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                     ResourceShelf Newsletter
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Number 199                                           February 3, 2005
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The ResourceShelf Newsletter is a weekly selection of content and
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                      ++  Editor's Comment  ++

Greetings from Toronto (Gary's at the OLA Super Conference),
FL (Shirl), NY (Steven) and PA (Dan).

Where has January gone? Another month, another huge compendium of
places to go and things to see on ResourceShelf. Remember ... you
don't get everything in this weekly reminder.  Stop by to see what
you might have missed: http://www.resourceshelf.com/

And that goes for DocuTicker as well: http://www.docuticker.com/

Have a great week.

Gary Price
Editor, ResourceShelf
<gary.price@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

           ++  Thursday, February 3, 2005  ++

Resources of the Week
---------------------
By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor

Once again, we bring you two completely different sites to explore.

1) Development--Portal

    Source: Institute of Development Studies (UK)
    ELDIS Gateway to Development Information
    "ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues,
    providing free and easy access to wide range of high quality
    online resources." Which is somewhat of an understatement. Edited
    and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex (UK),
    this content-rich site boasts a mind-boggling array of content,
    including 14,850 online documents, 4,500 organizations, 15,000
    email messages, 32 email bulletins and 31 newsfeeds (as of
    February 1, 2005).

2) Natural History--Q&A

   Source: Smithsonian Institution
   Ask the Experts
   Have a natural history question? If it's not already answered here,
   you can send it on to one of the Smithsonian's experts -- "hundreds
   of scientists, researchers, specialists and staff members." It says
   here that they will "send an answer right to your email box."
   Initially, you should check the site's extensive Knowledgebase;
   it's keyword searchable and you can restrict your search to a
   particular topic area via a dropdown menu. Or, if you prefer,
   another dropdown menu allows you to browse questions and answers
   by topic area.

Professional Reading Shelf
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   Research Tools--Reviews
   The February 2005 Edition of Peter's Digital Reference Shelf is Now
     Online
   This time around Dr. J reviews:
   The Resource Discovery Network
   &
   RogerEbert.com

Public Libraries
----------------
   Source: The Gainesville Sun
   Google it? No, library it

Job Search--Academic Libraries
------------------------------
   Source: Chronicle of Higher Eduacation
   Raising My Standards

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------
   Digitization Projects
   Source: NLA
   National Library of Australia Releases New Online Resources
   + James Cook's Endeavour Journal is now available online
   + The Warren T. Harding collection
   + 60 images from the Francis Birtles motor car tour collection
     ca1899-1928
   + A wonderful selection of Judy Horacek's work

African-Americans--History
--------------------------
   Black History Month
   Updated, Gale Offers Free Resources for Black History Month

Briefly
-------

   + FreePint Launches New Job service for Information Professionals

Web Search Briefs
-----------------

   + Yahoo Offers New Y!Q Contextual Search Tool (via SearchDay)
   See Also: Yahoo Search Blog
   + New From Findory: Visualize A Blogs Neighborhood



                 ++  Wednesday, February 2, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------
   Bibliographic Information
   Cataloging
   LC's Bibliographic Enrichment Team Begins Enriching Records with
   Machine-generated Contents Notes


Academic Libraries--Weblogs
---------------------------
   Source: Georgia State University Library
   Preprint: Delivering the News With Blogs: the Georgia State
   University Library Experience


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------
   African Americans--History
   Black History Month
   Source: New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in
     Black Culture
   New Web Resource: In Motion: The African-American Migration
     Experience


Property Records--United Kingdom--Databases
-------------------------------------------
   Source: Kable's Government Computing
   Land Register launches online


                  ++  Tuesday, February 1, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------
   Medical Libraries and Librarianship
   Source: MLA
   The January 2005 Issue of the Journal of the Medical Library
   Association is Now Online

Libraries--United States
------------------------
   Source: IMLS
   Institute of Museum and Library Services Awards More Than $160
   Million to State Libraries

Web Search Briefs
-----------------
   + Answers Not Just Links: A Look at What the New MSN Search is
     Offering

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------
   Trademarks--United States--Databases
   Source: USPTO
   Internet Access to Trademark Application Files Now Available

