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Subject: ResourceShelf Reminder--Week 140
 
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November 20, 2003                       
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Greetings from DC.

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site.

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Thursday, November 20, 2003       

Web Resources of the Week (3 Items)
A couple of databases and an updated list for you this week.
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1) Population
Source: United Nations Population Division
World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision
>From the site, Official UN estimates (1950-2000) and projections 
(2000-2050) for every country in the world, including estimates and 
projections of 28 demographic indicators, including birth rates, 
deaths rates, infant mortality rates and life expectancy. Make sure to 
note that along with basic data interface, the online database also 
contains detailed data and country profiles. The links are located on 
the left side of the page. Report highlights and tables are also 
available as pdf files.
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2) Environment--United States
Source: Environmental Protection Agency
New, EPA Science Inventory Database Launched for Public Use
>From the site, The EPA Science Inventory is a searchable Agency-wide 
catalog of science activities and scientific and technical work 
products (risk assessments, technical studies and guidance, and 
research). At the present time the database contains over 4,000 
entries. Along with bibliographic and contact information some records 
have direct links to the full-text of the material. An announcement 
mentions that this database has been used internally for many years at 
EPA but it wasn't until earlier this week that it was made available 
to the public.
See Also: EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) 
Database Has Been Available for One Year
Over 1 million searches in the first year. Direct to the database.
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3) Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Inc.
The 2003 Inc. 500 is Now Available Online
The list ranks "America's fastest-growing private companies. Resources 
on the site include the 2003 list in rank order, a searchable database 
of all lists back to 1982, a six page report with numerous statistics 
from the 2003 rankings, and a geographic breakdown of the 2003 list.


Library Statistics
Factsheets and Reports from the US and UK
Two items.
1) United States...ALA Releases "Internet Use in Libraries" Factsheet
2) United Kingdom...Now Online: 2003 Annual Statistics Sampler: 
Library and Information Statistics Tables

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Wednesday, November 19, 2003       

Information Industry--Institute for Scientific Information
ISI Announces a Major Web of Science Initiative, Bibliographic Data 
Back to 1900

Web Search--Gigablast
Gigablast Adds Spellchecker

Health Information--United Kingdom
Digital Libraries
Source: Kable's Government Computing
"Busy at the NHS e-library"
A new digital resource, aimed at providing NHS staff with key 
healthcare documents, is growing in popularity according to the latest 
figures...

Professional Reading Shelf (4 Items Listed on the Site)
Libraries
Source: Council on Library and Information Resource
New Report, Libraries Designed for Learning
>From the abstract, [Scott] Bennett conducted an extensive study of 
the motivations and planning methods for library renovation and 
construction projects undertaken between 1992 and 2001. His study 
entailed a Web-based survey of more than 380 institutions, and phone 
interviews with 31 library directors and chief academic officers. He 
concludes that while most of the projects are serving users well, they 
have rarely been informed by a systematic assessment of how students 
learn and faculty teach.
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Libraries and Librarians
Source: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals 
(UK)
Selected Articles from the December Issue of CILIP's Library + 
Information Update Are Now Online
Articles available online include:
+ "Implementing the FOI Act: Are we ready" by Duncan Simpson
+ "Next generation management" by Simon Tanner
+ "Raising e-awareness in health" by Alison Turner, Nick Rosen and 
Fran Wilkie network for NHS staff.
New Publication: CILIP has announced that they will begin publishing 
Library and Information Gazette beginning in January, 2004

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items on 
the Site)
World Trade Center Memorial
Source: Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Images/Background Info About Word Trade Center Memorial Finalists
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Employment--United States--Statistics
Source: American Electronics Association
Report Highlights, Cyberstates 2003
"This report provides you with new 2002 national and state data on 
high-tech employment, exports, and venture capital investments. 
Cyberstates 2003 also includes the latest data on wages, 
establishments, payroll, and research and development 
expenditures...." In 2002, U.S. high-tech lost roughly 540,000 jobs; 
total high tech employment dropped from 6.5 million to 6.0 million. 
Most lost jobs were in electronics manufacturing. California, Texas, 
New York, Florida and Massachusetts have the most high tech jobs.
Press Release
State Specific Press Releases
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Tuesday, November 18, 2003       

