A Guide for the Serious Searcher

by Randolph Hock

From the reviews

As a high-profile Internet trainer of long experience, with both library and information industry experience, the author is well qualified.  He has put together over 200 pages stacked with information, tips, tools, references and explanations of how things work on the web. Ran offers detailed descriptions of search engines and their key features, techniques for finding multimedia content, reviews of the major web directories, tips for searching news, and even a nice “Internet reference shelf.  

Want to know where to find an archive of a web page from years back even though it has changed over time…look in the book, want to find a presentation on the internet done by the author of your favourite website… look in the book… want to find the companies that link to your website or your competitors? … simple… you’ll find many more gems in this book. Moreover, the author updates links etc on his website.

“A phenomenal resource for both extreme and not-so-extreme researchers. Great tips, clear explanations, and years of expertise distilled into 250 pages of clear, engaging text. This book should be on every searcher’s desk”

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