Good Day from 22 Degrees North Latitude/85 Degrees West Longitude
We’re Heading To New Orleans Aboard Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas

Information Access
Source: Managing Information
Survey of Company Directors Shows Company Information is Poorly Organised
More material for your statistics and “why we need information professionals” files. From the article, “According to findings released today of a survey of 1,050 senior IT directors, companies are not effectively utilising the amount of information available to them – either from internal or external resources such as market reports, industry studies, email, competitive data, customer surveys and sales figures. More than two thirds of the survey respondents identified the problem as simply “not being able to find the relevant information”. Note: This survey was funded by Inxight a provider of information management and organization software.
See Also: Inxight’s Press Release Announcing The Findings

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
Financial Services Industry–United States
Source: Insurance Information Institute/Financial Services Roundtable
2002 Financial Services Factbook

Good Day from Grand Cayman B.W.I.

Information Visualization
Internet Mapping
Source: Information Highways
Interview, “UpClose: Tim Bray Mapping the Web”
From the interview, “Tim Bray sure has left his mark on the field, especially in Web technology. As a 20-year veteran and pioneer in the software industry, Bray is widely known as an expert on searching and retrieving information. Years before the Web went public, he developed the first search engine software for a Canadian company called Open Text, of which Tim is a co-founder. He then went on to co-write the XML standard, which is transforming the way information is presented and categorized on the Web.” Bray is currently the CEO of Antarti.ca
See Also: Use Antarti.Ca To Demo A New GUI of PubMed
See Also: The Antarti.Ca/Map.Net Demo of the Open Directory Project

Information Access
Source: IDG.Net
“New York Pulls Sensitive Data from State’s Web Sites”
From the article, “New York Gov. George Pataki has ordered a statewide scrub of government agency Web sites to remove sensitive information that might help terrorists plan and carry out attacks on the state’s critical infrastructure.”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
Crime–United States–Statistics
Source: BJS
Full Text Report: Age Patterns in Violent Victimization, 1976-2000
Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text
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Agriculture
Source: GAO
Full-Text Report:
Mad Cow Disease: Improvements in the Animal Feed Ban and Other Regulatory Areas Would Strengthen U.S. Prevention Efforts GAO-02-183, January 25.

Good Day from Cozumel, Mexico

Scholarly Publishing
“ARL Endorses Budapest Open Access Initiative”
The news release contains links to ARL “positions and principals” on other scholarly communication issues.
See Also: Full-Text, Budapest Open Access Initiative

WHOIS Database
Source: NY Times
“The Murky Debate Over an Internet Address Database”
From the article, “…, how much information should be made available to the public about the individuals and businesses that have registered more than 35 million Web addresses (or domain names, as they are known in the trade)? What restrictions, if any, should be placed on who has access to this data?” Thanks To G.T. for the news tip.

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
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Higher Education–United States
R&D–United States–Statistics
Source: NSF
Full-Text Report, Academic Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2000
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British Library–Digital Collection
Source: Reuters
First Edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” Set For Digitization
From the article, “The first edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”, worth 4.6 million pounds, has been hauled from the British Library vaults to be digitised and put online. Technicians sporting satellite-strength cameras began photographing the rare 15th century tome in a windowless room in London on Monday. Their 1,300 high-resolution images will then be put on the Internet. The British Library has already digitised two copies of the Gutenberg bible, printed in 1455 and available on the Internet at http://prodigi.bl.uk/gutenbg/default.asp.
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Digital Collections
Industry–United States–Image Collections
Source: Indiana University Digital Library Program
U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection
From the site, “…more than 2,200 photographs of the Gary Works steel mill and the corporate town of Gary, Indiana held by the Calumet Regional Archives at Indiana University Northwest.”

Digital Collections
Periodicals–LIFE
LIFE Magazine Cover Collection Database
Search by date or keyword to access and view LIFE covers from 1936 to 1972.

Good Morning From Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas

Best Practices
Source: GAO
New: GAO Best Practices Resources
Material is organized in three categories:
1) Best Practices Reviews Identify
“…identify other public and private sector organizations that are widely recognized for major improvements in their performace in a specific area, such as financial management. The processes, practices, and systems identified in these leading organizations are referred to as best practices and provide a model for other organizations with similar functions and/or missions.”
2) Comparative Benchmarking Products
, “…compare the processes or practices of a government agency with best practices for similar processes of leading organizations.”
3) Best Practices Methodology

Magazines–United States
Source: Magazines Publisher Association
List: New & Noted Magazines 2001, January-December

Essential Web Reference Tools
Hooray! The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences is Back Online
Librarian, web research pioneer, author, and founder of one of the Net’s essential reference tools has announced that The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences (aka Acadlists, Kovacs’ Directory, Directory of Academic discussion lists) is back on the web and ready for searching. Thanks Diane!