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items on the Web Site)
Information Literacy
Source: ManagingInformation.Com
ACRL Unveils Redesigned Information Literacy Site
>From the article, The Association of College & Research Libraries 
(ACRL) in America has launched its redesigned Information Literacy Web 
site www.acrl.org/infolit. The new user-friendly site is a resource 
for information literacy and important ACRL initiatives. The site 
includes: ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy, which showcases 
ACRL's Best Practices and Immersion programs; a toolkit for the 
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, links 
to bibliographies, examples of information literacy in action and 
research and advocacy resources from the ACRL Instruction Section.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items on 
the Site)
Freedom of Information Act--United States
Source: National Security Archive
New, Full-Text Report, The Ten Oldest Pending FOIA Requests
>From the report, The oldest Freedom of Information requests that are 
still pending in the U.S. government date back to the late 1980s, 
before the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to the Freedom of 
Information Act Audit released today by George Washington University's 
National Security Archive.
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Health--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: United Health Foundation
Just Released, United Health Foundation State Health Rankings 2003  


Academic Libraries
Source: The Pantagraph
"Russian professor studying libraries"
>From the article, Anatoly Shabelskiy has been roaming 
Bloomington-Normal's [IL] libraries, but he's not as interested in 
what they have on the shelves as how those materials are arranged. 
Shabelskiy, an instructor at Vladimir Medical College in Vladimir, 
Russia, is visiting Bloomington-Normal to learn how American libraries 
systematize, organize, and classify information. He'll return to 
Russia, and use what he's learned to design a library at the 
college..."I'm very impressed by the people in the libraries here," 
Shabelskiy said. "Everybody wants to help you. In Russia, you ask for 
help and they just say, 'Go to the catalog!'"

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Monday, November 17, 2003       

Knowledge Management
One Week Only! Free Full Text Access to the Journal of Knowledge 
Management
A free week of full text access begins today. All articles beginning 
with Vol. 1.1 (1997)-Vol. 7.5 (2003) are online and available at no 
charge.

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Copyright--United States
Source: EDUCAUSE Review
Full-Text Article, "Copyright: What Makes a Use "Fair"?"


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items on 
the Site)
Health -- Diversity
Source: Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, WA)
EthnoMed
"The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, 
medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care 
of recent immigrants...." Content-rich site offers cultural profiles, 
clinical topics, patient educational materials and links to related 
resources. Find health care information related to more than a dozen 
different ethnic groups

Info Industry Companies in the News (2 Items Listed on the Site)
Information Industry--ProQuest
Source: Detroit News
ProQuest Plans Move into Latin American Marketplace

Enterprise Search Update (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Verity Introduces Industry Based "Customizable" Taxonomies
The first six taxonomies being released cover defense, homeland 
security, pharmaceutical, human resources, sales and marketing, and 
info tech industries.
See Also: Factiva adds over 90 codes to its taxonomy

Web Search--Google
Source: Reuters
"Growth in Google's revenue engine seen slowing"

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Sunday, November 16, 2003       

Web Search
Source: ACM SIGIR Forum
Three Additions to Your Web Search Reading List
Although these "must read" articles are a year old, I still think 
they're all worthy of your time and attention.

1) "Challenges in Web Search Engines"
This twelve-page paper was written by Dr. Monika Henzinger (Research 
Director, Google), Dr. Rajeev Motwani (Professor at Stanford) and Dr. 
Craig Silverstein (Director of Technology, Google). From the abstract, 
"...article presents a high-level discussion of some of the problems 
with information retrieval that are unique to web search engines. The 
goal is to raise awareness and stimulate research in these areas." 
Content quality, spam, cloaking, duplicate hosts, and vaguely 
structured data are some of the topics discussed.
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2) "A taxonomy of web search"
An eight-page article by Andrei Broder. Dr. Broder was one of the 
original developers of AltaVista. From the abstract, Classic IR 
(information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching 
for information, the so-called "information need". But the need behind 
a web search is often not informational -- it might be navigational 
(give me the url of the site I want to reach) or transactional (show 
me sites where I can perform a certain transaction, e.g. shop, 
download a file, or find a map). We explore this taxonomy of web 
searches and discuss how global search engines evolved to deal with 
web-specific needs.
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3) "U.S. Versus European Web Searching Trends"
By Amanda Spink and Bernard Jansen (Penn St. Univ) and Seda Ozmutlu 
& Huseyin C. Ozmutlu (Uludag University). Seven pages. From the 
article, As the Web is becoming a worldwide phenomenon we need to 
understand what searching trends are emerging across different global 
regions. Are there regional differences in Web searching? What are the 
differences between searching by the United States population compared 
to Europeans?  
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Saturday, November 15, 2003

