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October 16, 2013 4:55 PM   Subscribe

The Scout Report "is the flagship publication of the Internet Scout Research Group. Published every Friday both on the Web and by email subscription, it provides a fast, convenient way to stay informed of valuable STEM and humanities resources on the Internet. [Best Of (by academic year): 2012-2013, 2011-2012, 2010-2011, etc.] Our team of librarians and subject matter experts selects, researches, and annotates each resource."

First link goes to current Scout Report.
posted by the man of twists and turns (8 comments total) 35 users marked this as a favorite
 
Oh well isn't this a giant rabbit hole of timesuck thank you very much!
posted by rtha at 5:17 PM on October 16, 2013 [2 favorites]


See also.
posted by vrakatar at 5:19 PM on October 16, 2013


Oh well isn't this a giant rabbit hole of timesuck thank you very much!

I second that emotion. Wow! See you next year.
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:29 PM on October 16, 2013


me <3's Scout Report.
posted by shoesfullofdust at 6:24 PM on October 16, 2013


There used to be a mailing list you could get on that told of all the new Internet sites (back when some of them were actually Gopher servers and some were Archie and at least one was WAIS), and it was easy to stay abreast of, like, the whole damn Internet.

This reminds me of that.
posted by wenestvedt at 8:07 PM on October 16, 2013


Without clicking any of the links, I have no idea what this is about.
posted by neuron at 8:27 PM on October 16, 2013


Bravo! I've happily received The Scout Report weekly emails for about 7+ years.
neuron, it's a curated set of educational & topical links. It's always interesting and it's not too big. The Wisconsin Univ. library staff who compile the selection do a bloody excellent job and they are independent: they don't just regurgitate the latest hot links seen on reddit or mefi or whatever site du jour is offering.
I've always been an avid follower because they are tireless primary finders and vetters of the great quality material on the internet. It's only recently that they've acquired permalinks to each weekly edition (Eg.) I think.
(I know I wrote to them asking for permalinks a few times over the years: it's always been hard to sing their praises and hook others up with TSR without a bloody web address!)
posted by peacay at 7:31 AM on October 17, 2013


wenestvedt, I've been getting the Scout report since last millennium, and I would be very surprised if it wasn't the list you were thinking of.
posted by bystander at 12:55 PM on October 17, 2013


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