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ResourceShelf Newsletter <http://www.resourceshelf.com>
Number 245   January 26, 2006




                      ++  Editor's Comment  ++

Greetings from DC!

Wow! This has sure been a very busy week with plenty of search and
library news along with plenty of new resources. Last week I selected
a few resources that I thought were deserving of just a bit of extra
attention. Many of you let us know that you appreciated this new
feature. We hope you take some time to review the entire newsletter
and even better, the website itself. We have such a diverse readership
being limited to only a few items is a big challenge. So, here goes.

Information Retrieval
  Source: Information Research
  New Issue of Information Research Now Online (January 2006)
  Content includes:

+ User satisfaction with referrals at a collaborative virtual
  reference service

+ Constructing Web subject gateways using Dublin Core, RDF
  and Topic Maps

+ Combining ethnographic and clickstream data to identify user Web
  browsing strategies

+ Some features of alt texts associated with images in Web pages

See: <http://digbig.com/4gbxx>


+ Google Now Censoring In China

+ Ask Jeeves Launches (Beta) German Site

+ U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy Ask Attorney General for More Info On Web
  Search Subpeonas

See: <http://digbig.com/4gbxw>


+ New Firstgov.gov Search Database Goes Live
http://firstgovsearch.gov/ OR http://www.firstgov.gov/

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Find Free Databases
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/search3.html
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+ Ask Jeeves Launches Their Own Image Database, New Refinement
  Features Also Available

Electronic Publishing
  Source: National Security Agency
  New Guide, Redacting with Confidence: How to Safely Publish
  Sanitized Reports Converted From Word to PDF
14 pages; PDF. From a GCN story,
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/38079-1.html
"The National Security Agency has
issued a report suggesting ways to improve federal officials' use of
redaction in documents being released to the public."
REPORT
http://www.nsa.gov/snac/vtechrep/I333-TR-015R-2005.PDF

US: More on Mobile Search, Free Directory Assistance, and Voice
Activated Info Services
Get free directory assistance from inFreeDA and 1-800-FREE41.
http://tinyurl.com/8avuc


Government Documents--Digitization--Database
  Source: U.S. GPO
  Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects
"The Registry contains records for projects that include digitized
copies of publications originating from the U.S. Government."
<http://digbig.com/4gbnc>


Court Documents & Summary Of United States Versus Google Over Search
Data and Bush Administration Demands Search Data; Google Says No, Yahoo & MSN
Said Yes <http://digbig.com/4gbmw>


                 ++  Thursday, January 26, 2006  ++


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

Health Statistics
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
GlobalHealthFacts.org

"GlobalHealthFacts.org, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation, provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by
country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and
socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts,
and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses.
GlobalHealthFacts.org is a companion site to
GlobalHealthReporting.org, a project operated by the Foundation with
major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation."

If nothing else, you have to love this site for its ultra-clean, user-
friendly interface. Choose a country from the dropdown menu in the
Data by Country box at the upper right and get statistics about people
with AIDS, TB, Malaria and other related information in easy-to-read
chart form. You can view "Notes and Sources" about any statistic by
clicking a small link under the box containing that statistic, at the
lower right. To compare a given statistic against data from all
countries, simply click the small "Compare" icon at the upper right.
Beneath the dropdown menu are links that will take you to regional
data for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, or TB.

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post <http://digbig.com/4gbxy>


Professional Reading Shelf
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OCLC
  New Publication, NextSpace

"NextSpace grew from the OCLC Newsletter and will analyze industry
trends and technology developments, as well as feature news about
OCLC. The goal is to help member libraries stay informed and make key
decisions. The new community page brings together in one area of the
OCLC Web site activities that OCLC undertakes on behalf of, or
alongside, the library community, such as standards development,
advocacy advertising and member reports. The page also provides a
forum for librarians to dialog and comment on OCLC initiatives and
general industry issues."

GPO--Libraries
  Source: U.S. Government Printing Office
  GPO ALA Update (PDF; 112 KB)
  "The GPO ALA Update for January 2006 is now available."

Web 2.0
  Source: SirsiDynix OneSource
  Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World
  Stephen Abram's monthly column provides "a little information on Web
  2.0 and its newborn babies, Library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0."