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items)
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In the News
Full-Text Document:
GAO Lawsuit Against VP Cheney Over National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG) Information
Full-Text of complaint filed by the GAO. 25 pages. pdf. (via FindLaw)
See Also: GAO Press Release
See Also: Related Resources From GAO Comptroller General
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Business–United States–Lists & Rankings
Source: Fortune
America’s Most Admired Companies, 2002
This is the 20th anniversary of the list.
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Political Parties–United States–Statistics
Source: FEC
Full-Text Files: 2 Major U.S. Political Parties, Financial Activity

Web Search–AltaVista
Source: SearchDay
AltaVista’s Interface Makeover
C.S reports on an AV tweak/facelift. Now, let’s hope AV can get back to frequent recrawls and database updates. Since AV’s software is fully capable of handling many formats, perhaps they could also toss in access to .pdf materials.
Note: AltaVista News Search, powered by a feed from Moreover DOES NOT ALLOW the use of boolean connectors (and, or, “and not”), the proximity opeartor “near”, or any of the other AV “special search terms” (e.g. title: text: ). According to spokesperson at AV, these features will be available sometime during the upcoming summer. The + and – signs work with AV News Search.

Information Quality–Web Databases
Soruce: Newsbytes
“U.S. Nursing Home Info Web Site Flawed – Report”
From the article, “A government Web site promising detailed information on the performance of U.S. nursing homes failed to disclose more than 25,000 documented violations of federal health standards, according to a congressional report released on Thursday.”
See Also: Direct to Full-Text of the Committe on Government Reform Report (U.S. House)
See Also: Letter From Congressmen To Medicare Administrator
See Also: Direct to “Complaint Violation Search Database”
“In conjunction with the preparation of the new report, the minority staff of the a House Committee on Government Reform at the request of Rep. Waxman and Sen. Grassley – created this searchable database with information about violations found during complaint investigations to provide a more complete picture of the quality of care provided by nursing homes in the United States.”
See Also: Direct to Nursing Home Compare Database
See Also: I.Q.: Information Quality (Resources via The Virtual Chase)

Scholarly Communication
“ARL Endorses Budapest Open Access Initiative”
The news release contains links to ARL (Association of Research Libraries) “positions and principals” on other scholarly communication issues.
See Also: Full-Text, Budapest Open Access Initiative

Lecture Hall
“Google is Not an Anomaly: A Blueprint for Inventing and Building Innovative and Successful User-Centric Products”
A Presentation by Google’s Co-Founder Larry Page To CS547 (Human-Computer Interaction Seminar) at Stanford.
Lecture Overview and Page’s Bio ||| View the Presentation (Streaming Video via MS Media Player)
Page gave this presentation on January 11, 2002. Thanks to Webmaster World for the tip.

Database of the Week
Seminars
Invisible Web
The Seminar Information Service Database
Find information about, “over 360,000 live, in-person seminars, classes, workshops, corporate training events and conferences listed annually…”. The database can be searched or browsed by category. Make sure to take a look at the robust “advanced search” interface. Data available for the U.S. and several international locations. Btw, Seminar Info Services also licenses this database to Peterson’s. However, the Peterson’s interface doesn’t have many limitings options AND does not contain international data. A good example of how a single database can have different interfaces/usability depending on how/where you access it.
See Also: ShawGuides (Educational Travel and Creative Career Programs)
Unabridged access to these well-known reference tools.

Interview
Source: The Guardian
An Interview with Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle
In addition to being the founder of the Internet Archive, Kahle is also the co-founder of Alexa Internet and inventor of the WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers), an early Internet search tool.
See Also: Brewster Kahle’s 1997 Scientific American article, “Archiving the Internet”
See Also: “Archiving Digital Cultural Artifacts: Organizing an Agenda for Action”
(by Lyman and Kahle, D-Lib, 1998)
See Also: Brewster Kahle’s Bio from the Alexa Internet Site

E-Books
Libraries
Source: New York Times
“In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries”
From Lisa Guernsey’s article, “Eletronic book publishing may be on the skids, but digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. In the next few months, library patrons at Yale’s and Stanford’s university libraries, as well as some libraries in Northern California, may be surprised to find that their electronic catalogs offer links to digital books. The universities and the Peninsula Library System, a consortium of 34 public and community college libraries in San Mateo County, have decided to jump into the e-book arena.”

