http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/about-me/
Meredith Farkas (keynote speaker at Mobius 2011) maintains this blog. Also see her Library Success: A Best practices Wiki. See her class facebook page (LIBR 246 Group Page) where her students post items about new technology.
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http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/preswk/resources.cfm

Preservation week is April 24 to 30, 2011. See this website for links to preservation videos and resources.

Submitted by Jack Batterson

http://www.retireonyourterms.org/
Did you know that nearly Half of All Workers Have Less Than $10K in Savings? See the consumer tips and articles about how to improve your retirement. I heard some place that only 1 in 20 have enough money saved for retirement.

Submitted by Jack Batterson

http://www.creditunion.coop/
During the Great Depression, “credit unions were not for profit, not for charity, but for service, and that philosophy holds true today. Credit unions continue to look out for their members’ interests and provide a level of service that is not generally available at other financial institutions.”

This website has a credit union locator and I am urging everyone to consider opening a credit union account in addition to a regular bank account. Credit unions offer very low interest rates on car loans (2.99%) and offer special high interest rate CDs from time to time. The Tiger Credit union on campus is part of West Community Credit Union. It is no longer located at 3 Brady Commons, but is now on the lower level of the Memorial Student Union in room N17. For more information, also see Tiger Credit union’s website: https://www.tigerscu.org/asp/home.asp

For more about Credit Union National Association: http://www.cuna.org/
Submitted by Jack Batterson

http://www.kidsmealdeals.com/
Enter your zip code or city and state to search kids meal deals and kids eat free restaurants in your area. In Columbia, these restaurants include fast food restaurants, Shakespeare’s pizza, Chevy’s Fresh Mex, and D’Rowe’s restaurant.

Submitted by Jack Batterson

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/packages/show-me-the-records/
This is a good way to learn about your community, state and country. These are open records that help people keep government in check and help people better understand how government affects their lives.
Submitted by Jack Batterson

http://gethuman.com/
In addition to giving tips on how to get a live person, this website now offers user tips, reviews and it tells how long the average wait will be. For example, the average wait to get a live person from Facebook is about 65 minutes.

Submitted by Jack Batterson

http://lifehacker.com/#!5714481/top-10-ways-to-find-better-answers-online-that-arent-google

Here’s a look at our top ten tools for finding better answers online.
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http://www.newspapermap.com/
A great way to browse nearly 10,000 of the world’s newspapers. The newspapers are categorized on the map by language. Each information window contains links to the websites of the listed newspapers and links to read the papers through Google Translate. If you visit the site on your mobile you can view a special Google Map customized for phones.” (From American Library Direct, Jan. 26 2011)
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