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Professional Reading Shelf Congrats to ResourceShelf and DocuTicker Deputy Editor, Shirl Kennedy! Info about her upcoming book is now available in the Amazon.com database. Way to Go Shirl, We're Proud of You!!! The book will be published in November. -- Information Literacy Source: Stephen C. Miller, The New York Times M.I.D.I.S. (Miller Internet Data Integrity Scale) (PDF; 71 KB) "MIDIS is a way to determine if a web site has valid information that can be used in news reports. The standards we apply to non-digital information are - or should be - no different from the standards we apply to computerized information. The chart below is a guide to help you determine if the information you get off the Internet can be trusted. MIDIS sets a Hierarchy of Trust."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Military Science--Bibliographies Source: Air University Library Two new bibliographies: + Distance Learning in the Service (by service branch) + Leadership and the Military (Internet Resources, Case Studies, Ethics, Executive Leadership, Followership, Leadership, Management, Military Leadership, Motivation, Organizational Leadership) -- Government Contracts--United States--Printing Source: Government Printing Office + Just Released, GPO's Top 50 Contractors (by dollar value) + GPO's Top 50 Top 50 Contractors (by state) + Summary All documents are PDF files. Saturday, July 30, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Library of Congress--Acquisitions Source: LC Library of Congress Acquires Rare Musical Theater Manuscripts "The Library of Congress has recently received two important gifts of manuscripts to add to its Music Division American Musical Theater collections. The first is a collection of lyric sketches by Lorenz Hart, the lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers between 1920 and 1943 and wrote dozens of enduring standards, such as 'My Funny Valentine,''The Lady Is a Tramp,' and 'Bewitched.' The second collection, of Oscar Hammerstein II manuscripts, comes to the Library as a gift from Hammerstein's biographer, author and record producer Hugh Fordin."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents London Bombings Source: SF Chronicle Chronology of London bombings, investigations, arrests Compiled by Johnny Miller, a librarian (and ResourceShelf reader) at the SF Chronicle Library. -- Postsecondary Institutions--Enrollment Source: National Center for Education Statistics Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2003; Graduation Rates 1997 & 2000 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2003 "This report presents findings from the spring 2004 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Web-based data collection. Data were requested from over 6,600 postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal student financial aid programs. The tables in this publication present enrollment data for fall 2003, financial statistics for fiscal year 2003, and student financial aid data for academic year 2002-2003. Also included are graduation rate data for the 1997 and 2000 student cohorts." Full Report (PDF; 609 KB) Friday, July 29, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Web Directories Source: LII Take a Look: Preview of the Redesigned Librarians' Index to the Internet Now Online One of the great web directories is online with a preview of its new look. Impressive! Great slogan too!!! Kudos to Karen Schneider and her team. More soon. Note: If you've never visited and/or used the LII, make sure to visit. We can't stress enough how useful the LII is. It's also a great illustration of the important work info pros are doing in the web age. -- Library Databases Source: Forbes Good Press for Library Databases If we've said it once on ResourceShelf, we've said it more than a thousand times, library databases provide free remote access to a treasure trove of material. We're thrilled to see others writing about them. If you're interested in a recent article that Gary wrote on the topic, here's a link. The article concludes with a piece of advice that we've also been repeating for years. "My biggest complaint is that some libraries' Web sites don't detail the amazing range of services they offer online until you cough up a card number. Memo to those insular institutions: Put the info in the shop windows out front and I bet you'll see a lot more card-carrying customers walking through the electronic doors." -- Information--Standards Source: National Information Standards Organization The July Issue of NISO Newsline is Now Available Reports include: + ANSI Approves Bibliographic References Standard + Scientific and Technical Reports Standard Receives NISO Approval -- Global Information Locator Service (GILS) Source: Federal Computer Week GILS could soon get the boot "Popular commercial search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN Search might soon replace a 10-year-old government search standard intended as an electronic card catalog of public government information. The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to withdraw the Global Information Locator Service (GILS), which it considers to be an obsolete search standard. A July 15 Federal Register notice states that recalling the standard seems justified because most agencies now use commercial search tools to help people locate government information." See: GILS website
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Women--Lists & Rankings Source: Forbes Just Released, The 100 Most Powerful Women The Top Ten 1. Condoleezza Rice 2. Wu Yi 3. Yulia Tymoshenko 4. Gloria Arroyo 5. Margaret Whitman 6. Anne Mulcahy 7. Sallie Krawcheck 8. Brenda Barnes 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Melinda Gates Note: Kudos to librarian/speaker/author/Director of Research at Forbes/friend/ResourceShelf reader/user, Anne Mintz, who worked on this just released list. She even gets a mention in the "Reported by" section of the article. -- Business Ownership--United States--Statistics Source: US Census New, Minority Groups Increasing Business Ownership at Higher Rate than National Average, Census Bureau Reports "Minority groups and women are increasing their business ownership at a much higher rate than the national average, according to new tabulations titled Preliminary Estimates of Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race: 2002, from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2002 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) released today." Summary By Sector By State See Also: California Home to Growing Number of Minority- and Women-Owned Firms, Census Bureau Announces -- Youth--United States--Statistics Source: NCES Just Released, Youth Indicators 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth "Youth Indicators contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning." -- Children--Well-Being--United States Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT 2005 Data Book Online From press release (PDF; 36 KB): "National trends in child well-being are no longer improving in the rapid and sustained way they did in the late 1990s, according to a report released today. Among the negative trends: the number of children who live with parents facing persistent unemployment grew to 4 million, an increase of more than 1 million since 2000. These parents often face issues such as domestic violence, depression, substance abuse, and prior incarceration that make connecting to the workforce especially difficult." Download entire data book(PDF; 5.4 MB) Via DocuTicker. -- Music History Digitization Projects Source: University of Pittsburgh Digital Research Library Just Released, Stephen Foster's Sketchbook "The Digital Research Library released an image collection containing the page images of Stephen Foster's Sketchbook, which contains draft texts for sixty-four songs including several of his most popular ones such as 'Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,' 'My Old Kentucky Home,' and 'Old Folks at Home' (or "Way Down Upon the Swanee River?). The sketchbook, which dates to June 26, 1851, can be searched by a full-text transcription or browsed by song title." Searchable.
