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ResourceShelf Newsletter
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Number 260
May 11, 2006

++ Thursday, May 11, 2006 ++
Resource of the Week
By Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor
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Ergonomics--Hub
Source: Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics Research Group (CHFERG)
CUErgo: Cornell University Ergonomics Web

"CUErgo presents information from research studies and class work by
students and faculty in the Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics
Research Group (CHFERG), directed by Professor Alan Hedge, in the
Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University.
CHFERG focuses on ways to enhance usability by improving the ergonomic
design of hardware, software, and workplaces, to enhance people's
comfort, performance and health in an approach we call Ergotecture."
Most of the practical information available here, which you'll find in
the center column of the page, focuses on computer use -- for adults,
for kids, and for seniors.
<http://digbig.com/4hnpq>


Professional Reading Shelf
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Research Guides
National Archives and Records Administration
Source: NARA
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States

Health Information
Health Libraries
Source: NLM

NCLIS Announces Grand Prize Winner: Best Library Program in the
Country Addressing Health and Wellness Issues

Congrats to the Charleston and Georgetown (South Carolina) Diabetes
Coalition's Library Partnership.

Information Standards
Source: National Information Standards Organization
NISO Newsline May 2006 Now Online
Articles include:
+ NISO Issues 2005 Annual Report
++ Direct to NISO 2005 Annual Report (PDF)
+ Webinars Offered on SUSHI: Register Now
+ Articles from Various Sources including
++ "The Birth of the Universal Library" via LJ on the Open Content Alliance
++ "The New Cataloger" via LJ by Roy Tennant

Social Networking--United States
Source: News.com
Congress targets social network sites

"Now MySpace and other social networking sites like LiveJournal.com
and Facebook are facing a new threat: A proposed federal law that
would effectively require schools and libraries to render those Web
sites inaccessible to minors, an age group that includes some of the
category's most ardent users."

See Also: Full Text and Other Info of Legislation (H.R.5319


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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Venture Capital--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: PWC MoneyTree Report
Now Avaiable: Detailed Company and VC Listings for Q1 2006
Registration required, free. More info via PWC MoneyTree home page.

Information Technology--Companies--Lists & Rankings
Source: Red Herring
Top 100 European Companies

"The 100 companies selected by Red Herring in this year's judging
reflect the rich vein of innovation and entrepreneurial activity in
Europe and the Middle East. They range from a Finnish company trying
to harness the power of tides to a Belgian biotech company that uses
llama blood to create therapeutic proteins. The geographic range is
impressive, too. The largest number of companies on the list is based
in the United Kingdom (28), with France and Israel tying for second
place with 17 each. Yet, this year we also have winners from Dubai,
Romania, and the Czech Republic."

Business--Lists & Rankings
e-Books
Source: Forbes
Forbes Lists and Rankings Ready for Your Portable Device

Cool. Many of the Forbes lists (Forbes 2000, Billionaires, Executive
Pay) ready for easy download (free, too!) as e-books to your PDA.
You'll need eReader software, also free.

Jobs--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Money
Top 50: Most entry-level jobs for grads

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Multimedia Shelf
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Source: Oxford University

Lecture: Why the Internet is the way it is (and why it will be very
different in ten years)

This lecture by Dr David Clark, Senior Research Scientist, MIT
Laboratory for Computer Science was presented at Oxford on April 28,
2006. "Dr David Clark speaks about the basic design principles of the
Internet, and how it might change in the future." This webcast is
audio only.

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Educational CyberPlayGround
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com

The main purpose of the Educational CyberPlayGround is to help all teachers,
parents, librarians, home schoolers and regular folks, even those with
little or no on-line experience, to use the Internet effectively and aid
teaching.  Find  high-quality material for grades K?12 in the subject areas
for Teachers, Administrators, Online Curriculum, Art, Music, Literacy,
Interent, Security, Technology, Linguistics, National Children's Folksong
Repository Project, Mailing Lists and the Hotlist of Schools Online.
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++ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Public Libraries--United States--Statistics
Source: NCES
Updated: New Fiscal Year 2004 data from the Public Libraries Survey (PLS)

"Just updated! New Fiscal Year 2004 data from the Public Libraries
Survey (PLS) have just been added to the Compare Public Libraries and
the State Education Data Profiles web tools. These data have been
reviewed and edited at the state and national levels, and verified as
correct by each state's data coordinator. Please visit Compare Public
Libraries and State Education Data Profiles to access and view the new
Fiscal Year 2004 Public Library data."