Information Retrieval
  Source: Information Research
  New Issue of Information Research Now Online (January 2006)
  Content include:

+ User satisfaction with referrals at a collaborative virtual
reference service

+ Constructing Web subject gateways using Dublin Core, RDF and Topic
Maps

+ Combining ethnographic and clickstream data to identify user Web
browsing strategies

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post <http://digbig.com/4gbxx>


Search Briefs
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Google Now Censoring In China
  Ask Jeeves Launches (Beta) German Site
  U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy Ask Attorney General for More Info On Web
  Search Subpeonas <http://digbig.com/4gbxw>

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Google  simultaneously fighting the COPA subpoena while
China made censorship a condition of Google doing business in the
country. Find out how other US business cooperate in censorship.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/censor.html
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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Information Technology
  Source: Computerworld
  Quick Study: Flash

  "Flash is a popular multimedia Web authoring program that uses
  vector and raster graphics, a scripting language and bidrectional
  streaming of video and audio to create animated presentations, also
  called Flash movies. In practice, the term Flash refers to the
  authoring program, the Flash Player virtual machine or browser plug-
  in, or the application files."

Elections--Canada
  Source: Michael Fagan, Puzzlepieces.com
  Canadian Election Analysis: Urban vs Rural
  Election results scraped from the CBC and Elections Canada.
  Data available in Excel spreadsheet.

  See Also: Election Night Results Database (39th General Election,
  via Elections Canada)

Poverty--Databases
  Source: World Resources Institute
  EarthTrends Poverty Resource

  "This resource explores the dimensions of human well-being through a
  combination of maps, datasets, resources, and short articles on the
  linkages between poverty and the environment. It is part of the
  EarthTrends environmental information collection at the World
  Resources Institute."

Drug Information--United States
  Source: National Library of Medicine
  DailyMed

  "DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs.
  This information includes FDA approved labels (package inserts).
  This Web site provides health information providers and the public
  with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download
  resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication
  package inserts."

Environment--United Kingdom--Maps
  Source: Kable's Government Computing
  New, Online map for coastal defence

  "The UK is to get an online coastal atlas with constantly updated
  marine data, the Department for the Environment Food and Rural
  Affairs (Defra) has announced. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  led two year project to create the online atlas, which is hosted by
  a web based interactive mapping site known as Magic (multi-agency
  geographic information for the countryside). The Magic service uses
  geographical information systems (GIS) to bring countryside data
  together in one place."

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


                 ++  Wednesday, January 25, 2006  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Google Scholar
  Source: One Entry to Research
  Interview with Google Scholar Developer, Anurag Acharya
  "Google Scholar went international 11 Jan when they included the
  scandinavian languages finnish, swedish, danish and norweigan."
  See Also: Google Scholar Goes International

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Google  simultaneously fighting the COPA subpoena while
China made censorship a condition of Google doing business in the
country. Find out how other US business cooperate in censorship.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/censor.html
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Academic Libraries--California State University, San Marcos
  Source: North County Times
  Cal State library has transformed campus life

  "There was a time in the mid-1990s when it appeared Kellogg itself
  might not happen, according to Pat Worden, the university's interim
  vice president for student affairs. 'There was a notion that we
  wouldn't need a library because of the electronic revolution,'
  Worden recalled last week. 'We had to lobby the chancellor's office
  hard that a library is more than just books. Given that we almost
  got nothing at all, it's fabulous that we got something so
  extraordinary.'"

Presidential Libraries--Ronald Reagan
  Source: MercuryNews.com
  Reagan Library in Simi Valley makes 1.3 million photos public

  "Nearly 1.3 million photographs taken during former President Ronald
  Reagan's eight years in the White House were released Friday for
  public viewing at his hilltop library. The release on the 25th
  anniversary of Reagan's inauguration as the nation's 40th president
  rounds out a photo collection that spans the first to last day of
  the Reagan presidency. Some 261,000 photos from 1981 to 1982 were
  previously available to the public.... The collection's size is
  second to the 1.8 million photos at The William J. Clinton Library
  in Arkansas."

GPO--Annual Report
  Source: U.S. Government Printing Office
  Annual Report 2005 (PDF; 2 MB)
  "GPO 2005 Annual Report--Voices of Change now available online."

