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ResourceShelf Newsletter
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Number 262
May 25, 2006


                 ++  Thursday, May 25, 2006  ++

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

Reference Questions
Discussion Lists
  Source: Project Wombat
  Learn About Project Wombat, The New Stumpers-L

  The latest on a "classic" reference discussion list. "Project Wombat
  is an e-mail discussion list for difficult reference questions.
  Membership is free, and non-members may submit questions for
  discussion. Project Wombat continues the many fine traditions
  started by the Stumpers list once offered by Dominican University
  with some helpful new options."

Digital Science
  Source: Association of Research Libraries, Proceedings of the 148th
  Membership Meeting, 2006

  Speech: The International Dimensions of Digital Science and
  ScholarshipA speech by Deanna B. Marcum, Associate Librarian for
  Library Services, Library of Congress.

  See Also: Slides from Marcum's Presentation
  See Also: Other Presentations from the Meeting

Library and Information Science--Glossary
  Source: School of Information Resources & Library Science, the
  University of Arizona
  SIRLS: The Information Professional's Glossary
  See Also: OCLC Glossary

Interactive Television
  Source: itvt
  An Interview with the Creators of CNN's New Interactive Service,
  "CNN Enhanced"

  Could libraries be involved in other enhanced tv services?

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/learn-about-project-wombat-new.html


Cool Tools
----------

Winksite

  Quickly and easily create mobile tools. Free. Impressive and useful.
  From the site, "In minutes, you can set-up a free mobile site that's
  available worldwide on any web-enabled phone, PDA or desktop PC.
  Each mobile site is outfitted with easy-to-use mobile channels
  including chat, blog, mobile feed reader, surveys, journal, forum,
  calendar, guestbook, bookmarks, email and more."
http://www.winksite.com/site/index.cfm

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

Business Research--United States
  SEC EDGAR
  Source: The Virtual Chase
  Tyburski Says PWC's EdgarScan Database Now Searching Full Text of
  SEC EDGAR Docs

  Yes, a full text EDGAR database for free. Many of the free EDGAR
  services only search info found header and not the full text of
  documents. Direct to EdgarScan.

  See Also: The Always Useful SECInfo.com (Free) Allows Full Text
  Searching of Document Subsets.

Newspaper Archives
  Source: NewspaperARCHIVE.com
  Yet Another New Archive, This Time Over 50,000 Articles About
  Hurricanes in the U.S.

  Wow, NewspaperArchive appears to be releasing about one new (and
  free) archive a week. This time thousands of full text, full image
  articles about hurricanes. Full text search, save, print. All free.
  "Newspaper articles about hurricanes tell stories of those affected
  by some of Mother Nature's most powerful disasters. From the
  Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in US
  history, to Hurricane Katrina."

  See Also: Links to Other NewspaperArchive Free Databases
  Even more here and here.

Financial Services--United States--Statistics
  Source: III
  Financial Services Fact Book 2006
  See Also: Insurance Related Statistics

Phishing--Statistics
  Source: Anti-Phishing Working Group
  New, April Phishing Activity Trends Report
  PDF. "Phish Reports drop slightly in April...Malware-dropping URLs
  and new Trojans continues to grow."

Media--Children
  Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
  Study Shows How Kids' Media Use Helps Parents Cope

  "Electronic media is a central focus of many very young children's
  lives, used by parents to help manage busy schedules, keep the
  peace, and facilitate family routines such as eating, relaxing, and
  falling asleep, according to a new national study by the Kaiser
  Family Foundation. Many parents also express satisfaction with the
  educational benefits of TV and how it can teach positive behaviors."

