Peekyou, search across the web, social media & more

peerindex (a reputation management/metrics site) has launched a new search engine called peekyou (http://www.peekyou.com).

It searches across facebook, linkedin, twitter, friendster, myspace, several people search engines (intellius, spokeo, etc.) and even wikipedia. Results include email addresses, phone numbers, documents, web sites, and public records (although some of those results are offered through paid services like through peoplesearch or spokeo).

An interesting idea even though search filtering is rather limited.

For those of you interested in privacy, according to the website:
PeekYou will:
1. Index only public web content
2. Always respect the user privacy preferences of social networks
3. Allow individuals to opt-out from its service simply and easily

PeekYou will not:
1. Purchase app/developer data from social platforms
2. Index an individual's medical or financial information
3. Knowingly work with any individual or business that violates these rules

Tip: How to get rid of top stories in Facebook

Updated 10/19: Note: While this worked for a while, it no longer seems to, what is still working
is manually creating a list of all friends and just read that. It is chronological and not by top stories (thankfully!) Of course you have to select the list when you login.


[older workaround > let me know if it starts working for you] 
This was passed along to me by a fellow Facebook user and it works (for now)!

When logged in to Facebook, type this URL into your address box:
https://www.facebook.com/?sk=dateorder

Or you can just bookmark that url and login that way. 

(Note, Facebook will not save this, so you will need to do it every time).Unfortunately, it is temporary. If you go "home" or logout, you're right back to top stories.

Other ideas to get rid of the top stories and manage your feed:

you're welcome.

more ideas to fix the news feed here

Academic library (UGA) presentations at COMO - green libraries, social media, tenure, metadata, RDA & more

 UGA Librarians at COMO.

Building a Green Library: Lessons Learned from Three Georgia Academic Libraries
Three Georgia library directors, Gene Ruffin, Loren Pinkerman, and Bill Potter, will discuss the opportunities and challenges involved in building an environmentally sustainable or "green" building.
Virginia Feher(UGA), Gene Ruffin, Bill Potter(UGA), Loren Pinkerman

One Size Fits No One: Unique Embedded Librarian Programs in Georgia Universities
Academic librarians at universities large and small are embedding—are you? Ginger Williams, Sandra Riggs(UGA), Kaye Guterman

Trends in Faculty Roles, Promotion and Tenure: A Discussion
Come take part in a discussion of issues of vital importance to academic librarians.
Fred Smith, Alan Bernstein, Lorene Flanders, Cathy Jeffrey, Susan Morris(UGA)

How Libraries are Supporting and Promoting Undergraduate Research
Learn how four university libraries support the needs of undergraduate researchers while boosting the profile of the  libraries and GALILEO resources by offering awards and exposure for excellence in undergraduate research and scholarship.
Caroline Barratt(UGA), Laura Burtle, Julie Speer, Amy Buddie

Maximizing Your Social Media Presence: Tools and Tips to Save You Time and Effort
Think you don't have time for social media? Wonder how people seem to be online 24/7? Learn the secrets to maximizing your social media with less effort. (Robin Fay - me)

Navigating the Job Search Process
For job seekers or anyone who wants to update their job hunting skills—discuss cover letters, resumes, public speaking and more!
Christian Steinmetz, Jan Hudson(UGA)

Making the Leap: Transitioning from Paraprofessional to Professional Librarian
This panel discussion will provide practical advice and insight for paraprofessionals who are considering library school as well as for recent library school graduates who are seeking a professional position.
Virginia Feher(UGA), Viki Timian(UGA), Rita Spisak, Kara Mullen, Charles Bennett

PBCore 2.0: Understanding an Updated Metadata Scheme for Audiovisual Resources
Everything you need to know about PBCore 2.0, the newly revised metadata standard for description of audiovisual resources. Mary Miller(UGA)

Usage and Identity for the Branch Library
An examination of user needs in, and how users and administrators identify branch libraries. Michael Law (UGA)

Panel Discussion: The Impact of RDA on Georgia’s Libraries

Hosted by the GLA Technical Services Interest Group, this panel discusses the impact of the Library of Congress’ decision on the implementation of RDA from the perspective of academic and public librarians in Georgia.
Linh Uong Jolanta Radzik, Armin Siedlecki, Elaine Hardy, Suzanne Graham(UGA), Kelly Holt(UGA)

Answering Legal Reference Questions

Learn internet resources and effective strategies to help you answer legal-related reference questions in a non-law library setting with skill and confidence. Wendy Moore, Maureen Cahill

Fixing facebook - seeing ALL updates from ALL friends instead of selected top stories

Egads. Hopefully there will be better global controls soon.

