ResourceShelf Newsletter 259

<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>
NetHappenings Mailing List ©1993
Subscribe - Unsubscribe - EmailPreferences http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html

Educational CyberPlayGround Community Mailing Lists http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/
Advertise NetHappenings Guidlines
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html
<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>


*************************************************************
Educational CyberPlayGround Mailing Lists
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/

Learning can be fun if you follow your interests.

Remember it's not what you came for, it's what
you bumped into on the way  . . .

NetHappenigs, K12Newsletters, and
Network Newletters Mailing Lists.
**************************************************************

ResourceShelf Newsletter
<http://www.resourceshelf.com>
Number 259    May 4, 2006

++ Thursday, May 4, 2006 ++
Resource of the Week
By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor
-------------------------------

Golf--Database
  Source: United States Golf Association (USGA)
  Seagle Electronic Golf Library (SEGL)

  "The United States Golf Association (USGA) has served as the
  national governing body of golf for the U.S., its territories and
  Mexico since its formation in 1894. It's a non-profit organization
  run by golfers for the benefit of golfers." There are often quite
  wonderful things lurking within association websites. USGA says it
  has "the world's largest and most complete golf library;" it
  contains "books on all aspects of the game, including history,
  rules, instruction, equipment, biography, records, travel, club
  histories, literature and reference. The periodical collection
  encompasses more than 800 bound volumes, as well as some 10,000
  unbound issues representing more than 100 titles dating back to the
  1800s."

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post &lt;http://digbig.com/4hkfy>

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

Reference Reviews
  Source: Gale.com
  The May 2006 Edition of Peter's Digital Reference Shelf Is Now
  Online

  We had plenty to say a few week's ago when MS Academic Live
  launched. This time, legendary reviewer Dr. Peter Jacso shares his
  thoughts in his monthly column.

  He writes, "The beta version of Microsoft's free
  indexing/abstracting service is an effort that is too little, too
  late from an industry leader. While Windows Live Academic makes it
  easy to find the bibliographic records for some scholarly papers on
  a topic in computer science, electric engineering and physics, it is
  nothing new and not evolutionary, let alone revolutionary." Jacso
  concludes, "Windows Live Academic is a deeply disappointing product,
  even for a beta release."

Access to Research--United States
  Federally Funded Research--United States
  Scholarly Publishing
  Source: SPARC

  Senators Cornyn (R-TX) and Lieberman (D-CT) Introduce Federal
  Research Public Access Act of 2006

  "The bill requires federal agencies that fund over $100 million in
  annual external research to make electronic manuscripts of peer-
  reviewed journal articles stemming from their research publicly
  available via the Internet."

See Also: Tax Payer Alliance Support
See Also: ACRL Support
See Also: SPARC FAQ
See Also: Track the Legislation via THOMAS
See Also: Read the Introduction of the Legislation in the Senate (via
the Congressional Record)

Do an edit/find for S. 2695.

Libraries--Canada
  Canadian Librarian Association
  CLA Responds to New Proposed Government Budget (PDF)
  From the release, "As expected, there is little in it for the
  Canadian library and information community."

Libraries--Iraq
  Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

  Professors, Publishers, and the Pentagon Help Build a Virtual
  Library for Iraqi Scientists

  Jeff Young writes, "The Iraqi Virtual Science Library, as the
  collection is called, gives scientists at seven participating
  universities in the country access to millions of articles from some
  17,000 journals. The 14 publishers involved agreed to drastically
  reduce their regular licensing fees to help make the project
  possible, with some giving discounts of 95 to 97 percent, said Susan
  L. Cumberledge, who helped lead the project."

  See Also: A Bit More from This National Academies of Science
  Announcement

  See Also: Direct to Iraqi Virtual Science Library

Newspapers
  Source: Technology Review
  The Times Emulates Print on the Web

  Of course, many other options to view the full text of newspapers
  (in their original form, online or printed on demand) exist. For
  example, NewspaperDirect.com offers same day full text and full
  image access to over 320 newspapers from 57 countries. PressDisplay
  is their online viewing service that we've been blogging about for
  several years. Very Cool!

