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Number 210                                            April 28, 2005
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                       ++  Editor's Comment  ++

Greetings from DC!

In the past few weeks, new "closed" betas from Yahoo and from Filangy
have gone live. Both require registration. If you're interested in
checking either beta out, we have a very limited number of invites
to share.

Send us an email at: <resourceshelf@xxxxxxxxx> and we will do our best
(no promises) to send an invite or two to you. First come, first
served. If you don't hear back from us in the next few days, sorry.

Your choices:
+ Yahoo 360
   <http://360.yahoo.com>
   Yahoo's new social networking service. Publish a blog, share photos,
   and much more.

+ Filangy
   <http://www.filangy.com>
   This new web-based service automatically records every page you view
   in your browser and makes it all full-text searchable. Here's an
   overview I wrote for Search Engine Watch:
   <http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050420-164028>

Have a great week.

Cheers,
Gary

The ResourceShelf & DocuTicker Team
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Gary Price
Editor, ResourceShelf
gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Shirl Kennedy
Deputy Editor

Steven Cohen
Contributing Editor

Dan Giancaterino
Contributing Editor

Laura Gordon-Murnane
Contributing Editor



                  ++  Thursday, April 28, 2005  ++

Resource of the Week
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by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor

We know yoU like content-rich sites because we like content-rich
sites. And for the American history researcher, we have something very
cool this week.

U.S. History
   Source: Houghton Mifflin
   Reader's Companion to American History
   What's here? The full text of several American history books.
   Containing full-text, signed articles. Available titles are:

+ Reader's Companion to American History

+ Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History

+ Reader's Companion to Military History

+ Encyclopedia of North American Indians

+ Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia

+ Civil War Battlefield Guide

+ Great American History Fact-Finder


Professional Reading Shelf
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Electronic Records
   Source: ICA
   Just Released, Electronic Records: A Workbook for Archivists (ICA
   Study 16) now available!
   "This eagerly awaited manual on records in electronic systems,
   including networked environments, is available free of charge for
   download from ICA's Web site (Download Center)."

Controlled Vocabularies
   Source: NISO
   Just Released, NISO Z39.19-200x Guidelines for the Construction,
   Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies "The
   just-released revision of NISO's classic Thesaurus Standard is an
   essential and useful reference for anyone engaged in building and
   maintenance taxonomies and thesauri. You are invited to preview the
   draft of Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of
   Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies NISO Z39.19-200x." --
   Classification Source: NLM NLM Classification 2005 Edition Now
   Available "The NLM Classification, available online at
   <http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/>, has a new look for 2005. The new
   design includes a customized banner for the NLM Classification and
   conforms more closely to the overall style of the National Library
   of Medicine site.
<http://digbig.com/4dggh>



Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Judges--United States--Federal Courts
   Souce: US Courts
   Newly Posted: History of Federal Judgeships
   "A history of federal judgeships page, which includes the number of
   appointments made by each president dating back to Franklin D.
   Roosevelt, is now available."

U.S. History--Databases
   Genealogy--Databases
   Source: NARA
   New File Added to Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System: List of
   Ships that Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine,
   1846-1851 "These records contain ship names, ports of embarkation,
   arrival dates, and the number of passengers on the ship. This file
   is a companion to the Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File."
<http://digbig.com/4dggj>


Briefly
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+ Get News About Dialog Via New RSS Feed
   Here's the link to add to your aggregator.

+ Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction Now Available
   from Xrefer
<http://digbig.com/4dggk>


                  ++  Wednesday, April 27, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Librarianship
   Source: MLA
   The April 2005 Issue (Vol.93 No.2) of the Journal of the Medical
   Library Association is Now Online

   Articles Include:

+ Information-seeking behaviors of practitioners in a primary care
   practice-based research network

+ Information-seeking behavior of nursing students and clinical
   nurses: implications for health sciences librarian

+ Personal digital assistant-based drug information sources: potential
   to improve medication safety

Censorship
   Source: CBS News
   Alabama Bill Targets Gay Authors
   Three words describe what's discussed in this story: awful, pathetic,
   and sad.
<http://digbig.com/4dggm>

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censorware vs. privacy & anonymity, filters,
Cyber Patrol , Net Nanny, Resources, Reports,
Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
=93Troubling=94 Internet Censorship in State=92s Public Libraries
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OECD
   Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
   OECD launches sites for each of its member countries on www.oecd.org
   "From one country site, you can widen your research and compare the
   results of a specific country with other OECD economies, thus, fully
   benefiting from the OECD's comparative approach. To satisfy
   increasing demands, the Country Web sites also feature a statistical
   profile for each OECD country. Some 100 key statistical indicators
   are provided and users can compare the figures with those of the
   other member countries."

