British Library
The British Library Launches New Version of Web Site
You can learn more about the changes here.

Department of Transportation Library–United States
DOT Library Updates Web Home
Of special note to all researchers:
* Transportation Bibliographies
* Online Digital Special Collections

Web Search–Google
Source: ZD Net
“Google Votes to Put Surfers in Charge”
I’ve been a big fan and user of the Google toolbar since it came online late last year. A real timesaver when I want to search using Google. Now, word of a beta release that allows users to vote and help determine the popularity of a given page. This is only a test according to Google spokesperson David Krane. We will have to wait and see if this is something Google begins to use on a full-time basis as part of its relevancy algorithm. Question? This article also provides a good overview of the search engine optimization world and how Google ranks pages. If your interested in a detailed discussion about Google, this paper Larry Page and Sergey Brin presented at a 1998 WWW conference is well worth a read.
See Also: Direct to Download Google Toolbar BETA WITH Voting Option
See Also: Direct to Download Google Toolbar Without Voting Option (A Must Have, IE Only)
See Also: Not a IE User, Try Google Buttons with Netscape

Standards–OpenURL
Elsevier Announces Update To Ulrichsweb.Com, New SFX OpenURL Interface
See Also: Gale Group Announces Adoption of SFX OpenURL Standard
See Also: Direct to SFX OpenURL Home Page
See Also: Peter Jacso’s Recent Review of Ulrichs CD-ROM Product

Natural Language Processing
Source: South China Morning Post
Learn About ISilk
Search in Chinese get results in English.
See Also: Direct to the ISilk Web Site

Professional Reading
Digital Resources
“Integrating Digital Resources Into the Library Information Infrastructure”
This paper was written by Peter Haddad Director, Technical Services National Library of Australia and presented at the 14th National Cataloguing Conference earlier this month.

New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources (2 Items)
Information Technology–Lists & Rankings
Source: Computerworld
Emerging Companies to Watch in 2002
Direct to the Emerging Companies List
(Entries include Name, Location, CEO, # Employees, Founding date, Priv/Pub, Product(s) or Service(s), Company claims)
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Economics–United Kingdom
Economics–United States
Source: OECD
OECD Releases Two Economic Surveys
Now available online:
Economic Survey of the United States
Economic Survey of the United Kingdom

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