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts &lt;http://digbig.com/4hkfw>


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

Holocaust
  Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
  New Resource: New, EB Holocaust Resource Site

  From the announcement, "A central part of the site is a body of
  articles by the noted Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum, former
  director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute at the
  U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. In addition to an overview of the
  Holocaust and its history, Berenbaum contributes more than 25
  related articles, some of which probe unresolved issues, such as why
  the Allies didn't bomb the extermination camps. He also addresses
  the 'artistic response' to the tragedy, examining how artists in
  every medium have sought to give voice to the horror, pain and loss
  of the Holocaust...The site includes a number of multimedia
  elements, such as photographs and film clips, some of them
  disturbing; and several sets of discussion questions for use in
  high-school classrooms." From what we've been able to review, access
  to almost all of this content is available at no charge.

  See Also: NewspaperArchive.com Has Released A New Collection
  Containing More than 50,000 Full Text/Full Image Newspaper Pages
  (Searchable) About the Holocaust. Free to Access and Use.

Business--History
  Source: Baker Library, Harvard Business School
  Financial Bubbles

  "Financial Bubbles, capsule one in the Historical Returns series,
  explores some of the extraordinary similarities between the South
  Sea Bubble of 1720 and the recent technology bubble." Includes
  reading list, multimedia, images, and related resources.

  See Also: More About the Historical Returns Series from Baker
  Library

Information Technology--Security--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Sophos
  Top ten malware threats and hoaxes reported to Sophos in April 2006

Terrorism
  Source: United Nations
  Just Released, Report of the Secretary-General: Uniting Against
  Terrorism - Recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy
  Direct to Full Text of Report. (via DocuTicker.com)

Venture Capital
  Source: Ernst & Young
  New, Transition, the fourth annual Ernst & Young Venture Capital
  Insight Report
  A look at global VC in 2005. 84 pages; PDF.

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts &lt;http://digbig.com/4hkft>



                   ++ Wednesday, May 3, 2006 ++

eBooks
------

Coming this Summer: Free Access to Thousands of eBooks via The World
eBook Fair

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post &lt;http://digbig.com/4hkfq>


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

Health Research--United States--Statistics
  Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
  Finding Answers Online in Sickness and in Health

  "Recent research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows
  that, as more Americans come online, more rely on the internet for
  important health information...Fully 58% of those who found the
  internet to be crucial or important during a loved one?s recent
  health crisis say the single most important source of information
  was something they found online. Direct to Research Brief.

Health Research--Databases
  Source: NLM
  New Version of the NLM Gateway Includes Two New Resources

  "On May 1, 2006, NLM released a new version of the Gateway that
  includes access to two additional NLM resources. Users are now able
  to search the Household Products Database and the Bookshelf, a
  growing collection of full text biomedical books." Direct to NLM
  Gateway.

Podcasting
  Source: USC Libraries
  USC Libraries Begins Offering Podcasting Production Class

  "The USC Libraries support a pilot project that helps students and
  faculty acquire production skills in a growing technology."

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts &lt;http://digbig.com/4hkfp>


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

Censorship--Lists & Ranking
  Source: Committee to Protect Journalists
  10 Most Censored Countries

Energy--United States--Chronology
  Source: EIA
  Annual Oil Market Chronology, 2005
  See Also: A Primer on Gasoline Prices
  See Also: Fuel FAQ (via FuelEconomy.gov)

Medicine--Timelines
  Source: Infoplease.com
  Medical Advances Timeline

Curling--Canada
  Source: Library and Archives Canada
  New, Bonspiel! The History of Curling in Canada

Intellectual Property
  Source: WIPO
  New, IP Audit -- A "How to" Guide

Labor Markets--International
  Source: MLR
  New, A visual essay: international labor market comparisons

  "International comparisons of labor market and competitiveness
  indicators, as well as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), provide a
  snapshot in time of the world economy. The first 3 sections of this
  visual essay include charts covering 12 selected countries in North
  America, Europe, and Asia, although not all countries appear on all
  of the charts because of data constraints."