Search Briefs + Goin' Mobile With Technorati + A Look at Search Interface Protocols and Specifications Thursday, July 28, 2005
Resource of the Week by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor If you've been with us awhile, you know how much we enjoy digital collections. We also like "one-stop-shopping" sites, and if you're with us on this, we've got a terrific resource for you this week. Digital Libraries--Databases Source: Grainger Engineering Library, University of Illinois/Institute of Museum and Library Services IMLS Digital Collections Registry We gave this one a brief mention on ResourceShelf a week or so ago, but we felt it warranted a closer look. "The IMLS Digital Collections Registry includes digital collections created or developed as part of one or more National Leadership Grant projects. These collections include both traditional digital library collections of digitized content and "born-digital" resources and non-traditional collections such as learning modules designed for online use. The collections have been created both through innovative collaborations among large numbers of institutions and through the work of a single institution. In many cases the digital content is an important by-product of other foci of the NLG project such as training, research, or education." More than 130 digital collections are featurered here now, each fully described via the IMLS DCC Collection Description Metadata Scheme, based on the UKOLN RSLP Collection Description Metadata Scheme and the Dublin Core Collection Description Application Profile. Now that we've gotten the geeky stuff out of the way, let's take a look at the content. The home page is pretty self-explanatory; you can browse the collections by: + Subject (Arts, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages, Health, Language Arts, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Education, Religion, Science, Social Studies, Vocational Education) + Object (Dataset, Image, Interactive Resource, Moving Image, Physical Object, Sound, Text) + Place (countries, cities, states) + Collection Title (alphabetical) If you're so inclined, you can also browse by National Leadership Grant Project (alphabetical) or Hosting Institution (alphabetical by state). There's a simple keyword search form on the home page. An advanced search form allows you to restrict your keyword search to a particular type of object. (More than one type may be selected via checkboxes.) The search results include collections and hosting institutions. For each collection, there is a link to its home page, a brief annotation and a link to a full record containing the title, URL, description, GEM subjects, standard subject entries, geographic coverage, time period, objects included, format, intended audience, intereaction with collection (e.g., search, browse), size, frequency of additions, metadata schema used, supplemenetary materials, hosting institution and more.
Social Media Part 1: A Conversation with OurMedia Co-Founder, J.D. Lasica by Christina Pikas, Contributing Editor Ed. Note: We would like to welcome Christina Pikas, a librarian at the Johns Hopkins University Advanced Physics Lab, to the ResourceShelf/DocuTicker team. She'll be contributing items from time to time. Christina also has her own blog; it's linked here. I recently got the opportunity to interview J.D. Lasica by e-mail and ask him about one of his new projects, OurMedia. Lasica and Brewster Kahle of The Internet Archive are making great strides in bringing personal media publishing to the masses. This is one web project in which librarians can make great contributions by assisting in the metadata development and searching and it's a place where we can publish our media for free. It's worth having this on your radar as a source of multimedia available for your customers plus you now have a better way to experiment with making presentations and podcasts available to the widest audience. Christina Pikas/ResourceShelf (RS): Can you tell me a little about yourself and how you became interested in social media? J.D Lasica (JD): For 20 years I was an ink-stained wretch, working as an editor and reporter at various newspapers, chiefly at the Sacramento Bee. In the mid-'90s, I became entranced by the world of new media and made the leap from print to new media, working in senior management at three dotcoms. Social media is where we're headed in the mediasphere. It's not about an individual or organization delivering content to an audience -- it's about having a genuine dialogue around particular topics. In a world where the audience is now a part of the media equation, forward-looking media organizations should be looking for ways to engage readers and to bring them into the conversation. RS: What do you mean by "personal media revolution"? JD: For decades, media was all about big printing presses or broadcast stations, where an elite corps of professionals brought you the news and the information they deemed important. That's the way it was. No longer. The Internet and software tools that have become easy and inexpensive to use have led to a democratic mediasphere where you can reach millions of people through the power of your voice and ideas. The personal media revolution has leveled the playing field. Stories of public import can now be shaped through voice and talent rather than through one's pocketbook. We all own A.J. Liebling's printing presses now. But what will we publish? RS: Could you briefly introduce your new repository project, OurMedia? JD: In July 2004 a handful of volunteers began work on a project with a simple proposition: Anyone in the world can publish a work of personal media, and we'll store it, let you show it off, and give you bandwidth for it -- for free, forever. In March 2005 we launched Ourmedia.org, hewing to that vision of free storage. Some 20,000 people signed up to become members in the first two months. We're a nonprofit educational community with the goal of helping to enable the grassroots media movement, which is now in full bloom. Members have published thousands of truly astonishing works -- home videos, podcasts, student films, independent movies and more. But our goal is to be more than a mere repository. We plan to roll out a global registry so that Ourmedia serves as the nexus of a global grassroots media movement that any site can enlist in. In a year or two from now, millions of people should be able to summon up works of freely shareable personal media and have them display on their desktops at the click of a mouse -- without even knowing where the works actually live. You should be able to call up hundreds of videos or audio files about George W. Bush, or global warming, or the Iraq war, and have them dance on your desktop -- and not care about which servers they reside on. Ourmedia will succeed when we disappear into the fabric of the Internet. Our goal is to go dark. Part 2 of Christina's conversation with J.D Lasica is posted on ResourceShelfEXTRA.
