UPDATED> ResourceShelf Reminder -- Week 149

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 12:20:13 GMT
To: gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: ResourceShelf Reminder -- Week 149
From: Gary Price <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

ResourceShelf
E-Mail Reminder
Week 149
January 29, 2004
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Greetings from Washington DC.

ResourceShelf is compiled by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Thursday, January 29, 2004

Resources of the Week
Two entries this time around.
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1) Hoaxes and Scams
Purportal.Com

Simple, useful, and a real time-saver! This page offers easy access to five
searchable archives from well-known sources containing hoax, virus, and urban
legend information. Here's a list of what you can search for at the
Purportal.Com page:
+ Snopes Urban Legends Archives
+ About.com Urban Legends
+ CIAC Hoax Database
+ CERT Computer Security Database
+ Symantec (Real) Virus Encyclopedia
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2) Health Information--Collection Development
The Weekly MEDLINEPlus E-Mail Announcement List

MEDLINEPlus from the National Library of Medicine is a top choice for
authoritative health information. The MEDLINEPlus E-Mail Announcement List
(weekly) will notify you of all new MEDLINEPlus resources (we mention some on
ResourceShelf) including new "Health Topic" compilations. Each update also
contains DIRECT LINKS to all of the underlying resources added to each health
topic page during the previous week. This is a "must have" for anyone 
interested
in web-based health material and/or building a local collection of this type of 

information. To subscribe, simply go to this page and select the 
MEDLINEPLUS-NEW
box. If you would like to see what the updates look like, I've posted a couple
of them here.


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Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Libraries--United Kingdom
Source: The Guardian
Libraries embrace digital age
 >From the article, "What if librarians could move in to find the answers to 
your
problems? In one local authority, they have done the next best thing - they are 

available live through the library service's website. It's one of several
lottery-funded library projects where the People's Network programme has used
£100m of lottery money - channelled through the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) -
to supply terminals to every UK library service." The Resource Discovery 
Network
(a ResourceShelf favorite) is mentioned in the article.

Professional Reading Shelf
Digital Library Federation
British Library Joins Digital Library Federation

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
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Awards
76th Academy Awards Nomination Announcement Press Kit
Kit includes:
+ Master list of nominees
+ Biographies and photos of major award nominees
+ Nominations Fact Sheet
+ Nominees Sidebars (Interesting facts)
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Computer Security
Source: GCN
Department of Homeland Security Launches Cyber Alert Program
 >From the article, "The Homeland Security Department this morning took the 
wraps
off a National Cyber Alert System to advise the general public and computer
technicians about systems security threats, such as the current MyDoom worm."
See Also: U.S. CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) Home Page
E-Mail alert links on left side of page.
See Also: CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon
See Also: Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCirc)
Includes a page of statistics.
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Education--Statistics--United States
Source: NCES
Projections of Education Statistics to 2013 - Now Web Enabled
 >From the site, "Projections of Education Statistics to 2013 is the 32nd 
report
in a series begun in 1964. This report provides revisions of projections shown
in Projections of Education Statistics to 2012 and Projections of Education
Statistics to 2011. It includes statistics on elementary and secondary schools
and degree-granting institutions. Included are projections of enrollment,
graduates, teachers, and expenditures to the year 2013."

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Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Enterprise Search
FAST Search and Transfer Launches Major New Product for Enterprise Market

Web Search--Google
Source: NY Times
Audit Results Move Google a Step Closer to Offering
See Also: Google Considers Diverse IPO Methods (via AP)

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items)
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OCLC Research
OCLC Research Announces Experimental xISBN Service
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Scholarly Materials
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Uncertain Fate of Scholarly Artifacts in a Digital Age

Academic Libraries
Association for Research Libraries
Source: Library Journal
Stanford University Leaves ARL

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
The PATRIOT Act
Source: Office of Inspector General, Department of Justice
Full Text Report, Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the
USA PATRIOT Act, January 2004
HTML Version ||| PDF Version

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Monday, January 26, 2004

Web Search--Gigablast
Gigablast Adds Direct Links To The Wayback Machine
If you think we mention the Gigablast on a regular basis, you're right. This
general web engine is the work of sole proprietor Matt Wells who is constantly
adding new search options while at the same time enlarging the database. Today, 

we can report that all urls retrieved via Gigablast now contain direct links to 

The Wayback Machine archive. These links are labeled as "older copies" and will 

automatically check if archived versions of the url exist. Gigablast also 
caches
a copy of each page it crawls onto its own server. However, unlike The Wayback
Machine, Gigablast's cached version is updated each time the page is recrawled. 