Direct LINK to These ResourceShelf Posts &lt;http://digbig.com/4hkfn>


Congressional Research Service
------------------------------

Source: CRS via OpenCRS, FAS, NCSE, FPC
  A Selection of New/Updated CRS Reports

+ The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror
  Operations Since 9/11

+ Oil Industry Profit Review 2005

+ Immigration Statistics on the Web

+ Arab League Boycott of Israel

+ Oil Shale: History, Incentives, and Policy

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Posts &lt;http://digbig.com/4hkfm>




                    ++ Tuesday, May 2, 2006 ++


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

Podcasting--United States--Legal Issues
  Source: Creative Commons
  New, Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules For The Revolution
  "Like EFF's [blogging] guide, the Podcasting Legal Guide provides a
  useful summary, in plain English, of the complex body of laws that
  govern the use of copyrighted content."

**************************************************************************
Educational CyberPlayGround links to Technology
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Home_TECHNOLOGY.html>

Find Information on Security for
Teachers, Administrators, Ed. Tech, and Classroom Resources
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/SECURITY.html

DOES PODCASTING ACTUALLY MATTER?
Journalists vs. Blogger War
Podcast Information and How To AudioBlog by Phone, and RSS Instructions.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/podcast.html
**************************************************************************

Public Libraries--New Zealand
  Source: National Library of New Zealand
  Just Released: Public Libraries of New Zealand: A Strategic
  Framework 2006 to 2016

Information Retrieval
  Source: Information Retrieval Specialist Group, British Computer
  Society
  The Spring Issue of the BCS Informer is Now Online (PDF)

+ Conference Review: ECIR 2006
+ Book Review: Web Content Retrieval
+ Product Update: Trexy.com

http://digbig.com/4hkfj>


Multimedia Shelf
-----------------

Two Recent Presentations Available on the Web

+ What is Happening to the American Media?
  A speech by Dan Rather at the Commonwealth Club, April 25, 2006. Audio only.

  Rather also spoke (video available) at UC Berkeley the same day. The
  title of this talk was "Is the Media Failing in America?"

+ TV's New Economics
  These presentations were sponsored by MIT's Communication's Forum
  and took place on March 8, 2006. Speakers:

++ David F. Poltrack: Executive Vice President, Research and Planning,
   CBS Television.

++ Jorge Reina Schement: Distinguished Professor of Communications;
   Professor of Information Sciences and Technologies and Co-Director
   of the Institute for Information Policy, College of Communications,
   The Pennsylvania State University.

http://digbig.com/4hkfh>


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

Immigration Enforcement--United States
  Source: CRS (via FPC)
  Immigration Enforcement Within the United States
  82 pages; PDF.

Digitized Images
  Digitization Projects
  Source: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
  Archive of One of America's Earliest News Picture Agencies Now Online

  "The Library of Congress's Prints & Photographs Division is pleased
  to announce that all the negatives in the George Grantham Bain news
  photograph collection (nearly 40,000 glass negatives in all) have
  now been digitized and are available for searching in the Prints and
  Photographs Online Catalog. The collection, which represents the
  archive of one of America's earliest news picture agencies, features
  an array of personalities, news events, sports coverage, and sites,
  particularly in New York City, for the period 1900-1931. More
  information about the collection available here.

Wiretaps--United States--Statistics
  Source: U.S. Courts
  Just Released, 2005 Wiretap Report

  "The number of orders authorizing or approving the interception of
  wire, oral or electronic communications by federal and state courts
  increased 4 percent in 2005, for a total of 1,773 applications. Of
  the total applications, 625 were submitted to federal judges, down
  14 percent from 2004, and 1,148 applications were submitted to state
  judges, an increase of 17 percent over 2004."

Ready Reference
  Fast Facts
  Source: The World Almanac
  New, The May 2006 Issue of The World Almanac E-Newsletter is Online

  Contains a chronology of January events and holidays, "This Day in
  History," and much more.

