Google Books and computer tips

The Chronicle of Higher Education on October 13 had an article about university libraries participating in Google Books that have been building a backup to Google Books. They've unveiled it as HathiTrust (pronounced hah-TEE), from the Hindu word for elephant. Says Bradley C. Wheeler, Chief Information Officer at the Indiana University system, "Elephants remember, elephants are large, and elephants are strong."

My favorite computer tip this week comes from David Pogue in the New York Times, who recently blogged on "Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User." Did you know that on pc's you can use the Control key and the Plus key (Ctrl +) to enlarge the text of a web page? How many pages do we see that have tiny fonts? This is one tip I can use!