Category: Fun

  • This Fall: iBraryGuy goes Full TILT!

    In the three years since we launched this second version of the iBraryGuy blog, a lot about the legal information profession has changed. From the jobs that we do, to the ways in which we do them, to the very tools that we use to make our value known, the industry has undergone some incredibly exciting…

  • Starting in October: Tell us your favorite apps – get featured!

    iBraryGuy is excited to announce a new crowdsourced feature starting in October.  Let’s hear your APPlause! It seems like there is an app for everything these days. Just within the realm of information alone, there are apps for staying updated on the news, conducting research, managing your time, communicating with your team, and even billing…

  • iBraryguy Releases “60 Sites in 60 Minutes” List from SLA2014! Who made the cut?

    It was another big year for “60 Sites in 60 Minutes” at the 2014 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO. Hosted by the Legal Division of SLA and generously sponsored by LexisNexis, the panel once again shared their top picks with a full house. From search sites to news, travel, and even a bit…

  • iBraryGuy Hits the Conference Circuit!

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  No, we are not referring to the end of the year holidays.  We are talking about library summer conference season, of course. That time of year when the business cards come out, the presentations go on, and the networking and educational opportunitiesget craaaaazy!  Hold onto your lanyards…

  • iBraryGuy’s eReader Poll – Have your say!

    The bad news just keeps piling up for that venerable, big-box purveyor of print – Barnes & Noble.  We have been hearing for quite some time about the chain’s falling sales and revenue figures.  Now, the news is reporting on layoffs and funding cuts to its Nook eReader division.  Et tu, dear Nook?

  • Imagine that! Getty makes millions of photos freely available

    Imagine that! Getty makes millions of photos freely available

    In a surprise move that will empower bloggers, Getty Images has made over 35 million of their archived photo images freely available for non-commercial, online use.  The Getty archives contain some of the most notable photographs ever taken.  From the whimsical image of Albert Einstein sticking out his toungue for the photgrapher to the heart-wrenching smoke trails…

  • There’s an App for that!?!—California’s Child Support Calculator

    There’s an App for that!?!—California’s Child Support Calculator

    Of the many apps in the West/Thomson Reuters oeuvre, there exists the CFLR DissoMaster. What does this app do? Co-produced by CFLR and the Rutter Group, this app’s sole purpose is to calculate child support in California. Yes, child support strictly in California. Child support calculation in California follows a statewide, uniform equation that starts…

  • iBraryGuy talks Work-Life Balance for SLA Illinois!

    iBraryGuy talks Work-Life Balance for SLA Illinois!

    Join the Illinois Chapter of SLA and @iBraryGuy for … In the Balance: Tools to Increase Your Personal & Professional Productivity Work, work, work… Most of us do it to live. Sadly, an increasing number of us also feel like it is all we live to do. But is it a sign of the times…

  • Google’s Recipe View a Delicious Idea!

    As a foodie and home chef, I am almost ashamed to say that I have stopped buying cookbooks.  I used to love and treasure them.  But with so many recipes available online these days, it almost seems a waste to spend the money.  Of course, some are indispensable and I have my favorites with which…

  • Need to find a book? CoverCake takes the cake!

    Have you ever found yourself trying to remember the name of a book you have seen on a TV show or maybe heard about on a radio program?  You can rack you brain trying to recall it.  Sometimes a web search can help.  But more often than not, it is enough to drive a person…