Professional Reading Shelf Public Libraries--Privacy Source: Denver Post Library tells feds: Butt out "Concerned about patrons' privacy, the Denver Public Library this week inserted itself into the national political debate over the USA Patriot Act. On Monday, the library strung, between its east pillars, white plastic tape with large letters reading: "Privacy Line - Do Not Cross." Smaller text read, 'Stop Secret Searches - ACLU - ReformthePatriotAct.org.'" -- Libraries--Canada--Announcements Source: Council on Federal Libraries CFL Annual Fall Seminar 2005: Ahead of the Digital Wave: Transforming Services, Building Communities The seminar is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, September 14, 2005, in Ottawa. It will feature a panel moderated by Librarystuff.net Editor and ResourceShelf Contributing Editor, Steven Cohen." From the description: "What are the impacts of the digital environment on the information community? How has the electronic work environment influenced the ways we collaborate and build information infrastructures within existing legal and institutional frameworks? What do we need to know about the technical infrastructure in order to communicate effectively with one another? How are we going to keep up with changes in information technology so that we can serve our users better and meet their expectations? The Fall Seminar this year will look at these challenges from several perspectives." -- Public Libraries--UK Source: Libri New Report, From University to Village Hall 15 pages; PDF. "The report tracks developments in the world of public libraries over the past year since our first report Who's in Charge? was published. Regrettably we cannot report on any major improvements to the dire situation we reported on last time: book issues continue to decline; costs continue to escalate; value for money is eroding fast. Even the bright spot of a 4% increase in library visitors has failed to stem the decline in book issues. Use of The People's Network seems to be almost entirely for email and internet (web surfing and searching, downloading music and mobile phone ringtones, online games, plus internet banking, online shopping and flight booking). Web-based chat interaction was also a common use among young people until banned by most library services for safety/security reasons. In addition we have identified a significant trend for senior librarians and library policy makers -- the DCMS and the MLA, among others -- (wrongly) to no longer see providing books as a prime responsibility. This became clear during the recent evidence hearings of the Select Committee where witness after witness explained that there were new social roles for libraries to fulfil, only some of which have to do with books. We see this as an excuse for the failure of public libraries to deliver what the public wants. Further, we believe that the public library will fulfil all its social roles if it does books properly: a good modern stock for reading and reference, available at times convenient to the public, and in premises which are welcoming, clean and decent." -- Information Access--China Source: Council on Library and Information Resources New Report, EVERGREEN: Bringing Information Resources to Rural China 24 pages; PDF. "The China Evergreen Rural Library Service (CERLS) received the 2004 Bill & Melinda Gates Access to Learning Award for placing computers in rural public high schools in China as a way of responding to the need for information among students, teachers, and communities in remote areas where poverty and illiteracy are widespread. CLIR manages the Access to Learning Award."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Internet Usage--United States--Teens Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project Just Released, Teens and Technology: Youth are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation "Today's American teens live in a world enveloped by communications technologies; the internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life. The number of teenagers using the internet has grown 24% in the past four years and 87% of those between the ages of 12 and 17 are online. Compared to four years ago, teens' use of the internet has intensified and broadened as they log on more often and do more things when they are online. Summary Direct to Full Text (PDF) -- Commercial Real Estate--Leasing Source: Colliers International Worldwide Leasing Guidelines (PDF; 184 KB) "A summary of key business terms for real estate in major markets worldwide." Includes length of leases, how rent is quoted, renewal/retention options, major markets. -- Medicare Medicaid Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare and Medicaid at 40 "The Kaiser Family Foundation has some new resources that examine how Medicare and Medicaid came into existence and how they have evolved over the past 40 years. You will find new documentaries and extended interviews with key policymakers and government officials examining the origins of Medicare and Medicaid, new interactive historical timelines, a chart pack of key information and statistics." -- New Mexico--History Source: AP State launches Historical Web site
Search Briefs + Yahoo Toolbar for Firefox Leaves Beta, Version 1.0 Now Available + Cairo.com Beats ShopLocal.com in WSJ Test of Local Shopping Engines + AOL Unveils New Mobile Search Services Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf E-Books---Online Conference Source: Planet Library Online Conference: Let's Go Library Expo: Books, eBooks, and Audiobooks This online conference will begin 10 a.m. EDST tomorrow (Thursday, July 28, 2005). Registration is free. Agenda. -- Research Libraries Source: ARL Bimonthly Report ARL Salary Survey Highlights, 2004-2005 -- National Libraries--Singapore Source: Channel NewsAsia Lee Kong Chian Reference Library receives 33,000 visitors on opening day "The Lee Kong Chian Reference Library in the spanking new National Library building received some 33,000 visitors when it opened on July 22." -- Public Libraries--Northern Ireland Source: Belfast Telegraph Library of future to open 72 hours a week "The library of the future will be open 72 hours a week - half of which will be in the evenings and weekends. One of the first branches to adopt this user-friendly approach is Glengormley Library..." -- Health Research--Training Materials Source: NLM NLM Releases Updated PubMed, NLM Gateway, and ClinicalTrials.gov Training Materials
Space Shuttle (STS-114) Earth--Imagery Real-Time Tracking of the Space Shuttle Use either of these tools to track (real-time) the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. + SkyWatch: Orbital Tracking from NASA You'll also find a link to access info about Space Shuttle sighting opportunities. + NASA's J-Track Spacecraft Tracking Other Useful Resources + STS-114 Press Kit (8.7 Mb; PDF) + STS-114 Flight Timeline + Archive of STS-114 Multimedia Files See Also: NASA RSS Feeds See Also: Searchable Database of Imagery of Earth Taken By Astronauts Database contains more than 600,000 images back to 1961. A smaller collection is also available. Cool!