Management--Lectures
   Source: MIT Sloan School of Management
   Just Released, Video Lecture, A Conversation with Jack Welch
   The lecture tool place on Apri l2, 2005. From the blurb, "Jack
   Welch's appearance before an audience of Sloan students provides the
   context for a lively and candid discussion about management,
   compensation, mistakes, and work-life balance.

Internet Access--UK--Fast Facts
   Source: National Statistics Office
   Internet Access From Home in the UK
   Graph available. "In the fourth quarter of 2004, 52 per cent of
   households in the UK (12.6 million) could access the Internet from
   home, compared with just 9 per cent (2.2 million) in the same
   quarter of 1998."
<http://digbig.com/4dggn>


Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports
   Source: ISI

+ Science in France, 2000-2004
+ Performing Arts: Most Prolific U.S. Universities, 1999-2003
+ Microbiology: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 1999-2003
<http://digbig.com/4dggp>


Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
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Yahoo Adds New Services to My Yahoo Web Search
  <http://digbig.com/4dggq>

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Briefly
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Reed Elsevier Reports Q1 2005 Earnings
<http://digbig.com/4dggr>


                   ++  Tuesday, April 26, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Public Libraries--Patriot Act
   Source: National Review Online (NRO)
   Murdock: We need to keep an eye on libraries
   "These dangerously naive or clandestinely seditious librarians are
   beyond foolish. They potentially jeopardize the lives of American
   citizens." Opinion column by NRO contributing editor Deroy Murdock.

Public Libraries--Budget Cuts
   Two Items

+ Source: Indianapolis Star
   'New and improved' library throws the book at tradition
   "'Citizens don't know the library service is changing behind the
   scenes. It is going to affect what is offered. Here we have an
   award-winning library, and nobody is really making a case to
   maintain this level of service.'"

+ Source: Berkeley Daily Planet
   Library Staff Proposes Service Principles
   "The staff at the Berkeley Public Library recognizes that the
   library faces budgetary constraints and must make difficult
   decisions on staffing and services. Unfortunately, library
   management has made unilateral decisions on what services are
   important and what should be cutback without consulting either
   library staff or the users of library services."

Preservation
   Source: RLG DigiNews
   Automating Preservation: New Developments in the PRONOM
   A new article by Adrian Brown from The National Archives, UK.
   "Electronic records pose many challenges for archivists, but these
   arise from a single underlying issue: access to a digital object is
   entirely dependent on technology. A file in a given format requires
   software to decode and display it; that software in turn requires a
   specific combination of hardware, operating systems, and other
   software to run."

<http://digbig.com/4dggs>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
   Source: The Washington Post
   Just Released, The Post 200, 2005
   Top 200 companies in the Washington DC region. Several lists,
   including one offering a breakout by industry. Searchable.
   Alphabetical list of companies also online.

Working Women--United States
   Source: Employment Policy Foundation
   New, Handbook on 21st Century Working Women

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Business--Canada--List & Rankings
   Source: Canada Business
   Canada's global leaders
   "40 Canadians who've become international business power players."
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Consumer Credit--United States--Lists & Rankings
   Source: MapInfo.com
   The Top Ten Credit Spending Metro Areas, U.S.
<http://digbig.com/4dggt>




Briefly
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+ Thomson Reports First-Quarter 2005 Results
+ Kompass Company Information Extranet
<http://digbig.com/4dggw>

Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
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Public Records: Pretrieve Adds New Features
<http://digbig.com/4dggx>



                   ++  Monday, April 25, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
   Source: News Today (India)
   Father of Library Science
   "It is a matter for concern and sorrow that most people in India,
   even the so-called highly educated people, do not know the Father of
   Library Science -- Dr S R Ranganathan (1892-1972). He was born on 9
   August 1892 at Sirkazhi in Thanjavur district of the then Madras
   Presidency. He was educated at Sabhanaicka Mudaliar's Hindu High
   School, Sirgazhi, between 1897 and 1908. He graduated from Madras
   Christian College with a degree in Mathematics in 1916. He took a
   teaching diploma at the Teachers' College, Saidapet, Madras in
   1917." Profile of Dr. Ranganathan.

