ResourceShelf Reminder -- Week 187

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:04:04 +0100
Subject: ResourceShelf Reminder -- Week 187


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Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Thursday, October 28, 2004

Resources of the Week
A couple more for you to explore....
1) Marine Science--Directory
Source: International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE),
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), UNESCO
OceanPortal
If you're looking for data or information in the marine sciences, this
searchable directory of more than 5,000 related websites is a good place to
start. The directory is organized into several major areas, each of which is
the top of a subject tree:
+ Information Resources -- libraries, literature, documents, repositories,
directories, training & tools for librarians, discussion groups/news
groups/listservers, e-repositories, expert directories
+ Data Resources files, images, software, data inventories, data centers,
data products
+ Scientific Topics -- marine topics, including detailed descriptions of
specific research projects within the topic
+ Agencies & Institutions -- government agencies, schools and laboratories,
international scientific unions, etc.
+ Societies & Associations -- NGOs, professional societies, conservation and
environmental groups, marine science library societies and associations
+ Administration, Conservation & Policy -- conventions/treaties/laws,
coastal zone management, marine protected areas
+ Commerce & Trade -- commercial fishing equipment/services, maritime
industry
+ Miscellaneous -- careers/employment funding sources, language translators
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2) Library of Congress--Webcasts
Source: Library of Congress
CyberLC
There's always something interesting going on at the Library of Congress,
but it's impossible to take advantage of every single event. Even if you
live in the Washington, D.C. area, you can't really abandon the day job to
go running off to LC every time you want to hear a public policy speaker or
listen to an author read from his or her work.

But you can catch at least some of these events after the fact, at your
convenience via CyberLC, an archive of webcasts from LC happenings. Choose
from the recent webcasts on the main page, or explore the various offerings
under Lectures, Events, Conferences and Interviews. You'll need RealPlayer
to view these webcasts. Transcripts are available for some of the events.
The archive is keyword searchable.

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Professional Reading Shelf
Federated Search
Source: The Exponent
Federated Search Comes to Purdue University
"Michael Fosmire, associate professor of library science, said that the 
lack of depth and reliability in Google?s search results should make 
students wary. To help give students access to information that has gone 
through some process of peer review, Fosmire assisted the library in 
creating a 'megasearch' tool."
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Online Information
Source: Science Advisory Board
Scientists Frustrated with Limited Access to Full-Text Documents
"While scientists often cite staying abreast of developments in their field 
as the most common reason for reading scientific literature, it is by far 
from the only reason. ?Scientists perceive their ability to access 
scientific and medical literature almost as an unalienable right of their 
profession,? observes Tamara Zemlo, Ph.D., MPH, Director of The Science 
Advisory Board. The Internet has reinforced this perception by increasing 
the speed and ease by which these searches can be conducted." Thanks to 
OCLC Abstracts for the news tip.
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Divine
Andrew 'Flip' Filipowski
Source: The Business Ledger (IL)
The Rise and Fall of a Dot-Com Pioneer

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Digital Archives
Source: UCSF
Just Released, Long-concealed British tobacco industry documents released 
online: British American Tobacco Documents Archive
 >From the news release, "UCSF released online (October 26) a million pages 
of formerly secret documents belonging to the world's second largest 
tobacco company, (BAT). The papers, acquired legally but in the face of 
many BAT obstructions and delays, include documents related to 
international cigarette smuggling, BAT's efforts to thwart World Health 
Organization anti-smoking initiatives, and the on-going trial in the U.S. 
against six tobacco companies on federal racketeering charges for deceiving 
the public about cigarette smoking hazards."
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Human Resources--United State--Legislation
Source: Towers Perrin
Recently Updated, Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts
+ Human Resources
"These charts summarize selected federal legislation that would affect 
employee benefit programs. The bills included on the charts are based on 
judgments regarding the prominence of the issue, the likelihood of 
enactment, and the influence of the sponsors."
+ Retirement
+ Health and Welfare
Many thanks to Stuart B. for the news tip.
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Parliament--Canada
Source: Library of Parliament
New, About Officers of Parliament
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Information Technology--Salary Surveys
Source: Computerworld
Just Released, Computerworld's 2004 Salary Survey (18th Annual)



Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf
Public Libraries--United Kingdom
Source: Kable's Government Computing
Go the library online
 >From the article, "The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has said an
internet visit counts as a trip to the library.
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Data-Mining--Humanities
Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mellon grant to fund project to develop data-mining software for libraries
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Open Access
Source: ARL
Just Released, FAQ: Enhanced Public Access to NIH Funded Research

Briefs
+ LexisNexis Creates Federal Agency Information System
+ EBSCO Now Offers Searchable Cited References for The CINAHL Database

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Intellectual Property--United States--Statistics
Source: BJS
Just Released, Intellectual Property Theft, 2002
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Media
Access to Information
Source: Reporters Without Borders
Released Today, Third Annual Worldwide Index of Press Freedom


Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
+ On The Search Habits of the Web Searcher

