1. BPJ Devotes Issue & Forum to "The Logic of Yoo" 56 minutes ago   permalink

Newpagesblog.blogspot.com

The Fall 2011 issue of Beloit Poetry Journal is devoted to chapbook of poems which come from a larger manuscript of the same name, Michael Broek's "The Logic of Yoo." The poem "probes the moral logic of George W. Bush's legal counsel John C. Yoo from the perspective of a graduate student who supplements his income by writing academic papers for ...

2. New Lit on the Block :: Mixed Fruit 57 minutes ago   permalink

Newpagesblog.blogspot.com

Mixed Fruit is an bi-monthly online publication co-founded by editors Lindsay Shields and Abby Norwood. Mixed Fruit has an varied and energetic editorial staff reading poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations, and reviewing art submissions.

3. Fall PreSchool Storytime 58 minutes ago   permalink

Am / ICARUS

Bring your kids ages 2-5 to PreSchool Story Time , where they'll enjoy stories, songs, finger games, puppets, and crafts. Best of all, it's free and no registration is required! Tuesdays La Farge Library September 6 - December 13 10:30 am to 11:15 am Wednesdays Southside Library September 7 - December 14 10:30 am to 11:15 am Fridays Main Library ...

4. Wave Books Subscription = Free Festival Pass 58 minutes ago   permalink

Newpagesblog.blogspot.com

In addition to receiving all the books published by Wave Books in 2011, this year's subscription ($75) comes with complimentary passes to the Wave Books Poetry Festival: Three Days of Poetry in Translation ($25 value), coming up November 4-6 in Seattle. Even if you can't attend the festival (donate your passes?) subscribers will receive all ...

5. Google Plus and The Enterprise – What’s The Deal? 2 hours ago   permalink

Luis Suarez / E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox

(I was hoping to be able to share this blog post while I was on vacation with my family in León, mainland Spain, but apparently lack of reliable (NOT!!) Internet connectivity, provided by Movistar, le sigh, prevented me not posting it sooner… More on that in an upcoming blog entry though, but for now regular [...]

6. Bucking The Trend By Increasing The Size Of The Freshmen Class 3 hours ago   permalink

StevenB / The Kept-Up Academic Librarian

On Monday morning, Washington State University's Pullman campus will greet its largest freshman class ever — larger by 23 percent than any class it has ever admitted before, and bigger by more than 1,200 students than last year's class. WSU,...

7. Free Library Postal Service for onshore DE students in Australia 5 hours ago   permalink

Infolib / Your Library

As part of CSU’s ongoing commitment to DE students, the Division of Library Services provides a free postal service to Distance Education students living in Australia. A postage paid return address label will be included in each book sent by the Library, so all you need to do is affix this label to each parcel when returning items to the ...

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Noreply / Library Cloud Library Cloud: 5 Years   —  Today is our five year anniversary! On August 22, 2006 the first official post was a short " Coming Soon " introduction presenting the Library Cloud blogging team. A number of posts later, 466 to be exact, we are still talking about libraries, technology, education, conferences, LibGuides, and those tidbits of information we find interesting. ...

8. College Students Are Members Of Generation Vexed 3 hours ago   permalink

StevenB / The Kept-Up Academic Librarian

Alicia Thomas, 20, had it all planned out: career at a nonprofit, married by 24, mortgage by 26. Then financial markets went on a wild roller-coaster ride, portending that high unemployment and the stalled economy won't be rebounding any time...

9. Are BigLaw Firms Inflating Partner Profits? Citigroup Unit Reportedly Finds Fudging 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.abajournal.com

More than half of the nation’s top 50 law firms could be overstating profits per partner to the American Lawyer magazine, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports.

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Joe Hodnicki / Law Librarian Blog :   Are BigLaw Firms Gaming AmLaw Rankings?