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/50000-searchable-about-hurricanes.html




                 ++  Wednesday, May 24, 2006  ++

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

International Federatation of Library Associations
  Source: IFLA

A Selection of Papers to be Presented at World Library and Information
Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference #2

+ Directories of international repositories: research results and
  recommendations

+ Web accessibility: a review of research and initiatives

+ Information literacy as an emancipatory process directed to social
  inclusion in a knowledge society

+ Dynamic Transformation of the National Diet Library: From the
  Researcher's Library to the Library for All

+ Enabling Library and Information Skills: Foundations for Entering
  Students

+ Integrating Information Literacy in a First-Year University Course:
  A Case Study from Canada

See Also: Compilation #1

Scholarly Literature
  Open Computation: Beyond Human-Reader-Centric Views of Scholarly
  Literatures

  A new book chapter by Clifford Lynch to appear in Open Access: Key
  Strategic, Technical and Ecomomic Aspects, Neil Jacobs (Ed.),
  (Oxford: Chandos Publishing), Spring 2006. "...speculating about the
  interactions between the emerging technologies of text mining,
  licensing electronic scholarly journals, and open access."
  Also available in PDF.

Medical Literature--Open Access
  Source: Canadian Health Libraries Association 2006: Pearls of Wisdom
  (via E-LIS)
  Open Access for the Medical Librarian

Scholarly Publishing--Avian Influenza--
  Source: Proceedings International Workshop on Webometrics,
  Informetrics and Scientometrics & Seventh COLLNET Meeting (via E-
  LIS)

  Cooperation bibliogram of bird flu

Digital Archiving
  Source: UKOLN
  Material on Digital Archiving presentation available

  "Slides are now available from the presentation entitled 'Digital
  Archiving' to the East Anglia Online User Group (EAOLUG) given by
  Maureen Pennock of UKOLN. The event, called 'Digital Archives and
  Records Management', took place at the Royal Society of Chemistry,
  Cambridge, on 23 May 2006."

  See Also: Archiving Web Site Resources : a Records Management View

  Poster presented at the WWW 2006 conference, Edinburgh Scotland.
  Thanks to PADI for the news tip.

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/directories-of-international.html



Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports
--------------------------------------

Source: ISI

+ The Most-Cited Institutions in Computer Science, 1995-2005

+ Australian Universities: Most Prolific in Agricultural Sciences,
  2001-05

+ Science in Germany, 2001-05 ||| 10-Year Country Rankings for:
  Germany

+ Journals Ranked by Impact: Education & Educational Research

+ U.S. Universities with Highest Concentrations in Mathematics,
  2001-05

+ The 10 most-cited countries in Immunology, 1995-December 31, 2005,
  sorted by 3 separate measures

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/most-cited-institutions-in-computer.html


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

Elections--Worldwide
  Source: Parliamentary Library, Australia
  Guide to Elections Around the World 2006
  "This electronic brief provides links to web-based information and
  full-text articles relevant to selected countries having national
  elections in 2006."

Computers--Statistics
  Source: Computer Industry Almanac
  New, PCs In-Use Surpassed 900M in 2005. USA Accounts for over 25% of
  PCs In-Use

  Includes list of Top 15 Countries In PCs In-Use.

Outsourcing--Companies--Lists & Ranking
  Source: International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)
  The Global Outsourcing 100
  "The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)
  is pleased to announce the following companies have been selected to
  the first-ever listing of the world's top outsourcing service
  providers -- The Global Outsourcing 100."

Aging--Web Resources
  Source: AARP Policy & Research
  Global Aging Program

"In addition to news, reports and other publications, includes:

+ International Conference Calendar

+ International and Regional Organizations and Networks Concerned With
  Aging

+ Periodicals for Seniors From Around the World

+ Organizations for Seniors Around the World

+ Aging Everywhere: Intereactive map offering "resources on the 50+
  population worldwide."

+ AgeSource Worldwide: Database that "provides links to over 300 major
  or unique libraries, clearinghouses, databases, directories,
  bibliographies, and Web metasites around the world that focus on
  aging or closely allied subjects. Some 30 countries are represented
  in AgeSource Worldwide."

Information Technology--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Business 2.0
  100 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies, 2006

Sort by state available. Top 10 are:

1. Celgene
2. Red Hat
3. Apple Computer
4. SanDisk
5. ValueClick
6. Palomar Medical Technologies
7. aQuantive
8. LifeCell
9. Gilead Sciences
10. Clinical Data

Parks--United StatesLists & Rankings
  Source: Center for City Park Excellence

Fast Facts: Parks

+ The 100 Largest City Parks

+ City Park Acreage as a Percentage of the Area of the City

+ Total Spending on Parks and Recreation Per Resident in the Major
  Cities

+ The Oldest City Parks in the U.S.

