INFORMATION UPDATE  
      April 2007                        Number 82

Welcome to INFORMATION UPDATE, a monthly resource for
information seekers and users.

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IN THIS ISSUE
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   => Do It Yourself - Shorten Those Unwieldy URLs
   => Notes, News and Announcements
   => Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information

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DO IT YOURSELF - Shorten Those Unwieldy URLs
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Have you ever tried to send a Web link to a colleague or
friend by pasting the URL into an e-mail?  When it wraps at
the end of a line it's no longer a "hot" link and clicking
on it leads nowhere. 

Maybe you've tried to include URLs in a spreadsheet along 
with other, related information in order to deliver a neat, 
tidy package of information to a client or coworker.
Inserting a lengthy URL into the cell of a spreadsheet can
really mess up the formatting.

Not to worry.  There at least two solutions, and both are
free.  Visit the following Web sites for all of the details.

DigBig http://www.digbig.com
Tinyurl http://www.tinyurl.com

These services will create a short little URL that you can 
cut, paste, share, and save.  DigBig and TinyURL will
store these links for you indefinitely, so they will work 
now and into the foreseeable future.

Here's an example.

The business librarians in the American Library Association
have a nifty site with the Best of the Best Business Web
Sites.  Here's the URL - 
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/brass/
brassprotools/bestofthebestbus/bestbestbusiness.htm

Here's the shortened URL from DigBig http://digbig.com/4sskw
The original URL was 111 characters long.  The shortened
version is 23 characters.

The easiest way to use these tools is to drag the link to 
your toolbar.  If you don't know how to do this, there are
instructions at each site.  Then when you need to shorten
a URL, just click the link on your browser's toolbar and
voila.

DigBig requires registration and is only available to use for
work related purposes.  Neither DigBig nor TinyURL can be 
used for spamming or illegal purposes.

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Notes, News, and Announcements
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Shamel Information Services
  Decisions-Informed
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