Self-Publiahing
  Source: LinkUp Digital
  Self-Publishing: The Internet Makes It Easier to Go from Idea to Print

  "All companies are not created equal, nor do they offer the same
  services. Particularly with respect to getting your book into the
  hands of book reviewers and book distributors, read the fine print
  and ask questions. Remember that when purchasing any item or
  service, the key is value, not the lowest price possible.
  Additionally, contact authors who have used a chosen company?s
  services." Describes a handful of self-publishing websites.

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FIND THE BEST resources and information for small publishers,
self-publishers and writers who want to learn how to make a
PDF file and audio book found on the Educational CyberPlayGround.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/SelfPublish.asp
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Children's Literature--Awards
  Source: American Library Association
  American Library Association announces literary award winners

  "The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top
  books and video for children and young adults -- including the
  Caldecott, King, Newbery and Printz awards -- at its Midwinter
  Meeting in San Antonio." Caldecott Medal winner -- "The Hello,
  Goodbye Window," illustrated by Chris Raschka. Newbery Medal winner
  -- "Criss Cross," written by Lynne Rae Perkins.
http://digbig.com/4gbnw


Search News
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Firstgov.gov
  Source SEW Blog
  New Firstgov.gov Search Database Goes Live
  If you like Clusty and Vivisimo you're going to love this. Gary has
  a detailed overview on SEW Blog. A major improvement.

Ask Jeeves
  Source: SEW Blog
  Ask Jeeves Launches Their Own Image Database, New Refinement
  Features Also Available
  A a new and fresh image search database hits the web.

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbnt>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Employment--Global--Statistics
  Source: ILO
  New Report, Global Employment Trends Brief

  "The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in
  2005, as robust economic growth failed to offset an increase in
  people seeking work - especially among the vast and growing legion
  of jobless youth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its
  annual Global Employment Trends released today."


Women in the Workplace--United States--Fast Facts
  Source: BLS (via IWS News Service)
  New, Fast Facts: Older Women Workers, ages 55 and over

Government Documents
  Electronic Publishing
  Source: National Security Agency
    New Guide, Redacting with Confidence: How to Safely Publish
  Sanitized Reports Converted From Word to PDF

  14 pages; PDF. From a GCN story, "The National Security Agency has
  issued a report suggesting ways to improve federal officials' use of
  redaction in documents being released to the public."

Academia--Technology--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Forbes
  America's Most Connected Campuses

  "Today's students depend on technology to live, work and play. And
  today's colleges have to provide high-tech tools in order to attract
  the best applicants. This third annual edition of The Princeton
  Review's Most Connected Campuses examines the technological
  capabilities of the country's best schools and tells you which 25
  campuses are the closest to the cutting edge." (via DocuTicker)

Elementary and Secondary Schools--Enrollment
  Source: National Center for Education Statistics
  Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, and School
  Districts: School Year 2003-04

  "This report contains data from the Common Core of Data (CCD) non-
  fiscal 2003-04 state, local education agency, and school surveys.
  The report presents data about the students enrolled in public
  education, including the number of students by grade and the number
  receiving special education, migrant, or English language learner
  services. Some tables disaggregate the student data by racial/ethnic
  group or community characteristics such as rural - urban. The
  numbers and types of teachers, other education staff, schools, and
  local education agencies are also reported."
  Full Report (PDF; 464 KB)

Baseball--Statistics and Analysis
  Source: David Appelman (Hardball Times)
  FanGraphs

  "At FanGraphs we graph 9 crucial stats for every player that played
  in the Major Leagues since 2002. Between our season, daily and split
  graphs that comes to 33 graphs for each player for nearly 70,000
  graphs in all. Every graph is updated every single day of the season
  with the most current stats. Not only do we graph ordinary stats
  such as batting average but we also provide graphs of various
  sabermetrics."
<http://digbig.com/4gbns>


Search Briefs
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+ Some Advanced Search Syntax from Yahoo Hacks and the Launch of Rough
  Cuts from Safari Tech Books

+ Bye Bye Beta: Google News is a Beta No More

+ BusinessWeek on Yahoo and Social Search

+ Private Searches Versus Personally Identifiable Searches

+ Google to censor China Web searches (via News.com)
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Google  simultaneously fighting the COPA subpoena while
China made censorship a condition of Google doing business in the
country. Find out how other US business cooperate in censorship.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/censor.html
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<http://digbig.com/4gbnq>


Briefly
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+ Thomson Scientific Takes A Snapshot Of Global Innovation

+ Journal Supply Chain Efficiency Improvement Pilot project gets
  underway

+ Library of Congress: Mary-Jane Deeb Named Chief of the Library's
  African and Middle Eastern Division

+ New Interface to LexisNexis Congressional Unveiled

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post <http://digbig.com/4gbnp>


                  ++  Tuesday, January 24, 2006  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Online Books
  Source: Safari Tech Books
  Safari Launches "Rough Cuts" Service

  Safari, a service that provides searchable full text access to
  thousands of technology books launched their "Rough Cuts" (beta)
  service today. This new feature allows the reader to take a sneak
  peak of manuscripts yet to be published. Material can be read online
  or downloaded as a PDF file. From the news release, "Readers who buy
  a Rough Cuts title get immediate access to an evolving
  manuscript...The initial version of a Rough Cuts book will not be
  fully edited, subjected to final technical review, or completely
  formatted. Similar to the nightly build in a software project, the
  Rough Cuts PDF is updated every time the author and editor make
  changes as they progress toward the finished book. Using the Rough
  Cuts service?s built-in Notes feature, readers can send feedback,
  suggestions, bug fixes, and comments directly to the author and
  editor." More on Safari here. They offer services for individuals as
  well as libraries.

Information Industry--Elsevier
  Citation Analysis
  Source: Info Today
  Elsevier's Scopus Introduces Citation Tracker: Challenge to Thomson
  ISI's Web of Science?

  A new article by Barbara Quint. "Long seen as the purview of Thomson
  ISI, citation tracking in scholarly journal literature is becoming
  an expected feature in digital collections of scholarly literature.
  Even Google Scholar offers a version. Elsevier's Scopus service has
  long provided a 'cited by' feature on its search results page, but
  the new Scopus Citation Tracker service expands the functionality
  greatly. At full power that is, under the broadest licensed
  subscriptions?Scopus covers 14,200 journals (including 531 open
  access journals) from more than 4,000 publishers supplying 27-plus
  million abstracted citations. Its citation analysis features reach
  back to 1966 for the life sciences and 1996 for all other fields."

Access to Information--United States
  Source: U.S News and World Report (via SECRECY NEWS)
  CIA Limits Web Publication Of Critical Reports

  The Central Intelligence Agency has selectively declined to publish
  on its web site at least three unclassified reports produced by the
  Center for the Study of Intelligence that present an unflattering
  picture of the Agency, US News reported this week. See "A Tangled
  Web Woven," by David E. Kaplan, US News and World Report, January
  30, 2006
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060130/30cia.htm

Data Preservation--Conferences
  Source: Digital Curation Center
  Final papers, posters and presentations from Ensuring Long-term
  Preservation and Adding Value to Scientific and Technical data (PV
  2005) Now Online

Intranets--Ranking
  Source: Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox
  Ten Best Intranets of 2006
  "This year, we saw increased use of multimedia, e-learning, internal
  blogs, and mobile access. Winning companies also encouraged
  consistent design by emphasizing training for content contributors."

E-Mail Archives--Enterprise
  Source: Intelligent Enterprise
  Survey: Companies Court Document and E-Mail Risks
  "More than half of executives say their firm's storage strategies
  won't stand up in court, and nearly three-quarters either view e-
  mail archiving as simply the creation of backups or they don't
  archive e-mail at all. These are two of the most startling
  conclusions of a survey released today by AIIM International."

Library Publications
  Source: LJ
  Ron Shank Named LJ/SLJ Publisher

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbnn>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Digital Music
  Source: International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
  Just Released, Digital Music Report 2006
  "Digital music sales worldwide in 2005 reached $1.1 billion."

+ Full Text Report (PDF)

+ Fast Facts and Stats

+ News Release and Exec Summary, Additional Links

Spam--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Sophos
  Top Spam Producing Countries
  The United States leads with 24.5% followed by China (including Hong
  Kong) at 22.3%.

Crude Oil--Statistics
  Source: EIA
  Udpated: World Crude Oil Distillation Capacity, January 1, 1970-
  January 1, 2006
  XLS file.