Search Briefs + Amazon's A9 Adds Online Calculator + RSS Search & Add Option Now Available For Google Personalized Home Page + Former Google Exec Files Suit Over Alleged Pregnancy Discrimination
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents U.S. Supreme Court--Justices Source: University of Michigan Documents Center United States Supreme Court Justices for the Past 100 Years (.xls) "Spreadsheet showing presidents since Teddy Roosevelt, their years in office, and the names of their appointments to the Supreme Court. Justices are also identified by their status (chief/associate) and the years they held office." Handy. -- Children--United States--Statistics Source: US Census Just Released, Living Arrangements of Children: 2001 16 pages; PDF. "Children live in a variety of family arrangements that usually reflect the marriage, divorce, and remarriage patterns of their parents. In addition, one third of children today are born out-of-wedlock and may grow up in single-parent families or spend significant portions of their lives with other relatives or stepparents." -- Video Games Source: FTC New Guide to Video Game Ratings -- HIV/AIDS--Funding Source: Kaiser Family Foundation New Report, Future Financing to Address the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic "The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a report that provides a detailed look at funding for the global HIV/AIDS epidemic by major donors. The report, Financing the Response to HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries: Funding for HIV/AIDS from the G7 and the European Commission, examines funding from countries in the Group of 7 and European Commission, which provide the bulk of donor assistance for HIV/AIDS through bilateral programs and contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The data for the report were collected through a collaborative effort between the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS."
Briefly ProQuest Helps Safari Celebrate Addition Of 3000th Book To e-Reference Library (via ManagingInformation.com) Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Cataloging Source: ALA/AASL/Knowledge Quest on the Web The Recent Evolution of Cataloging "If you are in a quandary about cataloging standards and how they affect the way you process your library resources, you are not alone. Yet understanding and adhering to these rules is essential. A quick review of how cataloging practices have changed through the years can help you understand why." -- Museums--United States--Statistics IMLS Releases National Report on Status of Museums' Data Collection Activities "[The] Museum Data Collection Report and Analysis, a national study on the status of America's museums' data collection activities. The report updates a similar study commissioned by IMLS in 1998 and focuses on data collected and reported by museums between 1999 and 2004 (or planned through 2006)." Summary Direct to Full Text (PDF) -- Information Needs--Nursing Source: ManagingInformation.com Royal College of Nursing's Survey On Information Needs "Patients may not be getting the best care possible because nurses have limited access to the latest research and information in their workplaces, according to research from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)." -- Psychology--Publications Source: American Psychological Association Librarian's Resource Center "We have designed this page to give you a gateway to information about APA publications. We hope you can easily get to any information you need about our products from one page." In addition to pricing, licensing and technical info, includes: + PsychINFO User Guide + PsychNET Librarian's Reference Desk + Library Ressearch in Psychology -- OCLC Source: OCLC OCLC Announces Promotions Congrats to ResourceShelf friend, Chip Nilges, on his promotion.
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Internet Resources Source: IRN The August 2005 Issue of The Internet Resources Newsletter is Now Online Numerous links to quality resources from Roddy MacLeod. -- Small Business--Canada--Statistics Source: Industry Canada New, Key Small Business Statistics -- July 2005 -- Computer Security--United States--Surveys Source: Computer Security Institute/FBI (via DocuTicker) New, 2005 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey 26 pages; PDF. -- Economics--United Kingdom--Statistics Source: National Statistics Office UK Worth 5.8 Trillion Pounds (PDF) "The total value of the UK at the end of 2004 was 5.8 trillion pounds. Latest estimates from an Office for National Statistics (ONS) report, Capital Stocks, Capita Consumption and Non-Financial Balance Sheets 2005, show that at the end of last year the total net worth of the UK including financial assets was 5,843 billion pounds -- an increase of £404 billion on the previous year." -- Population--United States--Statistics Source: Population Reference Bureau Recently Released: New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage "This Population Bulletin covers three aspects of intermarriage in the United States: racial intermarriage, interracial couples, and their children; Hispanic intermarriage, inter- Hispanic couples, and their children; and the implications of racial and Hispanic intermarriage, family formation, and racial identification for future demographic and social trends." Key Findings ||| Direct to Full Text (PDF) -- Weblogs--Glossary Source: The Blog Herald Understanding Blog Speak Definitions...from audioblog to XML.
Search Briefs + Download Aerial Imagery and Access Detailed Local Info + MSN Releases Beta Version of Virtual Earth + Web Tools: What's A Widget? Monday, July 25, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Libraries--Video Games Source: Bloomington (IL) Public Library Video Presentation and Podcast: Thinking Inside the Box: Games, Teens and Libraries "A 90 minute podcast and 15 minute video by Bloomington Public Library and Alliance Library System covers how libraries can offer video gaming programs as a way make the library a relevant place for users, create social networks, and involve organizations in the community. The presentation was recorded on July 15, 2005." -- ERIC ERIC Users Information Exchange A new site from Kate Corby at Michigan State University. "Tips, techniques and current information about the ERIC index." -- Scholary Electronic Publishing-- Current Awareness Source: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. DigitalKoans: Flashback Weekly news update via Bailey's DigitalKoans weblog "that provides commentary on scholarly electronic publishing and digital culture issues." According to Bailey, this "complements the scholarly reference-oriented biweekly SEPW" (Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog). See also: Digital Works by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. -- Digital Rights Management Source: Reviews.com New, Managing the Unmanageable: Putting Cryptography to Work for Digital Rights "Written by Professor Aggelos Kiayias of the University of Connecticut, the Hot Topic focuses on cryptography's role in managing the dissemination of digital content in ways that protect the rights of the creators. This form of digital rights management (DRM) must consider both the needs of the producer and consumer, and the field of cryptography promises to provide effective solutions."