Enterprise Search
Source: Computerworld
AltaVista Offers Corporate Network Searching Apps
“The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company announced its AV Enterprise Search application, designed to give workers access to a wider array of data within their company. The software will work inside corporate firewalls, allowing workers to get more information faster, according to AltaVista. Also announced today was AV Personal Search software, which gives individual corporate users similar search capabilities on the hard drives of their desktop computers.”
New AltaVista App: Too Invasive?
Source: Associated Press

Internet Statistics
Source: Nielsen//Net Ratings
“429 Million People Worldwide Have Internet Access”

Canadian Resource Shelf
Federal Government–Glossary
Government On-Line (GOL) Glossary
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Intelligence
Canadian Security Intelligence Service 2000 Public Report
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Transportation–Statistics
Canadian Transportation Agency Annual Report: 2000

Search Industry–Fast
Fast Does Deal With IBM, Fast Products To Be Used on IBM.Com
“Under an agreement signed today between the two companies, IBM will license FAST Site Search�, and will be coupling FAST�s product with IBM developed technology to provide rapid, intelligent access to the more than 14,000 products and 1 million pages on ibm.com. FAST hosts and manages the ibm.com index at FAST�s data center, refreshing content twice weekly to ensure delivery of fresh and accurate information on demand to ibm.com users worldwide, including support of the 25 languages found on the site.”

Professional Reading–Library and Information Science–Directories
Electronic Journals in Library and Information Science Compilation
Belinda Weaver, web columnist for inCite, the news magazine of the Australian Library Association, alerts us to very comprehensive list of electronic journals in librarianship and information science compiled by the Thomas Parry Library at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in the United Kingdom.

The Wireless Librarian–Directories
New Resource: LIS Directory WAP Directory
A new directory of wap (wireless access protocol) tools and resources of interest to the info pro is now online. Very strong with UK content.
The directory is part of the Info Connect collection.

News Briefs
Cleveland Public Library Opens 24hr Reference Service
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Ebrary Joins OCLC

Digitization Projects–Newspapers
“The National Newspaper Association, EMC and Cold North Wind To Introduce America’s Chronicles Historical Newspaper Project — More Than 300 Years of American Life to be Digitized As Original Page Images”
“More than 20,000 community newspapers, some long out of print, have recorded American life since the 17th century and two unique organizations have set the common goal of providing Internet access to this documentation of American heritage.The National Newspaper Association (NNA) and Cold North Wind Corporation signed a letter of intent today to create America’s Chronicles(SM), an online search engine that accesses the digital archives of America’s community newspapers, beginning with the archives of the 3600 NNA member newspapers.The project could eventually result in 500,000,000 pages of original, historical content dating back to the 1600s and will be available online at www.americaschronicles.com. The site will be launched at the NNA’s 116th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Milwaukee, September 12-15, with access to the first of many digital archives.”
Direct to Project Web Site

Info Industry–Factiva
The Official Launch of Factiva.Com is Underway
From the news release, “Factiva�, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, announced today the launch of Factiva.com, a Web-based news and business information service for the enterprise. Factiva.com will replace Dow Jones Interactive� and Reuters Business Briefing, and deliver for the first time the content sets from these two existing products to provide a universally indexed, global content collection of nearly 8,000 sources in 22 languages from 118 countries…Factiva.com will be commercially available in the third quarter 2001. Learn more about Factiva.Com.

Info Industry–LexisNexis
LexisNexis Adds STM (Science, Technical, Medical) Content from Elsevier
“Technical librarians and intellectual property professionals now can research an extensive collection of scientific, technical and medical abstracts from the premier science publisher Elsevier Science on the LexisNexis� Web-based and dialup information services.Seven Elsevier Science databases of abstracts, six of them new to the LexisNexis service, have been added to the Science-Technology library.”

Education–Various Resources
A Few New Resources and Tools From ERIC
1) “Educational Leadership” Preselected ERIC Database Search
“The ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management has added a new topic to the “Preselected ERIC Database Searches” section of its Web site. The new topic includes ERIC document and journal article abstracts pertaining to over a dozen issues of concern to educational leadership.”
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2) New URL for ERIC Systemwide Web Site
The ERIC Program office has issued a new URL (http://www.eric.ed.gov) for the ERIC Systemwide Web site. The new URL conveys that the ERIC Systemwide Web site represents the whole ERIC system and that ERIC is a part of the U.S. Department of Education. The old URL (http://www.accesseric.org) will continue to work until September 15.