10. Breaking it Down: the ePub 3 Spec 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.digitalbookworld.com

EPUB is widely accepted as the defacto digital format standard for eBooks, with its signature reflowable text that can be read on the greatest variety of reading systems (including the iPad, nook/nookColor, Kobo, and Sony readers to name a few).

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Joe Hodnicki / Law Librarian Blog :   Will ePUB3 Lead to the Enhanced eBook?

11. Г. Кисловская: "Электронная книга еще не скоро вытеснит ... 6 hours ago   permalink

Библиотекари Беларуси

Российская государственная детская библиотека (РГДБ), директором которой является Галина Кисловская, по праву считается образовательным и досуговым центром. В свободное время в библиотеку �

12. Teen writing site Figment and MTV launch tolerance-themed writing contest 7 hours ago   permalink

Www.teleread.com

Last year, we mentioned a new cellphone-novel- and social-network-inspired collaborative writing startup called Figment, mostly targeted at teenagers. PaidContent reports that the site secured $1 million in funding two months ago, and is now launching a tolerance-themed collaborative writing contest in cooperation with MTV.

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Paidcontent.org Teen Writing Site Figment Launches Contest With MTV   —  A couple of months after securing $1 million in funding, Figment, the community writing site for teens, is launching a toleration-themed writing contest with MTV. The judges include two bestselling YA authors. Chris Meadows / TeleRead :    Teen writing site Figment and MTV launch tolerance-themed writing contest

13. Apple and the Big Six publishers face another class action price-fixing lawsuit 8 hours ago   permalink

Www.teleread.com

Another class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple and the “big 6” publishers over agency pricing. Unlike the other lawsuit earlier this month, this one also includes Random House among the defendants. But like that other suit, it alleges that Apple and the publishers colluded on an e-book price-fixing scheme. The law firm filing the ...

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Www.marketwatch.com Finkelstein Thompson LLP Files Antitrust Complaint Against Major eBook Publishers and Apple Inc.   —  WASHINGTON, Aug 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On August 11, 2011, Finkelstein Thompson LLP filed a class action complaint against Apple, Inc. and six major book publishers alleging a horizontal conspiracy to fix and increase the price of eBooks in the United States. These allegations, if proved, may entitle purchasers of eBooks to monetary damages. ... Chris Meadows / TeleRead :    Apple and the Big Six publishers face another class action price-fixing lawsuit

14. Less than five more days! 8 hours ago   permalink

Eilir / The Rabid Librarian

Ooh, I'm so excited. :) I'm home at last, I'm very tired, and I'm going to bed (well to comfy chair or loveseat, whichever is more comfortable). Good night.

15. TouchPad offers lessons for tablet makers, sells out of Barnes & Noble 8 hours ago   permalink

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The aftershocks of HP’s $99 TouchPad fire sale continue to make themselves felt. On ReadWriteWeb, Dan Rowinski posts an op-ed looking at the lessons the tablet sale can teach. He touches on some of the same points I did yesterday, others are worth mentioning—such as when he points out that the lack of apps for WebOS does not necessarily mean ...

16. Identity of Law Professor Behind ‘Law School Scam’ Revealed 11 hours ago   permalink

Rtruman / Law In The News

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17. On Wyoming’s Wild Horses, the BLM Unambitiously Responds 11 hours ago   permalink

Rtruman / Law In The News

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18. The Best Way To End Up Being A Super Online Affiliate 13 hours ago   permalink

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19. Caught in the Middle 5 hours ago   permalink

Inside Higher Ed

International Ph.D. students at U. of Western Ontario say their program can't be completed in four years, and that without fifth year of funding they risk having to leave empty-handed.

20. Judge Orders Central Michigan Faculty to Halt Strike 5 hours ago   permalink

Inside Higher Ed

A state judge on Monday ordered Central Michigan University's faculty to return to the classroom, The Detroit News reported, backing a request by university officials for a temporary restraining order halting the strike called Sunday by the faculty union. In a statement posted on the Central Michigan website, university administrators said they ...