  See Also: Back issues and subscription info (free)

Workplace--Canada--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Canadian Business
  Best Places to Work in Canada, 2006

http://digbig.com/4hkfg>


                     ++ Monday, May 1, 2006 ++


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

Public Libraries--Web Services
  Source: Glenn Peterson
  EngagedPatrons.org

  "We provide website services connecting public libraries and their
  patrons. We handle the programming; you reap the benefits of being
  able to offer your users a more engaging and interactive web
  presence." Offers events listing and online registration, weblogs,
  feedback form, RSS feeds, custom Web-enabled databases. Services are
  free to qualifying public libraries -- e.g., "U.S. public libraries
  receiving less than $1 million per year in total income (as reported
  to the National Center for Education Statistics." Peterson, a former
  reference librarian with more than 25 years of experience, has been
  creating websites for the Hennepin County Library for 10+ years.
  (EngagedPatrons.org is not affiliated with the Hennepin County
  Library.)

Library Management and Organization
  Source: INFORMED LIBRARIAN
  Guest Forum: Values: A Human and Organizational Resource Part II

  This forum was written by Audrey Fenner from the Congressional
  Research Service and John Fenner. "In Part II of their article they
  explain how managers can identify, develop, support, and exploit
  staff values. This is definitely worth reading."

American Library Association Annual Conference
  Source: ALA
  Abstracts for 25th Annual ALA Poster Sessions Now Online

http://digbig.com/4hkfd>


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

Terrorism--Databases
  Source: MIPT
  New, Terrorism Knowledge Base Quick Reference Guide and More
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/technology/securitycrisisB.html

  The TKB was a ResourceShelf ROTW last September. Jacso also reviewed
  the dbase a week later. Since then, several new features and
  additions including:

+ "Quick Reference Guide" to the Terrorism Knowledge Base (PDF)

+ New Data Source: U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Public
  Announcements

+ New Data Source: "State Department Terrorist Designation Lists" with
  direct links to TKB information on terrorist groups and entities
  officially designated by the U.S. government.

+ New Content: "Over the past two months, our research team has added
  nearly 600 terrorism incident reports, 40 terrorist group profiles,
  and more than 100 terrorist leader and member profiles."

+ Direct access from the TKB to the The International Security and
  Counterterrorism Reference Center (ISCTRC).



ISCTRC is an EBSCO database that is accessible (registration required,
free) and permitted for personal, non-commercial use. The same is the
case with Thomson's Terrorism Reference Library and Encyclopedia of
Terrorism.

Employment--United States--Statistics
  Source: BLS
  Employment Characteristics of Families Summary, 2005

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

Law Firms--United States--Ranking
  Source: American Lawyer
  The Am Law 100

  "The American Lawyer's newest Am Law 100 findings highlight this
  provocative fact: At the United States' top-grossing firms,
  additional lawyers are slowing the rate of revenue growth. Law firms
  are managing to improve profitability by cutting costs, boosting
  efficiency and making equity partnership more exclusive -- but
  revenue per lawyer isn't keeping pace with head count increases.
  Growing, it turns out, is easy. Growing profitably is what's hard."

http://digbig.com/4hkfc


                   ++ Sunday, April 30, 2006 ++

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

Libraries
  Source: Ariadne
  The April 2006 Issue of Ariadne is Now Available

Articles include:

+ Search Engines: Where We Were, Are Now, and Will Ever Be by Phil
  Bradley

+ Preserving Electronic Scholarly Journals: Portico

+ Retrospective on the RDN

Note: What's the RDN? A resource we love.

+ Metasearch: Building a Shared, Metadata-driven Knowledge Base System

+ Folksonomies: The Fall and Rise of Plain-text Tagging

+ Serving Services in Web 2.0

Art History--Imagery--Databases
  Illinois Library Consortium Debuts Digitized Image Archive

  "CARLI [Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois]
  has purchased the Saskia digital image archive from Scholars
  Resource. The collection contains 30,000 digital images of
  paintings, sculpture, and architecture, including images from many
  important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the
  Uffizi, and the Louvre, as well as archaeological sites in Greece,
  Italy, Turkey, and Egypt. The images are displayed in both high
  resolution and thumbnail format. Additionally, the descriptive data
  about the images includes references to the occurrences of these
  images in 19 major art history texts..." Thanks to Bernie S. for the
  news tip.