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/guide-to-elections-around-world-2006.html


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

Online Maps & Aerial Imagery
  Ask.com Maps and Aerial Imagery of Europe

Web Search--MSN Live Local
  Microsoft Live Local Adds Traffic Info, Traffic Info Has Been
  Accessible via MSN Autos for Some Time

Web Search--Google
  Google Wants to Talk, Again

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/askcom-maps-offers-aerial-imagery-of.html


                  ++  Tuesday, May 23, 2006  ++


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

Digitization
  Source: HP Research
  Quality Assurance in High Volume Document Digitization: A Survey

National Science Digital Library
  Source: EDUCAUSE
  Building a National Science Digital Library

  An archived version of this lecture and Q&A with Dean B. Krafft is
  now available. It was presented live on May 8, 2006. Access is free.
  From the overview: "Since 2000, the National Science Digital Library
  (NSDL) Core Integration team has been creating the infrastructure
  for a digital library of science, technology, engineering, and
  mathematics resources. That library now contains more than a million
  resources from approximately 100 collections. In this talk, Dean
  Krafft will give a short historical overview of the NSDL and
  describe the current NSDL community and participants."

Council on Library and Information Resources
  Source: CLIR
  CLIR Issues

Articles include:

+ Symposium Kicks Off Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration (CLIR's
  Fiftieth Anniversary Sponsors' Symposium)

+ Libraries: Diffuse and In the Flow

+ CLIR Appoints Committee to Advise on Place as Library

PubMed
  Source: NLM
  Search Help: NIH Grant Numbers in PubMed Citations
  See Also: PubMed Tutorial Updated
  See Also: Wellcome Trust Grant Number Added to MEDLINE/PubMed
  Citations
  See Also: New MedlinePLUS Magazine

Brazil--Webliographies
  Source: C&RL News
  New, Brazilian studies: Online resources for researchers

  Compiled by Edward A. Riedinger. "[Riedinger] heads the Latin
  American Studies Library and is professor for Brazilian Studies at
  Ohio State University. He is also editor-in-chief of the
  Encyclopedia of Brazilian History and Culture (Routledge, 2009) and
  will be a visiting researcher in the Centre for Brazilian Studies at
  Oxford University in the autumn."

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/dean-b-krafft-on-building-national.html


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

Driving Laws--United States--Databases
  Source: AAA
  The Digest of Motor Laws

Hurricanes--United States--Predictions
  Source: NOAA
  Just Released: 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Outlook

  "NOAA's 2006 Atlantic hurricane season outlook indicates an 80%
  chance of an above-normal hurricane season, a 15% chance of a near-
  normal season, and only a 5% chance of a below-normal season. This
  outlook is produced by scientists at the National Oceanic and
  Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center (CPC),
  National Hurricane Center (NHC), and Hurricane Research Division
  (HRD). See NOAA's definitions of above-, near-, and below-normal
  seasons."

  See Also: Fast Facts: 2006 Hurricane Season Begin (via U.S. Census)
  A myriad of fast facts and stats about the upcoming season.

Federal Court--United States
  Source: U.S. Courts
  New Locator: U.S. Federal Court Lookup Database

  "Contacting the nearest federal court, or the federal court you
  need, is easier than it used to be. You now can search for the right
  court, or court office, by city, zip code, area code, and more."
  Thanks to Genie Tyburski at The Virtual Chase for the news tip.

Government--Latin America--Archives
  Source: LANIC (University of Texas)
  Latin American Government Documents Archive
  From the site, "The Latin American Government Documents Archive
  (LAGDA) seeks to preserve and facilitate access to a wide range of
  ministerial and presidential documents from 18 Latin American and
  Caribbean countries. The Archive contains copies of the Web sites of
  approximately 300 government ministries and presidencies. Capture of
  sites began on multiple dates in 2005 and 2006, and will continue
  with regularly scheduled captures." Powered by the Internet
  Archive's Archive-It service.

