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ResourceShelf
E-Mail Reminder
Week 161
April 22, 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

Shirl Kennedy, Contributing Editor
Dan Giancaterino, Contributing Editor
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Thursday, April 22, 2004

Resources of the Week
2 items.

Atlas--Canada
Source: Natural Resources Canada
Recently Redesigned, The Atlas of Canada
This comprehensive resource has been given a new look, which includes improved
navigation and enhanced accessibility for users of assistive technologies. The
core of the site comprises more than 1,400 thematic, reference and archive
maps.
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Real Estate--Online Resources
PlainVanillaShell.com
Portal for the retail real estate industry offers:
+ Industry news
+ Feature articles on legal issues
+ Market reports for the top 50 DMAs (PDFs)
+ Retail Tenant Directory database of over 5,400 retail companies -- Search by
square footage, the areas they operate or plan to expand into, types of
locations (enclosed mall, strip center, etc.) they prefer, and by any of more
than 70 retail categories.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents
Africa--Internet Resources
Source: Stanford University Libraries
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
"Researches can find information by topic or country...The directory has an
extensive section on African history including a section for primary sources.
There are also extensive sections for Education, South Africa, Journals (for
African studies), libraries with African collections. All entries are 
annotated.
If possible, the location of the domain owner is indicated." This resource is
compiled and annotated by Karen Fung, Curator of the African Collection at the
Stanford University Libraries. Another example of the great work being done by
librarians to assist in organizing the Internet!
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Baseball
Source: American Memory Project/Library of Congress
Just Added to American Memory, Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939
"Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 comprises a historic selection of
Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide and the Official Indoor Base Ball Guide. 
The
collection reproduces 35 of the guides, which were published by the Spalding
Athletic Company in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide was perhaps the premier publication of its
day for the game of baseball. It featured editorials from baseball writers on
the state of the game, statistics, photographs, and analysis of the previous
season for all the Major League teams and for many of the so-called minor
leagues across the nation."

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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
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Web Search-Yahoo
New, More Yahoo Search Shortcuts
Shortcuts continue to proliferate in the web search world. I just discovered a
page that lists all of Yahoo's shortcuts and noticed a few new ones (at least
they are new to me). Using the proper "shortcut" term (in some cases you don't
even need to add any extra terms to your query) will place a potential answer
and/or links to find more info at the top of the results page. It would be
wonderful if the search companies would query busy reference librarians to help 

create new shortcuts.

Digitization Projects--Australia
Source: National Library of Australia
One Million Images: PictureAustralia Database Reaches Milestone

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Library Organizations--ALA
The 2002-2003 ALA Annual Report is Now Available Online
Summary ||| Direct to Full Text
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Library Organizations--JISC
Source: The Guardian
"The hidden potential of the web"

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (4 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
E-Mail
Source: InfoWorld
Can E-Mail Be Saved?
"Battered by junk and reeling under makeshift fixes, e-mail is ripe for
reinvention. Here's how six of the industry's most provocative thinkers 
envision
a brighter day.... Our six experts gave us six different answers. But all of
them agreed that positive identification, rather than rejiggered economics, is
the key to clearing the clutter from the e-mail channel in the enterprise."
Ideas from Eric Allman (author of Sendmail); Bill Warner (developer of the
Wildfire voice system); Eric Hahn (former Netscape CTO; now CEO of own startup, 

Proofpoint); Ray Ozzie (creator of Lotus Notes; founder/CEO of Groove 
Networks);
Dave Winer (chairman/founder of Userland and uberblogger); Brewster Kahle
(creator of WAIS, Alexa; now head of The Internet Archive).
Download entire special report as PDF (5.92 MB)
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International Relations
Source: House of Commons Library
New Research Paper: Kashmir
"This Paper discusses the disagreements between India and Pakistan over 
Kashmir,
the situation in Indian administered Kashmir and the current discussions 
between
India and Pakistan, and between India and some Kashmiri separatists. It 
includes
relevant UN resolutions and international agreements in Annexes, and a map."

