The 80th Annual Oscar nominations have been announced.No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood led the nominations with eight each.Michael Clayton received six nominations.The five nominees for Best Picture are:No Country for Old MenMichael ClaytonThere Will Be BloodAtonementJunoGreat stuff for your library blog!  :)...

NowPublic is an interesting news website.  It offers you, the citizen journalist, the ability to write your own news story, and upload photographs, video and audio.  There are various channels you can access as a reader that are similar to newspaper sections.  You can also view the front page filled with the most recent news items and the most popular channels.  Stories can also be highlighted, which move them up the popular ladder.  And you can discover stories by the contributors who can also be searched by the regions of the world they cover.  This is a very slick yet...

Looking for reviews of romance novels?  Are you a librarian looking to make great selections for your collection?  A lover of romance novels looking for a new series to immerse yourself in?  Well, All About Romance is the place for you.  Billing itself as the number one site for readers of romance novels, it offers separate sections for readers and writers.  It also has a newsletter, feature articles, book reviews and a message board.   I guarantee more romance books will be talked about and recommended here than you can read!...

The Rock Czar is a website that will either have you nodding happily in agreement or seething at your keyboard depending on your tastes in rock music.  The site offers lists of the greatest rock songs and the best rock bands in a variety of permutations. They also have album reviews and featured songs.  Definitely a place to go to get your rock music fix!...

This is a great resource for people who want to learn to travel light.  The site offers packing lists, information on selecting a bag, and also tells you how to pack things.  Just the time saved checking luggage and waiting at the baggage claim have me sold!...

Wikia Search just opened in alpha today.  It takes search engines into open source, allowing users to define themselves and what keywords match them.  It will be very interesting to see how this develops and where it goes.  I ran a few searches and found quite nice and tight results paired with an intriguing social aspect. ...

For anyone who loves recipe sites, have I got a site for you!  MyRecipes features recipes from Cooking Light, Southern Living, Sunset, Coastal Living, Cottage Living and Health.  All in a single site with tons of photos, a handy search engine and daily ideas. ...

Many of the parents you serve at the library will have opened all sorts of plastic toys at the holidays and may be wondering if they are tainted with lead.  Well, the Healthy Toys site will answer their questions and hopefully put their minds at ease.  Healthy Toys is a project of the Ecology Center and the site is done in collaboration with The Washington Toxics Coalition.  This is a perfect time of year to point parents to this online resource. ...

 We have a collection of online games on our library website where teens can find them.  This collection of Flash games is a wonderful grouping.  All of them have been featured on the front page of Digg, so you know they are noteworthy and probably great fun.  This is a list that should be shared with patrons looking for fun online games to try.  The joy of Flash games is that they return to the roots of video gaming where games were less world-like and more of a fun thing to pick up for a few minutes and try...

Urth.tv is a site that offers a portal for media that focuses on environmentalism and a green lifestyle.  You will find videos, news, blogs, photographs and forums.  The site offers front page news that gets you informed about current issues very quickly, or you can browse the site to find more detailed discussions and information. ...