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents E-Learning Source: eLearn Magazine Book Excerpt: The Basics of E-Learning: An Excerpt from Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design From a new book by Lisa Neal and Diane Miller. -- Schools--United States--Health Policies--Database Source: National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Healthy Schools: State-Level School Health Policies "NASBE's policy collection effort was designed to build upon the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000 (SHPPS 2000), conducted by the CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH). Whereas SHPPS collected state policy information by means of survey questionnaires, NASBE's complementary effort was designed to gather actual written state policies in key areas of school health policy. Initially, the choice of school health topics for Phase 1 & 2 of this policy collection reflects the priority areas of NASBE and DASH: general health education; HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention; asthma management; and tobacco use prevention. Phase 3 & 4 topics of violence and bullying prevention, mental health services, and physical activity and nutrition policies have since been added to the database." -- Legal Industry--United States--Lists & Rankings Source: Corporate Counsel, Law.com New, 100 Highest-Paid General Counsel (Registration Required, Free) -- Electricity--United States Source: EIA New, Residential Electricity Prices: A Consumer's Guide "Brochure topics include a description of the U.S. network including electricity generation, transmission and distribution, types of power plants based on energy sources used to generate electricity, factors which affect the price of electricity, historical graphs and maps which show electrical prices per state and consumer tips for reducing residential bills through conservation and efficiency." -- Lewis and Clark Explorers--United States Source: USGS The Voyage of Discovery Continues: A Satellite View of the Journey of Lewis and Clark Sunday, July 24, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Libraries American Library Association Source: Cox News Service ALA President Michael Gorman Interviewed "Michael Gorman, who began his term as ALA president last month, said in an interview Tuesday that the concerns include Web giant Google's plans to digitize the nation's libraries, government intrusion into personal library records, and funding shortfalls...While he supports digitizing reference materials such as encyclopedias and dictionaries, Gorman said many books are being "atomized," meaning that online they would be reduced to a collection of paragraphs or sentences that can be taken out of context." -- Freedom of Information Act--United States Source: FOIA Post, US DOJ FOIA Training Opportunities, Fiscal Year 2006
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Software--Portals Source: UNESCO New Look, Site Redesign: UNESCO's Free & Open Source Software Portal "A gateway to resources related to Free Software and Open Source Technology movement." -- Human Resources--United States--Legislation Source: Towers Perrin + Updated, Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts -- Health and Welfare + Updated, Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts -- Human Resources + Updated, Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts -- Retirement Saturday, July 23, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Interlibrary Loan--Canada Source: The Globe and Mail Funding fight threatens library delivery plan "A funding dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Heritage Department could put an end to a 66-year-old program that helps libraries exchange books at cheap rates and deliver them to borrowers in rural and remote areas of the country.... Don Butcher, executive director of the Canadian Library Association, said he believes the threat to cancel the book rate may be a negotiating tactic on the part of Canada Post, which wants the federal government to find a way to help pay for it."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Education Indicators--Handbook Source: National Center for Education Statistics Forum Guide to Education Indicators "The Forum Guide to Education Indicators provides encyclopedia-type entries for 44 commonly used education indicators. Each indicator entry contains a definition, recommended uses, usage caveats and cautions, related policy questions, data element components, a formula, commonly reported subgroups, and display suggestions. The document will help readers better understand how to appropriately develop, apply, and interpret commonly used education indicators." Full Document (PDF; 1.03 MB) Friday, July 22, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Information Industry--Encyclopaedia Britannica Source: Boston Globe Venerable encylopedia seeks just the facts "To respond to competitive challenges from Google, Yahoo, and the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Britannica today will announce it is returning to an old practice after a lapse of a decade by naming an advisory board, whose 15 members top editor Dale Hoiberg calls ''some of the smartest people on earth." The Chicago-based publisher hopes that the prestige and knowledge of the members -- four Nobel laureates and two Pulitzer Prize winners among them -- will help reassert the authority of an encyclopedia first published in 1768 but buffeted in an age when the Internet has loosened the definition of what is factual." -- Libraries Source: Council on Library and Information Resources. All rights reserved The July/August Issue of CLIR Issues is Now Online Articles Include: + American Literature E-Scholarship: A Revolution in the Making by Kathlin Smith + The Promise and Problems of Digital Scholarship by Amy Harbur -- Public Libraries Source: The Courier, Waterloo, Iowa Por-no-no: A twisted trip through public libraries' battle with Internet pornography "Johnson found herself where many American libraries and librarians find themselves, balancing some patrons' freedom of speech and other patrons' right to be free from potentially offensive material. American libraries can house anything that is legal in the "outside world," including pornography; but each library chooses what material it will make available. Most libraries work to serve as community-oriented learning centers for everyone." See Also: The Courier Shares Its Opinions in an Editorial -- Presidential Libraries--United States Source: AP Arlington, Universities Vie For Presidential Library "The city of Arlington, Southern Methodist University, and Baylor University have received letters requesting proposals for a George W. Bush presidential library and museum" -- National Archives and Records Administration Digital Preservation Source: Technology Review Fading Memory of the State "Electronic records rot much faster than paper ones, and NARA must either figure out how to save them permanently, or allow the nation to lose its grip on history."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Environment--United States Source: CDC (via DocuTicker) New, CDC Releases Extensive Survey of Americans' Exposure to Environmental Chemicals "The Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, released today by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shows a significant decline in exposure to secondhand smoke and continued decreases in children?s blood lead levels. The report also suggests the need for more research into health effects of exposure to low levels of cadmium." Summary ||| Direct to Full Text -- School Transportation--Statistics--United States School Transportation--Statistics--Canada Source: School Transportation News Data and Statistics Includes loading/unloading zone data, enrollment and transportation data, number of small and large vans by state, annual school bus production, train-school bus collisions, general data and statistics. Also offers: + School transportation data by U.S. state or Canadian province + Information on special needs transportation -- Cities--United States--Lists & Rankings Cost of Living--United States Source: Forbes Most Overpriced Places In The U.S. 2005 See Also: What is Costs to Live Well in the United States -- Higher Education--United States--Statistics R&D--United States--Statistics Source: National Science Foundation Just Released, Academic R&D Doubled During Past Decade, Reaching $40 Billion in FY 2003 "FY 2003 R&D expenditures topped $40 billion (10.2 percent over FY 2002), according to data from the Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges."
