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Latest Tweets for March

It’s the mid-way point for March, it’s time for the latest installment of our research tweets from 3/1/10-3/17/10:

Fact Checking on Web Publications http://bit.ly/bsvWqd (via @sabram)
latest blog post: Showcasing Women in Journalism: Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day, and the month …http://bit.ly/a7mCbh
18 Interesting Internet Firsts http://bit.ly/bL0eLM (via @techreaders @sabram)
The Economics of Newspapers http://bit.ly/9pYcuI (via @sabram)
Need #SXSW fix? Follow the newly launched @austinhoodr for updates & austin.neighborhoodr.com for images, blogs, and video. (via @antderosa)
NYU, outside judges to select Top Ten Works of Journalism of the Decade (2000-2009). http://bit.ly/da0Ctd (via @Poynter)
State of the News Media 2010: http://bit.ly/bmWQ2z (via @pewresearch)
Celebrate Freedom of Information Day today 3/16 at NYPL: Open Access, Open Scholarship – Open Future. http://bit.ly/aJZzuX (via @nypl)

For up to the date tweets, follow us @cunygsjresearch, and if you haven’t already, please vote in our latest poll: http://bit.ly/cesozo

Catching up w/ February Tweets

Did you think we forgot about the weekly Twitter roundups? It just seems like February went by entirely too fast. So without further interruptions, here’s the latest Twitter updates from @cunygsjresearch, tweeted for the month of February:

RT @resourceshelf: FY 2011 U.S. Budget now available via GPO Access http://bit.ly/bz2XSA
The Death and Life of American Journalism: A Conversation tomorrow, Feb. 3rd: http://bit.ly/91Qlxk (via @thenation)
We are on @FourSquare… stay tuned for more tips:http://bit.ly/dllPaG
latest blog post: Celebrating Black History Month: In honor of Black History Month, the Research Center has fea…http://bit.ly/a44bBt
OpenThesis.org Launches http://bit.ly/bUKPhd (via @LibraryStuff)
New York Public Library’s Flickr photostreamhttp://bit.ly/9zeGgU (via @GuyKawasaki @MangoLanguages)
Interesting article on NYC Compstat Data:http://bit.ly/cA98Eu
Check out our new Political Reporting wiki:http://bit.ly/aUf6lJ
latest blog post: What can the Library of Congress do for you?: The Library of Congress might be one of the bes…http://bit.ly/bubmA0
RT @JoMCParkLib: Interested in day long conversation about journalism? Follow #paleycarnegie #paleynews (via @DeanJFolkerts)
RT @AEJMC: The Future of Online News TOMORROW 12pm EST http://bit.ly/7v1hUy | RSVP Facebook http://bit.ly/bC0i8g
Check out the upcoming seminars/speakers @ the Center for Communication: http://bit.ly/d7Nohh
Report: More newspaper research coming from social mediahttp://bit.ly/9CTrpU (via @librarystuff)
Two useful examples showing the Power of Research:http://bit.ly/blajMr & http://bit.ly/cxXBoh (hat tip to Jack Styczynski!)
QUIZ: How Millennial Are You?http://bit.ly/c75WWg #millennials (via @pewresearch)

We’ll resume our regularly scheduled weekly roundups next week!

Welcome Back Tweets!

The Spring semester started today. Starting on February 1st, we will begin our extended hours again. We will be opened from 9 am-9 pm Monday-Thursday, 9 am – 5pm on Friday and Saturday. We’ll remain closed on Sunday. For other closing, please visit on our Hours and Schedule link on our About Us page.

Things got a little busy in preparation for the Spring 2010 semester, causing us to skip a few weekly twitter roundups. If you’ve been following on Twitter (@cunygsjresearch), these tweets will be a refresher, if not, here are the latest tweets from 1/11/2010-1/28/2010

Ethics resources on The Journalist’s Toolbox:http://bit.ly/6j8A9N #ethics #journalism #media (via @journtoolbox)
Finding Experts on Twitter Just Got Easy with Twendly (http://bit.ly/4ENAjE) by @kimheras (via @jaapvandegeer@TheNextWeb)
Twitter and the Visual Dataverse (http://bit.ly/7z7XRJ) Data visualization has finally gone viral, says @CharBooth (via @libraryjournal)
Six ways you can help in Haiti. (http://bit.ly/6cS9Zj) using social networking to help Haiti by @sacca (via @JoMCParkLib)
Try Listorious http://bit.ly/2WBBT3 Turn your Twitter list into an RSS feed for new twitter lists. http://bit.ly/3TdFIO (via @aejmc)
Happy 9th Birthday to Wikipedia http://bit.ly/7BsGGL (via @resourceshelf)
RT @rww: Nice, Google Fast Flip has topic feeds. e.g.http://bit.ly/6AFHV5 “internet+of+things” (via ideatagger)
RT @JoMCParkLib: AP hosting discussion “How should journalists act in human disasters?” on Facebook -http://ow.ly/Yyz6 (via @StKonrath)
latest blog post: The Encyclopedia of Journalism receives an honorable mention for the ALA Dartmouth Medal:http://bit.ly/5mcuL2
Happy 2nd Anniversary to Library of Congress Flickr Account; LC Adds New Photo Set: http://bit.ly/777Fop (via @resourceshelf)
Foursquare, journalism, and a sense of place:http://bit.ly/4KeAsF by @jlittau (via @aejmc)
Check out www.scoopler.com, a real time search engine @scoopler
latest blog post: New Feature: Free Resources: There’s a surprising amount of free resources out there for you … http://bit.ly/5tqiui
Online news is an inferior good among users, research shows http://bit.ly/9Jfh8j (via @aejmc)
List of Legal Resources For Startups and Entrepreneurs hhttp://bit.ly/93bpce (via @rww)
History of the Apple tablet: http://bit.ly/bOICAl via @hightechhistory (thanks @CSMlibrary)
Poll: Are you following the Research Center (@cunygsjresearch) on Twitter? http://www.journalism.cuny.edu/research-center/#pd_a_2608889