Social Science Research--United Kingdom
---------------------------------------
   Source: ManagingInformation.com
   New Website Will Offer Access To Social Science Research


                  ++  Monday, January 31, 2005  ++


Information Industry--Factiva
-----------------------------
   Source: IWR
   Factiva Will Not Use IBM's WebFountain Technology

Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------
   Web Search Results
   Source: Proc. Third Annual Workshop on HCI Research in MIS, December
   2004, Washington, DC / University of Maryland HCI Lab
   New, Categorized Graphical Overviews for Web Search Results: An
   Exploratory Study Using U.S. Government Agencies as a Meaningful
     and Stable Structure

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------
   Consumer Brands--Surveys
   Source: BrandChannel
   Just Released, Brand Rankings by Impact 2004 and Other Surveys

Internet--United States--Surveys
--------------------------------
   Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
   A decade of adoption: How the internet has woven itself into
     American life

Briefly
-------
   + Dialog to Sponsor New SLA Chapter Award for Australian & New
     Zealand Information Professionals

                  ++  Sunday, January 30, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------
   Open Worldcat
   Source: Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog
   Find other editions in Open WorldCat

Children's Books
----------------
   Source: NPR
   Children's Book Tells Tale of Iraq Librarian

Public Libraries
----------------
   Source: Denver Post
   Library says DVDs, CDs reflect public taste

                 ++  Saturday, January 29, 2005  ++



Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------
   Libraries
   Source: OCLC
   OCLC Research Sponsors Software Development Contest

Library Literacy Programs
-------------------------
   Source: MDRC
   "One Day I Will Make It": A Study of Adult Student Persistence in
   Library Literacy Programs

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------
   Birds--Climatic Changes--United States
   Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern
   Research Station
   Atlas of climate change effects in 150 bird species of the Eastern
   United States

Environmental Health
--------------------
   Source: National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information
     Services
   New environmental health and toxicology Internet guides

Briefly
-------
   Newspaper Digitization: Cold North Wind And The Toronto Star Expand
   'Pages of the Past'

                  ++  Friday, January 28. 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------
   Copyright--United States--Orphan Works
   Source: U.S. Copyright Office/Federal Register
   Orphan Works

Librarians--Academic
--------------------
   Source: ALA
   Sharma named ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------
   Congressional Research Service
   Source: CRS (via FAS, FPC, and IPMall)
   New/Updated Reports from the Congressional Research Service

Population--United States--Statistics
-------------------------------------
   Source: U.S. Census
   Just Released, We the People: Women and Men in the United States

Digitization Projects
--------------------
   Source: New York Botanical Garden
   LuEsther T. Mertz Library Rare Book Digitization Project

RSS
---
   A Chat with the Creator of Feedmarker
   by Steven Cohen, Contributing Editor

Briefly
-------
    R. R. Bowker To Launch New Publisher Database For UK

               ++  Thursday, January 27, 2005  ++



Resources of the Week
---------------------

1) GIS--Coastal Observations and Forecasts
    Source: NOAA
    nowCOAST
    Here we have a "Web mapping portal" that provides point-and-click
    access to "real-time coastal observations and NOAA forecasts for
    major U.S. estuaries and seaports, coastal regions and the
    Great Lakes."

2) Technology--Statistics
    ITFacts.biz
    In all honesty, we're not really sure who is behind this site; the
    domain is registered to someone in Sweden. But we like what we see
    here -- maybe because it reminds us of ResourceShelf's sister
    site, DocuTicker. Basically, this is a weblog that carries a
    steady stream of links to news stories in which technology-related
    statistics appear. Overall, it's an ongoing collection of pretty
    interesting stuff from reliable media outlets and weblogs.

Web Search--a9
--------------
    Search and SEE the Yellow Pages with a9

Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------
    School Libraries
    Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times
    Wow! Libraries launch online databases at Data & Dessert

Document Management
-------------------
    Source: Xerox Corporation
    Xerox Survey Reveals Search for Information Major Issue for
    Manufacturing Firms

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------
    African Americans--Statistics
    Source: U.S. Census
    Fast Facts: African-American History Month: February 2005

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