School Crime--United States
  Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
  Just Released, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005

  "Presents data on crime and safety at school from the perspectives
  of students, teachers, principals, and the general population. A
  joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National
  Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime
  occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It
  also provides the most current detailed statistical information on
  the nature of crime in schools, school environments, and responses
  to violence and crime at school." (via DocuTicker)

Transportation--United States--Statistics
  Source: BTS
  New Report (Highlights Only), More Freight Moves on U.S.
  Transportation System than Previously Reported, DOT Estimates

  "Much more freight moves on the nation's transportation system than
  previously reported and almost one out of 10 tons of freight
  shipments is related to international trade, according to 'Freight
  in America,' a new report from the U.S. Department of
  Transportation?s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The
  report will also be available online at http://www.bts.gov/ in
  March"

  See Also: New Report, Freight Rail Transportation: Long-Term Issues
  (via Congressional Budget Office)

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


Mobile Search and Information
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+ UK: Mobile on the motorway (via Kable.net)

  Drivers will be able to access motorway CCTV images through their
  mobile phones under a trial project announced on 11 January 2006.
  The Highways Agency is starting a 12 month trial of the technology
  offering images to the public previously only shared with road
  service providers, police and emergency services. The service, which
  aims to help drivers plan their journeys, will initially involve 100
  cameras on several of the busiest motorways including the M25, M1
  and M6. Direct to Traffic.co.uk

+ US: More on Mobile Search, Free Directory Assistance, and Voice
  Activated Info Services (via SEW Blog)
  Get free directory assistance from inFreeDA and 1-800-FREE41.

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbnk>


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+ Thomson Scientific Web Citation Index To Index Proquest's Digital
  Commons Open Access Content

+ Vivisimo and Serials Solutions Sign OEM Agreement

+ SPARC Europe Announces Award for Outstanding Achievements in
  Scholarly Communications

+ Health Info: Call for Web Site Raters
  "[Consumer] WebWatch [from Consumer Reports] and its partner, the
  Health Improvement Institute (HII), are preparing to rate the next
  round of health sites for their joint venture, HealthRatings.org.
  HII is now is seeking qualified professionals to rate diet sites.

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbnj>

                  ++  Monday, January 23, 2006  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Controlled Vocabularies
  MESH
  Video: Branching Out: The MeSH Vocabulary

  "...a 12-minute video introduction to the development, structure and
  use of the MeSH vocabulary. This video's target audience is
  searchers of MEDLINE®PubMed, and it is used in the PubMed classes
  offered by NLM and the National Training Center and Clearinghouse.
  The video is available on the NLM Web site with other NLM Distance
  Education Program Resources, and is offered in Macromedia Flash,
  Apple QuickTime, and Windows Media formats."

Libraries--Censorship
  Source: Australian Library Journal (2005)(via E-LIS)
  Covert censorship in libraries: a discussion paper

  By Kim Moody. "Librarians, through their professional associations,
  have long been committed to the social justice principle of free
  access to information. External censorship challenges to library
  collections threaten this principle overtly. However, censorship can
  also occur in libraries in various covert and often unconcious ways.
  This discussion paper raises concerns about current librarian
  practices and library processes which can effectively censor library
  collections from within. The paper concludes by highlighting
  specific areas of practice in which librarians need to be vigilant
  for such covert censorship."

Academic Libraries
  Source: EDUCAUSE Review (January-February 2006)
  Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual
  Destination

  By Jerry Campbell. "Deep into the digital age, academic libraries
  have relinquished much of their fundamental and sustaining role. For
  most people, including academicians, the library?in its most basic
  function as a source of information?has become overwhelmingly a
  virtual destination."

Public Libraries--Management
  Source: Bay City Times
  Library director faces criticism
  "Bay County Library System Director Frederick Paffhausen is under
  fire after employees complained that he shouts and swears, belittles
  staff, sleeps in his office, shows up late and disheveled and
  complains about Bay City and its libraries."

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Post <http://digbig.com/4gbnh>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Law Firms--Mergers--United States--Statistics
  Law Firm Mergers, 2005
  "Law firm merger activity remained strong in 2005 with 49 total
  completed mergers and acquisitions involving US law firms, up two
  from 47 in 2004, according to Hildebrandt International, leading
  consultants to the legal industry."