Publishing Industry--Statistics
Source: Bowker

U.S. Book Production Plummets 18% in 2005; Smaller Publishers Show the
Largest Drop in New Titles

"Bowker, the world's leading provider of bibliographic information,
today released statistics on U.S. book publishing compiled from its
Books In Print database. Based on preliminary figures from U.S.
publishers, Bowker is projecting that U.S. title output in 2005
decreased by more than 18,000 to 172,000 new titles and editions. This
is the first decline in U.S. title output since 1999, and only the
10th downturn recorded in the last 50 years. It follows the record
increase of more than 19,000 new books in 2004. Great Britain, long
the world's per capita leader in the publication of new books in any
language, now replaces the United States as the publisher of most new
books in English. 206,000 new books were published in the U.K. in
2005, representing an increase of some 45,000 (28%) over 2004."

Conferences
Source: E-Content Institute
Presentations from the 2006 Information Highways Conference Now Online

Geneaology--United States--Databases
World War II Records--Databases
Source: Prologue

The World War II Army Enlistment Records File and Access to Archival
Databases

"World War II Army Enlistment Records provide a rich source of
information for genealogists and other researchers at the National
Archives and Records Adminstration interested in Army enlistees in
World War II. Since their release through NARA's Access to Archival
Databases (AAD) resource in May 2004, they have quickly become the
most popular series of electronic records accessible through that
resource."

Digital Repositories--United Kingdom
Source: JISC
Digital Repositories Roadmap : Looking Forward (MS Word Document)

"Funded by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee), this discussion
document provides information on current practices, future plans and
individual roadmaps for various types of repository material such as
geospatial data, academic papers and learning material. The content of
the roadmap was made by contributors from academic and research
organisations in the UK."

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
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Travel--United States
Amtrak
Source: Amtrak
New from Amtrak: Interactive Route Atlas

"The Route Atlas is an interactive map that allows travelers to
explore all the places Amtrak goes. Travelers can search by station or
route; or by plotting custom routes to see the various options Amtrak
offers between any two stations." You'll need Macromedia Flash to use
the atlas.

Information Technology
Entrepreneurship
Source: IEEE-USA
New, IEEE-USA Offers Resources to Assist Tech-Based Entrepreneurs

"The new IEEE-USA Entrepreneurs Village is an online portal designed
to provide high-tech entrepreneurs with tools and resources conducive
to innovation and company growth. It links high-tech entrepreneurs
with their peers, and prospective entrepreneurs with mentors."

Vehicle Theft--United States
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau
Hot Spots 2005

>From press release: "The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)
reported today that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly
California, is indeed heaven for the nation?s auto thieves. All of the
nation's top ten areas with the highest vehicle theft rates are in the
West with six of them in California."

Maternal and Infant Mortality
Source: Save the Children
State of the World's Mothers 2006: Saving the Lives of Mothers and Newborns

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Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports
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Source: ISI
+ Library & Information Science: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2001-05
+ The Most-Cited Institutions in Computer Science, 1995-2005
+ Science in France, 2001-05
+ Art & Architecture: Most Prolific U.S. Universities, 2001-05
+ The "Hot" Paper in Physics
+ The "Hot" Paper in Chemistry

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++ Tuesday, May 9, 2006 ++


Professional Reading Shelf
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Library of Congress--Preservation
Source: Federal Computer Week
Nels Olson's new lab is in the library

"'All the people who've bought the [Beatles?] 'White Album' as many
times as I have know that [CDs] break down,' Olson said. A CD?s
lifespan is as short as 14 years. 'Anybody who's had a collection of
CDs for that long, like me, has started to see their CDs fail.'" Meet
Nels Olson, who gave up a career in biotechnology to join the Library
of Congress last month as chief of preservation research and testing."

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Social Networking
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
MySpace, Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites: Hot Today, Gone Tomorrow?

"Popular social network sites, including MySpace and Facebook, are
changing the human fabric of the Internet and have the potential to
pay off big for investors, but -- given their youthful user base --
they are unusually vulnerable to the next new fad. As quickly as users
flock to one trendy Internet site, they can just as quickly move on to
another with no advance warning, according to Wharton faculty and
Internet analysts, who offer some ideas on how these new sites can
both increase user loyalty and generate revenues."

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Digital Resource--Social Science
Digital Resources--Humanities
Source: Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley

Final Report: Use and Users of Digital Resources: A Focus on
Undergraduate Education in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Electronic Commerce--Canada--Statistics
Source: Industry Canada
Highlights from the 2005 Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology (SECT)
See Also: Related Numbers via Statistics Canada

Workforce--Europe--Statistics
Source: Eurostat
Ageing work force -- how old are Europe's human resources in science and technology?
8 pages; PDF.