  See Also: Political Database of the America's (via Georgetown
  University)

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/just-released-2006-atlantic-hurricane.html


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

New webcasts, archived presentations, and more covering a variety of
topics.

  New Webcast, Commencenment Address (Video): U.S. Supreme Court
  Justice John Roberts Delivers the Commencement Address at Georgetown
  University Law Center.

  This speech was delivered on May 21, 2006.

Politics
  Journalism
  Source: National Archives and Records Administration
  Video Lindy Boggs And Cokie Roberts: Two Generations of an American
  Political Family

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/chief-justice-john-roberts-delivers.html


                  ++  Monday, May 22, 2006  ++


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

Amazon.com's Search Inside the Book Gets a New Look with New
AmazonOnlineReader and Your Media Library

Medical Librarians
  Librarians
  Source: AP
  Internet searches: Librarians do it better

Health Research
  Library Outreach
  Source: NLM
  Information Rx Tool Kit Redesign

  "Following the success of the pilot sites in Georgia, Iowa, and
  Virginia (see Information Rx project summary), NLM worked with the
  Virginia pilot sites to develop the Information Rx Tool Kit to
  assist librarians in promoting Information Rx to physicians,
  patients and their families, as well as to public libraries and
  community organizations. The tool kit contains tested promotional
  materials and suggestions for a variety of activities. The
  Information Rx Tool Kit Web site has recently undergone a facelift
  and reorganization to make it easier to use. The Web site, renamed
  the Health Sciences Information Rx Tool Kit, was launched in May
  2006 and is a step-by-step online guide designed to assist health
  sciences librarians with project-related outreach activities they
  may wish to initiate."

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/amazons-search-inside-book-gets-new.html


ResourceShelf Real-Time #3
--------------------------

Our continuing series of real-time info sites, tools, and feeds.

+ Vaisala Real-Time Lightning Track (U.S.)
https://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/tux/jsp/explorer/explorer.jsp
  Based on real-time measurements from the U.S. National Lightning
  Detection Network. Additional functionality available for a fee.

+ XM Song Tracker
http://www.xmfan.com/guide.php
  In our first compilation, we linked to a database that showed what
  music or other programming was currently playing on Sirius Satellite
  Radio (also searchable). This time, the same type of service for XM
  Satellite Radio. This database is also searchable.

+ Flight Delay Information -- Air Traffic Control System Command Center
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
  View by region, airport, or search by airport name. A text-only
  version is available. A database of past advisories is also online.
  A wireless version of real-time flight delay info from the FAA is
  also available at this URL.


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

Venture Capital--Europe
  Source: PWC
  Preliminary European Investment & Fundraising Activity
  2005 Summary & Data
  See Also: 2005 Global Report on Private Equity

Business--United States--Statistics
  Economics--United States--Statistics
  Source: BLS
  100 Years of U.S. Consumer Spending: Data for the Nation, New York
  City, and Boston

  "This report, 100 Years of U.S. Consumer Spending: Data for the
  Nation, New York City, and Boston, BLS Report 991, offers a new
  approach to the use of

  Consumer Expenditure Survey data--http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm.
  Also, available as a PDF.

Business--United States--Lists and Rankings
  Source: Black Enterprise (via DocuTicker.com)
  BE 100s: 2005 Report

"Today's business environment moves at lightning speed. For the chief
executives of the nation's largest black-owned businesses, keeping
pace is priority No. 1. They must continually re-evaluate corporate
capabilities and tinker with their company's infrastructure to gain
maximum advantage. Many must contend with emerging competitors, but
the most daunting challenge for these CEOs, whether they operate an
industrial/service company or a financial services firm, is dealing
with large majority corporations treading on their turf."

