Every year, we throw a big, game party to ring in the new year. This year (2010) is our houses 100-year birthday, so we celebrated with cupcakes…
…and the cupcakes were a game.
Here they are in random order – see how many you can guess! Mouse over the question mark to reveal the answer." – via Iris (circulating)

"Well 2010 is here, a.k.a. the International Year of Biodiversity, and to us at the SCQ, it means that were finally ready to go ahead with our long awaited phylomon project. “What is this?” you ask? Well, its an online initiative aimed at creating a Pokemon card type resource but with real creatures on display in full “character design” wonder. Not only that – but we plan to have the scientific community weigh in to determine the content on such cards (note that the cards above are only a mock-up of what that content might be), as well as folks who love gaming to try and design interesting ways to use the cards. Then to top it all off, members of the teacher community will participate to see whether these cards have educational merit. Best of all, the hope is that this will all occur in a non-commercial-open-access-open-source-because-basically-this-is-good-for-you-your-children-and-your-planet sort of way." – via @walkingpaper

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"For this semi-scientific analysis I looked at 18 library membership organizations, including state and national organizations. I did not include individual libraries or state libraries. I did include sub-groups and divisions. The list of organizations was chosen more or less at random and is biased towards organizations that support New England libraries. It is by no measure a complete list, so feel free to suggest one’s that I missed.
I utilized seven elements to compare the organizations. For each element, the organization received one point if the information met the criteria outlined below, and zero points if it did not. A higher rating is equated with a higher score. You can use this method for a quick check of your organization’s Twitter presence."

"Here they are to save the day—or at least the research project. Rochester librarians call on their inner superheroes as part of a new effort to let students know how to find help."