Briefly + Free trial offer send-off for STN AnaVist (via IWR) + EBSCO Publishing Acquires DynaMed + Access to IEEE Standards, Publications, and Bibliographies Enhanced in IEEE Xplore 2.1 Thursday, July 21, 2005
Resource of the Week By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor Our resource for you this week is a European-based research portal for economic and financial data. Sites like this are very handy, especially when a reliable academic source has taken the time to select and organize the available information. Finance and Economics--Hub Source: European Business School (International University Schloß Reichartshausen) Eco5 "Eco5.com is a free professional research platform for the financial and economic world. The concept of eco5.com is based on 'adding value by selection'. This is put into practice by carefully selecting free research resources and making these directly accessible via a simple menu structure, enabling our users to save research time and energy." The home page is deceptively simple. Start exploring the eight sections here and you'll uncover some real gems. For example, you'll find an extensive collection of nicely organized links to historic financial data -- stock market, GDP, exchange rates, interest rates, employment income/personal consumption, trade, public finance, budget and more. Data is available in varying quantities for North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia -- mainly, but not exclusively, from the U.S., the UK, Japan, Germany and France. You'll also find links to key sources of global historic data. There's also good one-stop shopping here for repositories of working papers, finance and economics glossaries, and dictionaries and translation sites. The international institutions section provides links to central banks, finance ministries, chambers of commerce, exchanges and commissions, governments, international organizations and statistical offices. Browse by type of institution or geographic location. Other useful links here: + University Rankings -- for the U.S. and worldwide. + Economists and Economics Departments -- U.S. and non-U.S. + Sources for annual reports and 10ks + Links to sites offering country studies And there's a wealth of information for graduate students and job seekers, as well as links to sites concerning relevant exams and certifications. Add Eco5.com to your bookmark list and you can probably weed out dozens of other sites you'll no longer need.
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Professional Reading Shelf Digital Libraries--Preservation Academic Libraries Source: San Diego Daily Transcript UCSD Libraries, SDSC team up to develop media library "The University of California, San Diego Libraries and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) announced Monday they have teamed up to address media preservation challenges that are fast becoming a global problem by developing a media library that will catalogue past programs for future generations." -- Libraries--Patriot Act Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) Libraries and the USA Patriot Act (PDF; 37 KB) "Although past practices have apparently made the library community apprehensive, the extent to which the authority of Section 215 has been used, if at all, is unclear. Media accounts of federal investigations involving library patrons ordinarily do not distinguish between simple inquiries, grand jury subpoenas, criminal search warrants, FISA physical search orders, and FISA tangible item orders. Moreover, the Justice Department has indicated that as of March 30, 2005 the authority under Section 215 had been exercised on 35 occasions, but had not been used in any instance to secure library, bookstore, gun sale or medical records." -- Librarianship Source: Sirsi OneSource 32 Tips to Inspire Innovation for You and Your Library: Part 1 "In part one of this three-part column, Stephen (Abram) reflects on his past 25 years since library school and shares insights about what has inspired innovation in his own life. If your job involves consensus decision-making, usability testing, or project management, you're sure to find useful tips to enrich your career and improve your library." -- Libraries--Marketing Source: Chris Olson & Associates The July issue of Chris Olson's Marketing Treasures newsletter is online. -- Photography--Databases Source: CBC Website to be database for acclaimed photography "The George Eastman House and New York's International Center of Photography are collaborating on a project to create a massive online database of photography... Currently operating as a test site, Photomuse.org is scheduled for completion in fall 2006, at an initial cost of about $800,000 US. Organizers hope to feature nearly 200,000 photos at the start and eventually add thousands more." See Also: Direct to PhotoMuse.org
Search Briefs + PubSub Plays Ball with New Feature + Survey Results Show Most American's Have No Clue About RSS + MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features + SMS Search Provider 4INFO.net Adds Email Search Service, WiFi Hotspot Search Coming Soon + Google Takes You to the Moon
RSS Round-Up by Steven Cohen, ResourceShelf Contributing Editor -- Here are some newly released RSS feeds that may be of interest to information professionals: + The Federal Depository Library Program (part of GPO Access) has an RSS Feed for their news and updates section. + Elsevier officially launched their Engineering Village 2 customized feeds this week. From the Ei Update: "RSS feeds are available with the July 18th release of Engineering Village 2. Users can set their own customized queries and have the benefit of reviewing literature in an integrated way. Used with Compendex, Inspec, or NTIS, users can receive weekly updates fed directly into their aggregators and manage all results in a more efficient manner. These feeds provide direct linking to Engineering Village 2 content and records of relevance can be viewed." + The National Academies has 4 RSS feeds including news, new publications, and the current and recent issues of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. + Wondir, an open Q&A service for the masses, RSSified all of their questions, breaking them down into subjects.
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Media--Bibliography Source: Air University Library Mass Media Three sections: General Information, Military and the Media, Terrorism and the Media. Includes Internet resources, books, documents, periodicals and videos. -- Public Records--United States--Databases Sexual Offenders--United States--Databases Source: US Dept. of Justice New, The National Sex Offender Public Registry Via USA Today, "The national registry, located at www.nsopr.gov, had records from 22 states on Wednesday. Records from the rest of the states are expected to be online by year's end..." -- Poverty--United States--Statistics Source: US Census Just Released, Areas with Concentrated Poverty: 1999 "A special Census 2000 report on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of census tracts by levels of poverty. Data are provided for the nation, regions and states." -- Documents in the News China--Military Source: Office of the Secretary of Defense (via DocuTicker.com) Annual Report to Congress: The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2005 (PDF; 1.31 MB) "This report outlines what we know of China?s national and military strategies, progress and trends in its military modernization, and their implications for regional security and stability. But, secrecy envelops most aspects of Chinese security affairs. The outside world has little knowledge of Chinese motivations and decision-making and of key capabilities supporting PLA modernization. Hence, the findings and conclusions are based on incomplete data. These gaps are, of necessity, bridged by informed judgment."
