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Number 210 April 28, 2005
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++ Editor's Comment ++
Greetings from DC!
In the past few weeks, new "closed" betas from Yahoo and from Filangy
have gone live. Both require registration. If you're interested in
checking either beta out, we have a very limited number of invites
to share.
Send us an email at: <resourceshelf@xxxxxxxxx> and we will do our best
(no promises) to send an invite or two to you. First come, first
served. If you don't hear back from us in the next few days, sorry.
Your choices:
+ Yahoo 360
<http://360.yahoo.com>
Yahoo's new social networking service. Publish a blog, share photos,
and much more.
+ Filangy
<http://www.filangy.com>
This new web-based service automatically records every page you view
in your browser and makes it all full-text searchable. Here's an
overview I wrote for Search Engine Watch:
<http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050420-164028>
Have a great week.
Cheers,
Gary
The ResourceShelf & DocuTicker Team
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Gary Price
Editor, ResourceShelf
gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Shirl Kennedy
Deputy Editor
Steven Cohen
Contributing Editor
Dan Giancaterino
Contributing Editor
Laura Gordon-Murnane
Contributing Editor
++ Thursday, April 28, 2005 ++
Resource of the Week
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by Shirl Kennedy, Deputy Editor
We know yoU like content-rich sites because we like content-rich
sites. And for the American history researcher, we have something very
cool this week.
U.S. History
Source: Houghton Mifflin
Reader's Companion to American History
What's here? The full text of several American history books.
Containing full-text, signed articles. Available titles are:
+ Reader's Companion to American History
+ Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
+ Reader's Companion to Military History
+ Encyclopedia of North American Indians
+ Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia
+ Civil War Battlefield Guide
+ Great American History Fact-Finder
Professional Reading Shelf
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Electronic Records
Source: ICA
Just Released, Electronic Records: A Workbook for Archivists (ICA
Study 16) now available!
"This eagerly awaited manual on records in electronic systems,
including networked environments, is available free of charge for
download from ICA's Web site (Download Center)."
Controlled Vocabularies
Source: NISO
Just Released, NISO Z39.19-200x Guidelines for the Construction,
Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies "The
just-released revision of NISO's classic Thesaurus Standard is an
essential and useful reference for anyone engaged in building and
maintenance taxonomies and thesauri. You are invited to preview the
draft of Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of
Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies NISO Z39.19-200x." --
Classification Source: NLM NLM Classification 2005 Edition Now
Available "The NLM Classification, available online at
<http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/>, has a new look for 2005. The new
design includes a customized banner for the NLM Classification and
conforms more closely to the overall style of the National Library
of Medicine site.
<http://digbig.com/4dggh>
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Judges--United States--Federal Courts
Souce: US Courts
Newly Posted: History of Federal Judgeships
"A history of federal judgeships page, which includes the number of
appointments made by each president dating back to Franklin D.
Roosevelt, is now available."
U.S. History--Databases
Genealogy--Databases
Source: NARA
New File Added to Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System: List of
Ships that Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine,
1846-1851 "These records contain ship names, ports of embarkation,
arrival dates, and the number of passengers on the ship. This file
is a companion to the Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File."
<http://digbig.com/4dggj>
Briefly
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+ Get News About Dialog Via New RSS Feed
Here's the link to add to your aggregator.
+ Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction Now Available
from Xrefer
<http://digbig.com/4dggk>
++ Wednesday, April 27, 2005 ++
Professional Reading Shelf
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Librarianship
Source: MLA
The April 2005 Issue (Vol.93 No.2) of the Journal of the Medical
Library Association is Now Online
Articles Include:
+ Information-seeking behaviors of practitioners in a primary care
practice-based research network
+ Information-seeking behavior of nursing students and clinical
nurses: implications for health sciences librarian
+ Personal digital assistant-based drug information sources: potential
to improve medication safety
Censorship
Source: CBS News
Alabama Bill Targets Gay Authors
Three words describe what's discussed in this story: awful, pathetic,
and sad.