Enviroment--United States
Streams--United States
Source: EPA (via DocuTicker)
New Report, New tool to restore the nation's at-risk streams

"What's the state of the union's streams? EPA set out to answer that
question in a just-completed, multiyear study of wadeable streams
across the country. The study, Wadeable Streams Assessment (WSA), is
the first consistent evaluation of the streams that feed rivers,
lakes, and coastal waters. Alaska and Hawaii were not included in the
report but have pilot projects underway. 'Wadeable streams' are those
which are shallow enough to be adequately sampled without a boat. They
are essential natural resources that have been under-sampled in the
past." Direct to Full Text.

Science--United States--Statistics
Engineering--United States--Statistics
Source: NSF
Just Released, Science and Engineering State Profiles: 2003-04

"This report, Science and Engineering State Profiles: 2003-04,
provides statistics on finances and personnel for the 50 States,
Washington DC, and Puerto Rico with special emphasis on R&D
performance in 2003."

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Multimedia Shelf
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Media--United States
Source: Tufts University
Webcast: The Edward R. Murrow Symposium: Ted Koppel, Moderator

The symposium's title is, "What Would Murrow See Now? The U.S. Press
and the World." It took place on April 3, 2006 at Tufts University in
Medford, MA. It's a panel discussion that includes:

+ Neal Shapiro, Former President, NBC News
+ Louise Lief, Deputy Director, International Reporting Project
+ Keith Richburg, Foreign Editor, The Washington Post
+ Crocker Snow, Director, Murrow Center, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Business--China
Consumerism--China
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business

Webcast: View from the Top: Chinese Consumers Likely to Set Product
Standards in Future, Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin Says

Presentation to the Stanford Graduate School of Business on April
21st. Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone, the company better known as Verizon
in the United States, says the sheer size of China means its consumers
will replace Americans as the customers who set product standards in
the future." Lecture lasts about 1 hr. Text summary here.


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++ Monday, May 8, 2006 ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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RLG
OCLC
Source: InfoToday
RLG to Merge with OCLC
Paula Hane provides a detailed look at what we first posted about last week.
See Also: ResourceShelf's 5/4/2006 Post

Access to Information
Internal Revenue Service--FOIA
Source: IRS
New, IRS FOIA Public Liaisons and the FOIA Requestor Service Center
See Also: IRS FOIA Web Page

National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Source: National Library of Medicine

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Regional Medical Library
Contracts Awarded

"The National Library of Medicine announces new five-year contracts to
eight institutions to serve as Regional Medical Libraries in the
National Network of Libraries of Medicine. The Network consists of the
eight competitively selected regional medical libraries, and over
5,700 health sciences and public libraries."

Scholarly Publishing
Source: Inside Higher Ed
The Tyranny of Citations

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
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Imagery--Satellite
Source: SpaceImaging /GeoEye
Ancient Observatories Gallery

Space Imaging (now part of GeoEye) have put together this easy to use
compilation of ancient ruins and other locations observed from space.
Images can be downloaded and saved for offline usage. Locations
include:

+ Chichen Itza, Mexico
+ Machu Pizu, Peru
+ Stonehenge, UK
+ Easter Island, Chile
+ Casa Rinconada, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, U.S.
+ Several others

U.S. Military--Cultural Awareness--Bibliography
Source: Air University Library
Cultural Awareness and the Military
New bibliography includes Internet resources, books, documents and periodicals.

Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Forbes
CEO Compensation, 2006

Pay of CEO's at America's Top 500 companies. Sort lists by overall
ranking, company name, CEO age, and other criteria. Several background
articles.

Health Care--United States--Statistics
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
First Health Cost Snapshots Examine Overall Spending and Out-of-Pocket Costs

Two new online publications examine the growing share of the nation's
economy consumed by health care spending and efforts to restrain that
growth, as well as the current levels of out-of-pocket spending for
health care across different populations. The analyses are part of
Snapshots: Health Care Costs, a new series written by Kaiser staff
that provides insight into the political and policy debates about the
cost of health care in the United States."

+ Comparing Projected Growth in Health Care Expenditures and the Economy
+ Distribution of Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care Services

Economics
Source: Statistics Canada
New, Understanding Productivity: A Primer

15 pages; PDF. "This paper provides a concise overview of the concept
of productivity by explaining its relevance and usefulness."

