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Thursday, June 30, 2005
Resources of the Week By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor Something different for you this week -- a small round-up of niche international resources. Asia--Human Trafficking Source: Asia Foundation TIPinAsia.info "TIPinAsia.info provides quick links to country-specific information on trafficking in persons in multiple languages, as well as anti-trafficking news and information about individual countries. You may access this information by simply clicking on a country name or a national flag." This is actually a group of three portals -- for Cambodia, Thailand, and East Timor. Each offers news, conference notices, a discussion forum and case studies. You'll find links to directories of aid providers, laws and relevant documents. It's still a resource under development, so some areas are more content-rich than others. Some RSS feeds are available. Information is available both in English and in native languages. The Asia Foundation says in a press release that "Content in local language from seven additional countries will be added this year." -- Arab Countries--Political Systems Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace This webpage represents a joint undertaking of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington and the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) in Madrid. It provides easily accessible baseline information about the political systems of Arab countries, with links to official documents and websites, and will be frequently updated to provide information about reforms being introduced." Right now, you'll find country studies for Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. These are extensive documents -- in Microsoft Word (.doc) format -- that provide information on state institutions/separation of powers, citizen rights, political forces, election results, constitutional revision, corruption, ratification of international conventions. "The webpage complements the information about political reform in Arab countries provided by the Arab Reform Bulletin, a monthly online publication by the Carnegie Endowment." -- Japan--Statistics Source: National Diet Library Statistical Materials for Learning About Japan "'Statistical Materials for Learning about Japan' is an English-language guide to statistical information about Japan. It introduces major statistical materials on Japan written in English, or in both Japanese and English, in the form of printed publications and Internet information. A bibliographical note is added to each piece of material. As a rule, the statistics presented are linked to relevant Internet sites in English, even for those available only in printed form." You'll find annotated links to data on: population, business/industry/economics, agriculture/forestry/fisheries, science and technology, commerce and services; labor and prices, housing, education, criminal justice and more. There's also a section on Reference Tools for Searching for Statistics, including the Guide to Official Statistics in Japan and the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. -- By the way, the U.S. Census Bureau maintains a comprehensive list of links to official statistical agencies in other countries. And the amazing University of Michigan Documents Center offers a large collection of links to Foreign Government Data Sources.
Professional Reading Shelf Librarians--Awards Source: NY Times Nominations for 5th Annual New York Times Librarian Awards Now Open "The Times will recognize 27 public librarians from across the country who provide outstanding community service on a consistent basis. Nominations come from the general public." Nomination form is linked here. -- Scholarly Publishing--United Kingdom Source: The Guardian Research councils back free online access "Thousands of British academics in every subject from art history to zoology will soon be required to make their research freely available online, the UK research councils have announced...University libraries will benefit from an easing of the financial pressure to acquire more, and ever more expensive, journals as scholars can consult research for free. The UK is now said to lead the world in open access policy, but today the Publishers' Association raised the alarm, accusing the research councils of going "too far, too fast" without properly costing their proposals." -- Libraries Source: OCLC PowerPoint Presentation: Looking at Libraries A presentation (34 slides) by OCLC's VP of Research, Lorcan Dempsey, at the 2005 NetLibrary Publishers' Summit Meeting. -- Public Records--United States--Databases Source: GCN IRS search for public records access ends with ChoicePoint The Internal Revenue Service has awarded ChoicePoint Government Services a contract worth as much as $20 million to serve as the agency's public records provider for batch processing projects, according to the company. ChoicePoint provides public records information about a person, asset or location, a company spokesperson said. The information can include current and former addresses, property ownership records and bankruptcy, lien or judgment information." -- National Archives and Records Administration Electronic Records Source: Committee on Digital Archiving and the National Archives and Records Administration, National Research Council Now Available, Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for a Long-term Strategy "The final report from this project examines long-term issues related to electronic records archiving at the National Archives and Records Administration, including coping with technological change, reengineering archival processes for electronic records, partnering with other institutions, broadening research interactions, and assuring record integrity and authenticity." Background Executive Summary (PDF) Direct to Full Text Report -- Public Libraries--United States Source: NYPL NY Public Library Unveils Business Information Wall Not only cool, useful too!
Digitization News Digitization Projects--Maps Source: University of Maryland Maryland and LexisNexis Team to Preserve and Digitize Historic U.S. Maps "The University of Maryland and LexisNexis U.S. have announced an alliance today aimed at preserving images of the U.S. Serial Set Maps while making the maps easily accessible and searchable online." --- Digitization Projects--Journals Scholarly Publishing--IEEE Source: IEEE First Step in Digitizing Archives of All IEEE Technology Journals Complete From the announcement, "Added to the IEEE online collection earlier today were more than 12,000 papers and articles published in the Proceedings of the IEEE from 1963 to 1987...Papers dating back to the first issue of the journal, published in 1913 as the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers (the name of an IEEE predecessor organization), will be online in early 2006.