+ Industrial/Service 100
+ Auto Dealer 100
+ Advertising Agencies
+ Insurance Companies
+ Banks
+ Investment Banks
+ Asset Managers
+ Private Equity Firms

Ready Reference--Lists & Rankings
  Source: Infoplease.com

Fast Fact Shelf

+ Music (Various Lists and Rankings)

Updated compilatiopn including: Top 10 Most Played Songs, 2005; Most
Played Music Videos, 2005; Top 10 Digital Songs, 2005; and more.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150212.html

+ The 100 Largest City Parks (U.S.)
+ Offbeat National Parks
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/rankings-100-largest-city-parks-us.html


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

Multimedia Search
  Source: Searchforvideo.com
http://www.searchforvideo.com/pub/discovery/index.html
  Searchforvideo.com Adds New Content From Discovery Networks
http://searchforvideo.com/
  The always useful (and improving) Searchforvideo.com, the search
  site that aggregates video content from a large number of sources
  (we find lots of content here before we find it anywhere else, if
  ever) has added new video clips from Discovery Networks. Of course
  the clips can be searched (using metadata associated with each
  entry) but it's now also possible to browse clips by program and/or
  network. Great idea!
http://www.searchforvideo.com/misc/reel.jsp?mode=1



+ Bureau of Justice Statistics Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2005

+ Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program: Delivering Sustainable
  Public Health Protection for America: 2005 Annual Report

+ Estimating Potential Impact of an Influenza Pandemic Using 1968- and
  1918-Type Scenarios

+ Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza
  A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO

+ Consumer Expenditures in 2004

+ Canada: Over 380,000 Households in Five Major Centres Intend to Buy
  a Home in 2006

+ Hybrid Vehicle Registrations More Than Double In 2005

+ Libel in the Blogosphere: Some Preliminary Thoughts

+ Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary
  Schools, 2005

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/best-of-docuticker-hybrid-vehicle.html


                  ++  Sunday, May 21, 2006 ++

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

Weblogs
  Source: Dr. Gilad Mishne, University of Amsterdam
  New Position Paper, Information Access Challenges in the Blogspace

  Published in IIIA-2006 -- International Workshop on Intelligent
  Information Access, 2006.

  See Also: Other Writing by Gilad Mishne on Weblogs, Search and
  Access

+ New Research Paper (DRAFT): Large Scale Study Looks at Comments
  Posted on Weblogs (8 pages; PDF)

The following items were co-authored with Maarten de Rijke.

+ AutoTag: A Collaborative Approach to Automated Tag Assignment for
  Weblog Posts

+ Deriving Wishlists from Blogs: Show us your Blog, and We'll Tell you
  What Books to Buy

+ New Academic Paper Offers a Review of Weblog Searching

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/new-paper-information-access.html


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

Agriculture--United States
  National Agriculture Library
  Digitization Projects
  Source: NAL
  National Agriculture Library Digital Repository (NALDR)
  From the announcement, "While documents will continually be added to
  NALDR, currently available in the repository are:

* The Rural Development Publication Digitizing Project, providing
  access to publications produced since the 1800s and chosen as being
  the most relevant titles on rural development. These include the
  entire series of Rural Development Research Reports, Rural
  Development Perspectives, Agricultural Economic Reports, and
  Agriculture Information Bulletins, as well as selected Economic
  Research Staff Reports and the first 300 volumes of Agriculture
  Handbooks.

* The Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture series.
  Published from 1894 to 1992, the yearbooks contain statistical
  information, summaries of research developments, and comprehensive
  surveys of particular subjects important to agriculture, providing
  an important annual "snapshot" of U.S. agriculture. The yearbooks
  for 1894 to 1914 are currently available in the NALDR. The remaining
  volumes will be added in 2006."

Military Law--Bibliography
  Source: Air University Library
  Law of Armed Conflict in Air and Space Operations
  New bibliography contains Internet resources, books, documents,
  periodicals.

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/national-agriculture-library-digital.html



                 ++  Saturday, May 20, 2006  ++

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

eBooks
  Coming this Summer: Free Access to Thousands of eBooks via The World
  eBook Fair
http://www.worldebookfair.com/

  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 eBooks 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
http://worldlibrary.net/
  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.