  See Also: Learn More about the Saskia Digital Image Archive

http://digbig.com/4hjwn


Multimedia Shelf
----------------

Internet Regulation--United States
  Source: Oxford Internet Institute
  Lecture (Webcast): Recent Developments in FCC Internet Regulation

  This presentation was given about 10 days ago at Oxford Unversity.
  "Susan Crawford summarizes recent changes by the FCC on 'common
  carrier' rules, and assesses the current U.S. debate about the
  provision of a 'prioritized Internet'." Professor Crawford is a
  faculty member at Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University.

Direct LINK to This ResourceShelf Post &lt;http://digbig.com/4hjwk>


                  ++ Saturday, April 29, 2006 ++

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

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Economic Impact

  Source: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon
  University's Center for Economic Development

  Economic Impact Study: Regional Benefits of Carnegie Library of
  Pittsburgh

  "With more than 2 million visitors annually, Carnegie Library of
  Pittsburgh is the area's most visited regional asset. Yet, despite
  its 110-year history, the library has never quantified its
  contributions to the region. In 2005, the library partnered with
  Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Economic Development to
  explore the many ways that Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh impacts
  the economic vitality of the region. The report examines both the
  library's value to the economy in terms of return on investment as
  well as its contributions to people and their communities."

E-Textbooks
  Source: The New York Times
  The Bottom Line on E-Textbooks

http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/literacy/e-books.asp


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

Terrorism
  Source: U.S. Department of State
  Just Released: Country Reports on Terrorism

  "U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by
  April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with
  regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in
  the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on
  Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the
  previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism." Download in
  sections as PDFs.

Presidents of the United States--Speeches
  Source: Miller Center, University of Virginia
  Miller Center Presidential Speech Collection

  "The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential
  libraries, has been collecting some of the more important
  presidential speeches of the past 60 years. These speeches are
  available in their entirety in full audio. When possible, we have
  also provided transcripts of the speeches. Recently we have expanded
  our collection to include the full text of some of the more
  important presidential speeches from the 18th and 19th centuries."

  See Also: WhiteHouseTapes.org (A ResourceShelf Site of the Week)
  See Also: Presidential Reference Files--Bibliographies

http://digbig.com/4hjwh


+ Gasoline Price Spikes and Regional Gasoline Content Regulation: A
  Structural Approach

+ World Health Organization releases new Child Growth Standards

+ U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for
  Congress (PDF; 43 KB)

+ Vertex 2005 Sales Tax Rate Report (PDF; 143 KB)

+ Teen Relationship Abuse Survey (PDF; 100 KB)

+ The Devaluing of Higher Education: The Annual Report on the Economic
  Status of the Profession 2005-06

http://digbig.com/4hjwg


                   ++ Friday, April 28, 2006 ++


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

Open Source
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/technology/VIVE.html

  Information Retrieval

  Workshop Info and CFP: Second International Workshop on Open Source
  Information Retrieval

  "The goal of the Open Source Information Retrieval Workshop (OSIR)
  is to bring together practitioners developing open source search
  technologies in the context of a premier IR research conference to
  share their recent advances, and to coordinate their strategy and
  research plans. The intent is to foster community-based development,
  to promote distribution of transparent Web search tools, and to
  strengthen the interaction with the research community in IR."


Digitsation
  Source: The Electronic Library (via E-LIS)
  Developing a Digitisation Framework for your organisation

  This paper describes how a Digitisation Framework was set up at the
  University of Auckland Library from 2001 - 2004. The elements of the
  framework are discussed, how it was developed and implemented and
  what was learnt from this. The purpose of the paper is to help
  organisations of any size and type to set up their own digitisation
  framework in the near future.

http://digbig.com/4hjwf


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

Maps--China
  Source: MapsAsia.com
  MapsAsia.com
  "Search the location and information of more than 50,000 geographic
  records including cities, towns, roads, streets, landmarks, and
  facilities in Asia on an interactive digital map."

Business--China
  Source: US Commercial Service
  Doing Business In China: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S.
  Companies

  227 pages; PDF. Thanks to SB for the tip.

