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Number 250 March 2, 2006


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 ++  Thursday, March 2, 2006  ++


Resource of the Week
By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor
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Library and Information Science--Database
  Source: EBSCO Publishing
  Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)

  When a big-time database vendor makes something freely available,
  it's always worth taking a look. LISTA, says EBSCO, "is the oldest
  continuously produced database covering the field of information
  science," with coverage dating back to the mid-60s. The database
  indexes more than 600 periodicals, as well as books, research
  reports and conference proceedings. Topics covered include
  "librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online
  information retrieval, information management and more."

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Professional Reading Shelf
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Libraries--Australia
  Source: NLA
  Australia's largest online library opens for business

  From the news release, "Libraries Australia, developed by the
  National Library of Australia, is an e-ticket to a world of
  information consisting of books, journals, newspapers, theses,
  pictures, music, manuscripts, maps and much more. Many online
  resources such as digitised images and full text government
  publications can also be accessed immediately online...Jan Fullerton
  AO, National Library Director-General, says that Libraries Australia
  changes the dynamics of the way people use libraries. 'Libraries
  have continually been at the forefront of technology to improve the
  way people find the information they need. The beauty of Libraries
  Australia is that it uses a very simple search mechanism to find the
  item the person requires. Once found, the item can be borrowed,
  copied or purchased. All this can be done from home or work in
  regional centres or major cities. It puts the individual looking for
  the information in charge of their search, rather than a librarian.
  This saves time and is empowering for the information seeker."
  Federated search on a national level. Direct to Libraries Australia

Interlibrary Loan--Australia
  Interlibrary Loan--New Zealand
  Source: National Library of New Zealand
  National Library Launches Trans Tasman Interloan Gateway

  "The launch of Trans Tasman Interlending on 1 March is the result of
  a long-term collaboration between the national libraries of New
  Zealand and Australia. Trans Tasman Interlending gives people on
  both sides of the Tasman access to the resources of nearly 900
  libraries in New Zealand and Australia."

Library Databases--Errors
  Source: Terry Ballard, Automation Librarian, Quinnipiac University
  (et. al.)
  Typographical Errors in Library Databases

  "This list started as a byproduct of a keyword inspection of the
  online catalog of Adelphi University in 1991. That study was
  inspired by a cataloger at Harvard named Jeffrey Beall, who found
  errors in the Library of Congress catalog, and reported on a list of
  test words in the journal American Libraries. Early in the process I
  found that words appearing more than once in the Adelphi catalog
  were almost always found in other OPACs of similar size or larger."

Scholarly Publishing
  Source: ARL
  The State of the Large Publisher Bundle: Findings from an ARL Member
  Survey
  By Karla Hahn, Director, ARL Office of Scholarly Communication.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Women--Islamic Societies
  Source: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
  New Report, Women in Islamic Societies
  A selected review of social scientific literature. PDF.

Business--Canada--Database
  Source: Strategis
  Updated, Canadian Industry Statistics

  "Canadian Industry Statistics (CIS) has republished the 12,000+
  documents in its database. Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data
  for 2004 has been updated. The GDP is reviewed at basic prices by
  industry for the Canadian Economy from 1997 to 2004, and additional
  analysis is offered in GDP for Goods-producing industries and GDP
  for Services-producing industries."

Parliament--Australia
  Source: Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia
  New Research Report, The 41st Parliament: middle-aged, well-educated
  and (mostly) male

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Search Briefs
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+ Do You YouTube? (via Newsweek)

  You'll find lots of interesting content. But what about copyright
  issues with some of it? Btw, the headline of the story comparing
  YouTube to Napster is technically incorrect. Napster was a
  centralized database but the content was accesed directly from the
  computer's of users. YouTube hosts the content on their own servers.
  Direct to YouTube.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11617588/site/newsweek/


+ Science.gov Upgrades Technology for Alerts

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Specialty Database Shelf
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Popular Queries at SMEALSearch (A Scholarly Business Database)
  SMEALSearch is a database (free) from Dr. Lee Giles (a favorite
  database developer here at ResourceShelf) and his team at Penn.
  State that searches the open web for full text scholarly/academic
  business literature. Citation info is also provided. Giles is also a
  member of the team that developed CiteSeer. It offers the same type
  of search (and lots of added info) for computer science, info tech,
  and related literature. These are MUST see and MUST USE tools if
  you're researching these topics. SMEALSearch now offers something
  that we see from the large web engines, a listing of popular search
  queries. You'll find SMEALSearch Zeitgeist here.