<http://digbig.com/4dggm>
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NET CENSORSHIP
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/censor.html
censorware vs. privacy & anonymity, filters,
Cyber Patrol , Net Nanny, Resources, Reports,
Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
=93Troubling=94 Internet Censorship in State=92s Public Libraries
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OECD
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD launches sites for each of its member countries on www.oecd.org
"From one country site, you can widen your research and compare the
results of a specific country with other OECD economies, thus, fully
benefiting from the OECD's comparative approach. To satisfy
increasing demands, the Country Web sites also feature a statistical
profile for each OECD country. Some 100 key statistical indicators
are provided and users can compare the figures with those of the
other member countries."
Management--Lectures
Source: MIT Sloan School of Management
Just Released, Video Lecture, A Conversation with Jack Welch
The lecture tool place on Apri l2, 2005. From the blurb, "Jack
Welch's appearance before an audience of Sloan students provides the
context for a lively and candid discussion about management,
compensation, mistakes, and work-life balance.
Internet Access--UK--Fast Facts
Source: National Statistics Office
Internet Access From Home in the UK
Graph available. "In the fourth quarter of 2004, 52 per cent of
households in the UK (12.6 million) could access the Internet from
home, compared with just 9 per cent (2.2 million) in the same
quarter of 1998."
<http://digbig.com/4dggn>
Scholarly Publishing--Citation Reports
Source: ISI
+ Science in France, 2000-2004
+ Performing Arts: Most Prolific U.S. Universities, 1999-2003
+ Microbiology: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 1999-2003
<http://digbig.com/4dggp>
Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
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Yahoo Adds New Services to My Yahoo Web Search
<http://digbig.com/4dggq>
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Reed Elsevier Reports Q1 2005 Earnings
<http://digbig.com/4dggr>
++ Tuesday, April 26, 2005 ++
Professional Reading Shelf
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Public Libraries--Patriot Act
Source: National Review Online (NRO)
Murdock: We need to keep an eye on libraries
"These dangerously naive or clandestinely seditious librarians are
beyond foolish. They potentially jeopardize the lives of American
citizens." Opinion column by NRO contributing editor Deroy Murdock.
Public Libraries--Budget Cuts
Two Items
+ Source: Indianapolis Star
'New and improved' library throws the book at tradition
"'Citizens don't know the library service is changing behind the
scenes. It is going to affect what is offered. Here we have an
award-winning library, and nobody is really making a case to
maintain this level of service.'"
+ Source: Berkeley Daily Planet
Library Staff Proposes Service Principles
"The staff at the Berkeley Public Library recognizes that the
library faces budgetary constraints and must make difficult
decisions on staffing and services. Unfortunately, library
management has made unilateral decisions on what services are
important and what should be cutback without consulting either
library staff or the users of library services."
Preservation
Source: RLG DigiNews
Automating Preservation: New Developments in the PRONOM
A new article by Adrian Brown from The National Archives, UK.
"Electronic records pose many challenges for archivists, but these
arise from a single underlying issue: access to a digital object is
entirely dependent on technology. A file in a given format requires
software to decode and display it; that software in turn requires a
specific combination of hardware, operating systems, and other
software to run."
<http://digbig.com/4dggs>
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: The Washington Post
Just Released, The Post 200, 2005
Top 200 companies in the Washington DC region. Several lists,
including one offering a breakout by industry. Searchable.
Alphabetical list of companies also online.
Working Women--United States
Source: Employment Policy Foundation
New, Handbook on 21st Century Working Women
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Business--Canada--List & Rankings
Source: Canada Business
Canada's global leaders
"40 Canadians who've become international business power players."
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Consumer Credit--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: MapInfo.com
The Top Ten Credit Spending Metro Areas, U.S.
<http://digbig.com/4dggt>
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+ Thomson Reports First-Quarter 2005 Results
+ Kompass Company Information Extranet
<http://digbig.com/4dggw>
Search Briefs (via SEW Blog)
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Public Records: Pretrieve Adds New Features
<http://digbig.com/4dggx>
++ Monday, April 25, 2005 ++
Professional Reading Shelf
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Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
Source: News Today (India)
Father of Library Science
"It is a matter for concern and sorrow that most people in India,
even the so-called highly educated people, do not know the Father of
Library Science -- Dr S R Ranganathan (1892-1972). He was born on 9
August 1892 at Sirkazhi in Thanjavur district of the then Madras
Presidency. He was educated at Sabhanaicka Mudaliar's Hindu High
School, Sirgazhi, between 1897 and 1908. He graduated from Madras
Christian College with a degree in Mathematics in 1916. He took a
teaching diploma at the Teachers' College, Saidapet, Madras in
1917." Profile of Dr. Ranganathan.
