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A Beer for a Cigarette: When is a Bargain Good Value?
Précis of Court Rejection of the Google Books Settlement
Oregon Writers Resource Fair, April 17th, 2011
Justice Bedsworth’s (Typographical) Stink-Bomb Misses the Strike-Zone
Farewell to the U.S. Statistical Abstract (on the budget chopping block)
It will not be continued online, although there is talk about a pilot project for publishing some of the data, not all of which is available to the public even if researchers wanted to make their own data compilations.
1) What is (or was) the U.S. Statistical Abstract? (You may remember the book, but the data is (or was) also online.) (See the Wikipedia entry also.)
Clocks Change, March 13th, 2011
It’s never too late to think ahead to springing ahead.
For more time change information:
NIST: In 2011, March 13, 2011 (see Current Time Change Rules and some answers to the Why time change? questions). Here is a Time Change grid for those who plan ahead.
54+ Ways to Spell “Muammar Qaddafi” (aka Moammar Gadhafi, aka …)
[And don’t forget to look at the ABC blog post: “How Many Different Ways Can You Spell ‘Gaddafi’?” They list 112 ways to spell Gaddafi!!]
If you are a researcher, then you know that using the very literal Internet for your research means that you need to know multiple spellings for names and words.
The Library of Congress has an Authority File that is a useful tool for this purpose. For example, if you were researching Mr. Qaddafi, here are some of your options (and this is a “Name Authority Headings” example).
DIY: “Balance the Oregon Budget” Widget
Fix Oregon’s budget problems with the:
“Can You Balance the Oregon Budget?” widget.
Oh, if only it was this easy! But if Dave’s accountant could balance the federal budget, why not some of you householders and business owners with your own debt-free, balanced budgets?
How Many Times Can a Library Circulate an e-Book? Harper Collins Says 26
How many times can that library book be checked out – how many “circulations” can a library get out of a single book?
One publisher says 26 is the number for an ebook. Public libraries that buy this publisher’s ebooks will get only 26 “checkouts” before the book vanishes from cyberspace – and the library has to purchase it again.
Library Journal article: HarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations,” by Josh Hardro, Feb. 25, 2011: