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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Federal Government--U.S.--Databases Source: FCW THOMAS refreshed "We hope, by year's end, to deliver several enhancements to the current features to provide for quicker searches with more relevant results," said Kevin Novak, director of education outreach and Web services at the library's Office of Strategic Initiatives. 'The release of THOMAS set for early September is a refreshment of the site with a new, more pleasing look and feel.'" -- Federal Government--U.S.--Privacy- Source: InformationWeek Federal Data Miners Urged To Better Address Citizen Privacy "Federal investigators say the government isn't doing all it should to notify citizens that information about them is being collected by systems employing data-mining techniques." See GAO Report: Data Mining: Agencies Have Taken Key Steps to Protect Privacy in Selected Efforts, but Significant Compliance Issues Remain Highlights ||| Full Report -- Scholarly Publishing--Biomed Central--Alerts Source: BioMed Central Article Alerts from BioMed Central via the BioMed Central site, "Article alerts are now available for all journals published by BioMed Central. Visit the homepage of your journal of interest to sign up." -- RFID--Institutes Source: NISO RFID Institute "NISO and the Univ. of North Texas Center are bringing you a 2-day Institute on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). We have tapped an array of experts to examine the use of RFID in business and the library and book world; this event will inform you about the benefits and opportunities this technology offers and the standards needed to maximize performance. RFID goes way beyond replacing a barcode - this is about transforming the business!"
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Hurricane Katrina--Imagery Three Sources for Hurricane Katrina Imagery + FEMA Photo Library FEMA has started to add images from their work in the Hurricane Katrina zone to their photo library. Direct links to download images are provided. + Satellite Images from NASA Direct links to download are provided. ||| More Images from NASA + Collection of Images from NOAA #1 ||| #2 UPDATE 8/31: Aerial Images of Katrina's Devastation Are Now Being Released by NOAA See Also: Interactive Mapping Tool (via Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality) Includes aerial and satellite imagery. See Also: MARIS (Mississippi Automated Resource Information System) This site is not reachable at the moment. -- Journalism--History Source: Professor Chris Roush, Univ. of North Carolina New Web Resource, History of Business Journalism "Business journalism is one of the most fascinating aspects of media in recent years as it has documented such well-known corporate scandals as Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia Communications, HealthSouth and Tyco. Browse through this timeline of important events in business journalist history and learn more about the significance of the field." -- Elections--Australia Source: Parlimantary Library New Research Brief, Timetable for the next Australian elections PDF. -- Charities--Missouri--Databases Source: Government Technology Missouri Launches Online "Check a Charity" to Better Inform Charitable Givers "Missourians who give to charity have a new resource to be better-informed donors. Attorney General Jay Nixon recently launched "Check a Charity," an online database where consumers can look up financial information about hundreds of charitable organizations that solicit donations in Missouri." -- College Entrance Exams--United States Source: College Board New, College Entrance Test Scores, 2005 "The College Board announced SAT scores today for students in the class of 2005, the last to take the former version of the SAT featuring math and verbal sections. The College Board also previewed results from the first three administrations of the new SAT. The new SAT features higher-level math, additional reading passages, and a new writing section with an essay."
Citation Reports Source: ISI + Science in Belgium, 2000-04 + Top 20 Scientists in Clinical Medicine + Food Science/Nutrition: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2000-04 + Journals Ranked by Impact: Applied Mathematics + Geosciences: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2000-04
Briefly + Credit.net Site Now Offers Business URLs and Company News + LexisNexis, Biz360 Expand Alliance to Deliver Co-Branded Solution for Global Reputation and Brand Management Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Law Librarians--Ireland Law Librarians--United Kingdom Source: MangagingInformation.com New Award Scheme For Legal Information Professionals "The British & Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) and LexisNexis Butterworths have joined forces to launch a new award scheme that honours the dedicated work of legal information professionals, and recognises the best use of technology in a library project." -- Patent and Trademark Searching--United States Source: USPTO New Search Option Added to USPTO's Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) "TESS now features a new Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) 'search line.' By entering the publication date of a particular TMOG into the new search line, users can generate a list of all marks published for opposition in that TMOG, or a list of all new registrations published in that TMOG." -- Geology--United States--Maps Source: USGS New USGS map reveals geology in and around Las Vegas Download info here. -- Aerial Imagery--United States--Maps New Imagery Added to National Map Source: USGS "USGS Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles with 1-meter ground resolution are now available for most of the United States and its territories. These images, which are available for viewing in The National Map Viewer, are black and white, natural color, or color infrared. Additionally, the images may be downloaded in both native and GeoTIFF formats from the National Center for Earth Resources Observation (EROS)." Direct to National Map viewer.
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Hurricanes--United States--Insurance--Statistics Source: Insurance Information Institute Hurricane Insurance Info Center (Facts and Stats) "...information about the costliest, and deadliest, hurricanes." -- Population--United Kingdom Source: National Statistics Office New Estimate, Population of England passes 50 million and UK approaches 60 million -- Social Security--United States Source: Congressional Research Service (via FPC) New, Social Security: The Trust Fund 17 pages; PDF. -- Workplace--United States--Statistics Source: BLS New, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 2004 -- Breakfast Cereal Source: American Cereal Council Fun Facts About Cereal "The word cereal comes from Cerealia, the name of ancient Roman ceremonies that honored Ceres, the goddess of grain." Who knew?
Search Briefs + Will Google's Keyword Searching Eliminate the Need for LC Cataloging and Classification? A new article by Thomas Mann, Librarian at LC, author, and a ResourceShelf friend. + Google Print Goes International + Enhancements Made to Yahoo Mail Search Monday, August 29, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Libraries--United States--Law Enforcement Activities Source: American Library Association Impact and Analysis of Law Enforcement Activity in Academic and Public Libraries (PDF; 224 KB) From press release: "The American Library Association (ALA)...released complete findings from its survey measuring law enforcement activity in America's libraries. Preliminary findings, released in June, revealed that 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 such requests in academic libraries. The full report of survey findings includes contextual data including responses to interviews and an appendix containing the survey instrument." -- Digital Repositories Source: JISC Digital Repositories: Helping universities and colleges Two new papers. -- Internet Source: FCW NSF announces program to create a new Internet "NSF officials said they envision the creation of new network architectures that will be more secure, easier to use and more beneficial to society. GENI [Global Environment for Networking Investigations] will 'enable the vision of pervasive computing and bridge the gap between the physical and virtual worlds by including mobile, wireless and sensor networks,' according to an NSF fact sheet." -- Information Industry--LexisNexis Source: Information Today New LexisNexis ContentGuard Verifies Content Originality -- Web Archives Source: Centre for Internet Research, University of Aarhus (via SEPW Blog) Archiving Websites. General Considerations and Strategies
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Small Business--United States--Statistics Flooding--Glossary Source: Flood Control District of Maricopa County Glossary of Flooding Terms In alphabetical order, from Aggradation to Zone D. -- Government Contracts--United States Small Businesses Garnered a Record $69 Billion In Federal Contracts in FY 2004 (PDF) "U.S. small businesses reaped a record $69.23 billion in federal prime contracts last year, surpassing the previous high by almost 6 percent...The report from the Federal Procurement Data Center (FPDC) shows federal prime contracting in FY 2004 amounted to $299.9 billion on 9.97 million contracting actions. Small businesses garnered $69.23 billion on 4.36 million actions." Direct to Full Text Report (PDF) and Supplementary Data (PDF). -- Insurance--United States--Lists & Rankings Real Estate--United States--Lists & Rankings Source: Forbes + The Most Expensive States To Insure Your Home 2005 Direct to list. + Most Expensive Homes In America 2005: West
Search Briefs + Two Roundups of New Search Technology and Services Published Today + PubSub Kicks Off Football Season With New Service + Google, the Naked Emperor (via Library Journal)
Briefly + Bloomberg Chooses Verity + Thomson Custom Solutions Introduces First Database for Tailored Literature Anthologies Sunday, August 28, 2005
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Scientists--Employment--Lists & Rankings Source: The Scientist Best Places To Work In Industry, 2005 "For the third year in a row, The Scientist has asked industry scientists to tell us what makes their company a great - or not so great - place to work. We took the factors scientists rated as the most important in terms of job satisfaction, and combined them with the scientists' ratings of their own workplaces. The result? The Best Places to Work in Industry, 2005." Top Ten Large Companies (5,000+ employees) Top Ten Small Companies (less than 5,000 employees)
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Hurricane Katrina--Web Resources Up-to-the-Minute Coverage of Hurricane Katrina NewsNow aggregates content from more than 21,000 sources. Page auto-refreshes every five minutes. -- Audio and Video + Live TV Coverage from WDSU-TV, New Orleans, LA + Watch Live TV Coverage from WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA + Listen to Radio Station, WJBO, Baton Rouge, LA + Listen to Mississippi Public Radio + Watch Live TV Coverage from WAPT-TV, Jackson, MS + Watch Live TV Coverage from WPMI, Mobile, AL + Police Scanner, Mobile, AL Police Department + Various Webcams In and Around New Orleans + NWS Weather Radio, New Orleans, LA -- + Louisiana Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness -- + Maps and Satellite Imagery via Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (Geographic Information Systems) -- + Real-Time Streamflow Data (via USGS) ++ via LSU Hurricane Center + Current Observations + Satellite Imagery ++ via NOAA + National Weather Service Forecast Office, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA + Satellite Imagery ||| Animated Satellite Image National Hurricane Center All Current U.S. Weather Warnings The Most Intense Hurricanes in the United States 1851-2004 Costliest U.S. Hurricanes 1900-2004 (unadjusted) The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492-1996 The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones From 1851 to 2004 U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes by State, 1851-2004 + Hurricane Insurance Info Center (Facts and Stats) "...information about the costliest, and deadliest, hurricanes."
Search Briefs + More Publishing Trade Groups Weigh In On Changes to Google's Library Scanning Project + Research from Microsoft: Personalized Search, Determining a Query's Dominant Location, and Much More Saturday, August 27, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Specialty Databases--Answers.com Source: Answers.com Answers.com Makes Educators Toolkit Available Great idea! Will other search tools do the same thing? They should. -- PATRIOT Act Source: AP Library sues over controversial Patriot Act " A controversial Patriot Act clause allowing the U.S. government to demand information about library patrons' borrowing habits is being challenged in federal court for the first time by a library. The lawsuit was filed against U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut by an unnamed library and the American Civil Liberties Union." See Also: More in this ACLU News Release See Also: Redacted Version of ACLU Complaint Filed With Court -- Access to Information--Satellite Imagery Source: GovTech Agency drafts guidelines on satellite imagery
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Medicaid Source: KFF Improved, 50 State Medicaid Benefits Database Includes 2004 Data "A newly enhanced interactive database based on 50-state survey data provides easy access to information on health services provided by each state's Medicaid program. You can search the database by state or Medicaid benefit and compare benefit packages from 2003 and 2004." -- United Nations Source: UN New Report, The 2005 Report on the World Social Situation: The Inequality Predicament News Release ||| Tables and Graphs "Over the years, the Report has served as a background document for discussion and policy analysis of socio-economic matters at the intergovernmental level, and has aimed at contributing to the identification of emerging social trends of international concern and to the analysis of relationships among major development issues which have both international and national dimensions."
Briefly Research Tools: Onfolio Announces General Availability of Onfolio Academic and Scientific Edition Friday, August 26, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Science/Technology/Mathematics--Publishing Source: Scope e-Knowledge Center Knowledgespeak "Knowledgespeak is the world's first online news service to report all the relevant developments within the STM publishing industry, on a daily basis. This is a free service that also offers additional resources including a blog area, calendar of events, articles, white papers and a directory of STM publishers." You can subscribe (free) to a daily e-mail newsletter. -- Audiobooks Source: AP Libraries offering audiobook downloads Always great to see public library services receiving the attention they deserve!
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Contracts--Database Source: Contracting and Organizations Research Institute (CORI), University of Missouria, Columbia CORI Contracts Library "CORI's digital contracts library contains over 40,000 contracts and is growing weekly. Most of the contracts in the collection are executed agreements made available in public disclosure filings or filed with a regulatory agency. Currently, the collection is primarily drawn from filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) EDGAR Database. The required disclosure filings made by publicly traded companies frequently contain contracts that are of material interest to investors. CORI is downloading, extracting, and categorizing these contract filings to make them more directly available." Free registration required. Also here: + Research Papers + Reading List -- Employee Benefits--United States--Statistics Source: BLS National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States -- Country Studies Source: Federal Research Division/Library of Congress Just Updated, Just Released, Country Profile of Russia PDF. See Also: More Country Profiles from the FRD Thursday, August 25, 2005
Resource of the Week ----------------------------- By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor Just because you are an adult doesn't mean you can't have fun while learning something. And just because you are an information professional doesn't mean you know all there is to know about information literacy. Enlighten yourself, challenge yourself and entertain yourself by taking a cruise through this week's selected site. Information Literacy Source: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy 21st Century Information Fluency Project (21CIF) "Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment. As teachers and librarians develop these skills and teach them to students, students will become better equipped to achieve their information needs." You'll get no arguments from us here. As information professionals, we know that locating "answers" is the easy part. Locating the correct answers -- and the best answers -- is much more challenging in today's online information overload environment. And the folks who designed this website have come up with some clever tools, tutorials and games designed to hone your information literacy skills. Just for the heck of it, start by clicking on the "Search Challenge" icon to jump right into the activities here. A Flash-powered activity challenges you with a question -- "What is the URL of a page that list all the shows that have opened on Broadway since 1984, year by year?" Click the Google button to crank up the search engine and a timer starts running. See if you can answer the question in less than 10 minutes. Or if you prefer, start with a set of Keyword Challenge Exercises that show you how to select the best keywords for your online search. If you're a classroom teacher, a school media specialist or a librarian who teaches online research, you'll really like the extensive set of instructional "MicroModules", covering such topics as Accessibility Awareness: Section 508 & ADA, Bias, Copyright, Evidence, Invisible Web, Plagiarism, Search Box Strategy, Sitemaps, and Vanishing Web. Each of the more than 40 modules is a self-contained, multimedia instructional unit that starts with a pretest and finishes with a posttest. And there are links to the Illinois state and National Educational Technology Standards addressed by each module. And if you're in need of handouts, each module is downloadable in PDF format. Suggested course sequences are also offered. Check out the collection of "Wizard Tools", which are designed "to help you become an effective power searcher." You'll learn to: + Build an effective search query + Perform a comprehensive evaluation of Web resources + Format a proper citation (in APA, Chicago, Council of Biology Editors, ISO or MLA format) There's also a handy thesaurus and a spelling tool. But that's not all ! (I'm beginning to feel like an infomercial here.) You'll find a load of additional goodies on the Resources page: + Search, evaluation and ethical use tips + Lesson Plans and Action Research Repository + A "core competencies" document + Events materials -- e.g., syllabi, handouts, etc. + A Digital Investigator Training online course + Links to related resources The 21CIF Project is backed by a U.S. Department of Education grant; according to Dennis O'Connor, the project's Online Curriculum Development Specialist, they've been working in Illinois for awhile and are looking to take the project national. We think they've got something special here, and you owe it to yourself to have a look.
Professional Reading Shelf Preservation--Audio Source: WAMU Radio Listen Online: Preserving The Archive -- A Race Against Time (Real Player) "From Edison cylinders to old 78's... from reel-to-reel tape to 12-inch vinyl records, cassettes, 8-tracks, CDs and mp3's... recorded music has taken many forms over the years. And if you work for the Library Of Congress American Folklife Center, it's your job to make sure the important recordings in the collection all make the transition into the digital age. Joining us today to talk about the Library's audio archive are Michael Taft, Head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress American Folklife Center... and Matthew Barton, an Audio Engineer who specializes in preserving old recordings." The segment can also be heard via Windows Media Player. -- Public Librarians--United Kingdom Source: MLA Public libraries set to face serious staff shortage "Just as public libraries are boosting their visitor numbers with an increase of more than 14 million visits last year, the service faces a new challenge. A survey carried out by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) shows that nearly a third of library staff in England will retire in the next 10 years - and library authorities are beginning to feel the pinch, with 59% saying they already have difficulty filling vacancies." -- Libraries--Marketing--Database Source: Marketing in library and information services: international perspectives (via E-LIS) An IFLA Management & Marketing Section Project: The MatPromo Database "The MatPromo database was created in October 2002 as a project of IFLA's Management & Marketing Section. The objective of the project consists of creating a database of images of objects and documents designed for promoting all kinds of libraries in any country. The images are described and are accessible through a user-friendly interface for searching internationally. The aim of the database is to facilitate ideas for promotional campaigns of library services. The database is hosted on the project server of the University of Barcelona's Department of Library and Information Science (http://bidoc.ub.es/pub/matpromo/) and a link to it is made available from the web of IFLA's Management & Marketing Section (http://www.ifla.org/VII/s34/). This article attempts to introduce MatPromo and explain its technical characteristics, content, and usefulness for librarians around the world." Full Paper (PDF; 160 KB)
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Immigration--United States--Statistics Source: Transactional Records Clearinghouse (Syracuse University) Just Released, Prosecution of Immigration Cases Surge in U.S. "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommended the prosecution of 65% more immigration cases in FY 2004 than it did in the previous year, according to authoritative Justice Department data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)." -- Health Plans--United States--Ratings Source: National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Plan Report Card "NCQA's Health Plan Report Card has results on hundreds of health plans that care for commercially insured individuals and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. You can create a customized Report Card that shows results for the health plan or plans you want to know about." -- North Korea Source: National Security Archive (via DocuTicker) North Korea and the United States: Declassified Documents from the Bush I and Clinton Administrations "Next week, if all goes according to plan, the United States will resume six-party talks with North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Russia and host nation China on the issue of North Korea's nuclear program. The parties are trying to reach agreement on a set of principles to guide negotiations that will lead to the dismantling of Pyongyang?s nuclear program and the threat it poses of a destabilizing North Korean nuclear weapons arsenal. This will be the fifth round of these talks....To provide additional background for the upcoming resumption of the 6-Power Talks, the Archive is today posting a collection of documents dating from the first Bush and Clinton administrations that illustrate how the themes, issues and challenges seen in the current talks have echoed through prior policy discussions." -- Public Schools--United States--Public Opinion Source: Phi Delta Kappa New! The 37th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools From press release (PDF; 128 KB): "A nationwide survey released today reports that an increasing number of Americans say they know a fair amount about the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. But the more they know about it, the less they like it. According to the 37th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public?s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, the public likes NCLB?s goals but rejects the strategies used to implement those goals. The concern rises to the level where, if a large number of schools fail to make the mandated adequate yearly progress, the public is at least as likely to blame the law as it is to blame the school." (via DocuTicker) -- Vehicle Theft--United States Source: National Crime Insurance Bureau (NCIB) New! The NICB Vehicle Theft Study "The NICB Vehicle Theft Study contains vehicle theft rates and rankings for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the United States from 2002 through 2004.... Click on your selected state below for MSA rankings." (via DocuTicker) See also: NICB Annual Hot Spots Report
Search Briefs + Image Databases to Find "Visually Similar" Imagery and More + Research: Automatically Classifying the Mood of Blog Posts Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Academic Libraries Source: The Indiana Statesman (Indiana St. University) Library a valuable resource for students It's always interesting to read how the college press writes about unversity libraries. This article focuses on the Library Extravaganza scheduled for Sept. 8th at ISU's Cunningham Memorial Library. -- Copyright--United States--Guides Source: LLRX.com Copyright and Licensing Digital Materials -- A Resource Guide A new guide compiled and written by Therese A. Clarke Arado, Reference and Instructional Services Librarian and Assistant Professor at the Northern Illinois University. -- Government Databases--United States Source: GCN GSA issues RFI for database to share terrorism information "The General Services Administration is asking industry to provide a governmentwide, searchable database of information, organizations, services and personnel related to each agency?s mission in the war on terrorism. GSA released a request for information earlier this month..." -- Public Libraries--United Kingdom Source: MLA MLA/UfI UK online centres public libraries ICT challenge fund "UFI and MLA are continuing to develop their strategic partnership by announcing a UK online centres 750,000 pounds Challenge Fund for ICT innovation in English public libraries. The key theme for the Challenge Fund is improving access to ICT for local communities. The focus will be on projects that explore innovative ways of using ICT to provide opportunities for user engagement, progression into learning, or take up of e-government services and other e-services, and for work with priority and target groups."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Colleges--Rankings Source: The Princeton Review Just Released, Best 361 College Rankings From press release: "According to a survey by The Princeton Review that asked 110,000 students at 361 colleges to rate their schools and report on their campus experiences, Reed College (Portland OR) has the best academics. It also has the least religious students. Bowdoin College (Brunswick ME) serves up the best campus food and Loyola College (Baltimore MD) has the best dorms. Princeton Univ. (Princeton NJ) is the best administered school and the one at which students are happiest with their financial aid packages." -- Health--Web Resources Source: MedlinePlus New Resource Compilations + MedlinePlus: Avian Influenza -- Internet Access--United Kingdom--Statistics Source: National Statistics Office Internet Access: 13.1 million households on-line Chart and background info available. -- Crime--United States--Statistics--Databases Source: BJS Update: National, State, and local Uniform Crime Reporting data have been updated through 2003 in Crime and Justice Data Online
Briefly Bowker Partners with Libraries for Implementation of New ISBN-13 Standard Note: Bowker is releasing a new web site to help with the transition. See: www.bowkersupport.com/isbn13/
Search Briefs + Ask Jeeves Unleashes More Smart Answers Very useful at the reference desk. The library community should do what we can to see if Ask Jeeves is interested in working with us in developing more Smart Answers! -- + Google Launches IM Service Note: The article includes a comparison chart (AOL, MSN, Yahoo) of basic IM features. -- + Share Your Search Results with Jeteye
Freebies Thomson Gale Makes Free Resources Available to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month "September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month and Thomson Gale, part of The Thomson Corporation, has a free Web site (www.gale.com/hispanicheritage) packed with history, biographies, literature and activities to help families and students celebrate the month." Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf DOI OpenURL Source: IWR CrossRef launches URL and text search "CrossRef has also launched www.crossref.org/guestquery a DOI text interface that enables users to search DOI tagged content by searching by author, article title, journal, page or year of publication." -- Genealogy--UK--Databases Source: National Archives, UK QinetiQ sells 1901 Census venture to Friends Reunited for £3.3 million -- Internet--Canada Source: Canada.com Censoring the Internet in schools: is it going too far? "It's second nature for kids to plug into technology -- heading online to chat with friends, play games and research their homework." -- Public Libraries--Hawaii Source: Honolulu Advertiser State looking for 22 librarians Librarians in paradise! "The Hawai'i State Public Library system is looking for 22 men and women to fill vacancies throughout the statewide system on six islands."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents History--United States--Images Source: LC Coming from American Memory Project on Wed.: Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party "In celebration of the 85th anniversary of women's right to vote in the United States, the Library of Congress is releasing online "Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party," available beginning Aug. 24 at this presentation is a selection of 448 of the approximately 2,650 photographs in the Records of the National Woman's Party, housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. -- Zimbabwe Source: House of Commons Libary, UK New Research Report, Zimbabwe after the 2005 parliamentary election 54 pages; PDF. -- Coral Reefs--United States Source: NOAA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (via DocuTicker) Recently Released, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005 "This report is the second in a series of national coral reef ecosystem status reports. The initial report, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2002 (Turgeon et al., 2002), is similar to this report in that it incorporates the work of many scientists and managers from across the world. The first report provided a broad introduction to and a preliminary look at the status of coral reef ecosystems and was based primarily on qualitative information from the contributing authors. The 2005 report differs from its predecessor in that it is based primarily on the most recent quantitative monitoring data available, rather than qualitative assessments of ecosystem conditions." -- College Stores--United States--Statistics Source: National Association of College Stores (NACS) NACS: Industry Information Includes research and statistics, FAQs on textbooks and course materials, publications, links to related associations and a section on copyright. Some materials in PDF format. -- September 11 Source: National Geographic Companion Website to Inside 9/11 Documentary Includes video archive of interviews, timeline, and more.
Beta Testers Needed The Virtual Chase Alert Begins Beta Testing Mobile Version Our friend and colleague, Genie Tyburski, has informed us that The Virtual Chase Alert (a daily essential update) is now formally testing a version for mobile web users. If you would like to test the service and report back to GT as a beta tester, the mobile version of TVC Alert is available here. Monday, August 22, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Libraries--Australia Source: NEWS.com.au Library porn crackdown "The Tasmanian Government will review controls being used by libraries to restrict access to internet pornography. Education Minister Paula Wriedt called for the review in response to claims in the Sunday Tasmanian last week that people were accessing pornography on computers in the State Library. 'A formal review of filtering policies within the State Library and Online Access Centres will be undertaken to give this matter proper consideration,' Ms Wriedt said." -- MARC Source: Library of Congress Understanding MARC Authority Records: Machine-Readable Cataloging -- Biotechnology Information Source: NCBI Public Collections of DNA and RNA Sequence Reach 100 Gigabases
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Toxic Chemicals--United States--Databases Source: NLM New Version of TOXMAP Available "TOXMAP is an interactive web site from the National Library of Medicine that shows the amount and location of reported toxic chemicals released into the environment on maps of the United States. TOXMAP allows users to visually explore information about releases of toxic chemicals by industrial facilities around the United States as reported annually to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)." -- Schools--United States--Statistics Source: US Census Fast Facts: Back to School 2005 Interesting! Fun! Fast facts about schools and students in the US. Including: + Amount Spent on Back-to-School Shopping--$6.0 billion. + The number of students in the US--74.9 million. + Projected percentage of elementary and high school students enrolled in private schools this fall--12%. + Percentage of the 2003 high school graduating class that went directly to college--64%. Many more! -- Soil Maps--United States Source: Agriculture.com Soil survey maps now available online for most US counties "Soil survey maps have long been printed and bound into soil survey books free for the asking at local USDA Service Centers, NRCS field offices and public libraries. But they're being slowly phased out. That's because, starting today, the USDA Web Soil Survey site will provide secure public access to the national soils information system." (via AllPointsBlog) -- Firearms--United States--Statistics Source: BJS Just Released, Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2004 "Provides an overview of the firearm check procedures in each State and State interaction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), operated by the FBI. The report summarizes issues about State procedures, including persons prohibited from purchasing firearms, restoration of rights of purchase to prohibited persons, permits, prohibited firearms, waiting periods, fees, and appeals. Supplemental tables contain data on 2003 applications to purchase firearms and rejections, as well as tabular presentations of State-by-State responses."
Search Briefs + New Version of Google Desktop Search Application Released, Introduction of Google Sidebar + The new Trovando multi purpose search service (via Pandia) Sunday, August 21, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Academic Libraries--Rare Documents Source: AFP Original Einstein documents found in university library "Imagine visiting your local library and stumbling upon an original manuscript by scientific genius Albert Einstein. Well, that's exactly what happened to a Dutch student recently." See Also: More about the manuscript in Einstein's handwriting (dated December 1924), with editorial markup can be seen on the Einstein Archive Institut-Lorenz Thanks to Walter H. for the "See Also" link. -- Librarians Source: OCLC/IFLA IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2006 Named
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Business--United States Corporate Counsel--United States--Lists & Rankings Source: Law.com Who Counsels Who (Registration Required) Lists names of primary outside counsel for many large US companies. -- 529 College Savings Plans--Lists & Ranking Source: Money Magazine Ultimate College Guide 2005: Best 529s "A state 529 college savings plan is best described as a 401(k) for college, a simple plan that lets you put aside money regularly, invest in mutual funds and watch the earnings grow tax-free. In the table below you can see MONEY's picks for best plans overall and for in-state residents. Listed are the three things you need to know about each plan: Do I get a tax break? Where can I buy it? and What are the expenses?" Saturday, August 20, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf National Library of Scotland--Preservation Source: NLS Scotland's historic newspapers saved for the nation "NEWSPLAN SCOTLAND, an ambitious campaign to preserve almost 4 million pages of Scotland's endangered historic newspapers from the period 1700-1950, led by the National Library of Scotland (NLS), has now been completed."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents GPO--Databases Source: GPO Access Updated, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States 2002 papers from the Bush Administration are now available. -- Internet--United States--Statistics Source: BLS Methods of Internet job searching See Also: Job searching via the Internet Friday, August 19, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Science and Technology Resources--Open Access Source: Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (via E-LIS) Open Access to Knowledge Resources in Science and Technology: The Role of Digital Reference Service to Facilitate Accessing Scholarly Information "The present paper discusses the importance, objectives and major developments in open access initiatives. It further examines the specific use of digital information services including the digital reference service. The paper also highlights the various steps taken in this direction at the Central Library of IIT Madras." Full Paper (Word; 700 KB) -- Libraries--Sweden Planet Out via Yahoo! News, Wed, 17 Aug 2005 5:24 PM PDT Swedish library 'lends' out gays, minorities "A Swedish library is offering to lend out representatives of minority groups, including lesbian and gay people, in a bid to tackle prejudice." -- Federal Library and Information Center Committee Fedlink Source: LJ Shaffer Named Head of FLICC "Roberta Shaffer has been named executive director of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) and Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) at the Library of Congress (LC). FLICC fosters interagency cooperation and makes recommendations on federal library and information policies, programs, and procedures"
RSS Wrap Up by Steven Cohen, Contributing Editor A few RSS resources that may be useful for the information professional. + A new study was released this past week which showed that one in 10 blog readers use RSS. + RSS Creator can "create an RSS feed for any journal or newspaper indexed by one of our databases, so long as that database is searchable via Metalib -- regardless of whether the publisher or database provider makes those feeds available now."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Online Games Source: GftB UPDATE: GamesfortheBrain Addictive! "Play neverending quiz and memory games to train your thinking skills." Games designed and built by ResourceShelf friend, Philipp Lenssen. UPDATE: GamesfortheBrain is now available in several languages in addition to English: + Chinese + German + Slovak + Spanish -- Electronic Commerce--United States Source: DoC Just Released, Retail 2Q, 2005 E-commerce Report -- UFO's--Digital Collections Source: Library and Archives Canada New, Canada's UFO's: The Search "Within the vault of Library and Archives Canada there exist files from five government departments that were involved with collecting data and conducting investigations on unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The Department of Transport, Department of Communications, Department of National Defence, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the National Research Council all dealt with reports, sightings and investigations of UFOs across Canada. Each department had different interests and goals. The truth about their investigations is found in files held by Library and Archives Canada. A selection of these files have been digitized and made available on this site." -- Books--Valuation Source: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Humanities Department How Much Is My Old Book Worth? "You've been thinking about cleaning out that dusty old attic for a long time. And now, at last, you're ready! You decide to begin by inspecting that carton of old books that belonged to your Uncle Fred. As you blow the dust off these books, the thought occurs to you: 'I wonder if these books might be worth something.' Although we do not provide appraisals, the Humanities Department can help you in searching a variety of useful print sources as well as relevant web links that can be of assistance in researching the value of an old book." -- US Courts--Statistics Source: BJS Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 2002-03 "Presents findings on jury and bench tort trials concluded in Federal district courts during fiscal years 2002-03. Analyzing public use data assembled by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and BJS, the report is the latest edition in a series on the topic of tort trials. Information includes the types of tort cases that proceed to trial, plaintiff win rates, case processing times, and estimated median damage awards."
Briefly + Downloadable E-Books Come to LA Public Library + Bibliography of Native North Americans Now Available via EBSCOhost Thursday, August 18, 2005
Resources of the Week By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor -------------------------------------- Whither the Weather Can you believe The Weather Channel has been around since 1982? Even more remarkable is that a television channel devoted to nothing but the weather 24/7/365 could survive for all these years, much less prosper. And yet it has. People are, in general, fascinated by weather phenomena, and we've come to depend on the availability of up-to-date weather info. Here in Florida during the hurricane season, we tend to get up close and personal with The Weather Channel; we know that when Jim Cantore shows up on a beach anywhere close to where we live, it's time to run for our lives. Then there's the Web. Looking for weather information is one of the most common online activities for everyone. The National Weather Service (NWS) website is a jewel, of course. It runs broad and deep, offering a staggering amount of data that is useful to almost everyone, from the office worker wondering if he or she should take an umbrella to work today to farmers, fisherman, pilots and others whose livelihood is critically tied to meteorology. Not surprisingly, there has been an ongoing uproar since Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) introduced the National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005 in the Senate last April which, according to the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF), "would ban NWS from 'competing' with private entities by making it unlawful for the agency to publish user-friendly weather data and barring NWS experts from speaking one-on-one to news agencies." The end result, according to the EFF, and other entities and concerned individuals -- who generally feel that the wording of Santorum's bill is extremely vague -- is that we could end up paying for our weather data twice, since the NWS is a taxpayer-supported government agency. Seems to me that this is an issue worth keeping on our radar screen in the information profession. At any rate, I spent some time prowling around the Web, looking at a few other countries' national weather/meteorological service sites, just to see what they were offering. Maybe you'll be interested as well. + Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) What's cool here: The Top Ten Weather Stories page, which not only offers the Top Ten Weather Stories for 2004, but also provides you with a timeline of the Top Weather Events of the 20th Century. + Met Office Homepage (UK) What's cool here: The National Meteorological Library and Archive, "one of the most comprehensive collections of literature on meteorology anywhere in the world." Offers an OPAC and accessions lists of new materials for the most recent three months. + Met Éireann (The Irish Meteorological Service) What's cool here: A comprehensive Climate of Ireland page that brings together a variety of information on temperature, sunshine, rainfall, and wind, including a lot of historic data. + Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology What's cool here: Monthly features that draw attention to some Bureau's many products, services and agencies. An archive is available. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is "(t)he UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources." It has a membership of 187 countries and territories; you'll find links to their National Weather Services sites, if available. Some things worth browsing here: + Publications of the World Meteorological Association 2005. Includes direct links to the full text. + MeteoWorld, the WMO's bi-monthly newsletter. + WMO Technical Library. Offers an OPAC; a list of recent acquisitions (by subject area: Agricultural Meteorology, Climatology, Education & Training, Environmental Studies, Hydrology, Marine Meteorology, Observations & Instruments, Tropical Meteorology, Weather Analysis & Forecasting, General Works); a small collection of specialized, vetted links in such topic areas as Agrometeorology, Global Warming, and Ozone & UVB.
Professional Reading Shelf Virtual Reference Source: AP Experts offer homework help online Lots of examples of both free and fee-based services but NO mention of the fact that many public libraries offer virtual reference services. Sad, since so much effort has been put into building vr services. -- Copyright--United States Source: LC New Web Site, Library of Congress Launches Web Site on Independent Copyright Committee "The Library of Congress has launched a new public Web site to cover the groundbreaking work of a special independent committee. By 2006, this committee will recommend changes to copyright law that recognize the need for exceptions to the law for libraries and archives in the digital age." -- Intellectual Freedom Source: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Just Released (Highlights Only), IFLA/FAIFE World Report 2005 on Intellectual Freedom and Libraries: Libraries, National Security, Freedom of Information Laws and Social Responsibilities -- Scholarly Publishing Open Access Source: The Guardian Springer hires open access pioneer "One of the leading lights of the open access movement - dedicated to making academic research freely available to everyone over the internet - has joined the ranks of the traditional publishing world. Jan Velterop, publishing director of pioneering open access publisher BioMed Central is joining Germany's Springer, the world's second largest producer of scientific journals, as director of open access, heading up its fledgling open access publishing arm." See Also: Additional Coverage via Open Access News -- National Archives--United Kingdom Source: NA Natalie Ceeney Appointed new Chief Executive of The National Archives "Ms Ceeney is currently director of operations and services at the British Library, where she manages all of the British Library's services, including both its famous reading rooms and its remote delivery services. She has previously managed clinical services in the NHS, and has led strategic consultancy projects across a range of industries at McKinsey and company. She takes up her new post on October 17." -- Libraries--Marketing Source: Chris Olson The August Issue of Chris Olson's Marketing Treasures Newsletter is Online
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Legal Research--Canada Source: Tax Court of Canada New, Records of the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada now available on-line "...recorded entries of the Federal Court of Appeal, Federal Court and Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada are now available to the public on the websites of these three Courts...proceedings of close to 400,000 cases are now available online by accessing a secure copy of the databases of the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada. Site visitors can access docket entries for each case, with the exception of a very limited number of cases that have been classified as confidential by the presiding judge, for which online access is not provided. In addition, more limited information (style of cause, names of parties, date and place of filing, type of case) is available online for another 150,000 cases that took place before the process was computerized." -- Internet--Filtering Source: OpenNet Initiative New, Internet Filtering in Singapore in 2004-2005: A Country Study "Singapore's Internet content regulation depends primarily on access controls and legal pressures to prevent people from posting objectionable content rather than technological methods to block it. Compared to other countries that implement mandatory filtering regimes that ONI has studied closely, Singapore's technical filtering system is one of the most limited." News Release (PDF) Direct to Full Text -- Country Studies Source: Federal Research Division/Library of Congress Just Released, Country Profile of Bolivia PDF. See Also: More Country Profiles from the FRD -- U.S. Military Casualties Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics (PDF; 120 KB) "This report is written in response to numerous requests for war casualty statistics and lists of war dead. It provides tables, compiled by sources at the Department of Defense, indicating the number of casualties among American military personnel serving in principal wars and combat actions. Wars covered include the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict, and the Persian Gulf War. Military operations covered include the Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission, Lebanon Peacekeeping, Urgent Fury in Grenada, Just Cause in Panama, Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Restore Hope in Somalia, Uphold Democracy in Haiti, and the ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom." (via DocuTicker) -- Scientists--United States--Statistics Source: NSF New Report, Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the United States: 2001 (NSF 05-313) "This report presents estimates of the total number of positions filled by scientists, engineers, and technicians employed in the U.S. economy, by industry and by occupational category. Estimates are also presented for mean wages (hourly and annual) of scientists, engineers, and technicians by industry and by occupational category." -- World Hunger--Map Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) WFP interactive map: Hunger in the Development World "Around the world people are battling hunger. Use this interactive map to find out where food crises threaten lives."
Briefly + Enterprise Search: Convera Wins $2 Million DoD Contract + LexisNexis Butterworths Launches Online Research Tool (via ManagingInformation.com) + CrossRef Deploys Free OpenURL Resolver
Search Briefs + Automating the Mining of the Deep Web + Yahoo Local Expands With City Pages & More User Reviews + Yahoo Has Social Networking Patent Published + Google Increases Size A Smidge: Was Planned Before Current Size Dispute Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Freebies Source: CQ Press In Honor of National Constitution Day "CQ Press will devote a section of the CQ Press in Context web site to documents and analytical content related to the U.S. Constitution. This content will include a ready-to-teach, downloadable lesson plan written by CQ Press author Maryam Ahranjani and designed specially for teachers who want to take advantage of Constitution Day as a classroom learning tool. CQ Press in Context is a free web site for information on pivotal events shaping today's world of politics. The site offers anyone with access to the Internet a substantial sampling of valuable CQ Press content that is usually available only on a subscription basis. During the weeks leading up to Constitution Day, the site will offer Constitution-related documents and analysis from the award-winning CQ Press Electronic Library, plus other original content, including an informative video interview with a constitutional scholar and the free lesson plan for teachers."