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                 ++  Wednesday, March 1, 2006  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Information Science
  Source: ASIST
  The February/March Issue of the ASIS&T Bulletin is Now Online
  Articles include:

+ ASIS&T Conference Review

+ The Open Source Movement Gains Ground

+ Re-Inventing the Empire of Secrecy: An Agenda for the First DNI

+ Should Libraries Acquire Books That Are Widely Held Elsewhere? A
  Brief Investigation with Implications for Consortial Book Selection

Newspapers--Conferences
  Source: IFLA
  2006 International Newspaper Conference -- "Newspapers of the World
  Online: U.S. and International Perspectives"
  17-18 May 2006, University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Research Tools
  Museums--United Kingdom
  Source: National Museum Directors' Conference
  UK Museums publish update on provenance research for the Holocaust
  and World War II Period

Libraries and Librarians
  Research Libraries--Statistics
  Preservation--Statistics
  Source: ARL
  ARL Publishes Preservation Statistics 2003-04

  Highlights only. "Preservation expenditures for the 109 libraries
  that completed the survey were $97,812,776 in 2003?04, which
  reflects an inflation-adjusted increase of 18% since the survey?s
  revision in 1996-97. Total preservation staff dropped 6.4% from
  2002-03 to 1,635 FTEs in 2003-04; the fact that seven libraries who
  reported data in 2002-03 did not report in 2003-04 contributed to
  this decrease. Level 1 conservation treatment increased slightly
  from 2002-03 levels, while Levels 2 and 3 dropped; total
  conservation treatment has decreased 10% since the survey was
  revised in 1996-97."

Librarians--Professional Organizations
  Source: CILIP
  The March Issue of CILIP's Library + Information Update is Now Online
  Articles Available Online Include:

+ Interview with Frank Cottrell Boyce

+ Internet Q&A with Phil Bradley

+ Library design as marketing

+ Working with the media

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Citation Reports
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Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports
  Source: ISI/Thomson Scientific

+ Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science

+ Science in Ireland, 2000-04 ||| 10-Year Country Rankings for Ireland

+ U.K. Universities: Most Prolific in AI, Robotics & Auto Control,
  2000-04

+ Electrical & Electronic Engineering: High-Impact U.S. Universities,
  2000-04

+ What's the "Hot" Paper in Biology?

+ What's the "Hot" Paper in Medicine?

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
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Avian Influenza--Map
  Source: World Health Organization (via ReliefWeb Map Centre)
  Affected countries with confirmed human cases of H5N1 avian
  influenza since 2003 (PDF; 53 KB)
  As of 28 February 2006.

Iraq--Reconstruction

  Source: Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq
  Reconstruction (SIGIR)

  New, Lessons Learned Report on Human Capital Management
  (PDF; 428 KB)

  "This report on the use of human resources within the U.S.
  reconstruction program in Iraq reveals a central if unsurprising
  point: there was insufficient systematic planning for human capital
  management in Iraq before and during the U.S.-directed stabilization
  and reconstruction operations. The practical limitations ensuing
  from this shortfall adversely affected reconstruction in post-war
  Iraq. Moreover, the somewhat fitful creation of the initial
  coalition reconstruction organizations, and the unanticipated post-
  war collapse of virtually all Iraqi governing structures,
  substantially hindered coalition efforts to develop and rapidly
  execute an effective reconstruction program."

Health Insurance--United States--Statistics
  Source: U.S. Census
  Just Released, Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Services
  Utilization: 2001 (PDF)

  "How often do Americans use health care services? If you're looking
  for an answer, this report may be 'just what the doctor ordered.' It
  provides data on the frequency of visits to doctors, dentists and
  hospitals and whether or not people are taking prescription medicine
  by characteristics such as self-reported health status, age and
  health insurance coverage status."

Current Events
  Enron Trial--United States
  Source: DOJ
  New Site, Enron Trial Exhibits and Releases

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Search Briefs
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Social Networking + Free Classified and Event Listings = Windows Live
Expo Goes Live In the U.S. (Beta)
  This service (code named: Freemont) is now available for the U.S.
  You can set the area you want to search by selecting a metro area
  and then moving a slider to determine radius from that area (20
  miles from Chicago, 150 miles from Atlanta, etc.) From the site,
  "Expo is a dynamic social listing service that allows members to
  find and sell items, discover information, and meet other parties in
  their area ? all for free!" You don't need to be a registered (MS
  Passport) to search or browse listings but you do need to register
  to post and use "social" services. Browse by category or calendar,
  listings are free and can include photos. Instant messaging and
  mapping (each listing contains a link to MSN Virtual Earth)
  components. "Social" element lets you only see listings from certain
  registered users. From the site, "With Expo, you can browse and post
  listings to those you trust, like your buddies, co-workers, and
  fellow students, or, to all Expo visitors." I haven't had a chance
  to enter a listing but Microsoft says it takes less than a minute.
  Top-level categories include:

+ Autos
+ Events
+ Housing
+ Jobs
+ Merchandise
+ People
+ Pets
+ Services

A bit more info from the Windows Live Info blog.
  See Also: Interview with Live Expo Product Manager (December, 2005)

+ UK: Direct Gov gets job search (via Kable's Government News)

US: Energy launches megasearch effort (via FCW)
  Learn about "Global Discovery"

+ Searching For Your Inner Google (via eWeek)

+ Update: Google Base will get e-commerce functions (via IDG News Service)

+ Microsoft Exec Says That MSN Search Will Be More Relevant in U.S.
Marketplace in Six Months (via Reuters)
  Yes, MS is doing some cool stuff (see yesterday's post and above)
  but we've heard similar swipes at Google from Bill Gates and company
  for quite some time. Btw, I'm not sure if by relevant we're talking
  relevancy of results or relevant in the minds of searchers.

