Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

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Text Translation on Google Translate

Google Translate is a tool that allows you to translate text, documents and webpages between over 50 languages.

Not Just Another Brick in the Wall: Engaging 21st Century Learning Through Participatory School Librarianship

Not Just Another Brick in the Wall: Engaging 21st Century Learning Through Participatory School Librarianship

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Handwriting fonts.

Was wondering how people make PPT slides with handwritten fonts. Then I came across this useful post on Rapid eLearning Blog - "Over 100 Free Handwritten Fonts". I am yet to try fontcapture.com to create a font for my own handwriting. Anyway, there are few common handwritten fonts readily available from other sources.

in reference to:

"Over 100 Free Handwritten Fonts"
- Over 100 Free Handwritten Fonts » The Rapid eLearning Blog (view on Google Sidewiki)

YouTube Video: Social Media Revolution

A writeup on limitations of Google Scholar for academic citing.

Newswire Analysis: Google Scholar’s Ghost Authors, Lost Authors, and Other Problems - 9/24/2009 - Library Journal

Via Mallikarjun Dora on Lis-Forum

Why Libraries should use and adopt Open Source Software?

I am just back from 12^th NATIONAL CONVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORKING (NACLIN 2009) of DELNET. There, I argued that Open Source Software is best candidate for being used in Libraries. Both Library as well as Open Source Communities have similar ideologies. Computing history has shown us that both hardware and software have very short life span. They tend to get obsolete in no time when compared to Libraries - which are long term entities. Open Source software is a community effort. Thus there would be someone from community to take place of original developers in case they leave the project. Using Open Source Software is as good as legally owning it. Even libraries can sponsor further development. Thus it is worth to use and adopt open source software for long-term gains and continuity.

Digital Research Tools (DiRT) Wiki

Digital Research Tools (DiRT) Wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars conduct research more efficiently or creatively.

Pazpar2

Pazpar2 is a metasearching middleware webservice featuring merging, relevance ranking, record sorting, and faceted results.

Twitter Hindi Reference

Twitter:
`Chidiyaghar` ya phir `Chahchahati Bahar`

Tweet:
Chahchahana

Tweetup:
Chahchahata Milan

VT:
Yeh Bapu ne bola hai. VT bole toh Vaapis Tweet

Trending Topics:
Ubharta Vishay

Hashtag:
Soochak Shabd

LOLZ:
MKH=Mogambo Khush Hua(Ho Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)

ROTFL:
MLLKH=Mogambo Lot Lot ke Khush Hua

Via Jai Hind: Proud to be an Indian in 'Twitter Hindi Diwas'

24 new features planned for the next release of EPrints

Leslie Carr in his post EPrints and its Development talks about new features planned for the next release of EPrints.

Access to the scientific literature in India

A paper Access to the scientific literature in India uses an evidence-based approach to assess the difficulties faced by developing country scientists in accessing the scientific literature. According to this paper Indian scientists have shorter references lists; they are more likely to cite articles from open access journals and are less likely to cite articles from expensive journals.

Evolution of Librarianship in ICE age.

Who, Why & How We Serve: The Evolution of Collaborative Librarianship Through Social Media

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It talks about how librarianship is changing in this era of WEB 2.0 / Social Web. Hope all of us can fellow the evolution path indicated in the presentation.

Repositories Support Project (RSP)

Repositories Support Project (RSP) is a useful resource to guide establishing, maintaining and promoting Open Access repositories.

New Launch: Open Access Solutions

OPENACCESSSOLUTIONS.COM may be of interest for those who wish to edit, publish and electronically distribute a highly professional OA journal, yet remain independent.