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Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Web Search--Google
The #1 Result for the Word "Jew" on Google is No Longer Anti-Semitic Site

Image Searching--Yahoo
Yahoo "Officially" Relaunches Image Search

The British Library
'Turn' the pages of world cultures, science, history - landmark step as Turning 

the Pages hits the web
Make sure to check this out! Very Cool!!! From the announcement, Some of the
country's most spectacular treasures are now accessible as never before. The
British Library has made available ten items from its unique interactive 
display
system Turning the Pages on the web. Now anyone - worldwide - with access to 
the
internet will be able to 'turn' the pages of electronic images from these major 

items in the Library's collection and experience Turning the Pages by use of a
computer mouse [you will also need to have Macromedia Flash running and in a 
few
cases must use IE] in a similar way as visitors to the Library's Exhibition
Galleries in London can run their fingers over the computer screen and 'turn'
images from these works.

Web Search--Microsoft
Updated: A ResourceShelfPLUS Compilation of Microsoft Search-Related Writing 
and
Patents
Microsoft's work in search is a very popular topic these days. On
ResourceShelfPLUS I've updated a compilation of selected Microsoft
search-related technical writing and search-related patents. Interesting
material and reading for the search geek.

Professional Reading Shelf (5 Items Listed on the Web Site)
E-Mail
RSS
LawLibTech Explains How to Use The Bloglines RSS Reader to Retrieve and Read
Your Email Discussion Lists
Cindy Chick continues her tutorial about using RSS. Kudos Cindy!
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Information Industry--Questia
Source: Times Online
Online Librarian Driven by Global Mission
They're still around! A profile of Troy Williams, founder of Questia. "Williams 

will not say how many subscribers Questia has, but says they come from 181
countries including Mongolia, Chad and Surinam. About 80 per cent are from the
US and 5 per cent from the UK." Thanks to SDK for the link and annotation.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (4 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
Mothers--United States--Fast Facts
Source: U.S. Census
Just Released, Facts for Features: Mother's Day
A myriad of facts about moms in the United States.
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Asian Americans--Fast Facts
Source: U.S. Census
Just Released: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2004
Facts about the Asian American population.

Industry Briefs (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Unstructured Information...Inxight Unveils TimeWall; Interactive Visual
Information Discovery Solution Allows Users to See Event Patterns Over Time
You can take a look at what a display looks like here. Inxight also announced
today that they will continue to work with In-Q-Tel, a private not-for-profit
venture group funded by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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Monday, April 19, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items)
Scholarly Publishing
Source: The Observer
Why the sci-mag barons are right
 >From the article, "Crispin Davis, chief executive of leading publisher Reed
Elsevier, defends the industry...The current discussion about innovation in
scientific publishing has engaged not only science and medical researchers, but 

also librarians, funding agencies and publishers. Let's look at three key
questions at the heart of this debate. First, what value do established science 

publishers deliver to research communities in the internet age? Second, how 
well
does the structure of the science publishing industry serve its communities?
Third, could the new 'author pays to publish', or 'open access', model improve
science publishing?"
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Libraries
Source: CLIR
Full Text, Access in the Future Tense
 >From the abstract, "CLIR organized a conference in May 2003 to examine the 
key
factors shaping the information environment in which libraries operate and how
these factors will affect stewardship of the cultural and intellectual 
resources
vital to education and research. Scholars, library directors, university
administrators, publishers, collectors, and representatives from the legal and
preservation communities came together to explore the challenges posed by the
shifting information landscape and to propose directions that can be taken by
all in research and education who have an interest in the well-being of 
research
and cultural heritage collections. To frame the discussion, CLIR asked four
experts to address key features of the changing landscape. Their papers are
presented here, prefaced by a brief overview of the information landscape and
followed by a concluding essay on the implications of their findings."

Web Search
Source: SearchDay
Search Engine Users: Loyal or Blase?