So to fix your stream.
Since you are probably missing people from your stream and don't even know it, the best way to fix your stream is to go to the new subscriptions menu. You will also see the people who are posting publicly to the web and will have the option of turning this feature on for your posts. At this time you can't really control whether you see Top Stories or Recent Stories first -- from what I'm reading Facebook is choosing that based upon how often you login (for some tips on managing this annoyance, check out this post).

Under Favorites>News Stream click on the pencil icon to the left. 
Click on Edit.
Click on Manage Subscriptions.
Click on each person's Subscribe button.

Change Most Updates to All Updates if you want to see everything. Each and everyone person you've subscribed to (well, if you want to see all of their updates and if you don't, change it to be what YOU want it to be). You can change these through the stream, too, but if you are not seeing people, then you're not going to see them in your stream to change their status.

Clicking on Recent Updates will change that to the default view in your stream - vs. Top Stories (or choose a list to see - you may have to make a new one). The option to all see news feed by ALL friends > went away. (good riddance!) If you're like me and you haven't tagged your family (because you don't want to give facebook even more demographic data) and you haven't put in your birthplace or hometown or high school (ditto), then facebook was unable to construct a family and close friends list (my lists are empty.) So, I guess I am lucky facebook didn't kick me out for not playing by their rules. ;-)

The good, the bad, the ugly...
If your settings are public, Facebook has now made it transparent that the information is being published to the web. In a way, that is a good thing, anyone can easily subscribe to your Facebook feed. So, check those privacy settings carefully. Another thing Facebook is doing is allowing you to SUBSCRIBE to anyone with a public account without friending or liking (heh!) them (sort of like what you do with a youtube channel or twitter...) if they turn on "allow subscribers" - this is called a public subscription. (Actually, everything in Facebook is API based - think RSS feed- so it is essentially subscribable if the privacy setting allows it...) You can offer this service yourself or if you don't want to publish out to the web or allow people who aren't your friends to subscribe to you, doublecheck that this setting is off.

Here is that info in pix. 

What is a little strange is that you can't subscribe to people even if they use the subscribe button if there other settings override it - in other words, their wall is public, they have a subscribe button, but limit subscriptions to friends of friends. Of course, you could always just use the RSS for any public account anyhow...

Please check my facebook posts for the latest news. 

Free - Drupal Business Summit Atlanta

What: Atlanta Drupal Business Summit
Why: To attract and cater to more non-technical professionals evaluating Drupal and open-source software based solutions
When: Friday, September 30th, 2011 from 8:30am – 5:30pm
Where: Georgia Tech Research Institute in Midtown Atlanta
How much: FREE (thanks to some generous sponsors)
Sponsored by MediaCurrent


http://atlantadrupalsummit.drupalgardens.com/register


 and DrupalCamp ATL is in October!
Drupalcamp Atlanta 2011 is Coming

What: Drupalcamp Atlanta 2011
Why: To evangelize, educate, and promote Drupal within our geographic region
Who: Hundreds of attendees from throughout the region
When: Saturday, October 1st, 2011 from 8am – 5pm;
after-party 6-9pm
Where: Georgia Tech Research Institute in Midtown Atlanta
How much: $35 for an all-day conference badge and food for the day; $60 individual sponsorship includes a badge, food for the day, an official t-shirt, and recognition on the website

COMO/GLA Paper presentation schedule

GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ACADEMIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS

October 6, 2011

Olympia I Room, 10:00a – 11:50 a

10:00                          Pete Bursi:  YBP Award Winner

                                    Why We Still Matter

10:12                           Jackie Radebaugh

                                    Using the Social Design Model to Enhance Electronic Browsing and

                                                Document Linking in Online Journal Databases

10:24                          Jason Puckett

                                    Open Source Software and Librarian Values                      

10:36                           Emily Rogers

Teaching  Government Information in Information Literacy Credit Classes

10:48                         Charles Forrest

Information, Learning, Research:

Evolution of the Academic Library Commons

11:00                           Break

11:10                           Jon Bodnar

Questioning Social Media in Academic Libraries:  Reflections on Directions  for Future Research

11:22                           Virginia Feher, Robin Fay

The effect of automation on academic library staffing:  A Discussion

11:34                           Yadira Payne, LuMarie Guth, and Chris Sharpe:  Ebsco Award Winners

No melting pot: Results and Reflections from the 201 1 Southeastern Federal Depository Coordinators Salary Survey Project

11:46                           Adjourn

Free Virtual Ed Tech Conference (K-12)

 This is mostly k-12 oriented, but you may find some things you are interested in.