Search Briefs (via SEW) + Topix.net Releases New Services for Canadian Market Note: Regarless of location, if you've never checked out what Topix offers, you should. It's a ResourceShelf favorite! + Yahoo Releases My Web 2.0 Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Bolivia Source: National Library of Bolivia The "El Dorado" Ibero-American and Caribbean Virtual Library of Bolivia is Now On-line "The National Library of Bolivia is on-line with a collection of 45 of the best works in Bolivia. It is accessible on the Internet through the "El Dorado" Virtual Library of Bolivia at www.archivoybibliotecanacionales.org.bo. The Bolivia portal is a small sample of what will be the 'El Dorado' Virtual Library that will bring together 33 Ibero-American and Caribbean national libraries, offering access to a basic collection of 5,000 works of complete text and images, representing the life and culture of our countries, through the Internet." -- Internet Resources Source: IRN The July 2005 Issue of The Internet Resources Newsletter is Now Online More goodies from Roddy M. and crew. -- Lobbyists--New York City--Databases Contractors--New York City--Databases Source: GovTech, City of New York New Database, NYC Lobbyist Search "The new database, called NYC Lobbyist Search, is available through www.nyc.gov/bizsearch, which also includes the recently launched NYC Vendor Search, a database of City contractors." Additional info here. -- HIV/AIDS Source: UNAIDS/WHO New Report, Access to HIV treatment continues to increase "The number of people receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS in developing countries is increasing significantly -- more than doubling from 400 000 in December 2003 to approximately one million in June 2005 -- according to a new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). However, access to HIV treatment continues to fall short of the growing need, and overall progress is unlikely to be fast enough to reach the target set by WHO and UNAIDS of treating three million people by the end of 2005." News Release Full Text (PDF)
Professional Reading ShelfDigitization Projects News Libraries Source: San Diego Union-Tribune The U-T library and how it works Learn about the library and librarians at the San Diego Union-Tribune. Congrats to the U-T Library! "Even though the Union-Tribune library is no longer open to the public, Union-Tribune readers benefit from the work that staffers do. The imprint of the library staff can be seen in each day's newspaper, whether or not they're credited at the end of the story." -- Librarians--United States Source: IMLS Over $21 Million to Recruit New Librarians and Help Offset National Shortage "The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services announced $21,087,684 in grants to 37 universities, libraries, and library organizations across the country today to recruit and educate a new generation of librarians." Complete list of grant recipients here. -- National Libraries--France Source: The Independent Curator is charged as 30,000 books are 'lost' by French national library "More than 30,000 books, including 1,000 rare and priceless items, are believed to have been stolen from the French national library in Paris. So chaotic are the library's cataloguing and security systems it is impossible to know when books were stolen." -- Access to Information--Canada Source: NCASRD Final Report: National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data (NCASRD) Recently released. 137 pages; PDF. -- Conference News + UK: CILIP launches RFID in Libraries Conference + US: Registration Opens for 2005 Virtual Reference Desk Conference
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Narcotics Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Just released: World Drug Report "The negative impacts of the illicit drug trade touch every society in the world. This year's World Drug Report estimates that 200 million people, or 5% of the global population age 15-64, have consumed illicit drugs at least once in the last 12 months. The drug trade is pernicious and large. UNODC estimates its retail value at US$ 321bn. It impacts almost every level of human security from individual health, to safety and social welfare. Its consequences are especially devastating for countries with limited resources available to fight against it. The World Drug Report 2005 provides one of the most comprehensive overviews of illicit drug trends at the international level." Download sections, including statistics, in PDF. (via DocuTicker) -- Mental Health Source: World Health Organization New, WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation 18 pages; PDF. From the news release, "...a landmark book which will guide countries and support stakeholders in creating mental health legislation. The WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation includes input from consultations with hundreds of experts and stakeholders throughout the world, leaders in psychiatry, psychology, law, and human rights, as well as representatives from mental health service users, family groups and NGOs." -- Independence Day--United States Source: U.S. Census Fast Facts, The Fourth of July 2005 Facts include: + $17.3 million, The value of U.S. manufacturers, shipments of fireworks in 2002. + 150 million, number of hot dogs (all varieties) expected to be consumed by Americans on the Fourth. + Nearly 69 million, number of Americans who said they have taken part in a barbecue [PDF] during the previous year. -- Medicare--Drug Benefits Source: National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Medicare Resource Center " Welcome to your one-stop online Medicare Part D resource, giving community pharmacists the knowledge and tools they need to successfully transition their patients and practices to Medicare Part D. You'll find materials and resources addressing Medicare Part D contracts, how to talk with your patients who are Medicare beneficiaries, education opportunities, and more." -- Corporate Scandals--United States--Factbox Source: Reuters Factbox: Implicated executives in U.S. corporate scandals
Search Briefs (via SEW) + Gary's Wish List & More Q&A On Google Video + Findory and Filangy Also Offer Personalized Web Results See Also: Google Relaunches Personal Search - This Time, It Really Is Personal + Google Earth Flies Free See Also: World Wind from NASA, A Free Tool to Tap into Several Repositories of Satellite Imagery
Briefly + Readex Launches Digital Edition of American State Papers, 1789-1838 -- Three Announcements from EBSCO + Chemical Abstracts Service Provides Full-Text Linking to EBSCOhost Databases + Full Text Version of CINAHL to be available through EBSCOhost + Insurance Periodicals Index Now Available Through EBSCOhost Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf PubMed Source: NLM New, PubMed Search Terms Highlighted "A highlighting feature will soon be implemented in PubMed to help users quickly find where their search terms appear in their search results." -- The British Library Archives Digitization Source: Information World Review British Library-JISC alliance targets archives "Digital archives and content are causing problems for universities across the UK, according to the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). It says that as academic institutions increasingly produce and rely on digital content, libraries are struggling with the technology to preserve digital content and face a lack of skilled archivists." -- Reference Guides Source: CILIP The New Walford: making sense of the information universe (PDF) From the article, "The first volume (Science, Technology and Medicine) of The New Walford: guide to reference resources (TNW) is published this June, in an information environment far removed from that of 1959, when the original Walford Guide to Reference Material made its appearance. Walford has historically been regarded as the international leader in its field. How relevant and useful is such a print-based guide today?"