Business--Guides
----------------

Source: U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service and U.S. Department of
State

  Every year the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service and the U.S.
  Department of State publish Country Commercial Guides (CCG) about
  doing business in a specific nation (from a U.S. perspective, of
  course). These reports contain info on the basic business situation
  in that country, investment climate, import issues, business travel
  and much more. All of the following CCG's were placed on the web in
  the past two months. ResourceShelf will post updates and more 2006
  Country Commercial Guides going forward. All of these documents are
  free as PDF files. The guides frequently run 25 or more pages. For
  example, the CCG for France is 170 pages. To locate reports for
  other countries, archived reports, etc., that are not listed here or
  to access a specific chapter from one of these reports use this
  database and select "Country Commercial Guides" in the report type
  pull-down box.

Here's the list of some recently Country Commercial Guides:

Austria
Canada
Costa Rica
Denmark
France
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Honduras
India
Laos
Macedonia
Malawi
Maldives
Nigeria
Panama
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
Togo
Tunisia

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/business-research-tools-new-country.html

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

VoIP/Internet Telephony
  Source: Science Reference Services/Library of Congress
  New Science Tracer Bullet Tackles VoIP/Internet Telephony
  Includes intro, bibliography, articles, web resources.
  See Also: List of All Science Tracer Bullets

Fantasy Sports--Directory
  Source: Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA)
  FSTA Members

  "The following companies are corporate associates of FSTA. Each
  company's representative(s) is indicated. There are currently 260
  companies that are members of the FSTA." Web links where available.

Immigration--United States
  Source: Dept. of Homeland Security, Inspector General

  Detention And Removal Of Illegal Aliens: U.S. Immigration and
  Customs Enforcement (ICE)

  "This report assesses DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  program for detaining and removing illegal aliens apprehended in the
  United States and at ports of entry. It is based on interviews with
  employees and officials of relevant agencies and institutions,
  direct observations, and a review of applicable documents."

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/new-science-trace-bullet-from-lc.html



                 ++  Friday, May 19, 2006  ++


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

User Interfaces
  Source: Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, University of
  Maryland

  Exploratory Search Interfaces: Categorization, Clustering, and
  Beyond

  From the introduction, "Although the Semantic Web is making new
  richer and more flexible kinds of Web-based querying possible, a
  burning question remains 'Are current search technologies enough to
  meet all user demands?' The answer of course is yes and no. Search
  engines, bibliographic databases, and digital libraries provide
  adequate support for users whose information needs are well defined.
  However, they do not work well in situations where users lack the
  knowledge or contextual awareness to formulate queries or navigate
  complex information spaces [2]."

Libraries--Australia
  Resources for Library and Information Week
  Library and Information Week begins on May 22nd.
  Overview FAQ (PDF) Resources for Library and Info Week

Reference Books
  Source: Book Publishing
  ref*er*ence pub*lish*ing

  "...reference publishers face significant challenges reflected in a
  significant drop in new titles released in 2005 as they strive to
  adapt to new trends in the market."

Professional Literature--Nursing
  Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association
  (Volume 94(2 Suppl))
  Symposium: Mapping the Literature of Nursing

+ Mapping the general literature of American nursing
+ Mapping the literature of emergency nursing
+ Mapping the literature of rehabilitation nursing
+ May More

See Also: Journal of the Medical Library Association (Volume 94)

Cataloging
  Source: ALA
  ALA urges more deliberation, library involvement in Library of
  Congress's cataloging changes

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/reference-publishing-exploratory.html


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

Law--Global
  Source: Law Library of Congress
  New Publication: Global Legal Monitor, Vol 1. No. 1

  "This online publication will be updated frequently, drawing upon
  information selected from the Global Legal Information Network,
  official national legal publications, and reliable press sources.
  Occasionally, a special section may be added to include lectures,
  conferences, symposia, and exhibits on timely legal topics sponsored
  by the Law Library of Congress." 50 pages; PDF.

Phone Records--Government Access
  Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American
  Scientists and Docuticker)

  Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records:
  Legal Authorities (PDF; 87.5 KB)

E-Commerce--United States--Statistics
  Source: U.S. Census
  Just Released, Retail 1Q, 2006 E-commerce Report

  "The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today
  that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the first
  quarter of 2006, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and
  trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was $25.2
  billion, an increase of 7.0 percent (±3.5%) from the fourth quarter
  of 2005."