This new option can be a big time saver.

Information Industry--HighBeam.Com
Alacritude Changes Name to HighBeam Research

Industry Briefs (5 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Alan Paschal Leaves Thomson Gale (via Library Journal)
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LexisNexis Announces Campaign 2004 File


Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
E-Mail Scams
Source: Consumer Web Watch
New report, "The Check's in the Mail"
History and background about "419" or "Nigerian" fraud. The article also
includes a section titled, "Why Nigeria?"
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Factiva Posts Media Visibility Index for Democratic Presidential Hopefuls (Week 

Ending 1/25/04)


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Sunday, January 25, 2004

Electronic Records--United States
Source: FCW
Electronic Records Funds Approved

Professional Reading Shelf
National Archives--United States
The Winter 2003 Issue of Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and
Records Administration is Now Online
Web-Accessible articles include:
+ Found at the Presidential Libraries: Dr. Seuss, Air Force One, and the San
Diego Chicken
+ Our Documents at Work in the Nation's Classrooms
Includes links to several guidebooks for educators.

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Saturday, January 24, 2004

Stylometry
Source: Science News
Bookish Math: Statistical tests are unraveling knotty literary mysteries

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Posted on the Site)
Privacy
Source: ARL
New SPEC Kit Released: Library Patron Privacy
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Freedom of Information
Source: UNESCO
Just Released, Freedom on Information: A Comparative Legal Survey
"UNESCO has published a study of freedom of information laws that examines best 

practices in 10 countries. Written by ARTICLE 19 Law Programme Director Toby
Mendel, 'Freedom on Information: A Comparative Legal Survey' analyses laws in
Bulgaria, India, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, the
United Kingdom and the United States."

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents
United States Congress--Calendars
House of Representatives
+ Clickable Calendar
+ House Schedule
+ Continuously Updated "Ticker" of Activities on the House Floor
Senate
+ Tentative 2004 Legislative Schedule
+ Floor Schedule
+ Executive Calendar (Updated Each Day When in Session) ||| Description

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Friday, January 23, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Academic Libraries
New Weblog: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian
Interesting reading from Gutman Library Director (Philadelphia University),
Steven Bell. He tells ResourceShelf, "I'm trying not to give any
library-oriented news - and I'm not replicating anything from the Chronicle -
which so many folks already read - but there is so much more out there that
academic librarians are missing."
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Scholarly Publishing
Source: University of California
Seminar Report, Challenge and Change: Scholarly Communication and the UC
Community

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
Mergers and Acquistions--Statistics
Source: Bureau van Dijk
Full Text, M&A Synopsis
 >From the document, "...a quarterly review of mergers and acquisitions, 
private
equity and IPOs. The review is written by Ed Mountifield using ZEPHYR, the
comprehensive M&A database which is published by Bureau van Dijk Electronic
Publishing (BvD)." Numerous charts and rankings. 17 pages (pdf). Free. You can
also find a few statistics on this web page.
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Goverment Information--United States
Source: American Association of Law Librarians
Full Text, State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic
Government Information
 >From the report, "The purpose of this study, generously funded by a grant 
from
Aspen Legal Publishers, was to assess the level of permanent public access to
electronic government information across all state governments. Members of the
American Association of Law Libraries in each state, the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico completed a comprehensive survey. The survey results reveal 
that
no state is comprehensively addressing these challenges. Very few states have
updated their statutes to explicitly incorporate electronic government
information into their public access, Freedom of Information or depository
laws."

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Thursday, January 22, 2004

Information Industry--United States--Legislation
Database Bill Passes Congressional Committee

Library Briefs (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
LoC [Library of Congress] Helps Rebuild Baghdad's Library (via The Hill)

Professional Reading Shelf
Scholarly Publishing
Source: C&RL News
Full Text, Electronic journal publication: A new library contribution to
scholarly communication two years on

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