Energy Industry--Research Guide
  Source: Business and Economics Research Advisor (BERA)/Business
  Reference Services

  Science, Technology & Business Division Library of Congress
  New: The Oil & Gas Industry

  BERA "The issue takes a global view of the industry and is intended
  to serve as a research aid for the discovery of interesting and
  useful sources worldwide. Included is a brief history of the oil and
  gas industry, oil and gas production, transportation and storage,
  marketing and distribution, as well as statistical sources, and a
  brief section on company research and finding aids. Sections on
  world natural gas production and alternative energy sources are also
  included in the guide."

Toll Collection--Glossary
  Source: International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association
  Glossary of Terms
  "A list of specialized words related to the Toll Industry." In
  alphabetical order, from AASHTO to WCDMA.

http://digbig.com/4hjwd


                  ++ Thursday, April 27, 2006 ++



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

Cataloging
  Source: American Libraries
  MARC Creator Henriette Avram Dies

  See Also: From 2004, Accomplishments and Other Info Henriette D.
  Avram (via University of Tennessee)

Public Libraries--Readers Advisory
  Source: StatesmanJournal.com (OR)
  Salem library worker matches readers' tastes with book titles

  "If you've got a hankering for a book but can't quite decide what,
  Robin Beerbower likely can help you. Beerbower, the Salem Public
  Library's outreach coordinator, is known as one of the top readers'
  advisers in the state -- a person who specializes in suggesting
  books for patrons."

Digital Preservation
  Source: LC
  Library Holds Strategy Session on "Preserving Creative America"

  Focus of session? Working with the commercial sector. "A recent
  Library of Congress strategy meeting with leading producers of
  commercial content in digital formats has revealed that creators of
  television, radio, music, film, photography, pictorial art, and
  video games are keenly interested in the preservation of their
  digital materials for archival and other purposes...The April 7
  session, which drew more than 50 attendees from the private sector,
  focused on potential partnership projects between NDIIPP and the
  content producers. The Library plans to issue in 2006 a request for
  expressions of interest from private industry for cooperative
  projects as a way to catalyze preservation work in the private
  sector."

Librarians
  Source: The Scientist
  Rise of the Bio-Librarian

  Access only available to subscribers of The Scientist. "Once the
  part-time, poorly paid province of postdocs and graduate students,
  biocuration has become a full-time, salaried career, driven by the
  explosive growth of biological data in recent years."

http://digbig.com/4hjtx


Multimedia Shelf
----------------

Two archived lectures/webcasts.

+ Preserving Digital Public Television (via Library of Congress)

  This presentation took place on March 8, 2006. "Project director Nan
  Rubin discussed the "Preserving Digital Public Television" project,
  which is funded with a dollar-for-dollar matching award from the
  National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation
  Program. The "Preserving Digital Public Television" project is
  exploring the selection and appraisal of programs for preservation,
  a variety of technical issues and the roles and responsibilities for
  long-term preservation within the public television community. Among
  other technical topics, the project is examining appropriate
  formatting for video preservation. One of the key contributions from
  New York University, which is also part of the project, is the
  development of a model digital repository to demonstrate several of
  the project's technical findings.

+ Journalism: "Send us your photos: How the Net makes us all reporters"

  This presentation took place at Oxford University in October, 2005.
  "Nobody who uses the Internet or watches news programmes on TV can
  be unaware of the phenomenon of 'citizen journalism', found
  everywhere from personal blogs to sites like OhmyNews and Dan
  Gillmor's Bayosphere to the BBC, CNN, Sky, and every other news
  outlet where people are invited to send in photos, videos, or
  eyewitness reports of any newsworthy event they happen to witness.
  Journalist and website editor Bill Thompson will discuss the likely
  impact of this new form of journalism on the mainstream media,
  attempting to place it in a historic context both technically and in
  terms of the way journalism has developed. He will look at the
  ethical issues which new forms of newsgathering and publication
  raise, both for contributors and for the news organisations which
  use their material, and consider how those training tomorrow's
  journalists should respond."

http://digbig.com/4hhfx

***********************************************************************
Find Definitions, Folksonomy and Resources for Podcasts,
webcasts, audiocasts, Blogs, audioblogs, social networking,
odeo, flicker, RSS, wiki, web 2.0 and smart mobs.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/podcast.html