Business--United States--Surveys
  CEOs--United States--Surveys
  Source: Booz Allen Hamilton
  Global CEO Turnover Set New Record in 2005
  "Global CEO departures reached record levels for the second year in
  a row, and may be peaking, according to the fifth annual survey of
  CEO turnover at the world's 2,500 largest publicly traded
  corporations released today by Booz Allen Hamilton. The study also
  found that performance-related turnover set a new record in North
  America, and merger-driven successions were at their highest level
  globally of any year other than 2000."

  See Also: CEO Succession 2005: The Crest of the Wave (via Strategy +
  Business)

  Article also available in PDF.

Mutimedia Shelf
  Interesting speeches, lectures, and more.
  Source: National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law

  Complete History of Murder and Science in One Hour, presented by Dr.
  Michael Baden

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/government-access-to-phone-calling.html


               ++  Thursday, May 18, 2006  ++



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

Virtual Reference
  Source: Marketwatch.com
  Yahoo embraces man over machine

  We will keep our commentary brief. OK, it's more of a venting. It's
  sad that so much effort and money has been put into virtual
  reference that's "powered" by lots of wonderful information
  professionals from around the globe (literally). However, stories
  like this one (and so many others) seem to only focus on what the
  major search players offer. Not a single mention of virtual
  reference. Where does the quality, currency, accuracy of the answer
  come into play? Does it matter anymore? Sure, Yahoo Answers, Google
  Answers, might be fine for some queries but do people even realize
  what other options they have? Do they know that the article someone
  tells them about is available for free via a remotely accessible
  dataabase? We wonder if the writer of this article knows what's
  available in terms of library-based virtual reference. We've asked.
  If we hear back, we will update this post. Btw, it's not only
  virtual reference but also the many Q&A services (and valuable
  knowledgebases) maintained by subject experts.

Academic Libraries--Weblogs
  Bowker--Weblogs
  Source: Bowker
  Bowker Launches "All-Star" Blog on New Resources for College
  Libraries Web Site

  From the announcement, "...debut of a new online message board that
  will allow some of the world's most highly regarded library
  professionals to post updates regarding their progress on individual
  subject areas being developed for the new Resources for College
  Libraries database."

National Archives--UK
  Source: Kable's Government Computing
  Federated Search Functionality Comes to National Archives

  "Named National Archives Global Search, it went live on 17 May 2006
  and makes it possible to access 11 catalogues and databases on the
  website through one search."

Patents--Canada--Databases
  Census--Canada--Databases
  Genealogy--Canada
  Source: Library and Archives Canada
  Two New Databases from Library and Archives Canada
  Canadian Patents, 1869-1894
  &
  Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia)

Scholarly Publishing
  Source: The Publishing Research Consortium
  Journals and Scientific Productivity: A Case Study in Immunology and
  Microbiology

  "Journals and Scientific Productivity: A case study in immunology
  and microbiology provides an up-to-date snapshot of the attitudes,
  perceptions, and behaviour of a select group of biomedical
  scientists to the journals system and what they perceive to be the
  key things that could be done to help them become more productive in
  research terms."

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/bowker-launches-all-star-blog-new.html


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

Illegal Immigration--Bibliography
  Source: Air University Library
  Illegal Immigration and U.S. Border Security
  New bibliography includes Internet resources, books, documents,
  periodicals.