Info Industry–Data Downlink
Name Changes
“Data Downlink Corporation Changes Corporate Name To Alacra, Inc.”
“Data Downlink Corporation, a privately-held global provider of business and financial information, announced today the change of its corporate name and brand identity to Alacra, Inc., effective immediately. The company’s portfolio of service offerings, which includes the business search engine Portal B(TM) and its premium database service, .xls, will be packaged as Alacra and available to users under that name beginning July 10, 2001 (www.alacra.com).”

Business–Lists and Rankings–Europe
Source: WSJ.Com
“The Europe 500″
This resource includes FREE access to 4 lists as well as a searchable database.

Canadian Resource Shelf
Recycling
New: Canadian Recycling Web Site

Business–Online Databases–Company Sleuth
Source: InfoToday
“Infonautics Unveils Company Sleuth Subscription Service”

Invisible Web–Overview
Source: IndustryStandard.Com
“Deep-Net Fishing”

Medical–Databases
New “Easy to Remember” URL Available for NLM Pubmed
The National Library of Medicine has created an “easy to remember” alias url for the Pubmed Database. URL: http://www.pubmed.gov
The http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query address is still usable.

Search Engine Business–Fast
Fast Launches Fee-Based Enhanced Crawling Service
A few months back Inktomi began a similar service aimed at “large content publishers”. Fast’s (Alltheweb.com) announcement is aimed at small and medium sized organizations. From the press release, “FAST PartnerSite� ensures that an enterprise website is regularly indexed and promises enhanced visibility through the premium reach of FAST�s global portal network, including Terra Lycos, Spray, World Online and WIND, as well as FAST�s own Internet search engine, AlltheWeb.com,� said Rob Fisher, FAST�s chief executive officer.” The press release does not mention the pricing of the service but notes that it can be paid for by credit card.
Thanks to GN for the tip.

Cool Database of the Day!–Invisible/Opaque Web
Small Business–Benchmarking–Canada
Performance Plus
A new web site for this product. From the site, “Performance Plus is an on-line performance benchmarking tool. It provides detailed financial and employment data on more than 600 business sectors across Canada, including more than 30 performance benchmarks to help small businesses determine how they measure up against their competitors.This tool uses the Small Business Profiles (SBP) created from a sample of Revenue Canada tax returns for both incorporated and unincorporated businesses operating in Canada.”

Canadian Resource Shelf (2 Items)
Invisible/Opaque Web
Cataloging–Subject Headings
“CSH [Canadian Subject Headings] on the Web Celebrates Six Months”
From the article, “Canadian Subject Headings (CSH), the National Library of Canada’s list of some 6000 standard subject headings (in English) relating to Canada, has been available free of charge on the Web since October 2000. CSH on the Web can be found on the National Library’s Web site…”
Direct to the Database
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Economics–Statistics–Foreign Investment
Source: Monthly Trade Bulletin
“Canada’s Foreign Investment Performance in 2000″

Full-Text Document Shelf (4 Items)
Climate Change
Source: National Research Council
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions
From the summary, “In a report requested by the Bush administration, a committee of the National Academies’ National Research Council summed up science’s current understanding of global climate change by characterizing the global warming trend over the last 100 years, and examining what may be in store for the 21st century and the extent to which warming may be attributable to human activity.”
Direct to the News Release/Summary ||| Direct to the Full-Text
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Presidential Election 2000–United States
Source: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Draft Staff Report on Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election
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Business–Statistics–United States
Source: U.S. Census
Annual Capital Expenditures: 1999
Summary/News Release||| Full-Text Document
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Higher Education–Science & Engineering–United States
Source: NSF 01-327
Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients: 1990-98

Cool Database!–Invisible/Opaque Web
Global Event Calendar
WhatsOnWhen.Com
Search or browse a list of events taking place around the World. Make note of the “bizarre” theme that you can browse or use to limit your search. (: This resource is U.K. based and uses editors and journalists to filter submissions.

Webliograhies–Conference Resources
Source: Free Pint
“Conference Information and the Internet”
A comprehensive webliography of web-based resources.