Social Networking resources and tools
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/socialnetwork.html

National Children's Folksong Repository
audio blog
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/
contribute
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/collect.html
Archive
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFRD/NCFRD.asp
Podcast
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/ecprm.html
********************************************************************

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

Human Rights
  Source: NYU Law's Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
  New Web Resource: The Project on Extrajudicial Executions

Via an e-mail: "NYU Law's Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
has just launched a new web site: www.extrajudicialexecutions.org. The
site aims to make information about issues taken up by the United
Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions more
accessible. Features include:

+ A country-by-country guide to the Special Rapporteur's fact-finding
  visits and correspondence with governments. This will be helpful to
  anyone researching the human rights situation in a particular
  country.

+ A guide to the legal observations the Special Rapporteur has made on
  the death penalty, shoot-to-kill policies, human rights law in armed
  conflict, and other issues. This will be helpful to lawyers,
  scholars, and advocates working in the area of international human
  rights law. The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions is an
  independent human rights expert appointed by the United Nations with
  a mandate to respond effectively to cases of extrajudicial killings
  around the world."

Nepal--Demonstrations--Map

  Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
  Affairs --ReliefWeb

  New, Nepal: Demonstrations -- Situation Map

  "Nationwide general strike started 6th April 2006. Night time curfew
  that started on 5th April still continues in capital, but daytime
  curfew lifted on 12th April. Curfew also in effect in many cities
  outside Kathmandu. Demonstrators continuously taken to the streets.
  This has left hundreds of people wounded. More emergencies will
  arise in coming days and need for care and treatment of wounded may
  arise both in capital and other parts of country."

HIV/AIDS
  Source: MedlinePlus
  New Resource Compilation: AIDS Medicines

Bald Eagles--Webcams
  Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service and Wheeling Jesuit University
  It's Bald Eagle Cam!!!

  "Unique partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's
  training facility in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and the
  technology center of the Wheeling Jesuit University is bringing
  real-time online views of the growth and development of three
  energetic American bald eagle chicks. The camera is strategically
  placed directly above their nest on the grounds of the U.S. Fish and
  Wildlife Service's National Conservation Training Center." Streaming
  video is also available. "A link to the eagle cam and instructions
  for viewing is at http://www.fws.gov/nctc/cam/videoinstr.html. Video
  is available for viewing Monday through Friday between 11 a.m. and 7
  p.m. EDT through mid-June."

http://digbig.com/4hjty


Internet--Statistics
--------------------

Source: EIU and Pew Internet and American Life Project

Two New Statistical Reports

1) e-Readiness--Lists & Rankings Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
   Digital divide narrows, according to the Economist Intelligence
   Unit's seventh annual e-readiness rankings Key findings:

+ In e-readiness, the distance separating the best from the rest has
  declined Denmark and the US retain their top positions among 68
  countries + Broadband connectivity is becoming less of a
  differentiator among e-readiness leaders The complete list (67
  countries) is included. List is also available as PDF file.

2) Internet Penetration and Impact (via Pew Internet) "Surveys fielded
   in 2006 show that internet penetration among adults in the U.S. has
   hit an all-time high. While the percentage of Americans who say
   they use the internet has continued to fluctuate slightly, our
   latest survey, fielded February 15 - April 6, 2006 shows that fully
   73% of respondents (about 147 million adults) are internet users,
   up from 66% (about 133 million adults) in our January 2005 survey.
   And the share of Americans who have broadband connections at home
   has now reached 42% (about 84 million), up from 29% (about 59
   million) in January 2005."

http://digbig.com/4hjwa


(c) Willco Limited 2006

<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>
Copyright statements to be included when reproducing
annotations from NetHappenings the largest
and oldest K12 Education Mailing List exploring and using the World Wide Web. 


The single phrase below is the copyright notice to be used when
reproducing any portion of this report, in any format:

EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com
NetHappenings copyright
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html 

FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/

HOT LIST REGISTRY OF K12 SCHOOLS ONLINE
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/
<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>

Other related posts: