The Best of Reference 2003
New York Public Library presents their list of the best print and electronic reference resources.

Blurbs: Writing Previews of Web Pages
I cringe when I think how many of these suggestions I should take with my own List of Links. It may lead me to return and rewrite my small blurbs once again.

BIG BIRD UNPLUCKED
Oooo, I have to read this! As part of the first generation of kids raised with Sesame Street and parenting another, I adore Caroll Spinney, Big Bird and Oscar.

Techfocus News & Commentary – Patriot Act II: An Interview with Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Cindy Cohn
A detailed look at the new legislation called the Domestic Security Enhancement Act.

Monster backpedals on listings purge | CNET News.com
Monster will now be letting resume posters to post where they worked and went to school, but still will not allow searches for jobs in sanctioned countries or postings of those jobs.

PolishRoots: Home Page
A genealogy site for those with Polish roots, offering registration of surnames being researched, translated entries from the Slownik Geograficzny, and a variety of databases.

Hartford Paper Tells Employee to Kill Blog
Does working for a company mean that you can’t have personal websites? Yikes!

2002 Nebula Awards
The Nebula Awards were presented on April 19th. This site offers a photo of the winners as well as a list of the books.

Monster.com’s résumé purge draws fire | CNET News.com
Yikes! A scary misunderstanding of the law has Monster.com purging resumes and job listings from seven sanctioned countries, including Syria, Iran, Burma and Sudan.

ALA | 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
The most challenged books are always an interesting list to read. In fact, I find that I will read some of the books on the list just to see if I can figure out what the objection is. I see that The Giver is number 14 on the list. One of my favorite books of all time.