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                  ++  Tuesday, February 28, 2006  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Public Libraries
  Source: National Public Radio (Talk of the Nation)
  If a Library Is Bookless, What's In It?

  "What helps make the evolution of libraries so complicated are two
  related questions: What is the library's role -- and who should pay
  for it? The squeeze on county and municipal budgets prompts many to
  wonder if they will continue to pay for these institutions. Others
  insist that the public library plays a vital role as a community
  center and as an intellectual oasis, a place to reflect as well as a
  place to learn. But if it's to survive, it has to adapt. A range of
  approaches are meant to help design a library for the 21st century."
  Guests for this program:

+ Tom Frey, executive director, The DaVinci Institute

+ Jo Haight-Sarling, director, access and technology services at the
  Denver Public Library System

+ Charles Brown, director, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg
  County, N.C.

Keyword Searching
  Source: Journal of Electronic Publishing.
  KWIC and Dirty? Human Cognition and the Claims of Full-Text
  Searching

  "Over the last several years, full-text searching of large text
  corpora has placed an extraordinarily powerful tool in the hands of
  humanities students and scholars. Use of these corpora is now
  entering mainstream research and, not surprisingly, is affecting
  research methods and the nature and quality of research outcomes. To
  what extent does the availability of new and copious sources of full
  text--along with the tools to mine them--relieve mental economy,
  freeing individuals from committing to memory not only names and
  facts but complex thoughts? Are we finally proceeding from a
  traditional (and obsolete?) "just in case" paradigm to a long-
  overdue "just in time" model for learning and scholarship? Using
  evidence from the literary record and from current research in human
  cognition, the author points to certain disjunctions between the
  machine processes that enable full-text searching and the subtle
  cognitive processes that underlie human learning and reasoning. Like
  all powerful tools, full-text searching requires circumspect use--
  and in no way relieves humanists and other researchers of the need
  to read extensively and think deeply."

Research Libraries
  Source: ARL, SPARC, CNI
  The February Issue of the ARL Bi-Monthly Newsletter is Now Online
  Articles include:

+ Managing Digital Assets in Higher Education: An Overview of Strategic Issues

+ Online Music Services and Academic Libraries

+ The Grokster Decision: The Basics & Key Talking Points

+ The Role of Fair Use in Libraries and Education

Government Secrecy--United States
  Source: Federal Computer Week
  Decrying secrecy, citizen groups fight back
  "Public interest groups and federal officials agree on one thing:
  Because of homeland security concerns, information that was once
  readily available on public Web sites has steadily disappeared in
  recent years. But the agreement ends there. The points of contention
  are numerous: Is government secrecy online a concerted policy with
  political overtones or the result of decisions made on a case-by-
  case basis? Is the missing information a legitimate part of the
  public record or sensitive data best protected from prying eyes?"

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Images
  Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
  Two Updated Images Collections

++ Bain Collection
   About 42,000 photographs (all 39,744 negatives and a selection of
   1,600 photographic prints). ca. 1900-1931 (bulk). Photos produced
   and gathered by George Grantham Bain for his news photo service,
   including portraits and worldwide news events, but with special
   emphasis on life in New York City.

++ Highsmith Archive
   About 2,500 negatives and transparencies. 1980-2005. Architecture
   and architectural renovation projects in Washington, D.C., and
   throughout the United States, as well as political figures, and
   people in the U.S.

Internet--United States--Statistics
  Source: Pew Internet & American Life
  New Report, Home Broadband Adoption in Rural America
  By John Horrigan and Katherine Murray. "Rural Americans are less
  likely to log on to the internet at home with high-speed internet
  connections than people living in other parts of the country. By the
  end of 2005, 24% of adult rural Americans went online at home with
  high-speed internet connections compared with 39% of adults in urban
  and suburban areas."

Medicare--Statistics
  Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
  New Issue Brief, Tracking Prescription Drug Coverage Under Medicare:
  Five Ways to Look at the New Enrollment Numbers

  "This new analysis, which assesses Medicare drug benefit enrollment
  statistics released Feb. 22 (PDF) by the U.S. Department of Health
  and Human Services, examines five different approaches to
  understanding the Medicare drug coverage numbers."

  See Also: New, Progress Report II on the Medicare Prescription Drug
  Benefit (PDF, via HHS.gov)

  See Also: Direct to Searchable Glossary of Medicare Terms (via
  Medicare.gov)

Federal Judges--United States
  Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
  New Online, Monthly Vacancy Lists Archived Back to 1981
  Monthly lists of judgeship vacancies that existed in the federal
  courts dating back to 1981 are now available online.

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Search Briefs
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+ Google Names Director of Israeli Research Office (via
  SearchMarketing.co.il)

  "Dr. Yoeli Mark, a senior manager at IBM development center in Haifa
  Israel, will be the head of Google's development center in Israel,
  also in Haifa."

+ Amazon's A9 Mystery (via Red Herring)

  From the article, "What's stopping Amazon from capitalizing on a
  system for pairing data on consumer buying habits with search
  engine-powered ads? No one inside Amazon would answer that question
  for Red Herring, and the best guess outside seems to be that A9
  needs to generate much more traffic before the data is bountiful
  enough to be meaningful and the weird thing is it doesn't appear to
  be trying to generate it." Btw, as you know A9 made news when they
  launched their street-level imagery (aka "BlockView Images") for
  several cities in the U.S. However, I monitor the site daily for new
  additions and haven't seen any new cities added in many months.

+ Microsoft Begins Offering "Preview" of Street-Level Imagery (via
  TechCrunch)

  I just said (see above) that it has been a while since I saw any new
  street-level imagery from A9. Today, TechCrunch reports that
  Microsoft's Live Local service will begin offering street level
  imagery similar to what A9 is doing. Preview here. From Arrington's
  post, "The service will initially target San Francisco and Seattle
  only due to the massive number of images needed to make it work
  (rumors are 10 million+ images per city)." More about the new
  preview from MSN Search's WebLog. Microsoft Live Local also offers
  the cool "bird's eye" aerial (vs. satellite imagery) for several
  U.S. cities. Examples and more here.

  See Also: As I pointed out yesterday, Ask.com Now Offers Aerial
  Imagery (taken by a plane not satellite) for the U.S. and Canada

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Briefly
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+ H.W. Wilson Congratulates the 2006 John Cotton Dana Library Public
  Relations Award Winners

+ Dialog Launches New Knowledge-Sharing Tools on DataStarWeb

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                  ++  Monday, February 27, 2006  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Internet
  Library Science
  Source: Webology (via E-LIS)
  Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web

  By Alireza Noruzi. Abstract: "This paper analyzes the Web and raises
  a significant question: Does the Web save the time of the users?"
  This question is analyzed in the context of Five Laws of the Web.
  What do these laws mean? The laws are meant to be elemental, to
  convey a deep understanding and capture the essential meaning of the
  World Wide Web. These laws may seem simplistic, but in fact they
  express a simple, crystal-clear vision of what the Web ought to be.
  Moreover, we intend to echo the simplicity of Ranganathan's Five
  Laws of Library Science which inspired them."

Collaborative Tagging
  Source: E-LIS
  Collaborative Tagging as a Knowledge Organisation and Resource
  Discovery Tool

  By George Macgregor and Emma McCulloch. Abstract: "The purpose of
  the paper is to provide an overview of the collaborative tagging
  phenomenon and explore some of the reasons for its emergence. The
  paper reviews the related literature and discusses some of the
  problems associated with, and the potential of, collaborative
  tagging approaches for knowledge organisation and general resource
  discovery."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
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Internet and the Web
  Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
  New Survey, Surfing for Fun

  A new study from Pew researcher, Deborah Fallows. "More Americans
  are turning to the internet as a place to hang out. Nearly a third
  of internet users go online on a typical day for no particular
  reason, just for fun or to pass the time. Two-thirds of all internet
  users have tried surfing the Web just to pass the time, according to
  a survey we conducted in December 2005. Some 40 million people said
  they were surfing for fun on a typical day during the month. This
  number is up from 25 million people who were browsing for no
  particular reason in November 2004, the most recent time when this
  question was asked by the Pew Internet Project."

Television--TiVo--Lists & Rankings
  Source: TiVo
  The TiVo Top 10 Moments of the 2006 Winter Olympics

Information Technology--Health
  Source: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  New Web Site, AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information
  Technology

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                  ++  Sunday, February 26, 2006  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Libraries--Vandalism
  Source: Sandra Hart, SLIS, University of Alberta
  Vandalism in Libraries

  "Vandalism is a problem that affects libraries of all types. As
  custodians of library collections, it is part of librarians'
  responsibility to ensure they are adequately informed in order to
  prevent vandalism as much as possible and to be prepared in the
  inevitable event that vandalism occurs in their libraries. This
  paper will examine the problem of vandalism facing libraries. It
  will look at the classification of vandalism as it is thought that
  by understanding the categories of vandalism, prevention strategies
  may be better tailored to fit the problem at hand. The research on
  typical vandals will be explored. The different types of vandalism
  that occur in libraries will be discussed, with examples from the
  literature. Material that is a frequent target for vandalism,
  including sexual, religious and racist materials will be discussed.
  The costs of vandalism, both monetary and social, will be addressed.
  This paper will conclude with an examination of a host of prevention
  strategies."

Government Printing Office (GPO)--Information Dissemination
  Source: Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
  Information Dissemination Policy Statement (PDF; 70 KB)

  "This policy establishes conditions under which postings via various
  electronic communication mechanisms are used to communicate
  administrative information and announcements to Federal depository
  library staff and others with an interest in GPO's information
  dissemination programs. Posts to electronic discussion lists on
  sensitive issues or those likely to generate press coverage must be
  cleared through the Office of Public Relations and/or the Office of
  Congressional Affairs. The Office of Public Relations should be
  informed of announcements for new services and products prior to
  their posting to electronic discussion lists."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Landmines--Map
  Source: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
  Global use of antipersonnel mines since May 2004 (PDF; 405 KB)
  "Confirmed Use or Compelling Evidence"
  See Also: Global production of antipersonnel mines 2005 (PDF; 516 KB)

U.S. Department of State--Experts
  Source: U.S. Department of State, Office of Media Outreach
  Newsmakers Search
  "U.S. Department of State 'Newsmakers' provide insight, analysis,
  and expertise on foreign affairs, news and events. 'Newsmakers
  Search' provides a means for members of the media to match experts
  with upcoming media events."

+ Experts by Position

+ Experts by Issue

+ Experts by Name

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Search Briefs
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Web Search--Google
  Source: News.com

  Google's Privacy Concerns Unfounded According to Newly Filed Brief

  From the article, "The Justice Department has denied requesting
  anything from Google that could threaten the privacy of the search
  engine's users, as the company recently contended. But by trying to
  block the government's efforts to review a week's worth of search
  terms, Google is holding up efforts to protect children from
  pornography, according to a brief filed Friday by the Justice
  Department." We've posted the full text of Friday's brief from the
  feds here. (PDF)

  See Also: Declaration in Support by Dr. Phillip Stark, UC Berkeley,
  Hired by U.S. Government to Do Statistical Analysis of Search Data

  See Also: Friend of the Court Brief Filed By Law Professors
  (Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society)

  See Also: Full Text to Google's Brief (and Related Filings)

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                 ++  Saturday, February 25, 2006  ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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International Affairs--Bibliographies
  Source: Air University Library
  Three New Bibliographies

+ Japan

+ Russia

+ Saudi Arabia


Web Search--Google
  New Study: Google Scholar Does VERY WELL Compared to Thomson ISI
  citation index

  The UBC Google Scholar Blog points to a summary article/interview
  about a new study (full text here) that shows that Google Scholar
  does as well as ISI's Web of Science (WOS) in citation counts.
  Interesting and more good news for Google and perhaps not so good
  news for Thomson Scientific. A few random thoughts and things I'm
  thinking about after reading the article.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Fortune
  Just Released, America's Most Admired Companies 2006
  Sort the list numerous ways. Several articles. Direct to full list
  of 303 companies.

  Top 10 (Overall)

1. General Electric
2. FedEx
3. Southwest Airlines
4. Procter & Gamble
5. Starbucks
6. Johnson & Johnson
7. Berkshire Hathaway
8. Dell
9. Toyota Motor
10. Microsoft

Most Admired in the Internet Services and Retailing Industry

1. Google
2. eBay
3. Yahoo
4. IAC/Interactive

Earthquakes--California--Maps
  Source: USGS
  New Maps Identify Bay Area Liquefaction Risk
  "Two new maps give first responders, land use planners, decision
  makers and Bay Area residents a new and more detailed look at the
  risk of 'liquefaction' in the soils underlaying buildings and other
  important components of the Bay Area infrastructure, such as roads
  and pipelines."

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Search Briefs
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iTunes Launches a Personalized Music Recommendation Service
  Look for the "Just For You" section on the iTunes Music Store home
  page. Findory's Greg Linden has more including a reader comment (a
  rumor) that the service is powered by ChoiceStream. ChoiceStream
  also powers Yahoo Movie Recommendations, Yahoo Gift Finder, and
  their own MyBestBets. MBB offers personalized television
  recommendations. All three of these services are free.

  See Also: Since we're talking personalization and recommendation
  services, Findory has announced a few new features including

+ RSS Feed for Your Findory Favorites

+ More Favorites Listed on FF Page. Default moves from 10 to 20.

+ Findory Similar Articles (a first step towards clustering)

Links and examples here.

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                 ++  Friday, February 24, 2006  ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Virtual Reference
  Source: OCLC Research
  Presentation: Seeking Synchronicity: Evaluating Virtual Reference
  Transcripts

  PowerPoint:505K/34slides. A presentation by Lynn Silipigni Connaway
  at the OCLC Members Council Research and New Technologies Interest
  Group, 14 February 2006.

Information Organization
  Source: OCLC Research
  New, Using Dewey Differently

  PowerPoint: 440K/15slides. A presentation by Diane Vizine-Goetz and
  Thom Hickey at the OCLC Members Council Research and New
  Technologies Interest Group, 13 February 2006.

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Web Search News
---------------

Weblog Search
  Source: Gilad Mishne
  New Academic Paper Offers a Review of Weblog Searching

  The paper will be presented at the 28th European Conference on
  Information Retrieval (ECIR'06) 2006 in April. The paper is titled
  "A Study of Blog Search." It was written by Gilad Mishne and Maarten
  de Rijke from the University of Amsterdam. 13 pages; PDF. From the
  abstract, "We present an analysis of a large blog search engine
  query log, exploring a number of angles such as query intent, query
  topics, and user sessions. Our results show that blog searches have
  different intents than general web searches, suggesting that the
  primary targets of blog searchers are tracking references to named
  entities, and locating blogs by theme. In terms of interest areas,
  blog searchers are, on average, more engaged in technology,
  entertainment, and politics than web searchers, with a particular
  interest in current events. The user behavior observed is similar to
  that in general web search: short sessions with an interest in the
  first few results only."

Web Search--Google
  Source: News Release
  Google and National Archives (U.S.) Announce Project to Digitize
  Historic Films

  Word today that the National Archives (NARA) and Google have
  announced a non-exclusive pilot project to digitize and bring
  historical film content from the National Archives to the web. The
  material will be available via Google Video and via a link at the
  National Archives site (though the content will be hosted by
  Google). Some material is already available at this special
  interface for National Archives content. From the news release, "The
  National Archives and Google are exploring the possibilities of
  expanding the online film collection and making the Archives'
  extensive textual holdings available via the Internet." We were
  unable to find any type of timeline for content additions or new
  programs. Content can be downloaded for offline viewing. A bit more
  info here.

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*** BY NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION IS THIS PROJECT THE ONLY PLACE TO
FIND BOTH NEW AND HISTORIC FILM ON THE WEB ***

Here are a few, just a few, places to find "historic" film and video
content and some other "educational" material on the web from both
government and non-government sources. Again, this list is FAR FROM
comprehensive. Just a taste. (-: If people find this collection
useful, I'll continue to build it out.

+ The Movie Picture Archive from the Internet Archive

  Take special note of the Prelinger Archives. What is it? "Prelinger
  Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City.
  Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 48,000
  "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur)
  films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of
  Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
  Prelinger Archives remains in existence, holding approximately 4,000
  titles on videotape and a smaller collection of film materials
  acquired subsequent to the Library of Congress transaction."

+ The Internet Archive is Also Home to the Universal Newsreels Archive
  601 newsreels from 1929 to 1967.

+ Moving Images Collection (via Georgia Tech University)
  "A Window to the World's Moving Images."

+ Survivors of the Shoah Testimony Viewer
  Holocaust survivors tell their stories. Part of the Survivors of the
  USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education.

+ Multimedia Content via the Library of Congress American Memory Project
  You'll find movies, sound recordings, and more.

+ Canada: The CBC Archives

+ Canada: Digitisation Projects from Library and Archives Canada
  including:

++ Virtual Silver Screen

++ Featuring Gratien Gelinas

+ Europe: A Collection of Historic Television Commercials
  via Blinkx. More than 5000 commercials have been digitised.

+ Germany: German newsreel archives (Wochenschau-Archiv)
  Via BUFVC annotation: "The Federal Film Archives, Berlin, are
  digitising the Deutsche Wocheschau newsreel collection of German
  newsreels from 1949 and making them freely available over the
  internet. Over 4,000 stories have been issued so far, for lowband
  (56K) or broadband (250K) connections, using Windows Media Player."

+ The National Archives of the UK Has a Collection of Digitized
  Content via BlinkxTV
  To access, select National Archives in the "information section" on
  the Blinkx search page.

+ UK: British Path Film Archive and Newsplayer.com
++ Newsplayer.com offers over 100 years of digitized film.
++ Material from British Pathe newsreel archive (1896-1970).

  Both services are free or available at a VERY low cost for
  individual use. The British Universities Newsreel Database (BUND)
  will also be of interest. Direct links to the Pathe database.

+ UK: Nation on Film
  From the BBC.

+ Selections from the The Newsfilm Library at the University of South
  Carolina

+ Surgery Videos (via the National Library of Medicine)

+ NASA Video Archive NASA Image Exchange (NIX)
  Limit your NIX search to movie or video.

+ NOAA: A Gallery of Historical Films

Archived Lectures and Presentations

+ ResearchChannel.org
  Lectures and presentations from a consortium of many universities.

+ MIT World Archive

+ University of California, Berkeley

+ New, Institute of Politics Opens Up Video Archive to the Public

+ A Comprehensive List of Film and Video Archives Around the World
  Many have online digitization prjects.

http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/Video_Production_Curriculu.html

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
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Science and Engineering--United States--Statistics
  Source: National Science Foundation
  Just Released, Science and Engineering Indicators -- 2006

  "The Science and Engineering Indicators, a biennial report series
  published by the National Science Board, is designed to provide a
  broad base of quantitative information about U.S. science,
  engineering, and technology for use by public and private
  policymakers. Because of the spread of scientific and technological
  capabilities around the world, this report presents a significant
  amount of material about these international capabilities and
  analyzes the U.S. position in this broader context."

Educational Technology
  Source: New Media Consortium
  New, The 2006 Horizon Report

  "The NMC's Emerging Technologies Initiative focuses on expanding the
  boundaries of teaching, learning and creative expression by
  creatively applying new tools in new contexts. The Horizon Project,
  the centerpiece of this initiative, charts the landscape of emerging
  technologies and produces the NMC's annual Horizon Report. The 2006
  Horizon Report is now available. The 2006 edition is a collaboration
  between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning
  Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program. The 2006 Horizon Report, just
  as has been the case with previous editions of the report,
  highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests
  will become very important to higher education over the next one to
  five years." 32 pages; PDF.