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++ Sunday,  May 7, 2006 ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Electronic Resources

Source: Managing Electronic Resources: Contemporary Problems and
Emerging Issues, chapter 5, pp. 56-66, ALA. (via E-LIS)

House of Horrors: Exorcising Electronic Resources

A new article by Norm Medeiros. From the abstract, "Providing access
to, managing administrative elements of, and exercising authority over
licensed electronic resources are challenges of increasing proportion
for libraries of all types and sizes. This paper reviews the evolution
of end-user access to e-resources. Management of administrative
metadata is detailed. The paper concludes with a lament about the
near-total lack of control libraries possess regarding their licensed
electronic resources, and the arsenal libraries will need to
counteract this damaging situation."

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+ Harvard Business School Working Papers: Winning Legally: The Value
of Legal Astuteness

+ Industrial Funding of Academic R&D Continues to Decline in FY 2004

+ Broadband Deployment Is Extensive throughout the United States, but
It Is Difficult to Assess the Extent of Deployment Gaps in Rural Areas
(via GAO)

+ Evaluating the Viability of 100 Per Cent Container Inspection at
America's Ports

+ Mental Health in the United States: Parental Report of Diagnosed
Autism in Children Aged 4--17 Years --- United States, 2003--2004

+ BBC/Reuters/Media Center Poll: Trust in the Media

+ United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual
Report, 2006

+ Federal Agencies Release Fifth Annual Report to Congress on
Scholarship Fraud

+ Children, Adolescents, and the Internet

+ American Lung Association State of the Air 2006

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Imagery--Aerial
Imagery--Satellite
Source: USGS
Primer: Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images

USGS imagery and photos are used in some part with many of the online
mapping services like Windows Live Local, TerraFly, TerraServer, and
NASA's WorldWind to name only a few places where it's found. It's also
possible (and easy) to download and directly access USGS imagery.

Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Forbes
Just Released, Best Places For Business And Careers, 2006

"[Forbes] annual ranking of the business climate in 200 large U.S.
metros and 179 smaller places." Several background articles and sorts
available. Direct to list (sorted by rank, metros). Direct to list
(sorted by rank, small metros).

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

As Project Gutenberg celebrates its 35th anniversary this summer (yes,
e-books are hardly a new idea and congrats to Gutenberg founder,
Michael Hart) The World eBook Fair will work to promote eBooks around
the globe. From the World eBook Fair site, "July 4th to August 4, 2006
marks a month long celebration of the 35th anniversary of the first
step taken towards today's eBooks. 35 years ago the United States
Declaration of Independence was a first example of hundreds of
thousands of eBooks downloadable on the Internet today in a variety of
languages totalling over 100. The World eBook Fair welcomes you to
absolutely free access to a variety of eBook unparalleled by any other
source. 1/3 million eBooks await you, all free of charge [as PDF
files] for the month of July...This event is brought to you by the
oldest and largest free eBook source on the Internet, Project
Gutenberg, with the assistance of The World eBook Library, the
providers of the largest collection, and a number of other eBook
efforts around the world. The World eBook Library normally charges
$8.95 per year for their online collection, and allows unlimited
permanent downloading. During The World eBook Fair all these books are
available free of charge through a gateway at
http://www.gutenberg.org.

See Also: Learn More/Subscribe to The World eBook Library

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++ Saturday, May 6, 2006 ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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Personal Information Management (PIM)--Workshops
Source: University of Washington

Call for Papers: Personal Information Management: Now That We're
Talking, What Are We Learning?

The workshop will take place in Seattle on August 10-11, 2006. "Good
research relating to Personal Information Management (PIM) is being
done in several disciplines including database management, human-
computer interaction, artificial intelligence and, certainly,
information retrieval. This two-day workshop will continue momentum
towards building a community of researchers doing PIM-related
research."

See Also: Keeping Found Things Found (via Univ. of Washington)
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Information Retrieval
Source: SIGIR
New, SIGIR Forum June 2006
Articles include:
+ What's the value of TREC -- is there a gap to jump or a chasm to bridge?
+ The Eurovision St Andrews Collection of Photographs
+ The CIKM 2005 Workshop on Information Retrieval in Peer-to-Peer Networks
+ GIR'05 2005 ACM Workshop on Geographical Information Retrieval
+ The Wikipedia XML Corpus

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Maps--United States--Printable Maps
Source: NationalAtlas.gov
Printable Maps with Counties and selected Cities and Towns Now Available

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++ Friday, May 5, 2006 ++

Professional Reading Shelf
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e-Journals--Preservation
Source: Charleston Advisor
E-Journal Archives and Preservation: An Executive Overview

"Since the scholarly journal market has largely made the transition
from print to online, most libraries receive the majority of their
titles in electronic format. The concern regarding ongoing and
permanent access to ejournals has prompted many different
organizations to develop projects to address the concern. However, no
single solution or effort appears, at the present, to address the
concerns of the library community."