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Medicaid--Timelines Medicare Source: KFF Just Released, New Interactive Timelines Highlight Key Developments in Medicaid and Medicare + Medicaid + Medicare -- Workplace--Information Technology--Surveys Source: Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT 2005 A sortable list of winners is available (free, registration required). -- Marketing--Dictionaries Source: American Marketing Association Dictionary of Marketing Terms Search or browse. -- Disability Rights Organizations--Directory Source: National Council on Disability Resource Directory: Links to Disability and Civil Rights Organizations Nicely annotated list of links to the websites of organizations involved with: multi-issue civil rights, criminal justice reform, economic rights, equality, freedom of speech and the press, general disabilities, government oversight, health and disability law, immigration law, law and technology, voting rights/democracy, women's rights. Also includes links to government- and public policy-related hubs, disability and civil rights organizations and associations, and advocacy organizations. -- File Sharing Documents in the News Source: United States Supreme Court Opinion: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. See Also: Coverage of Court Decision via Paper Chase See Also: Backgrounder: MGM Studios v. Grokster (via Duke Univ. Law School) Monday, June 27, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Web Search--Yahoo Source: Information Today Varying Content Commitments from Vendors for Yahoo! Search Subscriptions New article by Barbara Quint. See Also:"Fee" Web Content Accessed by Yahoo! Search Subscriptions (via Info Today) See Also: Yahoo Launches Access to Some Subscription (aka Deep Web) Content With More To Come See Also: AccessMyLibrary.com Puts Library-Only Content On The Web -- Archives--Conference Source: RLG Conference Presentations: 2005 RLG International Archival Gateways Meeting "On May 23 and 24, RLG sponsored a unique two-day working meeting to exchange ideas on building international archival gateways. Representatives from 8 different national archives based in North America, the UK, and continental Europe were invited to participate, and 30 individuals attended the meeting, hosted by The National Archives in the UK." -- Librarianship Source: InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies New Article: Trippin' Over the Color Line: The Invisibility of Race in Library and Information Studies "The issue of race has been evaded in the field of Library and Information Studies (LIS) in the United States through an unquestioned system of white normativity and liberal multicultural discourse. To counteract these paradigms, this paper draws from various scholarly writings about race and racial formation in order to center race as the primary axis of analysis in the reinterpretation of major theoretical issues in LIS."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Congressional Research Service Source: Center for Democracy & Technology New One-Stop Resource: Search and Access Congressional Research Service Reports from Several Respositories A new database, Open CRS, from the Center for Democracy & Technology has just launched. Open CRS aggregates material from several well-known open-access CRS repositories. Cool! More about Open CRS in this article. See also: Congressional Research Service Reports, Hosted by UNT Libraries (University of North Texas) -- Science--Employment--Databases Source: Nature Publishing Group Redesigned Site, NatureJobs.com New look and several new features. Free. RSS feeds, too! -- Energy--United States--Statistics Source: EIA Just Released, Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1 "Final annual data for the supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products." -- Agriculture--Outlooks Source: OECD OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook: 2005-2014 Full Text of document is fee-based. However, highlights (PDF; 46 pages) are available free. -- Law--United States--Lists & Rankings Source: Corporate Counsel Chart: Women Who Head Legal Departments at 73 Fortune 500 Companies Additional material here. -- Motorcycles--Theft and Accidents--Lists & Rankings Source: Insurance Journal Study Shows Suzuki Motorcycle Is Risky Business "The Suzuki GSX-R Series motorcycle is the most likely motorcycle to be stolen and to be involved in a crash according to a recent study of claims data on more than two million motorcycles insured over the past three years." Lists the top five motorcycles most and least likely to be stolen or crashed. Study by Progressive Insurance.
Briefly Three Announcements from ProQuest + ProQuest Launches Interface Updates + ProQuest's C19 Index to make 19th-Century Research Easier + Los Angeles Times Chooses ProQuest as Exclusive Online Distributor ----- ----- Two Announcements from Elsevier + Elsevier Introduces ScienceDirect College Edition + Elsevier Launches Prestigious Handbook Series on ScienceDirect Sunday, June 26, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Libraries--Conferences Source: PLA Blog Live Coverage of the American Library Association Annual Conference -- Medical Research--Databases Source: National Library of Medicine Compilation, Retired NLM Databases -- Public Libraries--Censorship Source: Tampa Tribune Storms Irate At Gay Flier At A Library "Should Hillsborough County libraries direct young people to outside agencies and Web sites where they can explore questions about their sexuality, possibly without parental consent? Hillsborough County Commissioner Ronda Storms doesn't think so."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Shark Attacks--Statistics Source: Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida International Shark Attack File Stats, maps, trends, and analysis -- Federal Grants--Databases Source: NARA Update, Federal Assistance Award Data System "The Federal Assistance Award Data System (FAADS), with files covering 10/1/1981 - 9/30/2003, provides records about grants, insurance, loans, subsidies and other economic assistance awarded by Federal agencies for use by Congress and for distribution to the public. The file containing fourth quarter data for fiscal year 1990, 7/1/1990-9/30/1990, has been added to currently available FAADS records accessible through AAD." Saturday, June 25, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Unstructured Information Source: Directions MetaCarta -- A Big Idea "...MetaCarta's twist on geospatial is its ability to tease out locational references from unstructured data. So, instead of those 'clean' addresses in databases used for geocoding, the company's products mine documents for clues in the language that indicate location. Those clues are then geocoded, associating documents to locations and vice versa. The first big fans of the technology were in the government; in fact, MetaCarta's first funding was from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Next-Generation Internet initiative and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's funding arm for commercial technology of interest." See Also: Past ResourceShelf Posts About MetaCarta 1 2
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Sports--Cliches Source: TicketRetriever.com The Sports Cliche List "The Sports Cliché List was assembled from a detailed survey of numerous player and coach interviews, pre-game, post-game, and halftime analyses, sports radio commentaries, television sportscasts, and printed sports reports." See also: Baseball Basics: Lingo (mlb.com) Friday, June 24, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Public Libraries--Internet Source: Information Use Management and Policy Institute, College of Information, Florida State University Public Libraries and the Internet 2004: Survey Results and Findings (PDF; 599 KB) "Overall, the survey results show high levels of public access computing in public libraries but signs of cracks in the quality of service and the ability to sustain programs. The data also highlight disparities among rural and urban systems, in which rural libraries are more likely to have slower connectivity; fewer workstations to meet demand; and fewer training opportunities compared to urban libraries. At the same time, patrons in high poverty areas have access to the highest levels of connectivity, bandwidth, and wireless access, as high poverty outlets tend to be part of urban library systems. By contract, high poverty libraries also indicate that they consistently cannot meet the demand for public access workstations." See: Almost All Libraries in U.S. Offer Free Access to Internet (The New York Times) See: Public libraries trying to untangle Web (St. Petersburg Times) -- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Source: O'Reilly Network Historical Maps Online "David Rumsey writes about his collection of more than 150,000 historical maps of the Americas and the world, many of which he has made available free to the public in an online map library." -- Reading Source: Canadian Heritage Industry Development Publishing Policy and Programs Canada: Reading And Buying Books For Pleasure: 2005 National Survey Note: Section 1.11 discusses libraries; 1.12 reports on searching for books online. -- Freedom of Information--United Kingdom Good start for FoI "Assistant information commissioner Gerrard Tracey was speaking at a seminar at GCexpo2005 on 21 June 2005. He summed up the early signs of the act's effect since it came into force on 1 January 2005. 'The early indicators are that we are seeing a culture of change,' he said. 'The FoI is about changing the culture to one of open government, and I think we can see it beginning to happen.'" -- Metadata Government Printing Office Source: GPO GPO Releases Report on Digital Preservation: Metadata Specifications (Final Version)