Health--Web Resources
  Source: MedlinePlus
  New Topical Compilations from MedlinePLUS and NIH Senior Health

+ MedlinePlus: Bone Grafts

+ MedlinePlus: Rett Syndrome

+ Heart Failure

+ Osteoporosis

Internet Use--Demographics
  Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
  Pew Internet & American Life Project Report: Generations Online
  "Internet users ages 12 to 28 years old have embraced the online
  applications that enable communicative, creative, and social uses.
  Older users are more likely to engage in online activities that
  requir

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbng>


                  ++  Sunday, January 22, 2006  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Public Libraries--Japan
  Source: asahi.com
  Tough times force public libraries to offer 'customers' more than
  books

  "With their budgets slashed by cash-strapped municipalities, public
  libraries are becoming more business friendly and offering a variety
  of support services. These services, all designed to pull in more
  'customers,' can range from loan consultations and how-to seminars
  to fashion shows."

Information Industry--Factiva
  Source: Factiva
  Listen to a Podcast Interview with Clare Hart, Factiva CEO
  Clare Hart, President and CEO of Factiva, chats about the company
  and innovation. Download info here.

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbnf>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Spices-Encyclopedia
  Cooking
  Source: McCormick
  The Enspicelopedia
  An encyclopedia of spices from McCormick. A must for your "virtual
  cookbook" shelf.

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post <http://digbig.com/4gbne>


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+ Reports from the Congressional Research Service on Internet Privacy,
  Net Technology, and Protecting Children from "Unsuitable Material"

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post <http://digbig.com/4gbnd>


                 ++  Saturday, January 21, 2006  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Government Documents--Digitization--Database
  Source: U.S. GPO
  Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects
  "The Registry contains records for projects that include digitized
  copies of publications originating from the U.S. Government." Search
  or browse.

Public Libraries
  Internet Filtering
  Source: LJ
  County of Los Angeles Public Library Forced to Filter

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbnc>


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Highways--United States--Statistics
  Source: Federal Highway Administration
  Just Released, Highway Statistics 2004
  Content also available in PDF and XLS formats.

Travel--United States--Statistics
  Source: BTS
  Just Released, National Household Travel Survey: Pre- and Post-9/11
  Data Documentation

  The 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) was conducted from
  March 2001 through May 2002. Because the data collection time period
  includes 9/11/2001, there has been considerable interest in using
  this data set to assess the effect of the events of 9/11 on travel
  behavior, especially for long-distance trips. This document
  discusses long-distance trip data set files only.

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts <http://digbig.com/4gbnb>


Search Briefs
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+ MapQuest Adds New Features

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post <http://digbig.com/4gbna>

                 ++  Friday, January 20,  2006  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Information Access
  Source: Reuters
  Web sites judged in a blink
  Interesting read. It's all about first impressions. (-: "Internet
  users can give Web sites a thumbs up or thumbs down in less than the
  blink of an eye, according to a study by Canadian researchers."

Web Search--Google
  Source: Google
  New Issue of Google Librarian Newsletter Available

  Gary offers a review of the content and links to several related
  article that might be of interest here. The new issue features an
  article by the LII's Karen Schneider on techniques to judge a web
  site's quality with a follow-up piece by Matt Cutts who talks about
  PageRank.

Public Libraries--United States
  Public Libraries--Canada
  Source: SirsiDynix OneSource
  A First Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Public Libraries

  "Visitors to public libraries in Canada and the United States have
  no trouble knowing they are in a library. There are books and other
  materials, staff, and computer terminals, and you can check items
  out. However, a preliminary comparison of comparable data from the
  two countries' libraries shows differences in how each country
  provisions library service and how the citizens of each use their
  libraries."

Council on Library and Information Resources
  Source: Council on Library and Information Resources.
  CLIR Issues, Jan/Feb 2006

+ A Forum for the Future Student
  "In 2004, Patricia Wand, university librarian at American University
  (AU), invited CLIR to cosponsor and shape a symposium that would
  start the process of rethinking the delivery of library and
  information support on the AU campus. The event, "Symposium 2010,"
  was held March 14-15, 2005. American University has just issued a
  final report on the symposium, titled The Academic Library in 2010:
  A Vision, available at
  http://www.library.american.edu/Symposium_2010.pdf. In the following
  article, former CLIR staff member and symposium attendee Amy Harbur
  captures highlights of the event."

+ DLF Seeks Comments on Metadata Object Description Schema

+ Ann Okerson Joins CLIR

+ CLIR Forms Advisory Committee for Scholarly Communication

National Archives and Records Administration
  Elecronic Records
  In new position, NARA's Cahoon will tout e-records
  Source: GCN

  The National Archives and Records Administration has promoted
  Reynolds Cahoon, the agency's CIO for the past 10 years, to take a
  new position promoting and educating other agencies about using
  electronic records. Cahoon will be NARA's first senior adviser of
  electronic records, in which he will educate other agencies, the CIO
  Council and the Office of Management and Budget about the
  'importance of building records management functions into the design
  of agency business systems,' said Allen Weinstein, NARA archivist."

Web Software Development
  Source: JISC, TechWatch
  Advanced software development for Web applications (PDF)

  "This report outlines the development of Web frameworks, dicusses
  the current state of the art and lays out in detail two of the newer
  developments, Cocoon and Ruby On Rails. The report then speculates
  on the future direction of frameworks in the next few years and
  discusses the possibility of non-technical staff being able to build
  applications using sophisticated tools that generate the code. The
  tools may be built on developments in tagging software components
  that are being explored in some recent Semantic Web projects and the
  report ends by outlining one such project, PiggyBank."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Music--Digitization Projects
  Source: American Memory Project, Library of Congress
  Just Released, The Rosaleen Moldenhauer Memorial: Music History from
  Primary Sources: A Guide to the Moldenhauer Archives

  "he Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress contain
  approximately 3,500 items documenting the history of Western music
  from the medieval period through the modern era and are the richest
  composite gift of musical documents ever received by the Library.
  Before his death, Hans Moldenhauer (1906-1987) established a
  directive and provided funds for the Library of Congress to publish
  The Rosaleen Moldenhauer Memorial: Music History from Primary
  Sources: A Guide to the Moldenhauer Archives (2000). This online
  presentation features the full text of this guide, which contains a
  series of essays by musicologists discussing individual items from
  the Moldenhauer Archives, as well as an inventory of items held in
  the Library's collection and in nine other institutions worldwide.
  The online presentation also includes digitized versions of more
  than 130 primary-source documents from the collection."

Computer Crime
  Source: FBI
  Just Released 2005 Computer Crime Survey
  The link takes you to a summary. The 19 page PDF report that was
  here is no longer available. I did notice that the url was indexed
  but not cached by MSN Search or Google.

  However, Yahoo also indexed the url and they offer an html version
  (converted from PDF) of the report. A good illustration of why
  knowing and using more than one web cache can be useful.

Population--United States--Statistics
  Source: US Census
  Foreign-Born Population of the United States from the American
  Community Survey: 2003

  "Data on the foreign-born population in 2003 illustrating
  demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, such as age,
  educational attainment, poverty status, and population by state.
  These characteristics are presented by U.S. citizenship status, year
  of entry into the United States, world region of birth, and by sub-
  region of birth for Latin America."

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder--Bibliography
  Source: U.S. Army War College Library
  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Military (PDF; 212 KB)

  "Due to current military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan, there
  has been a renewed interest in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  and its presentation in military personnel. This bibliography lists
  citations for books, documents, articles, audiovisuals, and Internet
  sites related to this topic. Specifically, the cited items focus on
  PTSD resulting from combat exposure in current and past military
  engagements and peacekeeping operations. The majority of the items
  cited are dated 1990 to the present. A few notable exceptions
  include material concerning PTSD in veterans of the Vietnam War."

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Search Briefs
-------------

+ Court Documents & Summary Of United States Versus Google Over Search
  Data

+ Bush Administration Demands Search Data; Google Says No, Yahoo & MSN
  Said Yes Note: MSN Search has posted some official comments on their
  blog.