e-Journals--Preservation
Source: ARL, CNI, SPARC

ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Action from
ARL, CNI, and SPARC

+ The State of the Large Publisher Bundle: Findings from an ARL Member Survey
+ Surveying the E-Journal Preservation Landscape

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Briefly
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Mobile Access to Information: SMS Shortcode Directories
+ Shortcode.info (Global Scope, User Contributions)
+ US Common Short Code WHOIS Directory
+ OTAir Short Code Directory (U.S.)
--
+ Coming from Microsoft: Sense Web (via All Points Blog)

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Search Briefs
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Microsoft Gets Ready to Launch QnA Service (Beta)

It appears that Microsoft is preparing to launch their Q&A service
very soon. Unlike Google Answers (a fee-based service, in some cases)
but similar to Yahoo Answers, if Windows Live QnA is like other
Windows Live services it will be free. Register to get on the beta
list here.

Here's how MS describes the service:

"Windows Live QnA Beta lets you ask any question and get the 411 from
people who have the answers you're looking for. Everybody's an expert
on something--including you--so tap into that collective brain power
and contribute your own." Direct to the Windows Live QnA Blog.

While these services often get the attention of the masses (even for a
brief period of time), librarian powered virtual reference services
(OCLC's QuestionPoint or one of countless other services)* can often
go unnoticed and underutilized. Sad.

* To the many non-librarians out there. Libraries of all types offer
live chat with a trained librarian. Every library offers something
different and you will need a library card in many cases. These and
other libraries also offer email reference help and telephone
assistance. Need a directory of libraries? Check here. For example,
the Marin County California Public Library offers a number of Q&A
services (free) including the 24x7x365 AskNow service. Finally, The
Library of Congress offers both email and virtual chat reference for
free. More about LC's Ask a Librarian services here.

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Religious Freedom
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Just Released, United States Commission on International Religious
Freedom Annual Report, 2006

Gas Price
Source: Federal Trade Commission
Enhanced Site, Oil and Gas Industy Initiatives

"... newly developed tips for consumers on what they can do to
conserve and save gas, as well as a gas column dedicated to
summarizing for consumers current market conditions that may be
impacting prices and the FTC's role in petroleum industry enforcement.
A special feature of the new page is a 'bumper-to-bumper' interactive
guide to saving money at the pump. The FTC today also is releasing a
related consumer alert with tips on saving gas."

Pandemic Influenza--United States
Source: Whitehouse.gov
National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza

"The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza presents our approach to
address the threat of pandemic influenza, whether it results from the
strain currently in birds in Asia or another influenza virus. It
outlines how we intend to prepare, detect, and respond to a pandemic.
It also outlines the important roles to be played not only by the
federal government, but also by state and local governments, private
industry, our international partners, and most importantly individual
citizens, including you and your families."

Full Document (PDF; 477 KB) (via DocuTicker.com)

Iraq--Press
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Background Brief: Iraq's Press: A Status Report

Technology--Conferences--Calendars
Source: TechnologyGuru.com
TechnologyGuru.com Conference Calendar

Business Programs--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: BusinessWeek
List: The Best Undergraduate Business Programs (PDF)
Background, methodology, and more here.

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++ Thursday, May 4, 2006 ++

Resource of the Week
by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor
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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."

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Professional Reading Shelf
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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."

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

Information Literacy
Source: EDUCAUSE Quarterly
Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century
See Also: Connected To Nowhere (via Information Week)
"Internet use can isolate kids instead of linking them to the world."

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!

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

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. From the highlights:

+ Venture capital investments worldwide reached the level of US$31.3
billion. The United States, Canada, Europe, and Israel represent 93%
of capital invested, while China and India account for the remainder.

+ Venture capital firms in the United States have raised US$41 billion
in new funds in the last two years. European firms closed on 3.7
billion/Euros in 2005, more than double the previous year's figure.

+ Venture-backed company exits grew in value and number in 2005,
setting the stage for continued investment in 2006.

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Mobile Access to Information: Directions Magazine Offers a Profile of Telmap

"Telmap provides mobile navigation on cell phones, PDAs and Blackberry
devices that have GPS built-in or are Bluetooth-enabled and can use an
external Bluetooth GPS device."

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Search Briefs
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+ British study of search practices (via Pandia)

+ Microsoft-Google Browser War Doubles Down (via eWeek)

+ Microsoft plays mobile search 'wild card'

+ Yahoo sued over alleged pay-per-click fraud (via News.com)
Note: We've posted the full text of the complaint filed in this lawsuit here.
19 pages; PDF.

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