Library History–Australia
New Web Resource: Our Nation’s Album: The Library’s First 100 Years
A new site from the National Library of Australia

Web Search–The Future
P2P
Distributed Searching
JXTA Search: A Look at the Future of Searching
An interview with Gene Kan, creator on Gnutella and founder of InfraSearch (now JXTA, part of Sun)
UPDATE 6/8/01-A demo and additional information is now available

Professional Reading (2 articles)
Scholarly Publishing
“Online or Invisible?”
Source: Author Web Page/Nature
From the article: “Articles freely available online are more highly cited. For greater impact and faster scientific progress, authors and publishers should aim to make research easy to access.”
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Electronic Books
Source: First Monday
“The Battle to Define the Future of the Book in the Digital World”
This article was written by Clifford Lynch

Web Directories
New Web Directory Goes Live: Hello to JoeAnt.Com
A new volunteer style web directory similar to the ODP. Not much available at the moment but you will be able to get a feel for the site in terms of layout and design. From the site, “JoeAnt was founded by a group of former Go Guide volunteers who enjoyed working together and enjoyed the work they were doing. After the demise of Go, they formed JoeAnt to keep their online community intact and continue their volunteer effort.” The new directory was also mentioned in a May, 2001 Business Week article.

Full-Text Document Shelf
Energy–Alaska
Source: EIA
Future Oil Production for the Alaska North Slope

Energy–California
Real Time Information
Two Resources to Monitor California Energy Supply and Demand
1) Today’s Supply of and Demand for Electricity in California
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Real-Time chart along with a detailed explanation.
2) OFFICIAL Status Information from California Independent System Operators
This page updates itself every 60 seconds.
Note: You can find a database of historical load information via the OASIS system. Material back to 11/1/01. This material is via a “prototype” OASIS system and interface. Current OASIS System and Interface.

Technology Industry–Employment–United States
American Electronics Association Releases Cybercities 2001
The report is a “State-By-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry”. The full-text is not available online and must be purchased. Online the AEA makes a full set of press releases available with summary statistiscal data for most states.
Direct to Press Release Compilation
Additional Information via this IDG report

U.S. Senate–Senate Chairman–Lists & Rankings
Source: CQ
Shortest Terms as Senate Chairman Since 1947
Source: U.S. Senate History Office
Majority and Minority Parties (Party Division)
Majority and Minority Leaders
Senators Who Changed Parties During Senate Service (Since 1890)
Senators Representing Third or Minor Parties

U.S. Senate–Bibliographies
The United States Senate: An Institutional Bibliography, 1789-2000
Source: Senate Historical Office
From the site, “…includes more than six hundred citations to books, articles and government documents printed since 1789.”

Canadian Resource Shelf
Children–Directory–Canada
Source: Government of Canada
Services for Children: Guide to Government of Canada Services for Children and their Families

Full-Text Document Shelf (2 Items)
Cities
Source: United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)
State of the World Cities 2001
News Release/Summary ||| Direct To Full-Text Document
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U.S. Government–Management
Source: Committee of Governmental Affairs (U.S. Senate)
Government at the Brink (Thompson Government Management Report)
Volume 1 ||| Volume 2

Copyright–Databases–United States
New Databases: Web Access to Copyright Files
The U.S. Copyright Office has made a new “experimental” web interface to several copyright files available online. From a ZDNet article, “As a simpler replacement to an earlier, outdated search tool, the Copyright Office’s new service won’t shift any of the power balances between copyright holders and their critics online…The new copyright-finding tool covers works that have been registered since 1978. The office said that more than 13 million search terms are included, although this covers considerable duplication of works.” LOCIS access to the copyright files continues to be available.
Full-Text of ZDNet Article ||| Direct to Copyright Database Resources

Web Search–Google
Canada Gets “Customized” Google Site
From the release, “The new site features options to search the entire web, to search pages from Canada only, and the ability to quickly customize Google’s interface and search language to French.”
Updated (6/6) with an article from the National Post

Web Search–Focused Crawlers–Scirus
Jacso on Scirus
Library professor, writer, and database expert Peter Jacso takes a look at the recently released Scirus science search engine from Elsevier. An enlightening read!

The British Library–Strategic Plans
The British Library: New Strategic Directions
This new 19 page document was placed online today.

Information Industry–ProQuest
Bell & Howell Info & Learning/Publishing Services Become ProQuest
From a press release, “When the New York Stock Exchange opens tomorrow [6/6/01], ProQuest Company (NYSE: PQE) becomes the new name and new listing for 94-year-old Bell & Howell Company. ProQuest Company is composed of the companies formerly known as Bell & Howell Information and Learning and Bell & Howell Publishing Services…”
UPDATE: ProQuest Execs Discuss the Company
Direct to the ProQuest Web Site