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Philanthropy--United States Source: Foundation Center (via DocuTicker.com) Highlights of the Foundation Center's Foundations Yearbook (PDF; 468 KB) "Giving by the nation's over 66,000 grantmaking foundations slipped 0.4 percent to $30.3 billion in 2003, following a 0.2 percent dip in the prior year. Nonetheless, foundations in the Northeast raised their level of giving 3.1 percent in the latest year, led by strong growth in funding by foundations based in Maine and New Jersey. Similarly, grantmakers in theWest managed a 1.3 percent increase in their giving, buoyed by gains in giving by foundations in Wyoming and California. In contrast, Midwestern and Southern foundations registered declines of 5.4 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively. By share of overall giving, the Northeast continued to lead, followed by the South. The West ranked third, surpassing the Midwest for the first time on record." See also: The State of Foundation Giving, 2005 (PDF; 336 KB) Note: Complete Yearbook may be purchased from the Foundation Center's Marketplace -- $45.00. -- Population--United States Source: U.S. Census Just Released, Geographic Mobility: 2004 "A series of 26 tables on the 39 million people who moved between 2003 and 2004. The moving rate of 14 percent of the population continues a gradual, long term decline in residential mobility among U.S. residents since the late 1940s. Information is presented at the national and regional levels, along with characteristics of movers, such as by race and Hispanic origin, age, marital status, educational attainment, labor force status, occupation and industry group, income and poverty status and reason for moving." See Also: Archive of Past Reports
Briefly + LexisNexis Demonstrates Congressional Research Digital Collection + New Round of Enhancements for WilsonWeb Database Service Thursday, June 23, 2005
Resource of the Week by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor Personally, I can't ever seem to get very far away from the computer, but maybe you're the kind of person who actually has a life. And the time, money, and sense of adventure to plan a really neat vacation. If you're looking for ideas, we've got an excellent site for you this week. Events--Database Source: Whatsonwhen Limited Whatsonwhen.com Here we have the mother of all travel and entertainment calendars, brought to you by a UK company that specializes in content services for the T&E industry. There are so many ways to search and browse this thing that you can lose yourself for hours. Let's take a closer look. On the home page, you've got three columns. In the center, you'll find links to highlighted events, a "Video of the Week" (Rio Carnival, anyone?), a business event, a couple of specialized guides, and some location-based features. You'll find links to all available guides in the lefthand column, about halfway down: + Leisure Events Guide (a low graphicsversion is available) + Business Events Guide in calendar format. Mouse over any event and read all about it at the top of the page. + Video Guides. See such things as the Pamplona Bull Run, the Bogota (Columbia) Film Festival and Castrillo de Murcia'ss annual baby jumping festival. (Says here that no babies are actually harmed.) There are also a few location-based video guides, for Jordan, London and New York City. + A Globetrotter Guide takes you on a year-long trip around the world, stopping at different events appropriate to the calendar. (We should all be so lucky.) The search and browse tools are in the righthand column of the home page. At the top is a small interactive map. Click on a continent and browse events by calendar date, interest (e.g., arts, family, music, sports...) or country. Scroll down to the middle of the column and you'll see a Featured Destinations form that allows you to browse by continents, countries, regions or cities; choose via the dropdown menus. After this, you'll find the main search tool. Choose a theme/country from the dropdown menus, and/or type a location/keyword into the text boxes. If you've already blocked out a couple of weeks on your own calender, you can also limit your search by date range. We especially enjoyed browsing events via the Themes menu at the bottom of the right-hand column. If you're anything like us, you clicked on Bizarre right off the bat. Maybe we'll catch you at the Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin (GA) on July 9, or the Sauna Bathing World Championships, in Heinola, Finland, on August 2013. Looks like we're already too late to make plans for the Kirkpinar Oiled Wrestling Festival, slated for June 24-30 in Edirne, Turkey. If you like, you can register here (free) and make a personalized home page, compile a scrapbook of events and/or set up a search links page that allows you to monitor the database for certain types of events. You can also choose to subscribe to an e-mail newsletter. (Scroll down to the bottom of the left-hand column.) You can even submit an event to the database -- also free -- although the folks who run the site are the final arbiters of what gets included. If, in spite of all this, you feel a need for additional events calendars, take a look at these: + EventJar (RS post from 7/2004) + artnet -- art auctions calendar + Festival Network Online -- "Music festivals, craft shows, art festivals & fairs in the US and Canada" + FestivalFinder -- "the latest details on more than 2,500 music festivals in North America" + Festivals.com -- "the Internet's largest Festival and Event resource" + FilmFestivals.com -- self-explanatory + NASA Space Calendar -- launches and other space-related events + Pollstar: The Concert Hotwire -- "Now Showing: 6,985 Artists 59,017 Events" + TechWeb Tech Calendar -- "Any day, any IT trade show, anywhere in the world" + TSNN -- "The ultimate trade show, exhibition and exhibitor directory" + Chase's Calendar of Events (A Reference "Classic")
Professional Reading Shelf Information Industry--Outsell Source: San Francisco Business Journal Outsell: Providing targeted information from all over the map A profile of information industry market research company. "Today, Outsell's annual revenue is approaching $7 million and growing at a 15 percent to 20 percent clip." -- Digital Information--Conferences Source: UKOLN 1st International Digital Curation Conference "Registration for the conference is now open. The Conference will be of interest to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the creation, use and management of digital data from researchers and curators through to policy makers and funders." -- Vietnamese Newspapers--Preservation Source: Cornell University Microfilm project preserves war-era Vietnamese newspapers "A large collection of yellowing newsprint documenting Vietnam's war era is being archived for posterity, thanks to cooperative microfilming projects undertaken by Cornell University's Carl A. Kroch Library and other institutions.... The ongoing work is part of the Southeast Asia Microform Project (SEAM), established in 1970 and administered by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) in Chicago. SEAM's holdings -- including dissertations, manuscript collections and hundreds of different historic newspapers from every country in Southeast Asia -- are available for loan to CRL member libraries and universities for research purposes." -- Public Libraries--U.S. Source: Various Public Library Briefs Los Angeles: County library windfall cheered Kansas City: KC library plans cuts in services Bloomfield Township, Michigan: Library collections poised to stretch out -- Digital Archives Source: Technology Review MIT's DSpace Explained Includes useful graphic.