Professional Reading Shelf College Textbooks--United States--Prices New GAO Report (PDFs) Source: General Accountability Office College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Price Increases Highlights ||| Full Report (via DocuTicker) -- Science Librarianship Source: ISTL The Summer 2005 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is Now Online Articles Include + Ask a Science Librarian A great read from Margaret Clifton at the Library of Congress. + The National Science and Technology Library: A Chinese Model of Collaboration + Citation Analysis: A Method for Collection Development for a Rapidly Developing Field + Book Review: Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals -- Public Libraries--Washington, D.C. Source: The Book Standard Library Spotlight: Washington, D.C., Public "If the primary characteristic of the public library that serves the nation's capital and its 500,000-plus residents were to be defined, by one word, a strong candidate would be 'versatility.' Patrons of D.C. Public -- which has a collection of nearly two million titles, counting books and all other forms of media -- range from upper-echelon government officials to local residents who have no access to the Internet save what the library provides them. It is a credit to the library system's architects that it does serve as both a high-level academic facility, and as a place where residents can access the most basic features endemic to a modern public library." -- Google Scholar Source: California Digital Library UC Libraries Use of Google Scholar, August 2005 12 pages; PDF. "On June 22, 2005, the CDL requested information from the campuses about librarian and library staff use of Google Scholar in their own work and at public service desks. Eight of ten campuses responded with a wealth of information about the creative ways in which the libraries use Google Scholar, as well as with their objections to its use...The replies indicate a core of respondents do not use Google Scholar at all. Others use it rarely, instead strongly preferring licensed article databases purchased by the libraries for use in specific disciplines. Some are reluctant to use it because they are unsure of what it actually covers." Hat Tip to OGS for the link.
Citation Reports Source: ISI + Science in Sweden, 2000-04 + Canadian Universities: Most Prolific in Molecular Biology & Genetics, 2000-04 + Journals Ranked by Impact: Infectious Diseases
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents United States Supreme Court--Nominations Source: The Reagan Library/NARA Just Released, Files Relating to Judge John Roberts "5,383 pages from the records of the Staff Member Office Files of John G. Roberts Files, 1982-1986, will be opened. The remaining Roberts' documents will be opened as soon as possible. Judge Roberts was an Associate Counsel to the President during the Reagan Administration. The Reagan Library staff has identified approximately 50,000 pages of records related to Judge Roberts. 4,864 of these pages have already been opened in response to previous FOIA requests. Direct to Files See Also: More Records Pertaining to John Roberts from NARA See Also: The Published Opinions of Judge John G. Roberts "Search and analyze the published opinions of Supreme Court nominee, Judge John G Roberts. On July 19, 2005, Judge John G. Roberts was nominated by President George W. Bush to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court left by the retirement of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. In two years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge Roberts has helped decide about 120 cases and written 49 published opinions." -- Population--United States--Statistics Source: US Census Examining American Household Composition: 1990 and 2000 "Part of a series of Census 2000 special reports, addresses the growing complexity of U.S. households and alternative ways to highlight that complexity. Uses a 'partner' or nonpartner' household classification and measures change in these categories for the first time, including by whether or not children are present in the household. Also, includes the first tabulations of households by the number of generations present." -- Government--Australia Source: Parliament Library New Research Brief, House of Representatives by-elections 1901-2005 -- Energy--United States--Statistics Source: EIA Just Released, Annual Energy Review 2004 "The Annual Energy Review 2004 records U.S. energy history from 1949-2004 in data tables and figures. All major forms of energy (fossil fuels, nuclear electricity, and renewable energy) and total energy by activity (e.g., production, consumption, trade, stocks, and prices) are covered. Also included are financial indicators related to energy; international energy; environmental indicators; and data unit conversions. Key long-term trends are graphically illustrated in a special section called 'Energy Perspectives.'"
Briefly Alacra Begins Offering Pay-Per-View/On-Demand Documents Via AlacraStore.com Content from D&B, Datamonitor, Oxford Analytica, Gale, Hemscott, and many other publishers.
Congrats and Kudos Congrats to ResourceShelf's Dan Giancaterino!!! Philly got ready for work today with a guest appearance by Dan on the Michael Smerconish Talk Show. He discussed the latest news in web search and online research. Also, smart thinking by WPHT to ask a librarian about what's going on with online search tools. (-: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Professional Reading Shelf Libraries Digital Information Souce: RLG The August 15 Issue of RLG Digi News is Now Online Articles include: + Watch This Space: Ten Promising Digital Preservation Initiatives + FAQ: Predicting the Life Expectancy of Modern Tape and Optical Media -- Online Search Source: Boston Globe Turning the concept of search on its head "Watson, software produced by Chicago-based Intellext, does the searching for you. It runs in the background as you work, analyzing your documents and looking for relevant information. The results (clickable links) are continuously delivered in a side panel on your screen. Watson goes to work when you open a Microsoft Office application such as Word or PowerPoint, or the Internet Explorer browser." -- Libraries--United Kingdom Source: The Telegraph Online library's novel attraction for bookworms "The "doors" of Britain's first known online lending library are to open for business next week, bringing reassurance for literary luddites who fear the march of technology could overcome the manuscript. My Book Your Book, which operates only in cyberspace, will offer thousands of paperback titles to its members, from fiction hits such as Zadie Smith's White Teeth to the GCSE staple To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee." -- Library Service--Gitmo Source: The Washington Times Detainees under Harry Potter's spell "Harry Potter's worldwide popularity is so broad-based that it has become favorite reading for Islamic terror suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. Lori, who for two years has overseen the detention center's library, said J.K. Rowling's tales about the boy wizard are on top of the request list for the camp's 520 al Qaeda and Taliban suspects, followed by Agatha Christie whodunits. 'We've got a few who are kind of hooked on it. A couple have asked if they can see the movie,' said Lori, a civilian contractor who asked that her last name not be publicized."
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents The British Library--Databases Source: ManagingInformation.com British Library's Database Of Original Celebrity Gossip fully searchable database of more than 250 rare Renaissance festival books is available for the first time on the British Library's website at www.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/homepage.html. Drawing from the British Library's existing collection of over 2,000 volumes of festival books, Users can access and read over 14,000 pages which describe 300 years of festival entertainments in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe." -- Middle East--Gaza--Satellite Imagery Source: Digital Globe Gaza City Imagery collected July 4, 2004 "2.4-meter QuickBird overview of Gaza City. Natural color image in JPG format." -- School Districts--United States Source: National Center for Education Statistics |