Libraries–Canada
Books–Canada
“$9.6 Million for Canadian Authors”
From the announcement, “A total of 13,269 Canadian writers, translators and illustrators across Canada will receive payments amounting to more than $9.65 million this week, thanks to the Public Lending Right (PLR) Commission. The PLR Commission, set up in 1986, makes payments to Canadian authors for the presence of their books in public and university libraries…PLR payments are determined by sampling the holdings of a representative number of libraries. There is a per-author maximum each year – this year, 414 authors are receiving the maximum payment of $3,675.”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
American Memory Project
American History–Digitization Projects
New Collection:
“Suffering under a Great Injustice�: Ansel Adams�s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
From the site, “Suffering under a Great Injustice�: Ansel Adams�s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar features 209 photographic prints and 241 original negatives taken by Adams in 1943 of Japanese Americans who were relocated from their homes during World War II and interned in the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California.”
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Let Others Know About This Service
Source: Christian Science Monitor
“Putting Books Online for the Visually Disabled”
From the article, “Imagine spending hours tediously scanning hundreds of pages and converting them to a special digital file every time you wanted to read the latest bestseller. (Not to mention the cost of the scanner itself.) Until now, many who are visually impaired have resorted to just that. Less than 5 percent of books are available in Braille or audiotape formats, by some estimates. But Benetech, a Silicon Valley nonprofit technology developer, has come up with Bookshare.org, a book-swapping website that brings more than 10,000 books to people with visual disabilities.”

Professional Reading Shelf
The February Issue (Vol. 8 No. 2) of D-Lib Magazine is Now Available
Selected Articles:
“Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Progress Report and Workplan for 2002″
“Digital Collections of Real World Objects”
“The MusArt Music-Retrieval System: An Overview”

Online Industry–Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Bibliographic Databases
CSA Introduces 2 New Engineering Databases
CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts and CSA Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts are two new bibliographic databases from CSA.

News Brief
Google Begins New Advertising Program
From the press announcement, “Google’s unbiased search results continue to be produced through a fully automated process and are unaffected by payment.”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (7 Items)
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Travel–Directories
OAG’s “Travel Tools”
“Travel Tools”, a portion of OAG web site, consists of a very comprehensive directory of airports and airlines from around the world. The “Travel Tools” section also provides a very useful “Destination Information” tool. Within two clicks you’ll find basic directory information for most countries (time zones, calling info, currency, public holidays, etc.) If airport information is available you’ll find a link to access airport phone numbers, a list of carriers, and info on services available at that airport. OAG is a well-known and respected name in travel information.
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Higher Education–United States–Statistics
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Full-Text Report: Study of College Costs and Prices, 1988-89 to 1997-98
Summary and Full-Text
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United Nations
Source: GAO
Full-Text Report, U.N. Peacekeeping: Estimated U.S. Contributions, Fiscal Years 1996-2001
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Small Business–United States–Statistics
Source: SBA
Full-Text Report: Small Business Share of Econonmic Growth
Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text
51 pages .pdf
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Vehicles–Enviroment
Energy Industry
Source: House of Commons Library (U.K.)
Full-Text Report: Alternative Vehicle Fuels
66 pages .pdf
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Copyright–United States
Source: U.S. Copyright Office
Full-Text Proposals: Recommendations Regarding the Webcasting of Music
Background via Bloomberg.Com
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Scholarly Publishing
Full-Text: Budapest Open Access Initiative
See Also: “George Soros Gives $3 Million to New Open Access Initiative” (via Information Today NewsBreaks)

Copyright–United States
“Court to Decide on Web Copyrights”
From the AP article, “The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to intervene in a fight over copyrights, deciding whether Congress has sided too heavily with writers and other inventors. The outcome will determine when hundreds of thousands of books, songs and movies will be freely available on the Internet or in digital libraries.”
See Also: “Supreme Court Will Hear Copyright Case Affecting Online Resources“ (via The Chronicle of Higher Education)
See Also: Extensive Background and Full-Text Documents via Berkman Center for Internet & Society @ Harvard Univ.
See Also: Background/Resources/Documents re: Eldred v. Ashcroft
See Also: Full-Text of Brief Filed by the Internet Archive (Thanks LISNews.Com)
See Also: Listen (RealAudio), Charlie Rose Interviews Lawrence Lessig (1/4/02)
See Also: Listen (RealAudio), Lawrence Lessig on NPR’s “On the Media”

Info Industry–OCLC
New Informational Site for WorldCat, The World’s Largest Bibliographic Database
This site includes several pages of interesting WorldCat statistics. For example, as of 2/4/02 WorldCat contained 46,724,443 unique bibliographic records with about 84% of them being for books.