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               ++  Thursday, January 19, 2006  ++

Resource of the Week
by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor
-------------------------------

Agriculture--United States--Economics
  Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research
  Service (ERS)
  Amber Waves

  The subtitle of this site is: "The Economics of Food, Farming,
  Natural Resources, and Rural America." It's actually an online
  magazine, published five time a year (February, April, June,
  September, and November) by the ERS. You can subscribe to the dead
  tree version (through NTIS) for $49.95 per year, or read it on the
  Internet for free. The Internet version "offers additional articles
  and data between scheduled issues," and you can sign up for e-mail
  alerts. The full Internet version is available for download in PDF
  format. An archive is available, and the site is searchable.

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Professional Reading Shelf
--------------------------

Factiva
  Source: Information Today NewsBreaks
  Factiva's Search 2.0 Beta is Now Live

  Paula Hane takes an in-depth look at the new beta that was released
  on Tuesday. From the article, "On Tuesday, Jan. 17, Factiva will
  officially take the wraps off the beta of its new Search 2.0
  interface. Existing Factiva.com users can opt to click on the beta
  preview link and a new browser window will open, offering them the
  latest in Factiva's 'Discovery Technologies.' The new search
  interface, which features results visualization and interactive
  graphical navigation, is targeted at end users who desire a search
  experience that is similar to popular Web search engines, though it
  may also appeal to seasoned researchers. The most obvious difference
  is a new graphical pane on the right side of the screen that
  visually surfaces metadata from the search results. Factiva claims
  that the new graphical filtering and navigation capabilities will
  transform business research because users will be able to easily see
  connections, relationships, and ideas within search results."

  See Also: Factiva News Release

Dublin Core
  Metatags
  Source: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
  Dublin Core Releases New Mission Statement

RLG
  Source: RLG
  New Issue of RLG's TopShelf Is Online

+ James Michalko: Next Steps for the Open Content Alliance

+ ArchiveGrid Moving Steadily to March 2006 Launch

ERIC
  Controlled Vocabularies
  Source: Education Resources Information Center
  ERIC Launches Quarterly Thesaurus Updates

Cataloging
  Anglo American Cataloging Rules
  Source: OCLC Systems & Services (via E-LIS)
  The Future of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
  This paper was published in 2005 and was written by Norm Medeiros.
  Abstract: "This article discusses the impending update to the Anglo-
  American Cataloging Rules (AACR) and its potential impact on
  libraries and other metadata communities."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
---------------------------------------------------------

Country Studies
  Source: Federal Research Division/Library of Congress

+ Updated Report: Turkey (PDF)

+ New Report: United Arab Emirates (PDF)

International Polar Year--Portal
  Source: National Science Foundation (NSF)
  NSF Launches New Web Portal for International Polar Year

  "The National Science Foundation (NSF) today launched a portal Web
  site to provide the general public and members of the news media
  with easy access to news releases, classroom resources, listings of
  museum and gallery exhibits, and catalogs of video and still images
  and other materials produced or supported by the federal government
  as part of the U.S. contribution to the International Polar Year
  (IPY) 2007-2008."

Change
  Source: Smithsonian Institution
  Forces of Change Portal
  "Nearly every scientific and social issue confronting us today
  involves change: climate change, ecological change, cultural change.
  What forces drive these changes? How do we - and all life on this
  planet -- adapt to change? Come and explore these ideas, experience
  our El Nino interactive, meet our scientists, and download our free
  educational lesson plans at the new Forces of Change Portal."

  See Also: NOAA Predicts Weak La Nina

Phishing
  Source: Anti-Phishing Working Group
  New Report, Phishing Activity Trends Report November, 2005

  11 pages; PDF. From a News.com article: "Phishing attacks reached a
  new high at the end of 2005 after growing steadily all year,
  according to a study published Wednesday. The number of unique e-
  mail-based fraud attacks detected in November 2005 was 16,882,
  almost double the 8,975 attacks launched in November 2004, said the
  report, published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, an industry
  consortium that provides information on phishing trends."

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Search Briefs
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+ On Yahoo Recommender Systems and a Movie Recommendation Tool from
  the University of Minnesota

+ Streaming Audio on Your Phone or Device

+ Google Testing Paid Ads in Google Earth

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Briefly
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+ American FactFinder Database From US Census Updated With New
  Features

+ The New York Public Library's New $50 Million Bronx Library Center
  Opens to the Public NYPL's first "green" facility!

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