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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf
Access to Information--United States
Source: GCN
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Removes Docket Database From Web
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National Library and National Archives of Canada
Source: National Library and National Archives of Canada
Report on Plans and Priorities for 2004-2005
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British Library
Source: BL
Preserving the UK's Theatrical Heritage

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Transportation--Canada
Source: Transport Canada Library
New, Canadian Transportation Research Gateway
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State and Local Goverments--United States--Employees
Just Released, 2003 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Employment
and Payroll
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Genetics--Glossary
Source: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

Briefly
+ CrossRef Adds New Services and Expands to New Content Areas

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Monday, October 25, 2004

RSS
Factiva Begins Offering "Campaign Issue" RSS Feeds

News
Weblogs
Say Hello to MetroFeed
Here's a new service, it looks like an early beta, that aggregates RSS feeds
from "locally" oriented blogs (and other news sources) onto a single
page....

Professional Reading Shelf
RFID
Source: ACM Queue
The Magic of RFID
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The Internet Archive
Source: Berkman Center
Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle Wins IP3 Award

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Crime--United States--Statistics
Source: FBI
Just Released, Crime in the United States 2003 (Uniform Crime Reports)
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Customs Enforcement--United States--Statistics
Source: TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse)/Syracuse
University
Just Released, DHS-Customs Enforcement
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Workplace--Canada--Statistics
Source: Statistics Canada
New, Workplace and Employee Survey Compendium

Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
+ Yahoo and Adobe Announce a Partnership
+ New Shopping Engine: Cairo.com
+ Google: A Behind-the-Scenes Look (and other Lectures)

Briefly
+ Hoover's Expands its U.K. and Canada Offerings
+ Visual Sciences Announces Strategic Investment and Licensing Agreement
with In-Q-Tel
+ CrossRef Adds New Services and Expands to New Content Areas

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Sunday, October 24, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf
Science and Technology References--Reviews
Source: YPB Library Services (Baker & Taylor)
E-STREAMS
Monthly online journal offering "Electronic reviews of Science & Technology
References...."
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Presidential Libraries
Source: AP
After delay, false start, Lincoln Library opens

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Gardening--United States
Source: USDA/The United States National Arboretum
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
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Think Tank Documents--Database
Source: The Heartland Institute
PolicyBot
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Smokefree Ordinances--United States
Source: American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Smokefree Ordinance Lists

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Saturday, October 23, 2004

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Instant Messaging--Baseball
Source: MLB.com
The fans' new know-it-all buddy
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Industrial Robots
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
World Robotics 2004
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Cigarettes--Advertising
Source: Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Report for 2002

Professional Reading Shelf
Audio Books
netLibrary Announces New Audio Book Program for Libraries
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Libraries--Iraq
Source: Internet Librarian International
The Story of the Cemetery of Books
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Special Collections--Lending Practices
Source: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, ACRL
Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Materials for
Exhibition

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Friday, October 22, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf
Personal Archives
Memex
Source: Microsoft Research
We've tracked down a couple of the papers from The First ACM Workshop on
Continuous Archival and Retrieval of Personal Experiences (CARPE '04) that
took place last week in New York City.
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Sound Archives
Source: BL
The British Library's Sound Archive Wins Award

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Middle East--Internet Resources
Source: C&RL News
The Middle Eastern world: Starting points for research
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Critical Infrastructure--United States
Source: CRS (via FAS)
New Report, Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets: Definition and
Identification
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Higher Education--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Forbes/Princeton Review
Two New Lists
+ America's Most Connected Campuses
+ America's Most Entrepreneurial Campuses

Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
+ Yahoo Increases Size of Image Database

Briefly
+ LexisNexis Expands Services for Blackberry Users

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Thursday, October 21, 2004

Resources of the Week
Two content-rich sites for you to explore this week.
1) Election 2004--Video Repository
Source: Internet Archive
Election 2004 Video Archive
This is a fascinating and diverse collection of videos relating to the 2004
election. On Tuesday evening this week, some 423 movie files were available
here -- everything from debate footage from C-SPAN to politically themed rap
videos...and lots and lots of campaign advertising from the candidates
themselves as well as various flavors of interest groups.
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2) Health Data--United States
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
statehealthfacts.org
We love one-stop-shopping sites here at ResourceShelf, and this is a gem.
You'll find data on more than 400 different health topics for all 50 states
here, accessible via an interactive map, by category or by keyword search.
"Data presented on statehealthfacts.org are a selection of key health and
health policy issues collected from a variety of public and private sources,
including: original Kaiser Family Foundation reports, data from public
websites, and information purchased from private organizations." New
material is added as it becomes available, and a scrolling ticker on the top
page displays live links to the most recent stuff.

Professional Reading Shelf
Cataloging
Source: The Library of Congress
Annual Report, Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT)
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ISBN
Get ready for the new ISBN

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
High Tech Industry--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Deloitte and Touche
Just Released, The North American Technology Fast 500
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Prescription Drugs--United States--Importation
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Pierce Law's IP Mall)
Prescription Drug Importation and Internet Sales: A Legal Overview
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Work--United States--Statistics
Source: U.S. Census
Census Bureau Releases Information on Home Workers

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