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (6 Items)
Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: San Jose Mercury News
2003 Silicon Valley 150
Top 150 public companies. Additional info and lists for 2002 and 2001 are also
available.
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e-Readiness--Lists & Rankings
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
New Survey, Scandinavia consolidates lead in fifth annual Economist 
Intelligence
Unit e-readiness rankings
Summary ||| Full Text ||| Reuters Report
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Broadband--United States--Statistics
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
New Report, Broadband Penetration on the Upswing
"55% of adult Internet users have broadband at home or work."
Summary ||| Direct to Full Text

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Sunday, April 18, 2004

Online Research
Source: Charlotte Observer
To Navigate Seas of Data, Pick Librarian Over Google


Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Librarianship
Now Available Online, Full-Text, April 2004 Issue, Journal of the Medical
Librarian Association
Articles and Editorials Include:
+ Mounting evidence that librarians are essential for comprehensive literature
searches for meta-analyses and Cochrane reports
+ Connections between open access publishing and access to gray literature
+ Metropolis redux: the unique importance of library skills in informatics
+ Reference librarians' perceptions of the issues they face as academic health
information professionals

Information Retrieval
Source: AP
Researchers develop 3-D search engine

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Saturday, April 17, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Library Funding--United States
Source: ALA
New Resource, ALA launches Web site detailing library funding cuts nationwide
"School, public and academic libraries in more than 40 states have absorbed 
more
than $50 million in funding cuts over the past year, according to a national
study by the American Library Association (ALA). The study and detailed
information about the cuts appear in a new ALA Web site,
www.ala.org/libraryfunding.


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Friday, April 16, 2004

Libraries
Source: The New York Times
Electronic Database Resources Mentioned in NY Times
Check the second letter. (-:

Digitization Projects--United Kingdom
Historic sound recordings go digital
A major 1 million pound programme to digitise 12,000 items of sound recordings
from the British Library's Sound Archive, which amounts to nearly 4,000 hours 
of
recordings, has been announced today by the Joint Information Systems Committee 

(JISC).

News Search--MSN
Source: News.com
Changes at MSN Newsbot

Professional Reading Shelf (4 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Open Archives Initiative
Source: Library Hi-Tech
New Article, Full Text, Open Archives Initiative Data Providers Part I
Gerry McKiernan looks at:
+ Digital Library of the Commons
+ E-LIS: Eprints in Library and Information Science
+ INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collection
+ Open Video Project
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Digital Preservation
Source: GPO
Full Text, Report on the Meeting of Experts on Digital Preservation
"The meeting brought together practicing experts in the field of digital format 

conversion, as well as representatives of funding and other coordinating
organizations, to discuss the current standards and specifications for the
creation of digital objects for preservation and to put forward a proposed set
of minimum requirements for digitizing documents for this project." The meeting 

took place in Washington DC last month.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
Athletics--United States--Directories
Source: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
Directory of Sports Organizations for Athletes with Disabilities
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Usability
Source: Disability Rights Commission (UK)
New, Formal Investigation report - The Web: Access and Inclusion for Disabled
People

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Thursday, April 15, 2004

Citation Analysis
Scholarly Publishing
Source: ISI
+ High-Impact Countries: The Top Ten, 1993-2003
+ Geosciences: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 1998-2002
and a new a feature available on the In-Cites Web Site: Current Classics
"Current Classics is a listing of papers (one in each field) having the 
greatest
absolute increase in cumulative citations from the previous bimonthly period to 

now. A total of up to 10 years of ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product
citation data, plus some number of consecutive bimonthly periods during the
current year, are used to determine the Current Classic paper selected for each 

field."

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Book Arts
Source: C&RL News
Webliography: Book arts on the Web
An introduction to selected resources compiled by Cynthia L. Gregory. Ms.
Gregory is a librarian at the College of Mount St. Joseph Library in
Cincinnati.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items Listed on 
the
Web Site)
Government Documents--United States
Source: OpenTheGovernment.Org
New Report, Released Today, "Ten Most Wanted" Documents
Summary ||| Direct to Full Text
The OpenTheGovernment.org web site officially launched today. OTG is a 
coalition
of more than thirty organizations including several library groups. You can
learn more a bit more about the organization here.
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Spyware
Source: InformationWeek
Just Released Report, New Report: Average PC Plagued With 28 Pieces Of Spyware
"The average computer is crammed with nearly 28 pieces of spyware, according to 

a report released Thursday by Atlanta-based ISP EarthLink and WebRoot Software, 

a message privacy and protection provider."

Web Search-Gigablast
Source: ACM Queue
Steve Kirsch Chats With Gigablast's Matt Wells

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