Also, don’t forget to add our blog’s RSS feed to your readers to timely updates: http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/researchcenter/feed/

New Tweets for the New Year

A delayed Happy New Year to all! The Research Center is open and ready to help with your research needs during January Academy. Please note, our hours are Monday-Friday, 9-5 pm, and we are closed on the weekends. We will resume extended weekend/weeknight hours on Feb 2nd, 2010.

We are still tweeting away at @cunygsjresearch, and here are the latest from 12/28/2009-1/8/2010:

Chart of the day: Opinions of Tech and Social Changeshttp://bit.ly/7tKFpq (via @lrainie)
A must-boomark: Covering Crime and Justice: A Guide for Journalists … http://ow.ly/IHYZ (via @journtoolbox)
WorldCat in RedLaser iPhone App http://bit.ly/5fzdH9 (via @thelib @oclc)
Archivist of the US Announces Establishment of the National Declassification Center http://bit.ly/4XLHx9 (via @resourceshelf)
Resource of the Week: DocuTicker! http://bit.ly/68N3tz (via @resourceshelf)
New Pew Internet data on internet, population broadband adoption, wireless connectivity http://bit.ly/8bTsTf (via @lrainie)
Happy 15th Anniversary to THOMAS http://bit.ly/53ixzM (via @resourceshelf)
How News Happens:http://bit.ly/6QKftn by @PewResearch Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (via @Pew_Internet)

Holiday Tweets?

The Research Center will be closed from December 24-27. We’ll be back on Monday, December 28. In the meantime, here are some tweets that go well with egg nog

Here are the latest from December 8-December 23, 2009 from @cunygsjresearch:

Putting a Bar Code on Places, Not Just Products http://bit.ly/5QSpOb (via @nytimesbits)
Real-Time Search Hailed as Google’s Latest Game Changer http://bit.ly/7d3rgq (via @Atlantic_Wire)
Check out Neighborhoodr http://neighborhoodr.com/
Google Goggles Mobile Visual Search http://bit.ly/6GjLGM (via @ellyssa)
Editor & Publisher closing http://bit.ly/67v9lK “Both the print and online operation will shut down immediately.” (via @AEJMC)
Should Google fund new journalism models? http://bit.ly/8583Xl (via @librarystuff)
The Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next http://bit.ly/5QeUIx(via@pewresearch)
Deep Web Research 2010 http://bit.ly/4N2WvJ ( via llrx.com)
Embedded @livestream on our homepage for @cunyjschoolgraduation – tune in! http://www.journalism.cuny.edu/ (via @coolgates)
McSweeney’s Proves Print Isn’t Dead from @time http://bit.ly/6JdGeT
The NY TImes site traffic maps are pretty cool. Data culled from roughly 15 Web servers. http://bit.ly/6ltZku (via @newsresearch)
#followfriday #followalibrarian Here’s a list of all the CUNY libraries that are tweeting: http://bit.ly/60nZwq
Research Center Winter Intersession Hours http://bit.ly/5hjfRx
“YouTube Is the Top Social Media Innovation of the Decade”http://bit.ly/6SUhbn (via @mashable)
2010 trend predictions in 140 characters http://bit.ly/8QnyQm (via @lbraun2000 @mary_madden @lrainie)

Need to catch up on the latest tweets?