Internet--Statistics
  Source: Parks Associates
  Just Released, Internet Finding Few Newcomers in 2006
  "A new study from Parks Associates has found few new households
  willing to subscribe to Internet services, which will limit 2006
  growth in overall Internet penetration to one percent, rising from
  63% to 64% by year's end." More in this News.com article.

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Search Patent Watch
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More Patents and Patent Apps for Microsoft and Yahoo
  Here are a few new patents and published apps since our last update.

Microsoft Patent Applications

+ System and method for employing social networks for information
  discovery Filed: October 24, 2005

  Abstract: "Systems and methods are provided that enable searches of
  social networks by acting as a "compass" that assists users in
  navigating the social network. Individual user participation is not
  required in response to queries from other users. The systems and
  methods offer navigational assistance or information as opposed to a
  traditional search which returns requested information, thus
  currently acceptable social mechanisms for arbitrating trust can be
  exploited. As a result, users do not make their personal information
  publicly searchable, while at the same time, they are protected from
  potential misrepresentations of facts."

+ Suggesting a discussion group based on indexing of the posts within
  that discussion group Filed: July 30, 2004

  Abstract: "A system and corresponding methods for recommending a
  discussion group as an appropriate place to post a message are
  provided. In one embodiment, the system searches a plurality of
  existing posts to identify the posts that are similar to a subject
  of a user's message. The system identifies the discussion groups
  that contain the identified posts and selects one of the identified
  discussion groups to recommend as an appropriate discussion group to
  post the user's message."

+ Automatic categorization of query results
  Filed: August 13, 2004

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New Search Tools Shelf
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Kosmix Adds Two New Verticals: Travel and Politics

  Yes, we like to cover the "vertical" or specialty search and
  database space. That's nothing new. A few weeks ago, Kosmix, a
  specialty database that focuses on health information launched in
  beta. A couple of my health librarian pals are impressed with this
  new resource as a resource for consumer health info. It's definitely
  worth a look. In the past few days Kosmix has launched two more
  specialty databases, one that focuses on travel information (a great
  idea) and the other on political information. Both Kosmix Travel and
  Kosmix Politics are in alpha mode.


A Few Minutes with Kosmix Health (Beta)
---------------------------------------

+ Databases consist of open web content. Not sure if it's a Kosmix
  crawl or they are purchasing access to a portion of a large web
  database.

+ Here's a Search for "Influenza," results page consist of:
  10 results (no way at this point to increase)

+ Spelling corrections (is this what you mean) listed. for each
  category would be helpful. Are URLs/sites assigned to a specific
  category? What makes a blog ok for inclusion in the blog category.

Overall, not a bad start. It needs work, but Kosmix is worthy of
attention as a source for consumer health info. At this moment, more
sophisticated searchers (in terms of content) might find the two
sources listed below of greater value. We do think the travel search
specialty database is a great idea. Let's see how that goes.
ResourceShelf will be watching Kosmix closely.

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Other Tools that Cluster Health and Biomedical Information

+ ClusterMed from Vivisimo

  This service dynamically clusters (in real time) the first 100
  results from a PubMed search. Note that because of the quality
  metadata associated with each entry, it's possible to cluster the
  results several different ways (abstract/title/MESH, author, etc.)
  Registering for ClusterMed (free for one month) offers the ability
  to cluster 500 results. The fee-based version of ClusterMed will
  cluster up to 5000 results.

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+ BioMeta Cluster

  This service also from Vivisimo (free) runs a live meta/federated
  search across a wide variety of biomedical and news databases.
  Results are then dynamically clustered. Vivisimo's live page preview
  feature is also available (look for the preview link next to each
  result title). Users can select which databases they do or do not
  want included in the search. Addditional features include exporting
  results (various formats), e-mail results, alerts, and the ability
  to cluster more data. We plan to take a closer look at this service
  in the future.


               ++  Thursday, February 23, 2006  ++

Resource of the Week
by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor
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Lots of Tools to Track the Real Estate Marketplace in the United
States. From statistics to aerial imagery.

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Professional Reading Shelf
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Information Industry--Factiva
  Factiva's Clare Hart Moves Up to New Position at Dow Jones; Deputy
  CEO Claude Green Named Interim CEO

National Libraries--Canada
  Source: Library and Archives Canada
  3 New Resources from Library and Archives Canada

+ Web Archive of Election 2006 Web Sites
  A "harvest" of sites.

+ SOS! Canadian Disasters at Library and Archives Canada
  Provides access to the The Disaster Media Reports database.

+ Exhibit: Shipwreck Investigations at Library and Archives Canada

Libraries--UK
  Source: LISU
  Digest of Statistics for Museums, Libraries and Archives
  The main purpose of these statistics is to give a broad overall
  perspective of the museums, libraries and archives scene in England.
  The Digest of Statistics is produced with the support of MLA and is
  available to download free online in PDF format.