Maps--India
  Source: ML Infomap
  Interactive Maps for Six Cities in India

Access to these maps is free. Cities include:

+ Mumbai
+ Delhi
+ Gurgaon
+ Kolkata
+ Chennai
+ Bangalore
+ Hyderabad
+ Chandigarh

Environmental Indicators
  Source: The World Bank
  2006 Little Green Data Book (PDF; 1.03 MB)

  From press release (PDF; 60 KB): "Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
  continue to rise with a mix of old and new polluters, according to
  the Little Green Data Book 2006, launched today on the occasion of
  the Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Commission on
  Sustainable Development (CSD-14). According to this annual
  publication of the World Bank, CO2 emissions worldwide have now
  topped 24 billion metric tons (the most recent comprehensive data
  are for 2002), an increase of 15 percent compared to the 1992
  levels." (via DocuTicker)

Campaign Finance
  Source: FEC
  New, Party Financial Activity Summarized

"The two major parties have reported raising $555.2 million in
federally allowable 'hard money' at the national, state, and local
levels in the first fifteen months of the 2006 election cycle. This
total is 5% higher than the total raised through a comparable period
in 2004, and 1% less than was reported from all sources (including
both hard and soft money) through March of 2002, the last campaign
with no Presidential race on the ballot." Numerous lists (XLS or PDF)
are included:

+ National Party Contributions from Individuals by Size
+ Senatorial Campaign Committee Contributions from Individuals by Size
+ Campaign Committee Transfers to Party Congressional Committees
+ Many more

Women and Science--Europe--Statistics
  Source: European Commission
  New Report, She Figures: Statistics and Indicators
  116 pages; PDF.

Business--United States--Surveys
  CEOs--United States--Surveys
  Source: Booz Allen Hamilton
  Global CEO Turnover Set New Record in 2005

  "Global CEO departures reached record levels for the second year in
  a row, and may be peaking, according to the fifth annual survey of
  CEO turnover at the world's 2,500 largest publicly traded
  corporations released today by Booz Allen Hamilton. The study also
  found that performance-related turnover set a new record in North
  America, and merger-driven successions were at their highest level
  globally of any year other than 2000."

  See Also: CEO Succession 2005: The Crest of the Wave (via Strategy +
  Business)

  Article also available in PDF.

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/interactive-maps-for-six-cities-in.html


Something New
-------------

Newsbeats from Reuters Labs
http://blogs.reuters.com/category/from-reuterscom/newsbeats
  Interesting, that's for sure. Creative? Maybe. Different, yes. The
  future? Who knows. Take news headlines as read by an announcer and
  overlay chill-out/electronica music on top of the spoken audio
  track. For example, today's Newsbeat offers an actuality or two from
  Bush's speech last night with a music. I also heard a report about
  fighting in Iraq with music playing below it. Might not work for me
  in these types of situations but I'm just one person. From the site,
  "Reuters Newsbeats blend music and news in a new media form." Listen
  online or download to your MP3 player. Learn more about the
  production process here.

Maps--Video
  Source: Directions Magazine
  What Is and Who Are Immersive Media
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2171&trv=1
  Cool! "The data feeds from all 11 cameras are stitched together into
  a geo-referenced 360 degree data stream, allowing you to measure,
  add to a map, etc...GeoImmersive video places you, the viewer, in
  the middle of the environment and within context so you do not miss
  a thing. The omni-directional nature of the video allows the user to
  look at the same feature, location, or object from all angles --
  front, back, side, and top.



Awards
------

Information Industry--Awards
  Source: Software & Information Industry Association
  SIAA Announces Winners of 2006 Codie Awards
http://www.siia.net/codies/2006/winners.asp


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

+ Yahoo: Our ads are better (via News.com)
  For more, listen to Yahoo's Analyst Day webcast.

+ More Notes on Google Notebook
  Note: One option not listed is Butterfly. Worth a look.

+ Flickr Goes Out Of Beta; Adds Features; Improves Design & More (via
  SEW Blog)

+ Japan: KDDI and Google buddy up to install Google Search on EZ Web
  (via PriMetrica)

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/yahoo-our-ads-are-better-via-newscom.html

Briefly
-------

+ Canada's Nstein Technologies Will Be Used on BBC Site Deal will also
  involve Siemens.

+ Oxford University Press Launches The Oxford African American Studies
  Center "Over 7,500 articles from Oxford's reference program -- with
  images, maps, charts & tables, and much more!" Each month "featured"
  free content (essays, photos, etc.) will be available here.

+ Exploration Project: Talis Library Platform powers new Library
  Portal for Wales

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/05/oxford-african-american-studies-center.html


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