link here
"As usual with economy drives, the proposals are a blend of common sense and back-of-fag-packet calculations.

link here via the guardian technology blog
software, email, music, reference, maps etc etc etc

Australian Index is another Australian blog search. Blogs are categorised in 50 subject categories and also sorted by state, so you can search on either. It searches not only Australian blogs, but blog posts, images and videos. Submitting a blog for inclusion in the index is quite easy.

JournalJunkie.com is a free podcast syndication service for physicians.
All the latest abstract summaries from the highest impact medical journals are now available as downloadable audio from a single website, JournalJunkie.com

Up until now, it was difficult, time-consuming and costly to bring an e-book to market, as publishers and other creators of eBook content needed to generate multiple eBook formats when providing content to multiple eBook platforms or through multiple channels (e.g. MS Reader, eReader.com, MobiPocket, ETI).

thanks to lorcan dempseys weblog
JISC Collections Academic Database Tool
* The site provides access to detailed information and title lists for 15 major bibliographic and citation databases, and key service information for 8 major content platforms.

If you have ever visited that other great Blog, (there is at least one other!) "Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology", you will have been impressed by the progressive use of technology of Michael Stephens.

The Victorian Local Government Minister Candy Broad recently launched an Australian first innovation entitled "Library Link"

Library Link when fully functional, will allow users to search all Victorian public libraries and place an inter-library loan for any given item, all through the one portal interface. This gives any Victorian resident, access to over 10 million books and other items through Victorian public library catalogues.

Re-Member, is a biographical database containing summary biographical information about all Members of the Parliament of Victoria since 1851.

Google's Newsletter for Librarians is now a part of the Google Librarian Center. At present it is an archive to the newsletters and features tools for searching.