FETC Fall Virtual Conference Sessions Announced!

See below for information on the sessions you can participate in during the
Fall FETC Virtual Conference on October 27, 2011!

Register today to participate in these popular and informative sessions from FETC 2011!

	Virtual Manipulatives: What Are the Advantages for Teaching Math Concepts Ted Hasselbring, Professor, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University Followed by a LIVE Q&A!
	Tech for Tots: Using Technologies to Enhance Early Learning Gail Lovely, Independent Educator, LovelyLearning.comFollowed by a LIVE Q&A!
	Playing School or Preparing for Life Meg Orminson, Professional Development Specialist, Tech TeachersFollowed by a LIVE Q&A!
	Hands Around the World: Projects to Explore, Engage, Enrich, and Empower Howie DiBlasi, CEO, Digital JourneyFollowed by a LIVE Q&A!

Plan to attend the ALL FREE, ALL ONLINE conference for inspiring sessions presented by the education technology visionaries, demonstrations of the latest technology, and real-time networking with educators just like you.

South Georgia Newspapers digitized & available online

Announcement from the DLG about the South Georgia Historic Newspaper Archive. The DLG Newspaper project is really cool so check it out if you are interested (just looking at old ads is fascinating).

The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sgnewspapers

The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to six newspaper titles published in four south Georgia cities (Albany, Americus, Thomasville, and Valdosta) from 1845 to 1922. Consisting of over 81,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date.

The archive includes the following south Georgia newspaper titles: Albany News (1870-1883), Albany Patriot (1845-1866), Americus Times Recorder (1881-1921), Sumter Republican (1870-1885), Thomasville Times Enterprise (1873-1922), Valdosta Times (1908-1912). The Digital Library of Georgia will add additional titles from the region over time.

The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

Other newspaper archives available through the Digital Library of Georgia include the Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive (1847-1922), the Macon Telegraph Archive (1826-1908), the Athens Historic Newspapers Archive (1827-1922), the Columbus Enquirer Archive (1828-1890), the Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive (1808-1920), the Southern Israelite Archive (1929-1986), and the Red and Black Archive (1893-2006). These archives can be accessed at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html

Gmail: search & limit by date, exclude google buzz & more

If you've ever tried to search through 300 (or egads - 3000+) GMail emails, then you know how challenging the "never delete" idea is. Sorting is not really part of the GMail world (there is some sorting, but it rather limited). I usually build the search in the search box (similar to oldschool command line searching). (If you prefer to use an easy guided search tool, skip to the bottom of this post)

A typical search for me would look something like
drupal -buzz from:georgiawebgurl@gmail.com after:2011/5/25 before:2011/09/1 in:anywhere

Here are some of the search operators that I find useful:

•  From searches who sent it to you
• To searches who you sent it to
• " " (quotes) putting a phrase in quotes will search the whole phrase
• -  excludes word (I use -buzz to always exclude my G Buzz posts)
• Date range after:2011/5/25 before:2011/6/9 (Dates in yyyy/mm/dd format.)
• in: is used to specify location (in:trash in:inbox in:spam in:anywhere) - in:anywhere is everything 
• label: used to search by your labels
  
• a full list of search operators is listed here 

SO, drupal after:2009/5/25 before:2010/1/1 -buzz , pulls up all of my email from May 25 2009 - January 1, 2010 that is about drupal excluding any Google buzz posts.

If you don't know the operator, it is hard to figure out what to put there. There is help for that, though. One of the most easily overlooked links in the GMail interface is the search options link. It will help you build the search you need.

NYPL rare baseball photo on ebay - interesting story on artifacts, theft, & the internet

Really interesting story about library artifacts, theft, and selling of materials...

A 19th-century cabinet photo created by the Philadelphia photographer, Phillip Edward Chillman, was documented on the NYPL’s 1922 inventory of the Spalding Collection but, after an inventory was taken by the library in 1987, it was discovered missing along with another photograph of Reach. Both cabinet photos appear on the NYPL’s official “Missing List” for the Spalding Collection’s photographic archive and both appear to have been offered at various auctions in the 1990s.  (We published a report about the other missing Reach photo this past January and confirmed it was sold at Richard Wolfers Auctions.)


 http://haulsofshame.com/blog/?p=8564