Search Briefs + Cool! MSN Search Adds New Advanced Search Options We've posted a list on ResourceShelfPLUS.
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Air Force Academy--Religious Intolerance Source: Headquarters, United States Air Force Just Released: The Report of the Headquarters Review Group Concerning the Religious Climate at the U.S. Air Force Academy (PDF; 4.2 MB) "The HQ USAF team found a religious climate that does not involve overt religious discrimination, but a failure to fully accommodate all members' needs and a lack of awareness over where the line is drawn between permissible and impermissible expression of beliefs." (via DocuTicker) -- Supercomputers--Lists & Rankings Source: Top500 Just Released, 25th Edition of TOP500 List The fastest supercomputers in the world. "In what has become a closely watched event in the world of high-performance computing, the 25th edition of the TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers was released today..." -- HIPPA Source: askSam Now Available: HIPAA Legislation in Searchable askSam Database Another searchable database from askSam. Free. "The text from HIPAA is available in a searchable, hypertext-linked askSam database. The individual sections of the legislation are divided into separate documents in the database. This allows you to easily locate sections pertaining to specific topics." -- Travel--Health Source: CDC New Edition Available: Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 (Yellow Book) Also possible to build a customized report using this interactive tool. -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Documents--Public Access Source: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) NRC Completes Restoration of Additional Documents to Public Access via its On-Line Library "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Friday completed the restoration of public access to an additional 70,000 documents through its on-line library, ADAMS, after conducting a security-sensitivity review. Members of the public are now able to access these documents, involving administrative, contractual, research, and other documents not related to a specific licensee, which were removed from the public library on Oct. 25 of last year. The documents may be viewed and retrieved through the NRC's Web-based ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html or by using CITRIX software at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/citrix-based.html. Using CITRIX allows earlier access, by perhaps a day, but requires downloading the appropriate software." -- File Sharing Source: Federal Trade Commission (via DocuTicker) FTC Issues Report on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing "Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology offers significant benefits but also poses risks to consumers who use it, according to a Federal Trade Commission staff report issued today. The staff report, 'Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Technology: Consumer Protection and Competition Issues,' analyzes the consumer protection, competition, and intellectual property issues that were discussed at the FTC's December 2004 workshop on P2P file sharing. The report recommends that industry and government take steps so that consumers receive the many benefits from this technology while avoiding the risks that it creates." Summary Direct to Full Text
Briefly + NewsGator Technologies Introduces Business IQ, the Premium Industry Intelligence Service, Delivered with Factiva's Editor's Choice + Elsevier's ScienceDirect passes seven million article mark + Xrefer and Paratext Team Up for Library Reference Delivery Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Scholarship Source: ARL Bimonthly Report The Global Record: Understanding Its Use and Ensuring Its Future For Scholarship A new article by Ann Okerson, Associate University Librarian, Collections & International Programs, Yale University. -- OCLC Source: OCLC Three New Research Projects from OCLC Research You'll read about: + Curiouser "Curiouser is an approach to making the best use of data about items in WorldCat and a user interface for exploring and selecting works and items." + MetaWiki "This project leverages open standards, open-source software and existing resources to extend the Wiki model to support the creation and maintenance of structured data." + Data Mining "...data-mining projects produce valuable intelligence, mined from WorldCat and other data sources, tailored to the needs of those who manage information resources and those who use them." -- Libraries--Law Enforcement--Privacy Source: American Library Association American Library Association (ALA) Announces Preliminary Findings of Study Measuring Law Enforcement Activity in Libraries "The American Library Association (ALA) today released the findings of a comprehensive survey demonstrating the significant impact on the public of federal law enforcement activity in America's libraries. Based on the survey findings, ALA believes that public anxiety and librarian concern over law enforcement activity in libraries is justified. Survey results indicate a total of at least 137 legally executed requests by federal and state/local law enforcement in both academic and public libraries have taken place since October, 2001-63 legally executed requests for records in public libraries and 74 legally executed requests in academic libraries."
Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports Source: ISI + Science in Japan, 2000-04 + Journals Ranked by Impact: Sport Sciences + Aerospace Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2000-04 + U.S. Universities with High Concentrations in Psychology, 2000-04 + The Hottest Research of 2003-04
Search Briefs + More Satellite Imagery Available from Google Maps Even more info here. + MSN Launches Local Search Tool and Aerial Maps + Publishers' Group Requests that Google Stop Scanning Copyrighted Material for 6 Months "The Association of American Publishers has sent a letter to Google requesting at least a six-month moratorium on scanning copyrighted library materials for the Google Library project which is a part of Google Print."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents E-Government--Australia Source: FCW E-gov grows down under "No longer representing a minority population, 39 percent of Australians contacted their government via the Internet over the past 12 months, a new Australian government study has found." A full-text copy of the study from the Australian Government Information Management Office is available here (PDF). -- Webcams--United States--Survey Source: Pew Internet The USA and the Webcam "One out of six American adult internet users (16%) have gone online to view another person or a place via a web cam. That translates into roughly 21 million people who have viewed material on web cams. And on any given day, about two million internet users are checking out remote places or people by using webcams." -- Supreme Court--United States New Web Page, Foreign Translations--Supreme Court Publications "This page will contain links to translations of these publications as they become available." Only one doc available at the moment. -- Quotations--Films--List Source: BBC News/American Film Institute (AFI) Frankly, Rhett has top film quote "Clark Gable's quote beat Marlon Brando's line from 1972's The Godfather - 'I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse' - into second place." Top 100 Quotes (via Yahoo! News; AFI server not accessible Wednesday morning) Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Information Industry--infoUSA Source: Information Today The "New" OneSource An article by Paula Hane. "Since its acquisition a year ago by infoUSA, business information provider OneSource (http://www.onesource.com) has directed an all-out effort to implement new technology and take advantage of the resources of its new parent. Now remade to be lean, streamlined, and nimble, OneSource has just announced a major upgrade to its flagship business information product, Business Browser. It has also introduced two new add-on modules. The new version of US Business Browser adds in-depth profiles on more than 160,000 private companies and expands core coverage from 300,000 to 600,000 U.S. and Canadian companies. The new add-on modules are Small Company Spectrum, which provides basic information on more than 13 million additional small companies, and a Credit Insights module that provides risk assessment indicators for all 13 million companies." -- Librarians Source: AP Nevada Librarians Seek Reading Record "Six Nevada librarians hope to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records after reading aloud for 100 consecutive hours." -- Academic Libraries--United Kingdom Rare Books Source: The Guardian University library dumps rare books -- National Archives--U.S. Source: NARA National Archives Recovers Treasure Trove of Kennedy Materials "Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced that the National Archives and Records Administration, on behalf of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, has reached a settlement with the estate of Robert L. White for the return of thousands of pages of documents and artifacts from the presidential and pre-presidential period of John F. Kennedy's career as a public servant." -- Virtual Reference Source: OCLC New: OCLC launches 'Ask a Librarian' pilot in Open WorldCat The reference service pilot will last at least six months.
