Exalead challenges Google

Phil Bradley and others are excited about Exalead, "the search engine lover's search engine." Read his 10 reasons for preferring Exalead at http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2008/03/10-reasons-why.html

In a nutshell, the user has more choices in search terms, geographic location, file types, languages, media, timeframe, site section, personalized shortcuts, and more transparency in advertising while keeping the ads to a minimum. If that's not reason enough consider the Scottish government has chosen Exalead as the search engine to access its online documents.

Stargazing 2.0

Google Sky is now available through your browser:
http://www.google.com/sky/

A nice feature is the Earth & Sky daily podcasts. Click on See Sky in Google Earth for a short video.

Marathon County Library News

The read more about the Marathon County PL Director and Board of Trustees decision to eliminate MLS positions and demote current MLS staff because "librarians just aren't doing much professional work anymore" see The Annoyed Librarian's post of yesterday, 3/5/08: http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com/

Teen Tech Week Feature: Squidoo

ALA has created a List for Teen Tech Week about social networking: 50 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Technology IQ, thanks to Nila for suggesting the site: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teentechweek/TTW50Things.pdf

Squidoo is free, fun, informative, and generates donations to charities . What a perfect combination for libraries!
http://www.squidoo.com/