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iBraryGuy is this month’s SLA Legal Division “Profile in Law Librarianship”
We are humbled and honored that our own iBraryGuy founder and editor, John DiGilio, has been featured and interviewed as this month’s “Profile in Law Librarianship” by the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association. Working with the Legal Division has been a passion of ours for quite some time now and is a relationship…
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iGoogle is Going Bye-Bye & We’re Bummed!
How is it that we only today noticed the little alert on our beloved iGoogle page saying that the service was going away? It was shock. Then horror. Then sadness. With all of the flops Google has released in recent memory (Wave, Buzz, Plus . . . ), the personalized homepage feature that is iGoogle…
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Talkback Tuesday: Amazon Locks Up New Delivery Option?
Talkback Tuesday is your chance to be heard! This week: Has Amazon locked up the solution to local deliveries? The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Amazon is looking at a new way to deal with the problem of no one being home to receive a delivery. According to their intel, that solution is…
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Site of the Week: TaskRabbit gets it done!
When you need help getting something done, finding reliable assistance can be a real problem. You can ask family and friends. But how many of us have been let down by the well-intentioned? You can hire through a professional services provider. But that can be expensive. Yes, you can also post something on a basic…
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iBraryGuy & FreePint Collaborate on New Report!
iBraryGuy is proud to have served as guest editor and curator of FreePint’s latest report, “Enterprise Collaboration”. The folio consists of a series of four insightful articles from the company’s vast archives. Featuring stand-out works from industry luminaries such as Stuart Barr, Andrew Rieder, Connie Crosby, Joanna Ptolomey and Lauren Currie, as well as editorial…
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60 Sites to take a bow at SLA Chicago Conference
After many years of standing-room only crowds and rave reviews, the wildly popular “60 Sites in 60 Minutes” is ending its run at the annual SLA Conference & INFO-EXPO this year. Hosted yearly by SLA’s Legal Division, 60 sites features a fast and furious exploration of some of the hottest and hippest sites for information…
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Google announces Knowledge Graph change to search.
Google today announced the latest enhancement to its industry-leading search – a new feature designed to help users find the right information faster and with less fuss. Enter the “Knowledge Graph”. More than a mere update to the seach interface, it is a radical and interesting change to the way Google will deliver your results. …
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Talk Back Tuesday: Encyclopaedia Britannica – Brilliance or Blunder?
Welcome to Talk Back Tuesday on iBraryGuy 2.0. This is your chance to make you opinions heard. We invite you to take our poll and to sound off on timely topics by using the comments section below. This Week: Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes Totally Digital After 244 years of publishing one of the most widely regarded…
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Death knell for Posterous?
Posterous has been an iBraryguy favorite in the “microblogging” wars that have seen Tumblr rise to a place of prominence. Though we certainly like Tumblr for its amazing ease of use, there is just something more elegant . . . more professional . . . to the workings and look of Posterous. Earlier this week,…
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iBraryGuy 2.0 Launches!
Finally! A new year (OK, so we are three months in!) and a new look has come to iBraryGuy. My self-imposed hiatus has come to an end! I put this blog on the back burner in 2011, so as to focus on my duties as Chair of the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association.…
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