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]]> Google has announced an update to its Personalization feature: if you register as a Google user and create a Personal Profile, including your date of birth, you will receive a Google Doodle on your birthday, if you login to Google.  Although Web 2.0 is supposed to be characterized by more social interaction and personalization of web sites and services, this seems a “twee” feature that is unlikely to endear Google to many people.  Google’s Chief Executive Officer, Eric Schmidt, has recently commented that Google searches will display more relevant results when users supply more information about themselves; however, what assurances does one have that such information is held securely?

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]]> Pearltrees (http://www.pearltrees.com) offers an attractive way of mapping sites and creating links between sites that you use.  A “pearl” is a web site that you have discovered and found to be useful; a “pearltree” is a collection of such sites.  Having created a “pearltree”, it can be shared with others, thus providing a quick and convenient way of conveying the results of a search.  It is simple to use: the main benefits become available by registering and opening a free account.  Phil Bradley, an Internet consultant who writes a monthly column for Library and information update (the official journal of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals <http://www.cilip.org.uk/update>), has created a web tutorial illustrating the use of Pearltrees — < http://bit.ly/cL6Wjh >. In it, he shows how to set up an account, build and share a “pearltree”.  This approach to sharing of web resources is typical of a social networking approach to information use and one that has great potential benefits for all types of library and information service.

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