Briefly + Enterprise Search: Canadian Broadcasting Company Uses Coveo for Intranet Searching (via ITBusiness.ca) + Site Search: Germany's Bund.de (Europe's Largest Government Portal) Selects FAST Search and Transfer + Dialog Adds Mexican Trademarks to Intellectual Property Portfolio Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Digital Libraries--Databases Source: Grainger Engineering Library, University of Illinois/Institute of Museum and Library Services IMLS Digital Collections Registry "A gateway to the digital collections funded through the IMLS National Leadership Grant Program and a resource for educators and cultural heritage professionals. You will find here a fascinating array of digital collections from all subject areas - art to science, literature to home economics - and from all types of institutions such as museums, libraries, and historical societies. Browse or search collections." -- PubMed Source: NLM New, References for Articles Archived in PubMed Central can be Displayed in PubMed "The full text of articles archived in PubMed Central (PMC) includes the references cited by the articles. You can now also see a list of those references in PubMed, using the option Cited Articles, on the Links menu." -- Knowledge Management--Surveys Source: EIU Companies turn to knowledge management to solve information overload "Knowledge management solutions are now the most important strategic technologies for large companies, according to a new report and survey of European executives by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services. A key finding of the report includes the following: Too much information impedes decision-making. Over half (55%) of executives say that IT's failure to prioritise information is the main barrier to effective decision-making. Consolidating information and providing consistent performance indicators are regarded as the most important step firms can take to improve the speed and quality of decision-making." Summary Direct to Full Text Report (PDF; 22 pages) -- Professional Reading Shelf OpenURL--Software Source: OCLC Research OCLC Research releases Open Source OpenURL 1.0 software
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Children--Health--United States Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics Just Released: America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005 America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005 is a biennial report to the Nation on the condition of children in America. Nine contextual measures describe the changing population, family, and environmental context in which children are living, and 25 indicators depict the well-being of children in the areas of economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. This year's report has special features on children with asthma, children with specified blood lead levels, and parental reports of children's emotional and behavioral difficulties. In addition, the report includes a special section on family structure and the well-being of children." (via DocuTicker) -- Employment--United States--Statistics Help-Wanted Advertising--United States--Statistics Source: The Conference Board (via DocuTicker.com) The Conference Board Unveils New Help-Wanted Online Data Series "The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series -- which made its debut today -- shows that there were just over 2 million first-time, online job postings appearing on major Internet job boards in June. This figure is essentially unchanged from May and up from 1.8 million new job ads posted online in April." See Also: Technical Notes (PDF) Statistical Tables (PDF) -- Stolen Automobiles--United States--Lists and Rankings Source: CCC Information Systems Just Released, Most Stolen Vehicle List 2004 List contains top 25 stolen vehicles. -- Electricity--United States--Statistics Source: EIA Just Released, New Info Product: U.S. Household Electricity Report "This report is the first report in EIA's newest Regional Energy Profiles series. It analyzes electricity consumption by U.S. households for each of several end uses, including air-conditioning, space heating, water heating, lighting, and the operation of more than two dozen appliances." -- George Orwell Source: The National Archives, UK Just Released Filed, George Orwell under the watchful eye of Big Brother This newly released Metropolitan police file (MEPO 38/69) reveals how George Orwell, the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, was under Special Branch surveillance for more than 12 years of his life. MI5 first became suspicious of the author's activities in 1936 when carrying out research into the living and working conditions of the working class for The Road to Wigan Pier. The reports link Orwell to well-known Communists and left-wing organisations. Download documents here (free).
Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports Source: ISI + Journals Ranked by Impact: Multidisciplinary Sciences + Materials Science & Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2000-04 + Science in Brazil, 2000-04 Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Digital Libraries Source: D-Lib The July/August 2005 Issue of D-Lib Magazine is Available This is the 10th Anniversary issue of D-Lib Magazine! Congrats!!! Articles in the new issue include: + Funding for Digital Libraries Research: Past and Present + Digital Libraries: Challenges and Influential Work + Where Do We Go From Here? The Next Decade for Digital Libraries + Dewey Meets Turing: Librarians, Computer Scientists, and the Digital Libraries Initiative + Border Crossings: Reflections on a Decade of Metadata Consensus Building -- Electronic Records Archives Source: International Council on Archives Electronic Records: A Workbook for Archivists (ICA Study 16), the final version is now available "This ICA study takes a practical approach to managing and preserving electronic records throughout their lifecycle." 80 pages; PDF. -- Law Libraries--Florida Source: Jacksonville Business Journal Florida law library now a click away "The Florida Bar has partnered with Fastcase, a Virginia company, to provide its members with links to U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court cases. No terms were available related to the cost of the project." -- Information Industry--OCLC Source: Columbus Business First OCLC acquires German library company "OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. expanded its presence in Europe with the acquisition of Sisis Informationssysteme GmbH, a German provider of library software. Sisis Informationssysteme sells library management systems and software in Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands...OCLC will fold the acquisition into its European subsidiary, OCLC Pica.
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Living Conditions--United States--Lists & Rankings Source: CNN/Money Just released: Best Places to Live 2005 "MONEY magazine and CNN/Money spent months looking for Great American Towns -- where you would want to raise your children and celebrate life's milestones. Starting with more than 1,300 cities, we settled on 10 winners." -- Birds--Databases Source: USGS Raptor Information System (RIS) "RIS is a keyworded catalog of over 33,000 references about the biology and management of birds of prey. It includes books, articles, theses, government reports, and other gray literature regarding raptors worldwide. You can search by author, title, keyword, year of publication... or any combination of these fields. You can also search for articles on a particular raptor species by typing in the genus and the species or by referring to an extensive 4,000 keyword list." Direct to database -- Medicare--Statistics--Charts Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (via DocuTicker.com) Just Released, Medicare Chartbook Highlights Latest Data and Trends "This 2005 chartbook features more than 80 charts and tables with detailed information about the Medicare program and the 42 million seniors and younger people with disabilities who rely on the program for health insurance coverage." -- Dental Health--Glossary Source: American Dental Association Glossary of Dental Terms In alphabetical order, from Abrasion to X-Ray.