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Congressional Research Service Source: CRS via FPC New or Updated Reports + The United States and Europe: Current Issues + State and Local Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress + Protecting Our Perimeter: "Border Searches" Under the Fourth Amendment -- Tourism--United States--Halls of Fame Source: Fodors.com Check Out America's Halls of Fame "If you've already gambled at a Las Vegas casino, posed with Mickey at Disney World, and sampled the splendors of Yosemite, consider something a little different, like a pilgrimage to one of America's many halls of fame. The choices are even more diverse than you might think. Strippers, inventors, bowlers, and gospel singers all have halls of fame, and the famous and unknown featured in these pages are equally exceptional. The halls they grace are guaranteed to yield a highly entertaining and educational experience." -- Alzheimer's Disease--Bibliography Source: University of North Carolina Institute on Aging Social and Behavioral Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia in Diverse Populations: An Online Bibliography "The social and behavioral research related to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia reflects the diversity of the dementia patient and caregiving experience as well as the complexity of interventions and study approaches for this population. This online bibliography offers a comprehensive snapshot of the research. A myriad of articles are presented that highlight the unique experiences of the assortment of racial, ethnic, and cultural groups across the globe. While some studies focus on the caregiver, others center on the caregiving recipient. Patient-centered research has focused on every point of the dementia experience continuum, ranging from risk factors and diagnosis to treatment and quality of life. Many of the articles focus on the research process, including interventions and outreach programs, study recruitment and retention issues, and evaluation tools." -- Knitting Patterns--Tool Source: microRevolt KnitPro "knitPro is a web application that translates digital images into knit, crochet, needlepoint and cross-stitch patterns. Just upload jpeg, gif or png images of whatever you wish -- portraits, landscapes, logos -- and it will generate the image pattern on a graph sizable for any fiber project." Cool.
Search Briefs + The Digitization Of The Library Gary offers a few comments about an article from MSNBC. + Browse and Search CNN Video For Free
Briefly + OPACS: Sirsi and Dynix Announce Merger, New Company is Named SirsiDynix + Full Text Books Online: ebrary Adds 500 Titles to Public Library Complete, Announces New Pricing Structure (PDF) + Groxis Opens Deep Web to Business, School Monday, June 20, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Library & Information Technology Association Source: LITA LITA Launches New Blog -- Library Workers--Australia--Statistics Source: ALIA The Australian Library Labour Market "Australia has almost ten million employees. The Australian Bureau of Statistics and Department of Employment classify more than 27,000 as library workers." -- Libraries--United Kingdom Source: MLA Raising the Profile of Libraries and Books in Initial Teacher Training -- Literature Matters The full text of "Mapping the current and potential relationships between Initial Teacher Training providers and Museums, Archives and Libraries" is also available. -- Health Informatics Source: NLM $3.68 million grant to boost public health "Informatics" "Without strong systems for gathering, using, and sharing information, federal, state and local public health offices cannot adequately detect disease outbreaks, notify the public of emerging health problems or promote sound health practices. Recognizing the importance of this issue, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will administer a $3.68 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to develop tomorrow's public health leaders in the science of public health informatics." -- Digital Libraries The June 2005 Issue of D-Lib is Now Online Articles Include: + A Standards-based Solution for the Accurate Transfer of Digital Assets + Digital Preservation: Architecture and Technology for Trusted Digital Repositories + The Open Collections Program at Harvard University -- Government Information--United States Infopreneur Source: City Paper Matthew Lesko: The Culler of Money "Matthew Lesko has built a 25-year career of peddling free government information on a simple proposition: Ask what your country can do for you."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents France--Economics Source: OECD Just Published, Highlights: Economic Survey of France 2005 -- Drugs--United States Source: Congressional Budget Office (via DocuTicker) New Report, Prices for Brand-Name Drugs Under Selected Federal Programs -- Spam Source: Federal Trade Commission Subject Line Labeling as a Weapon Against Spam: A CAN-SPAM Report to Congress "In a report to Congress required by the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 ('CAN-SPAM Act'), the Federal Trade Commission says it does not recommend requiring unsolicited commercial e-mail to include a label in the subject line as a means to reduce spam." Highlights Direct to Full Text (PDF) -- Occupational Safety--United States--Statistics Source: BLS Just Released, Occupational Injuries and Illnesses This new version revises selected industry employment data in several of the tables. -- Web Browsers--Firefox Source: PC Magazine The Top Firefox Tips and Tricks
Briefly H.W. Wilson Partners with Bowker: Wilson's Standard Catalog Data Powers the New Bowker's Book Analysis System -- + infoUSA Discontinues Participation in Meritbase Sunday, June 19, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Music Archives--Digitization Projects Preservation Source: Monterey Country Herald New life for old jazz tapes "Recordings of live performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and others at the Monterey Jazz Festival are in danger of deteriorating. To help preserve these recordings and others from 1958 to 1969, the Grammy Foundation has given the jazz festival a $40,000 grant for its Archive Preservation Project to digitally reformat and catalog the archives, in partnership with Stanford University." -- Public Libraries Source: San Francisco Chronicle Book returned to library 78 years late
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Online Calendars Source: Reuters A Look at Online Calendar Services Includes an intro to Trumba.com, a new service. Two month free trial available. Worth a look. -- Health--Web Resources Source: MedlinePlus New MedlinePlus Topic Compilation + Germs and Hygiene -- Red Tide Source: NOAA NOAA Establishes New England Red Tide Information Web Site Saturday, June 18, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Libraries--Marketing Source: Chris Olson The June Issue of Chris Olson's Marketing Treasures Newsletter is Online
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Celebrities--Lists & Rankings Source: Forbes The Celebrity 100, 2005 "The World's Most Powerful Celebrities." -- Florida--Digital Library Source: Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services Florida on Florida "Florida On Florida is a catalog of digital materials related to Florida. It includes all sorts of items including maps, photographs, postcards, books, and manuscripts. The materials in Florida On Florida come from digital collections held by libraries, archives, museums and historical societies throughout Florida. To see a list of the collections included, click 'Collections' on the menu near the top of this page."