Libraries--Management
   Source: Emerald
   This Week ONLY: Free Full Text Access to Three Recent Issues of
   Library Management

   Articles include:

+ Outreach programs beyond the immediate university community
   (Vol.26 No.3)

+ Telephone survey research for library managers (Vol.26 No.3)

+ Depositories and repositories: changing models of library storage
   in the USA (Vol.26 No.1/2)

+ The economics of repository libraries in the context of the future
   conventional libraries (Vol.26 No.1/2)

+ Preserving African digital resources: is there a role for repository
   libraries? (Vol.26 No.1/2)

+ Distributed collections and central repository in France:
   Competition or complementarity? (Vol.26 No.1/2)

+ Making a statement: reviewing the case for written collection
   development policies (Vol.25 No.8/9)

+ Proposals, grants, projects and careers: a strategic view for
   libraries (Vol.25 No.8/9)

Council of Europe--Resources
   Source: GlobalLex
   History, role and activities of the Council of Europe: Facts,
   figures and information sources A new article by Sophie Lobey. Ms.
   Lobey holds a Master of International Trade and Finance (Paris,
   1992) from "Institut Sup=E9rieur de Gestion" (Advanced Institute of
   Management). She has worked for eleven years as Sales and Marketing
   Manager for Council of Europe Publishing, and has been responsible
   for the commercial website of the Council of Europe since 1997." --
   Libraries Source: LJ Meet the Gamers "In the past, librarians have
   often been perceived as gatekeepers, arbiters of access to
   information. The digital cultures now emerging (with the help of
   technologies such as games) suggest that the days for such an
   institutional role are numbered. Librarians must find creative ways
   to support people in forming sites of collective intelligence,
   searching information, working within social networks, and producing
   knowledge. If not, they run the risk of rendering themselves, for
   much of the public at least, largely obsolete."
  <http://digbig.com/4dggy>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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General Accountability Office--United States
   Source: GAO
   Full Text Searching Now Available: GAO Enhances Site Search Options
   "GAO has introduced a new feature to enhance full text searching and
   your ability to select the best results to meet your needs. In the
   past, search results have included titles and your search terms with
   the text surrounding them, the URL, and other minor information
   about each item. Now your results will typically include an Overview
   and Topic as well."

Terrorism--Research--Databases
   Source: Federal Research Division, LC
   Inventory And Assessment Of Databases Relevant For Social Science
   Research On Terrorism
   24 pages; PDF.

  <http://digbig.com/4dgha>


Search Briefs
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+ Presentations from the 2005 Search Engine Meeting
   PLENTY of interesting reading including a presentation by Dr. Carol=
 Tenopir.

+ A New Search Engine for European Travel
  <http://digbig.com/4dghb>


                   ++  Sunday, April 24, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Librarians
   Source: Ancestry.com
   Ancestry.com -- In Praise of Library Personnel
   "My primary business is operating a seminar company whose mission is
   to provide continuing education to library consortia, professional
   librarians, and library staff. My work has brought me in contact
   with many thousands of librarians and...this week, I want to let you
   in on what the people you see and the people in the background in
   our public libraries do for us." By George Morgan, president of the
   International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.

<http://digbig.com/4dghc>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Business--Lists & Rankings
   Source: EIU
   US, Switzerland and Slovakia the biggest gainers in Economist
   Intelligence Unit's sixth annual e-readiness rankings "Since 2000,
   the Economist Intelligence Unit has published an annual e-readiness
   ranking of the world's largest economies. A country's "e-readiness"
   is a measure of its e-business environment, a collection of factors
   that indicate how amenable a market is to Internet-based
   opportunities." The full text of the report is availale here.

Executive Compensation--United States--Lists & Rankings
   Source: Forbes
   CEO Compensation Rankings
   Sort by Rank, Name, Company, Age, and Total Compensation.