Medline
  Source: NLM
  MEDLINE Citation Counts by Year of Publication

Digitisation Projects
  Source: JISC, NLM, Wellcome Trust
  Completion: 100 years of biosciences research captured in digital
  archive

Public Libraries--Outsourcing
  Source: Jackson (TN) Sun
  Library checks out going private

  "The local public library is considering going private with its
  management. What such a proposed move would mean to current
  employees and library patrons is unclear. The Jackson-Madison County
  Library Board will offer bids this week for businesses to manage the
  daily operations. This is an effort to minimize the costs of running
  the library and hopefully offer additional services and hours,
  library board officers said."

Grey Literature--Journals
  Open Access
  Source: The Grey Journal
  Upcoming Publication, Table-of-Contents: The Grey Journal
  'Grey Matters for OAI'

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Philanthropy--United States--Lists & Rankings
  Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
  New, America's Most-Generous Donors

  From the article, "America's most-generous donors contributed a
  total of $4.3-billion to charity last year, a sharp drop from 2004,
  when the top donors gave more than $10-billion, a new Chronicle
  survey has found. For the first time since 1998, no gifts of $1-
  billion or more were donated to charitable causes. The median amount
  the donors on the list gave in 2005, including pledges, was $32.5-
  million, meaning that half gave more and half gave less. In 2004,
  the median was $40.8-million. On this year's list of big donors,
  higher education received by far the largest share of gifts -- 44 --
  than any other category, followed by 18 gifts to hospitals and
  medical centers. The Chronicle annually ranks the 60 donors who give
  the most money to charitable causes; for the 2005 list, 63 donors
  were included because of ties."

Personal Wealth--China--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Forbes
  New, Greater China's 40 Richest
  Direct to rankings.

Terrorism
  Source: Council on Foreign Relations
  New, Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
  A new Background Q&A from the CFR. "A profile of the terrorist Abu
  Musab al-Zarqawi, the man responsible for coordinating suicide
  bombings in Amman and Madrid, multiple attacks on Iraqi Shiites and
  Shiite mosques, and the highly-publicized beheading of American
  Nicholas Berg." More Profiles Here.

Medicine
  Source: World Health Organization
  New Report: Combating Counterfeit Drugs: A Concept Paper for
  Effective International Cooperation

Disasters--United States--Lists & Rankings
  Source: FEMA
  Major Disaster Declaration State Totals
  Clicking takes you to a detailed breakdown by state.

International Business
  Source: GlobalEDGE, Michigan State University
  New Section, Faculty Development

  The Academy section invites a new sub-section, Faculty Development,
  to the site. This venue provides information regarding upcoming
  business conferences, meetings, and speakers from a variety of
  universities across the United States. Offered from the many Centers
  for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) across
  the country, the listed events are intended to enhance the
  professional and educational competence of today's business
  practitioners. Topics range from global interdependence to
  international study programs, which are designed to immerse the
  traveler in the business culture of world markets."

  See Also: The Thousands of Other Resources and Links GlobalEDGE Offers
  Special Note to the Country Insights Section

United States--Oral Histories
  Source: Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina
  Southern Oral History Project

  "Founded in 1973, the Southern Oral History Program seeks to foster
  a critical yet democratic understanding of the South -- its history,
  culture, problems, and prospects. We have recorded more than 2,900
  interviews with men and women from all walks of life...The site
  includes information about the project and its activities, and
  recordings of interviews collected by the project."

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Search News
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Web Search--Google
  Google Launches Web Page Creator (Beta) THEN Temporarily Shuts Down
  Registrations to Use It

  Well, here we go again. Google announces a new service and then
  within hours (about nine according to InsideGoogle) of annoucning it
  temporarily stops people from registering to use it. The new service
  is called Google Page Creator and allows users (who are registered)
  to create web pages and then host them (free) on the GooglePages.com
  domain. Remember, Google also owns the Blogger weblog creation
  service. Both Chris Sherman and Philipp Lenssen were able to use the
  service before registrations were closed (for the time being) and
  have excellent overviews. Chris notes that the new service might
  have Google going after the MySpace.com user market. Good point. It
  also might be about getting out of the box a bit more quickly than
  the new Microsoft Office Live (closed beta, see below) that offers
  free web hosting and page creation tools.

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Search Briefs
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+ Australia: CSIRO Spins Out Search Engine (via Sydney Morning Herald)

  "Search engine technology developed by the CSIRO has spawned a new
  spin-off company called Funnelback to help drive the expansion of
  its Panoptic system further into international territories."

+ Indeed.com (A Metasearch Engine for Jobs) Now Available via New York
  Times and About.com

  "After searching the site's own job listings at jobs.nytimes.com,
  users can click 'Job Market Web Results' to return more jobs from
  thousands of websites, powered by Indeed." Clusty also offers access
  to Indeed.com (very useful). SimplyHired.com is another metasearch
  engine that scours numerous job databases and company sites for job
  listings. Both services offer excellent alerting tools.

+ A Profile of the Founder of Blog/RSS Search Engine Technorati, Dave
  Sifry (via The Guardian)

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