Public Libraries--Japan
Source: Yomiuri Shimbun
Libraries Told to Stop Lending
Interesting. From the article, Authors and public library officials 
recently discussed the practice of libraries lending out large numbers 
of newly published books, including best-sellers, to find a way to 
coexist...On one hand, the number of books sold last year was 
estimated at 740 million copies, declining for the sixth year in a 
row. On the other hand, the number of books lent by libraries in 
fiscal 2001 reached a record high of 520 million.

Multimedia Searching
Shadow TV Begins Offering Subscription Service
You'll want to try this source. Shadow TV is a searchable fee-based 
database that we've mentioned on ResourceShelf several times and 
demonstrated at numerous presentations over the past couple of years. 
Shadow TV provides real-time keyword searchable access to programming 
from numerous networks and local television stations.


 
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Friday, November 14, 2003       

Biographical Resources--Canada
Source: Cold North Wind/National Library of Canada
Now Online: Dictionary of Canadian Biography Now Available Online

Web Search--Ask Jeeves
Source: Netimperative
Jeeves/Teoma VP of Production and Technology Explains Web Search 
Engines to the Lay Person
Chris Martin, a VP at Jeeves/Teoma, explains in less than 1000 words 
how web engines work.

Academic Libraries
Source: The Daily Princetonian
Princeton University: "Library looks to offer music online"

Public Library Update (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Public Libraries--Canada
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Public Library Facing Big Budget Cuts  

Web Search--Google
Source: Chilling Effects
Weekly Compilation of Recent DMCA Request Filed with Google
1) Palo Alto Software Objects to Serial Numbers in Google Groups
2) Alias Systems Objects to Resale of Licensed (Google Groups)
3) Scientist Complains to Google of Infringing Text
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items 
Listed on the Web Site)
Federal Government--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Partnership for Public Service/Institute for Study of Public 
Policy Implementation
Just Released, The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
"...ranking of cabinet, agency, and sub agency organizations..." The 
primary site has been built using Flash. The rankings themselves are 
also available in this pdf file. However, methodology info is only 
available on the web site.
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Holidays--United States--Fast Facts
Source: U.S. Census
Fast Fact Sheet: Thanksgiving 2003
All sorts of interesting stats that relate to the upcoming holiday.
+ 269 million, The preliminary estimate of the number of turkeys 
raised in the United States in 2003
+ 583 million pounds, the forecast weight of U.S. cranberry production 
in 2003
+ 791 million pounds, total U.S. pumpkin production in 2002
 
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Thursday, November 13, 2003       

Digital Libraries--Canada
Source: ITCanada
CNIB online library launches with 10,000 titles
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind Wednesday took the wraps 
off an online library that its president said would allow him to read 
a daily newspaper for the first time in 30 years. Built on an 
infrastructure called the Integrated Digital Library System (IDLS), 
the digital library will handle production, acquisition, client 
records, circulation, digital rights management, secure and permanent 
storage, and delivery to the client.

Professional Reading & Listening Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Site)
Conference Announcement
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services
IMLS Announces Fifth Annual Web-Wise Conference on Libraries and 
Museums in the Digital World

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (4 Items 
Listed on the Web Site)  
Economy--United States
Source: U.S. Conference of Mayors
Full-Text Report, The Role Of Metro Areas In The US Economy
This report is loaded with charts and tables. It also provides 
economic overviews for many large U.S. cities. Thanks to EconData.Net 
for the info.
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Health Statistics--United States
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
Released Today, U.S. Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence




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