[LM_NET] A Week of New Resources and Industry News from ResourceShelf

[gary price <gary@RESOURCESHELF.COM>]

Cross-Posted, Dupe Apologies

Greetings from DC. What follows are a few items from the past week or  
so from the ResourceShelf weblog at: http://www.resourceshelf.com

Our blog is updated just about seven days a week with the type of of  
content you'll find below.

We offer a weekly e-mail update. We also have an RSS feed at:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/feed and if you're twittering these days,  
we now have a Twitter feed. You can follow us at:  
http://www.twitter.com/resourceshelf

cheers,
gary


Now, on to the resources:

1) October is underway. This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (we've  
put together a compilation of resources) at http://bit.ly/l1dwf

October is also National Information Literacy Awareness Month. Read  
what President Obama has to say about it:  http://bit.ly/16YVCl


2)  Online Database: Mapping Languages in the United States and More  
Research Tools
http://bit.ly/l3pMv

3) Middle East Images in the Prints and Photographs Division: Subject Overview
Many available online. No charge to access and use the database.
http://bit.ly/8Wy4S

4) Getting to Know Muckety
A tool to map and visualize relationships between people and  
organizations. It's cool, useful and free!
http://bit.ly/MfCdy

5) Money!

Hofstra University Receives $175,000 Grant from the NEH For Innovative  
Electronic Library Dedicated to the Study of Herman Melville
http://bit.ly/172zSJ

&

Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Gets $804K Grant from  
Knight Foundation
http://bit.ly/rgV8f


6) Getting to Know the ?Vook? (aka Hybrid Book)
http://bit.ly/2Gn0JD


7) The Most Downloaded eBooks and Audiobooks From the Library for  
September, 2009 (via OverDrive)
http://bit.ly/3sGlXK

8) Physical Handicaps: A Selective Bibliography from NLS at the  
Library of Congress
http://bit.ly/VYfoy

9) Video Webcasts: Author Sessions from the 2009 National Book  
Festival Now Available Online
http://bit.ly/Hxczg

10) Grown-Ups Don?t Use Social Media Any More Wisely Than Kids  (Some  
Great Examples)
http://bit.ly/j0vAd

11) National Archives and Footnote.com Announce New Digital Holocaust  
Collection
http://bit.ly/ZRlhi

12) Free Career Resources for Libraries from Glassdoor.com
http://bit.ly/xb6Z5

13) Online Databases: These Crusaders Bring Transparency to Government
Some useful, cool, creative and free resources for U.S. Government research.
http://bit.ly/v0K0C


14) National Museum of the American Indian: Collections Search
http://bit.ly/19UyP6


-- 
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Editor, ResourceShelf and DocuTicker
Visit ResourceShelf and Docuticker
http://www.resourceshelf.com
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