Search Briefs + Privacy issues with Google library search See Also: Google Library Digitization Agreement With University Of Michigan Now Available Friday, June 17, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf National Library of Medicine Presentations From the 2005 National Library of Medicine Update and Online Users' Meeting + NLM Update PowerPoint Presentations + NLM Theater PowerPoint Presentations + NLM Online Users' Meeting 2005: Remarks + NLM Online Users' Meeting 2005: Questions and Answers -- Libraries and Librarians Source: RLG New Issue (Volume 9, Number 3) of RLG DigiNews is Now Online + Selective Archiving of Web Resources: A Study of Acquisition Costs at the National Library of Australia + Bringing the Digital Revolution to Medieval Musicology: The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM) -- Non-Commercial Web Directories--INFOMINE Library of Congress Metadata Source: LC Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team INFOMINE and Library of Congress Having "Discussions" About iVia Software "The Library is in discussion with the INFOMINE Project (http://infomine.ucr.edu) at the University of California, Riverside about establishing a cooperative agreement to test the iVia software (http://infomine.ucr.edu/iVia/) developed for the INFOMINE project. iVia harvests, analyzes, and processes metadata from Web sites and other digital objects for use in the INFOMINE database. The parties believe that it would benefit the library community worldwide to incorporate the Library's subject authority and classification data into the iVia automatic classifier capability. It is thought that the incorporation of this data will improve the ability of the iVia software to generate metadata useful to the Library and other libraries, with minimal intervention by cataloging staff. The goal of the cooperative agreement would be to test this hypothesis." -- School Libraries--United States Source: National Center for Education Statistics Just released: America's Public School Libraries: 1953-2000 "Drawn from more than 25 sources, mostly federal reports and surveys, this booklet presents a history of federal legislation and national standards affecting school library media centers and key characteristics of school libraries at the national level, from 1953-54 to 1999-2000. This booklet is based on the report Fifty Years of Supporting Children's Learning: A History of Public School Libraries and Federal Legislation from 1953-2000 (NCES 2005-311). " Full report (PDF; 672 KB)
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Housing--United States--Statistics Source: U.S. Census/HUD New, Census Bureau and HUD Release Data on Housing Characteristics for Selected Metro Areas "The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released new American Housing Survey (AHS) data on costs and other housing characteristics for 13 metropolitan areas. These areas are: Atlanta; Cleveland; Denver; Hartford, Conn.; Indianapolis; Memphis, Tenn.; New Orleans; Oklahoma City; Pittsburgh; Sacramento, Calif.; San Antonio; Seattle; and St. Louis. The AHS is conducted by the Census Bureau and sponsored by HUD." Summary Full Text -- Information Technology--Salary Survey Source: InfoWorld 2005 InfoWorld Compensation Survey "At first glance, results from the 2005 InfoWorld Compensation Survey show an industry looking up. As company performance has risen, so have salaries and bonuses in the IT sector, suggesting the downturn is over. Jobs are to be had. Purse strings have loosened. In fact, many aspects of our survey of 1,510 IT professionals indicate that 'better' may be the norm. Yet beneath the surface, dissatisfaction and uncertainty threaten to spoil any celebration of IT's return to square 2001." -- Collaboration Source: PortalsMag The SMB Virtual Office Primer "If you have no money to spend on collaboration, content management, etc., see how free tools can help you." -- Firewalls Source: SearchNetworking.com Firewall Resource Guide "Firewalls are an essential tool in protecting your network from various threats...this guide is a compilation of resources that explain what firewalls are, how they work, vulnerabilities, troubleshooting, configurations and more."
Search Briefs + Google Now Offering Index of Pages Optimized for the Mobile Web + Google Library Digitization Agreement With University Of Michigan Now Available Thursday, June 16, 2005
Resource of the Week By Steven M. Cohen, Associate Editor PubSub Librarians An Introduction to PubSub This week, Shirl and Gary gave me the ROTW floor to talk about a resource that we released at PubSub on June 1st (For those who don't follow my blog, I started at PubSub in the beginning of the year, continuing my untraditional library career.) First, a bit about the company: PubSub Concepts, Inc. is a real-time matching service that instantly notifies you when new published content is created that interests you. We monitor: + Weblog postings and any other syndicated content (http://www.pubsub.com/weblogs.php) + Newsgroups (http://www.pubsub.com/newsgroups.php) + SEC filings (http://www.pubsub.com/edgar.php) + Full-text press releases (http://www.pubsub.com/pressreleases.php) + Airport delays (http://www.pubsub.com/airports.php) + Earthquake activity (http://www.pubsub.com/earthquakes.php). You enter your query and the result will be delivered to you the moment an item is published that matches your query. You can receive the results in a number of ways including your favorite RSS reader (Bloglines, etc), the PubSub sidebar (http://www.pubsub.com/downloads.php), or just by bookmarking the resulting subscription page. In order to demonstrate the capabilities of our service, we released our first integrated set of sample subscriptions - PubSub Government (http://www.pubsub.com/government) -- which let users keep track of what is being said about various aspects of the U.S Government. These are pre-built, advanced queries using the numerous Boolean syntaxes we offer (http://www.pubsub.com/booleanhelp.php). PubSub Government users can access up-to-date content on: + Every member of Congress(http://www.pubsub.com/features/government/state.php) + U.S. Supreme Court Justices(http://www.pubsub.com/features/government/justices.php) + Congressional Committees (http://www.pubsub.com/features/government/committees.php) + Cabinet members (http://www.pubsub.com/features/government/cabinet.php), including the departments that each cabinet member heads. Some additional features include: + The ability to put all subscriptions for each state, all the Supreme Court justices, the entire cabinet, and/or the committees, in your aggregator by using the OPML feature. (For example, the OPML feed for NY would be: http://www.pubsub.com/features/government/state_detail.php?state=ny&format=opml.) This saves you from having to subscribe to each individual feed. + The ability to add any of the subscriptions to your PubSub account by clicking on the green plus signs next to every pre-built subscription. This also allows you to edit or add to the query syntax that has already been created, allowing for more personalization of content. Also, on each state page, we've indicated which congress member was discussed most often during the previous day and how often this person was mentioned. Who can benefit from using PubSub Government? Librarians, activists, watch groups, campaign managers, journalists, lobbyists, and anyone else interested in monitoring the U.S. government. If you have any questions about PubSub Government, you can contact us at government@pubsub.com.