Search Briefs + Metasearch the Blogosphere With Clusty + Where's My Bus (or Train or Plane)?, Services That Offer Real-Time Info and Maps
Search Briefs + RSS Comes to BlinkxTV with SmartFeed Very cool! Lots of use in business current awareness. Free! -- + Shopping "Research" Engine Become.com Adds New Services (via SearchDay) Monday, July 18, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Information Industry--Elsevier Source: Information Today Elsevier Enhances Scopus A new article by Paula Hane. "Today, July 18, Scopus is announcing a range of new updates and features that further its mission of providing an easy-to-use, comprehensive system for conducting scientific research. The product is not viewed as a stand-alone, but rather as one that fits within the research process and supports the workflow by seamlessly integrating third-party research tools. New features being introduced include close integration with RefWorks, the bibliographic management tool from CSA; interoperability with the chemical structure searching in MDL's CrossFire Commander; and several content integration enhancements." -- Information Industry--LocatePlus Source: Mass High Tech LocatePlus uncovers $8 million in financing "LocatePlus Holdings Corp. has closed on an aggregate $8 million in financing. The company is a Beverly-based provider of a business-to-business and business-to-government investigative online database of public information." -- Electronic Records--United States Digital Archives NARA Source: FCW NARA earns accolades from GAO "The National Archives and Records Administration's huge undertaking -- to save government records in any format and make them available on future hardware and software -- is moving full speed ahead, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. 'The [Electronic Records Archives] program is meeting its cost, schedule, and performance objectives and has identified risks to the program's objectives. GAO is not making any recommendations at this time because NARA has plans in place to address identified weaknesses,' the GAO report released today states." See Also: Direct to Full Text of GAO Report (PDF) (via DocuTicker) -- Public Libraries--United States Sourcece: Buffalo News 'Shoebox' libraries are well-loved but have problems "You may love your local library. But if you don't live near one of the county's handful of bigger-and-brighter branches, chances are your library is older, smaller, and less accessible." It would have been useful if this article would have pointed out some of the remotely accessible services that many libraries (of all sizes) provide. The world of the library and librarian continue to expand beyond the four walls of a library building. -- Internet Censorship--China Source: The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (IFLA/FAIFE) IFLA/FAIFE calls on the Chinese government to end censorship of Internet access and allow freedom of expression online
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Marketing--Hispanics--United States--Statistics Demographics--Hispanics--United States Source: Advertising Age (Reg. Req, Free) Just Released, Latest Changes In Hispanic Market Detailed "The U.S. Hispanic population, and the money marketers pour into Hispanic media to keep up with America's largest minority group, continues to grow. In 2005, TNS Media Intelligence is forecasting 10.5% growth for the U.S. Hispanic media market, compared to a moderate 3.4% increase for the total U.S. advertising market." Summary ||| Hispanic Fact Pack (52 Pages; PDF) "Advertising Age's second annual Hispanic Fact Pack offers valuable, hard-to-find data about demographic trends, marketer spending by category and company, Hispanic media and an expanded ranking of the top 50 Hispanic ad agencies. New this year is information about use of the Internet by Hispanics, who are going online faster than the overall population, and about acculturation, as the Hispanic population reaches a tipping point where greater growth from now on will come from U.S.-born Hispanics than from immigration as in the past." -- Marine Transportation--Canada--Databases Source: Canadian Transportation Agency Recently Revised, Canadian Vessels Information System "These lists are a synopsis of Canadian registered vessels in operation in Canadian waters by type and area of service. Information contained in the lists is compiled from the Canadian Transportation Agency's marine database..." Searchable. -- London Olympics--Legislation Source: UK House of Commons Library The London Olympics Bill [Bill 45 of 2005-06] 38 pages; PDF.
Briefly + Lockheed Martin to Develop Next-Generation Army Knowledge Online + Duke University Press launches e-Duke Scholarly Collection, hosted by HighWire Press + Thomson Gale Signs Worldwide Distribution Agreement with Internet Business Law Services Sunday, July 17, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Music Librarians Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Librarians work backstage for the PSO "Before the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony take the stage, before they can even pick up their parts to practice them, crucial work has taken place backstage in the music library. Walk into a public library and chances are you can pull the book you want from a shelf, or have a librarian do so. Even private and research libraries work off the shelf, order what they don't have, or find information on the Internet." -- Libraries--Germany Source: Deutsche Welle Library Goes up in Flames, Destroying Literary Legacy "A fire on Thursday night at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar has damaged a unique collection of German literary works. Flames several meters high could be seen rising from the roof of the over 300-year-old library, a UNESCO world heritage site, in the eastern German town of Weimar."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents RFID Source: ResearchChannel.com/Univ. of Washington Video Presentation: RFID: The Next Big Little Thing A 57 minute presentation by Chris Diorio, professor, University of Washington. "his talk will cover the fundamentals of RFID technology, the reasons for its impending adoption, the many benefits and looming issues, how it may impact the way we live and work, and the exciting research and business opportunities that await us." The presentation (available on-demand) was recorded on April 28, 2005. -- Bank Failures--United States Source: FDIC Failed Banks "Learn how accounts and loans are affected when a bank fails, how to seek unclaimed funds, and how to obtain a lien release." Includes: + Failed Bank List (since October 1, 2000) + FDIC Dividends From Failed Banks (search) + Bank and Thrift Failure Reports (historic statistics) + Bank Failures & Assistance: "Brief summary of each bank failure from 1991 to the present." + Obtaining a Lien Release: "If your bank or Savings and Loan has failed and you need to obtain a 'Release of Lien' for real or other property secured by a loan. + Unclaimed Funds: "Search for unclaimed insured deposits for failed banks from January 1, 1989 to June 28, 1993 or for dividend checks issued which were undeliverable or never cashed."
Search Briefs + MSN Search Releases More International Versions of Toolbar + Yahoo Announces New Research Laboratory Saturday, July 16, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Legal Research Source: Hauser Global Law School Program, New York University School of Law GlobaLex "GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law.... The information and articles published by GlobaLex represent both research and teaching resources used by legal academics, practitioners and other specialists around the world who are active either in foreign, international, and comparative law research or those focusing on their own domestic law. The guides and articles published are written by scholars well known in their respective fields and are recommended as a legal resource by universities, library schools, and legal training courses. The tools available in GlobaLex will continue to expand to cover international law topics, countries and legal systems thus providing a c |