Whether you are tweeting or not, we’ve been… here’s the roundup of the latest tweets from 11/30-12/4/2009 for your convenience:

Business Week library closes, yikes! take a close look at the picture: http://bit.ly/7t2yXS (via @librarystuff)
The two-day FTC workshop on “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” happening now. Check here for details http://bit.ly/6z9pW7
“Twitter” is the top word of 2009. http://bit.ly/6qjwKk
No Reader Left Behind: Improving Media Coverage of Education – Brookings Institution http://bit.ly/68kF1A (via @Krochmal)
CONFIRMED: Comcast to Take Control of NBC Universal http://bit.ly/4ryfHW (via @justinlibrarian)
Google Launches Their Own Dictionary http://bit.ly/6wqkC9 (via @resourceshelf)
Presenting @ CUNY IT Technology Conference @ John Jay #cunyit

And, as always, if you haven’t done so already, please follow us on Twitter: @cunygsjresearch

Research Center closed over the Thanksgiving Break

The Research Center will be closed over the Thanksgiving break from Thursday, November 26-Sunday, November 29, 2009. We will re-open on Monday, November 30, 2009, with our regular hours of 9 am to 9 pm.

Here are the latest research tweets to catch up with during the Thanksgiving break. These tweets were posted during 11/16-11/25/2009:

About Half in U.S. Would Pay for Online News, Study Finds http://bit.ly/19S05p (via @librarystuff)
RT @rww New report says 80% of US consumers won’t pay for online content. Other reports aren’t so pessimistic. http://bit.ly/3MsVlT
Game stories, Wikipedia and the question newspapers can’t seem to ask, http://bit.ly/2364qM (via @jasoncfry)
Cool tool from @craignewmark of Craig’s List. Helpful for sourcing: http://www.govloop.com/ (via @journtoolbox)
Google puts case law online, http://bit.ly/4sPiA0
Poll: Did you know you can check out DVDs (in the general collection) overnight? http://bit.ly/3jJhhc
Next year’s Twitter? It’s Foursquare http://bit.ly/5xywWZ (via @ellyssa)
The Changing Magazine Industry http://bit.ly/4qHSmO (via Stephen’s Lighthouse)
Free H1N1 resources available from EBSCO: http://bit.ly/6galUD
Fox News threatens pink slips for on screen errors http://bit.ly/8tOuqk
Twitter just passed 6 billion tweets! http://bit.ly/6TetcN (via @lrainie @jdlasica)

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Missed the latest tweets?

Here’s the latest from the Research Center’s twitter feed for your convenience. The following tweets are from 11/9/2009-11/13/2009:

Murdoch could block Google searches entirely http://bit.ly/40VDtX (via @librarystuff)
What online journalists can learn from information scientists http://bit.ly/32wVhS (via @librarystuff)
Survey: 58% of newspapers considering charging for access to online news http://bit.ly/2oNlr1 (via @lrainie)
Poll: In what way do you most often contact the librarian to ask a question? http://bit.ly/25iUbL
Check out NYC Stimulus Tracker http://bit.ly/1Lo3SJ (thanks to Jack Styczynski for this find.)
Today’s Top Ten Front Pages Hailing War Veterans http://bit.ly/3xGD4y (via @newseum)
What changes do J-Schools need to make? NEXT Thurs 12pm EST — LIVE http://bit.ly/3G8Sln (via @AEJMC)
World Bank public data now in Google search: http://bit.ly/37LwTx (via @librarystuff)
Afraid of Friday the 13th? http://bit.ly/4fAyD6

And if you aren’t following us, please do: @cunygsjresearch.

Check out the latest tweets from the Research Center

Busy week? Missed out on the latest Research Center’s tweets? Here are the latest from 11/2/09-11/6/09 for your convenience:

Poll: In what way do you most often contact the librarian to ask a question? http://bit.ly/25iUbL
A Graphic History of Newspaper Circulation Over the Last Two Decades | The Awl http://ow.ly/xXNw (h/t S. Abram) (via @ALALibrary)
Need data on how Americans spend their time? Check out the American Time Use Survey from BLS: http://bit.ly/24uva
New report by @lrainie and @mysocnet: Social Isolation & New Technology http://bit.ly/3GQOuv #PIPSI (via @Pew_Internet)
State Senate Records Get More Transparent: http://bit.ly/kHqe8
101 Ways to Promote a New Blog: http://bit.ly/GPrDR (via @ellyssa)
#FollowFriday Check out our News Research list: http://twitter.com/cunygsjr…

Are you on Twitter? Follow us @cunygsjresearch

Missed our Tweets last week?

Here’s the latest Twitter roundup for the week of October, 19-October 23, 2009:

In defence of newspapers and serendipity http://retwt.me/15ZNl
Anonymous sources harms the credibility of news stories http://bit.ly/3bIAg8 #RYCU (via @aejmc)
£33m Saves World’s Greatest Newspaper Collection 4 the Nation http://bit.ly/IS6We (via @resourceshelf)
From the Research Center’s Blog: Catch up w/ the Tweet Roundups this month, http://bit.ly/3YDL3J
Please vote in our new poll on the Research Center’s webpage: http://www.journalism.cuny….
State of the Blogosphere 2009 Report http://bit.ly/5eyhI (via @ellyssa)
Check out http://www.videosurf.com/ – Video Search Engine
Poll: Which of our databases do you use most frequently to find newspaper articles? http://bit.ly/2C1pl

Remember to follow us @cunygsjresearch for the latest tweets.

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