Libraries--Management
Source: Emerald
This Week ONLY: Free Full Text Access to Three Recent Issues of
Library Management
Articles include:
+ Outreach programs beyond the immediate university community
(Vol.26 No.3)
+ Telephone survey research for library managers (Vol.26 No.3)
+ Depositories and repositories: changing models of library storage
in the USA (Vol.26 No.1/2)
+ The economics of repository libraries in the context of the future
conventional libraries (Vol.26 No.1/2)
+ Preserving African digital resources: is there a role for repository
libraries? (Vol.26 No.1/2)
+ Distributed collections and central repository in France:
Competition or complementarity? (Vol.26 No.1/2)
+ Making a statement: reviewing the case for written collection
development policies (Vol.25 No.8/9)
+ Proposals, grants, projects and careers: a strategic view for
libraries (Vol.25 No.8/9)
Council of Europe--Resources
Source: GlobalLex
History, role and activities of the Council of Europe: Facts,
figures and information sources A new article by Sophie Lobey. Ms.
Lobey holds a Master of International Trade and Finance (Paris,
1992) from "Institut Sup=E9rieur de Gestion" (Advanced Institute of
Management). She has worked for eleven years as Sales and Marketing
Manager for Council of Europe Publishing, and has been responsible
for the commercial website of the Council of Europe since 1997." --
Libraries Source: LJ Meet the Gamers "In the past, librarians have
often been perceived as gatekeepers, arbiters of access to
information. The digital cultures now emerging (with the help of
technologies such as games) suggest that the days for such an
institutional role are numbered. Librarians must find creative ways
to support people in forming sites of collective intelligence,
searching information, working within social networks, and producing
knowledge. If not, they run the risk of rendering themselves, for
much of the public at least, largely obsolete."
<http://digbig.com/4dggy>
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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General Accountability Office--United States
Source: GAO
Full Text Searching Now Available: GAO Enhances Site Search Options
"GAO has introduced a new feature to enhance full text searching and
your ability to select the best results to meet your needs. In the
past, search results have included titles and your search terms with
the text surrounding them, the URL, and other minor information
about each item. Now your results will typically include an Overview
and Topic as well."
Terrorism--Research--Databases
Source: Federal Research Division, LC
Inventory And Assessment Of Databases Relevant For Social Science
Research On Terrorism
24 pages; PDF.
<http://digbig.com/4dgha>
Search Briefs
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+ Presentations from the 2005 Search Engine Meeting
PLENTY of interesting reading including a presentation by Dr. Carol=
Tenopir.
+ A New Search Engine for European Travel
<http://digbig.com/4dghb>
++ Sunday, April 24, 2005 ++
Professional Reading Shelf
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Librarians
Source: Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com -- In Praise of Library Personnel
"My primary business is operating a seminar company whose mission is
to provide continuing education to library consortia, professional
librarians, and library staff. My work has brought me in contact
with many thousands of librarians and...this week, I want to let you
in on what the people you see and the people in the background in
our public libraries do for us." By George Morgan, president of the
International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.
<http://digbig.com/4dghc>
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Business--Lists & Rankings
Source: EIU
US, Switzerland and Slovakia the biggest gainers in Economist
Intelligence Unit's sixth annual e-readiness rankings "Since 2000,
the Economist Intelligence Unit has published an annual e-readiness
ranking of the world's largest economies. A country's "e-readiness"
is a measure of its e-business environment, a collection of factors
that indicate how amenable a market is to Internet-based
opportunities." The full text of the report is availale here.
Executive Compensation--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Forbes
CEO Compensation Rankings
Sort by Rank, Name, Company, Age, and Total Compensation.
Mexican Americans--Fast Facts
Source: U.S. Census
Fast Facts About Mexican Americans
A new compilation of facts to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
<http://digbig.com/4dghd>
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ECP JOB LIST
Your Career - Online Resume and Search Engines
Once you transmit your resume' into the
digital realm, you quickly lose control over
which and how many people see that information.