Professional Reading Shelf PATRIOT Act Source: AP (via CNN) House limits Patriot Act rules on library records "The House voted Wednesday to block the FBI and the Justice Department from using the Patriot Act to search library and book store records." -- SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) Resource Discovery Network Source: RDN Next Week: SOSIG Virtual Event "SOSIG will be running a weeklong virtual event as part of the ESRC Social Science Week (June 20th - 24th 2005). We have invited a number of social science specialists to consider how the Internet is changing the face of social science information and research, in particular how it has altered their own working practices and the impact this may have had on their research and teaching. -- OCLC--Pilot Projects Source: OCLC OCLC pilot program will increase discovery and use of libraries' electronic collections "OCLC will begin a pilot project later this month that will make it easy for library staff and patrons to find and use full-text electronic journals in library collections. The pilot will involve 20 libraries and four partners-TDNet, EBSCO, Serials Solutions, and Ex Libris." -- Information Industry Source: ResearchInformation The May/June Issue of ResearchInformation Is Now Available Articles Include: + The Swedish hub at the heart of open access + Reinventing journal publishing + Profile: Archiving without borders A profile of the director of e-strategy and property management, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the Netherlands -- E-LIS Source: Jennifer A. De Beer, Centre for Knowledge Dynamics and Decision-making, Stellenbosch University (South Africa) E-LIS - Expanding (y)our field with E-LIS (PowerPoint presentation) "Informative talk about and demonstration on E-LIS, forming part of a session on 'Expanding the LIS field' in a pre-conference workshop titled 'Getting Published'."
Search Briefs Yahoo Launches Access to Some Subscription (aka Deep Web) Content With More To Come Cool new stuff from Yahoo. Yes, federated search technology comes into play again. Gary has posted an overview of the just launched beta along with a couple of thoughts on the Search Engine Watch Blog. After you read the post, here's something else to brainstorm about. Wouldn't it be cool if a user could also opt-in and see what books, videos, etc, his or her local library had available at the same time reviewing Yahoo web results list. Or, what about Yahoo working with RLG and allowing searchers to include results from their RedLightGreen.com database containing more than 120 million bibliographic records. As many of you already know, RLG already allows the searcher to click and find if the item is available in their local library. See Also: On a Related Note, ThomsonGale Launches a New Library Advocacy Campaign To Help Promote Remotely Accessible Resources Great to see! From the way it reads, when users see an article via the new Yahoo service they might be able to go directly to a database via their local public library, get authenticated, and view it.
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Air Quality--United States Source: NOAA/EPA NOAA and EPA Extend Reach of Air Quality Forecasts "Air quality forecasts produced by the NOAA National Weather Service and the Environmental Protection Agency have been enhanced and expanded to better serve more regions of the United States. Forecast information for ground-level ozone that has been available for the northeastern United States will now include areas from just east of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Hour-by-hour forecasts, through midnight the following day, are available online, providing information for the onset, severity and duration of poor air quality to more than 180 million people." Direct to NOAA/EPA Air Quality Forecasts. -- Country Studies--Bulgaria Source: Federal Research Division/Library of Congress Just Released, Country Profile of Bulgaria PDF. See Also: More Country Profiles from FRD -- Housing--United States Source: National Association of Home Builders (via DocuTicker) Housing Facts, Figures and Trends "Housing Facts, Figures and Trends provides a snapshot of various aspects of the housing market including new home starts and sales, characteristics of new homes, homeownership rates and more." Download full document in PDF. -- Research Reports--United Kingdom Source: House of Commons Library Two New Research Reports + Modernisation of the House of Commons 1997-2005 + The Future of the European Constitution Both reports are PDF files. Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Archives Source: International Council on Archives ICA/CAP's Manual on Appraisal is online for feedback "The Manual on Appraisal is conceived as a practical guide, aimed first and foremost at archivists faced with the daily problems of appraising and selecting documents, and who may not have been trained to do so." Direct to Full Text. -- Digitization--Health Care Source: Computerworld The Paperless Hospital -- Really! -- Public Libraries Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer Libraries turn the page "What is a library supposed to be? It's not merely an academic question. Continuing budget problems have forced libraries locally and nationwide to make tough choices about their priorities, especially in the kinds of materials they offer." -- Internet Usage--Higher Education--Statistics Source: ARL Presentation: The Internet Goes To College A presentation by Steve Jones, Senior Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life Project. This presentation was given last month at the Association of Research Libraries 146th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See Also: More Materials From the Annual Meeting Here
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Military--Statistics Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Updated Data Available from SIPRI + Top 100 arms-producing companies + Military Expenditure Database Updated (Reg Req, Free) + Arms transfers data from the 2005 SIPRI Yearbook -- Business--Canada--Lists & Rankings PROFIT 100, 2005 Ranking of Canada's fastest-growing companies. -- Blogging--Legal Guide Source: Electronic Freedom Foundation EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers (newly revised) "The difference between you and the reporter at your local newspaper is that in many cases, you may not have the benefit of training or resources to help you determine whether what you're doing is legal. And on top of that, sometimes knowing the law doesn't help - in many cases it was written for traditional journalists, and the courts haven't yet decided how it applies to bloggers. But here's the important part: None of this should stop you from blogging. Freedom of speech is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and Internet bullies shouldn't use the law to stifle legitimate free expression. That's why EFF created this guide, compiling a number of FAQs designed to help you understand your rights and, if necessary, defend your freedom." (via DocuTicker) -- Corporate Lawyers--Lists & Ranking Source: Corporate Board Member Magazine America's Best Corporate Lawyers 2005 "In Corporate Board Member's fifth annual survey, 1,229 directors selected the law firms they most admire, nationally and in 25 metropolitan areas. The 20 national leaders are ranked at right, with Skadden Arps in first place for the fifth straight year." -- |
