• BookMooch makes book sharing fun! #librarians #libraries #books

    If you love books as much as we here at iBraryGuy do, then you know just how hard it is to part with ones that you have read.  Throwing away a book is NEVER an option for us.  If you are like us, then you probably would rather see your used books end up in…

  • Historious is bookmarking magic!

    Bookmarking.  We all do it and it can be quite a burden.  For most of us, it is a constant process of selecting, organizing, tagging, reorganizing, retagging . . . well, you get the picture.  Bookmarking for most of us has been a great deal of work.  Thanks to Historious, it no longer has to…

  • Google’s groovy new image search rolls out!

    Change is once again afoot in the hallowed online halls of Google.  Not everyone can see it just yet, but Google’s popular image search is getting a pretty radical makeover.  Here’s what is going on . . . Google’s image search has been around for quite awhile now.  Popular, it has remained fairly untouched over…

  • My Library app puts your catalogue in your pocket!

    Looking for an easy, convenient way to take your personal catalogue on the road with you?  Look no further than My Library by Josh Pressnell.  This powerful and handy app for the iPhone lets you catalogue your home collection and then carry it in your pocket. We do not often review smartphone apps here on…

  • Losing Libraries a Stark Wake-up and Call to Action

    It is certainly no secret that America’s libraries have been hit by the economic downtown.  They have been hit hard.  The media and the internet are constantly buzzing about library cutbacks and closings.  It is almost overwhelming to try to keep up with it all.  Yet, there is no greater sense of urgency that can…

  • Library Routes Project gathers OUR stories!

    If you are a librarian, chances are two things are true about you.  First, you love your job.  You don’t just like it, you LOVE it.  Second, you are constantly being asked either why or how it is you ended up becoming a librarian.  Chances are good that you have already gotten tired of answering…

  • AllVoices: Media BY and FOR the Masses

    Citizens’ journalism, that is to say – news reported by people on the street – is quite the rage today. From CNN’s “iReporters” feature to the contributors to Newsvine’s ever-growing stream, the internet and mobile technology have turned us all into roving reporters. AllVoices champions the “peoples’ media” concept in a way that is really…

  • Nothing on the tube? Try Blip.TV!

    These days it seems like whether you subscribe to cable or satellite, even if you are still using rabbit ear antennae, there is never anything good on television.  Hundreds, if not thousands, of stations from which to choose and yet most of us still end up channel surfing.  Many times this is because TV programming…

  • Friday Fun: Make Word Art with Wordle

    To round out the week, we thought we would recommend a little fun.  Today’s site actually came to our attention thanks to the fine folks at #Fastcase and their exellent blog.  They recently featured some cool word art that they made by feeding the text of seminal Supreme Court cases into an online app called…

  • Bing unveils cool, new entertainment search.

    Not all that long ago, it seemed as though the search engine wars had been won and gone dormant.  Then along came Microsoft’s Bing and soon the battle to be the best search engine was again heating up.  Bingest latest offering, a vertical search for music, movies, and games is sure to throw fuel to…

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