Warning some job postings may be fakes intended
to collect personal information for identity theft.
http://tinyurl.com/d4sq9
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++ Saturday, April 16, 2005 ++
Professional Reading Shelf
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Military Librarians
Source: ARNews
Army librarians hone 'virtual library' skills
"Army Knowledge Online personnel attended the Army Library Institute
and trained attendees on integrating AKO's functionality into the
Army Library Program."
http://www4.army.mil/news/article.php?story=3D7215
Copyright--United States
Source: ARL
Teleconference, Orphan Works: Issues and Legislative Strategies
"What do you do if you can't find the copyright holder of a work
(say a photograph, article, or film clip) that you want to use in a
book or a Web site? The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the
Medical Library Association (MLA) and the American Association of
Law Libraries(AALL) are sponsoring an interactive teleconference on
Orphan Works, Monday, May 2, 3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT."
http://www.arl.org/olms/orphan.html
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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Population--Lists & Rankings
Source: United Nations
Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more
inhabitants. A global list.
<http://digbig.com/4dghf>
++ Friday, April 22, 2005 ++
Professional Reading Shelf
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Online Information
Source: OCLC
OCLC Researchers Hits the Road
Links to several PowerPoint presentations from members of OCLC Research.
+ Mining for Digital Resources: Identifying and Characterizing Digital
Materials in WorldCat
+ A Systemwide View of Library Collections
+ Information Management in a Knowledge Society
+ Metadata: Practice and practice
Legal Research
Source: GlobalLex
A Guide to the U. S. Federal Legal System Web-based Public Accessible=20
Sources
A new guide by Gretchen Feltes, a Faculty Services/Reference
Librarian at New York University School of Law Library.
E-Books
Source: Brown and White (Lehigh University)
E-books may soon hit market, CEO says
A Lehigh alumnus described the future of the publishing age, which
he believes will include electronic books, Thursday at Linderman
Library."
<http://digbig.com/4dghg>
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Source: Stanford University Libraries/World Trade Organization
GATT Digital Library
"Welcome to the website of the GATT Digital Library. This site
provides access to documents and information of and about the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), an organization that
promoted international commerce and the reduction of trade barriers
among member states from 1947-1994.... Browse, search and view over
30,000 documents and publications of the GATT."
Thomas Register--Databases
ThomasNet.com Adds "Brand" Searching
"ThomasNet.com (www.thomasnet.com) added a brand name search feature
in response to customer feedback and market demand. Manufacturers
can now promote specific brands and support their distributor
network while buyers can search by brand, further enhancing the
quality of their results."
<http://digbig.com/4dghh>
++ Thursday, April 21, 2005 ++
Resource of the Week
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Financial Education
Source: Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Education
The Federal Reserve System has just redesigned its financial
education website, consolidating the contents of four different
sites, with resources for teachers, high school and college
students, and the general public.
<http://digbig.com/4dexq>
Professional Reading Shelf
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Libraries--Marketing
Source: Chris Olson
The April 2005 issue of Chris Olson's Marketing Treasures newsletter
is available online.
National Libraries--Philippines
Source: INQ7.net
Age-old books in National Library go online
"The National Library of the Philippines (NLP), one of the country's
oldest government institutions, has finally gone high-tech with the
launch of its online version aptly called the Philippine eLib
(www.elib.gov.ph)."
Medieval Studies--Web Resources
Source: C&RL News
New, Medieval studies: Gateways, subject guides, and more
A new compilation of web resources compiled by John Jaeger, a
librarian at Dallas Baptist University and Paul Victor Jr., a
librarian at the University of Florida.
<http://digbig.com/4dexr>
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Genetics--Atlas
Source: National Geographic
Atlas of the Human Journey
Part of the NGS Genographic Project.
Film--Canada
Source: Library and Archives Canada
New Web Resource: Canadian Women in Film
U.S. Government--Alert Services
Source: CBO
New E-Mail Alert Service from the Congressional Budget Office
"CBO now offers instant notification of releases
(or a next-day summary)."
<http://digbig.com/4dexs>
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