UPDATED> ResourceShelf Reminder -- Week 153

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From: "Gary Price" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:10:39 GMT
Subject: ResourceShelf Reminder -- Week 153
 
ResourceShelf
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Week 153
February 26, 2004                       
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Thursday, February 26, 2004
Web Resources of the Week
Two entries this time. Both were selected and annotated by ResourceShelf's 
Contributing Editor, Shirl Kennedy (http://www.hooboy.com).

1) Military Studies
Source: National Defense University (NDU)
Military Education & Research Library Network (MERLN)
MERLN, portal for the international military education library community, is a 
multilayered resource that is home to a wealth of unique digitized materials 
and a gateway to other libraries and research centers. Almost everything here 
is freely accessible to anyone, with the exception of certain proprietary 
databases that are restricted by license to participating institutions.
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2) United States Air Force--Statistics
Source: United States Air Force
Airman Magazine Database
The January 2004 issue of Airman contains comprehensive data related to: Air 
Force bases, budget, personnel/career field breakdown, pay structure, civilian 
and military awards and decorations, rank and insignia, badges, fitness 
standards. Illustrations are provided


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Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Citation Indexing
Specialized Search Tools
Source: Institute for Scientific Information
Institute for Scientific Information and NEC To Build Index of Web-based 
Scholarship
It's based on the technology available at ResearchIndex.com.

Business Research--Specialized Search Tools
An Update: The Scannery
About three months ago, ResourceShelf ran an item about a new "focused" search 
tool for investor-related information from companies around the word called The 
Scannery. Joseph Pols, developer of the database, has provided ResourceShelf an 
update with the latest news.
+ The Scannery currently contains info about more than 12,000 companies from 
more than 50 countries.

Professional Reading Shelf (3 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Public Libraries--United States
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Full Text Report, Toward Equality of Access: The Role of Public Libraries in 
Addressing the Digital Divide
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Open Archives
Source: OCLC Research
Full Text article, Open Archival information System Reference Model: 
Introductory Guide
A new article by Brian F. Lavoie, a researcher at OCLC.

Library Briefs
+ Press Attention for the Michigan Electronic Library (via Detroit Free Press)
+ Number of black librarians drops (via Lexington Herald-Leader)

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (6 Items Listed on 
the Web Site)
Environment--Europe--Database
Source: European Environment Agency
New Database, European Pollutant Emission Register
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Aerospace
Source: Cranfield University Library
AERADE
"The AERADE portal provides integrated access to key aerospace and defence 
information sources...."
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Commuting--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: U.S. Census
Just Released, Longest Commute Times in the United States, 2002
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Government--Streaming Audio and Video
Source: National Council of State Legislatures
List: Legislatures Live!
Direct links to state legislatures that provide streaming audio/video on the 
web. "As of January 2004, live broadcasts were available from 45 states. 
Internet audio or video feeds are available from 72 of the 99 legislative 
chambers."

Industry Briefs
DialogPRO NewsEdge Now Available

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Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Web Search
Source: News.Com
Relevancy Over Accuracy
The article focuses on a new survey that says that Google is the leading web 
search company. No big news. However, a paragraph near the end of the article 
will be of interest to all information professionals.

Professional Reading Shelf
Scholarly Publishing
Open Access
Source: International Federation of Library Associations
International Library Organization Declares Support for Open Access

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (6 Items)
Satellite Images
Top 10 IKONOS Satellite Images of 2003
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Privacy--United States
Source: GAO
Online Today, Social Security Numbers: Private Sector Entities Routinely Obtain 
and Use SSNs, and Laws Limit the Disclosure of This Information
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Patents--Lists & Rankings
Source: WIPO
New List, Top 10 Countries, International Patent Filings 2003

Professional Reading Shelf
Library Technology
Beginning Today (2/23): Free (One Week Only) Full Text Access to Library Hi Tech
Free access is made available via Emerald's Journal of the Week program. Vol. 
15 No.1-2 (1997) through Vol. 21. No.4 (2003) will be available.
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Monday, February 23, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Library Technology
Beginning Today (2/23): Free (One Week Only) Full Text Access to Library Hi Tech
Free access is made available via Emerald's Journal of the Week program. Vol. 
15 No.1-2 (1997) through Vol. 21. No.4 (2003) will be available.

Web Search
Source: Searchblog,
A Couple of Comments on Search Variables

Web Search--Ask.co.uk
Source: Netimperitive
Ask Jeeves UK Adds "Smart Answer" Technology

Syndication
Source: Forbes
The Coming RSS Revolution
An introduction to RSS from a mainstream business publication. Feedster and 
NetNewsWire are mentioned. No mention of other syndication standards. 
Information professionals wanting to learn more about RSS and other syndication 
tools should check out this "classic" article by Steven Cohen and his Library 
Stuff site. Jenny Levine's site is also a good place to learn more.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (6 Items Listed on 
the Web Site)
Terrorism
Source: Congressional Research Service
New Report, Foreign Terrorist Organizations
PDF; 111 pages
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Freedom of Information Act--United States
Source: GAO
New Report, Update on Freedom of Information Act Implementation Status
PDF; 86 pages
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Privacy--Canada
Source: Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Three New Fact Sheets
 
Industry Briefs
Thomas Register Launches ThomasNet.com

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Sunday, February 22, 2004

Web Search--Yahoo
Source: The New York Times
The Search Engine That Isn't a Verb, Yet

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Legislation--United States
Source: American Library Association
ALA Issues "Action Alert" For "Database and Collections of Information 
Misappropriation Act"

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items Listed on 
the Web Site)  
Images--Databases
Source: Time Warner
Time Life Pictures
"Time Life Pictures is an unparalleled collection of striking imagery, 
documenting past and present events in politics, culture, celebrities and the 
arts. The collection includes some of the greatest photographers of the 20th 
century, such as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Andreas Feininger, 
John Dominis, Nina Leen and Gjon Mili, whose photographs have adorned the pages 
of Time, Life and other Time Inc. publications." Collection contains more than 
425,000 digital files.

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Saturday, February 21, 2004

Librarians
Source: XML.Com
Computer Geeks Can Learn from Librarians

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items Listed on 
the Web Site)
Weather--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: NCDC
Just Updated, Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters

Academic Libraries
Library Organizations
Source: The Daily Crimson
Harvard Will Stay in ARL
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Friday, February 20, 2004

Information Industry--Factiva
Source: Upgrade
Full Text, A Recently Published Article by the CEO of Factiva, Clare Hart
The article is titled, "Capitalizing on Information.

Information Retrieval
Source: ResearchInformation
Design Science to enhance search technology
>From the article, "Design Science has announced that it will lead a project 
>aimed at enhancing search technology for science, technical and medical (STM) 
>documents.

Censorship--United States--Lists and Rankings
Source: ALA
ALA Publishes List of the Ten Most Challenged Books of 2003

Information Industry--Reed Elsevier
Open Access
Source: The Guardian
Reed forced to bite the free access bullet

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Thursday, February 19, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf (1 Items)
Librarians
Information Needs Are Legitimate - Interview with Kay Raseroka

Academic Libraries
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items Listed on 
the Web Site)
Congressional Research Service
Source: CRS via FPC
Three Recently Updated CRS Reports
+ Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events
+ North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: How Soon an Arsenal?
+ Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments

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