Mexican Americans--Fast Facts
   Source: U.S. Census
   Fast Facts About Mexican Americans
   A new compilation of facts to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

<http://digbig.com/4dghd>

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ECP JOB LIST
Your Career - Online Resume and Search Engines
Once you transmit your resume' into the
digital realm, you quickly lose control over
which and how many people see that information.
Warning some job postings may be fakes intended
to collect personal information for identity theft.
http://tinyurl.com/d4sq9
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                  ++  Saturday, April 16, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Military Librarians
   Source: ARNews
   Army librarians hone 'virtual library' skills
   "Army Knowledge Online personnel attended the Army Library Institute
   and trained attendees on integrating AKO's functionality into the
   Army Library Program."
http://www4.army.mil/news/article.php?story=3D7215

Copyright--United States
   Source: ARL
   Teleconference, Orphan Works: Issues and Legislative Strategies
   "What do you do if you can't find the copyright holder of a work
   (say a photograph, article, or film clip) that you want to use in a
   book or a Web site? The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the
   Medical Library Association (MLA) and the American Association of
   Law Libraries(AALL) are sponsoring an interactive teleconference on
   Orphan Works, Monday, May 2, 3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT."
http://www.arl.org/olms/orphan.html


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Population--Lists & Rankings
   Source: United Nations
   Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more
   inhabitants.  A global list.

<http://digbig.com/4dghf>


                   ++  Friday, April 22, 2005  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Online Information
   Source: OCLC
   OCLC Researchers Hits the Road

Links to several PowerPoint presentations from members of OCLC Research.

+ Mining for Digital Resources: Identifying and Characterizing Digital
   Materials in WorldCat

+ A Systemwide View of Library Collections

+ Information Management in a Knowledge Society

+ Metadata: Practice and practice

Legal Research
   Source: GlobalLex
   A Guide to the U. S. Federal Legal System Web-based Public Accessible=20
Sources
   A new guide by Gretchen Feltes, a Faculty Services/Reference
   Librarian at New York University School of Law Library.

E-Books
   Source: Brown and White (Lehigh University)
   E-books may soon hit market, CEO says
   A Lehigh alumnus described the future of the publishing age, which
   he believes will include electronic books, Thursday at Linderman
   Library."

<http://digbig.com/4dghg>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
   Source: Stanford University Libraries/World Trade Organization
   GATT Digital Library
   "Welcome to the website of the GATT Digital Library. This site
   provides access to documents and information of and about the
   General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), an organization that
   promoted international commerce and the reduction of trade barriers
   among member states from 1947-1994.... Browse, search and view over
   30,000 documents and publications of the GATT."

Thomas Register--Databases
   ThomasNet.com Adds "Brand" Searching
   "ThomasNet.com (www.thomasnet.com) added a brand name search feature
   in response to customer feedback and market demand. Manufacturers
   can now promote specific brands and support their distributor
   network while buyers can search by brand, further enhancing the
   quality of their results."
  <http://digbig.com/4dghh>


                  ++  Thursday, April 21, 2005  ++


Resource of the Week
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Financial Education
   Source: Federal Reserve Board
   Federal Reserve Education
   The Federal Reserve System has just redesigned its financial
   education website, consolidating the contents of four different
   sites, with resources for teachers, high school and college
   students, and the general public.

<http://digbig.com/4dexq>


Professional Reading Shelf
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Libraries--Marketing
   Source: Chris Olson
   The April 2005 issue of Chris Olson's Marketing Treasures newsletter
   is available online.

National Libraries--Philippines
   Source: INQ7.net
   Age-old books in National Library go online
   "The National Library of the Philippines (NLP), one of the country's
   oldest government institutions, has finally gone high-tech with the
   launch of its online version aptly called the Philippine eLib
   (www.elib.gov.ph)."

Medieval Studies--Web Resources
   Source: C&RL News
   New, Medieval studies: Gateways, subject guides, and more
   A new compilation of web resources compiled by John Jaeger, a
   librarian at Dallas Baptist University and Paul Victor Jr., a
   librarian at the University of Florida.

<http://digbig.com/4dexr>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Genetics--Atlas
   Source: National Geographic
   Atlas of the Human Journey
   Part of the NGS Genographic Project.

Film--Canada
   Source: Library and Archives Canada
   New Web Resource: Canadian Women in Film

U.S. Government--Alert Services
   Source: CBO
   New E-Mail Alert Service from the Congressional Budget Office
   "CBO now offers instant notification of releases
   (or a next-day summary)."

  <http://digbig.com/4dexs>


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