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  • ChaCha: A Ref Desk in Your Pocket? Not quite.

    ChaCha says it wants to be your mobile BFF.  The question is whether your are ready to cozy up to this intriguing mobile resource.  ChaCha is a web / mobile service designed to put a virtual reference desk in your pocket. The concept is simple enough – you ask them a question and they text you an answer. The…

  • Northern Exposure: Accessing Canada’s Libraries Online

  • Interment.net breathes new life into dead-end searches for the deceased!

    Nobody likes to think about death.  However, like taxes (especially here in Chicago), dying is a fact of life.  Like so many other facts of life, it generates a data trail which can become part of a research project.  Sometimes, it is not enough to tell a searcher that the human subject of their research has…

  • When it’s time to get social, you need Social Times

    Getting a grip on what all the social networking buzz is about these days is no small task.  Mastering it and keeping on top of the latest developments in social media is even more difficult.  Adding the Social Times to your professional reading list is a great step in the right direction.  When you need to…

  • The Wonderful World of Wibiya

    When we first saw the name in an article on social networking, we had to ask . . . What on earth is Wibiya?  The name may be a bit of a tongue twister, but there is nothing twisted about this awesome social networking platform.  We tried it out and were hooked.  In fact, most…

  • B&N’s Nook makes Nice: Our Review

    CNN Money today ranked the Nook from Barnes & Noble tops in a match up against Amazon's Kindle and Sony's eReader.  Having tested a few of these ourselves, the iBraryGuy team chose the Nook for home use.  After a month and a half of use, we are ready to report on our own experiences with…

  • CriminalSearches.com: Very Useful, Very Creepy

    Have you ever wondered if someone you knew was a criminal?  Or did it ever cross your mind that your neighborhood might be crawling with them?  Well, check out CriminalSearches and be prepared to possibly be a little creeped out.  For now, CriminalSearches is free to the public.  You can search by person’s name and…

  • Ars Technica does tech news with a lot of technique!

    Tech news sites are literally a dime a dozen these days. So many seem to look and feel the same. When we first discovered Ars Technica, we were pleasantly surprised with its refreshing interface and interactivity. It was an even bigger surprise to learn that AT is a Conde Nast site. That’s right, it comes…

  • Eureeka! Jureeka for legal citations is pretty cool!

    Whether you are a law librarian, lawyer, law student, or just someone who works with legal information, the iBraryGuy has a hot tip to make your work just a little bit easier.  Actually, the Jureeka! plugin was a hot tip that came to us and with just a little bit of investigation, we found ourselves…

  • LRG + LAC = Library Works’ awesome new Career Center!

    It's a great day to be a librarian!  Then again, isn't every day?  But days like today are special.  When library service providers come together and collaborate, it's almost like the planets themselves are aligning.  It usually means great things for librarians and info-pros everywhere.  Thanks to the good folks at Library Resources Group (LRG)…