Web Search–Ask Jeeves
Web Search–iLOR
Source: SearchDay
“iLOR Dumps Google for Ask Jeeves/Teoma”
Chris Sherman breaks the news of iLOR’s change from providing results from Google to providing results from Ask Jeeves. He writes, “Run a search on iLOR and you see the same set of results you’d get from searching Ask’s Direct Hit database(though iLOR plans to switch to the Teoma database as soon as Ask allows it). These results are ranked by popularity, as measured both by how many people visited a page and how much time was spent viewing it.”
See Also: Read iLOR’s Official Announcement
See Also: “Ask Jeeves Completes Integration of Teoma Results“

Online Industry–Dialog
Dialog Unveils New Product Aimed at Small Business Market, DialogPRO
Dialog PRO (Predictable Research Online) will be a fee-based service with fixed monthly fees providing unlimited search and retrieval capabilities. From the news release, “A subscriber’s fixed monthly subscription is based on the individual source selections the subscriber chooses. All DialogPRO accounts are available for flat fee subscriptions. (Certain restrictions, based on client revenue size, apply.) Additional content materials not included in a subscription may be searched and retrieved on a transactional basis.”
See Also: DialogSelect, Open-Access, Pay-Per-View
Searching and title lists are free. Pay (via credit card) to access full-text.

New and Updated Reports from the Congressional Research Service
It’s time for another look at a selection of new and or updated reports from the CRS. To access these full-text reports(.pdf) head to this page from Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) or this page Rep. Mark Green (R-WI). Then, select/click the appropriate category and scroll to the report. Here are a few selected new or recently updated reports.
CRS Issue Briefs
*IB87020 Campaign Financing (Updated 2/14/02)
*IB10012 Intelligence Issues for Congress (Updated 2/4/02)
*IB93033 Iran: Current Developments and U.S. Policy (Updated 2/11/02)
*IB94049 Iraq-U.S. Confrontation (Updated 1/18/02)
*IB10068 Major Tax Issues in the 107th Congress (Updated 2/14/02)
*IB94041 Pakistan-U.S. Relations (Updated 2/14/02)
*IB95112 Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy (Updated 1/31/02)
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CRS Short Reports
*RS21115 Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans (Updated 2/6/02)
*RS21135 Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues (Updated 2/14/02)
*98-53 Salaries of Federal Officials: A Fact Sheet (Updated 1/7/02)
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CRS Long Reports
*RL30153 Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation (Updated 2/6/02)
*RL31270 Internet Statistics: Explanation and Sources (Updated 2/6/02)
*RL31119 Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2002

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items)
Business–United States–Lists & Rankings
Source: Selling Power
Selling Power 500
This list provides info on U.S. sales force size, number of global employees, and annual sales. You’ll need to register (free).
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Investment Banking–Lists & Rankings
Source: First Call
Merrill Lynch Named Most-Read Brokerage Firm Worldwide in 2001 and 4Q01
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American Memory Project
American History–Digitization Projects
Roundup: New Collections Added to LC’s American Memory Project
5 new collections from AMP.
1) The Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress
2) Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950
3) Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887
4) Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890
5) The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1870-1925

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
Population–United States
Source: U.S. Census
Full-Text Report: The Population Profile of the United States: 2000 (Internet Release)
Summary/Fast Facts ||| Direct to Full-Text
From the summary, “The Census Bureau has been producing the Population Profile since 1974,” said report editor and senior author Judith Waldrop, “andthroughout its history, generally, it has been issued only biennially and in printed form. In an attempt to make these data available to the public on a more frequent basis without increasing costs, the report will now be issued annually, with both a printed report and an Internet version every two years and an Internet-only version the other years. This is the first Internet-only version.”
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Scholarly Publishing–Directory
Source: Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division/Association of American Publishers
PSP Glossary
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the AAP offers this useful web directory, they call it a glossary, of key groups involved in many aspects of scholarly publishing. Material can be browsed by organization type (e.g. “Associations/Advocacy”, Libraries, US Government/Judicial, International, etc.) or by Issue (e.g. Copyright, Cybercrime, Document Delivery, Privacy, etc.) Each entry contains a short blurb about the organization and a direct link to the group’s web site.

Professional Reading Shelf
National Library of Australia
“Towards a National Infrastructure for Access to Australia’s Documentary Information Resources in Electronic Formats: Strategic Developments at the National Library of Australia”
From the abstract, “The National Library of Australia is undertaking a wide range of practical and research activities to facilitate the tasks of collecting, preserving and making available Australian electronic resources, and is collaborating with other institutions in endeavours which advance these aims. The objective is to ensure that these resources are accessible by both current and future generations of Australians. This paper outlines the National Library’s strategies and key activities with regard to Australian Electronic Resources, and highlights key technical challenges to be overcome.”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
Public Libraries–Directory–United States
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
New Features: Public Library Search Tool
From the site, “The search results for public library information in “Search for Schools, Colleges and Libraries” has added many exciting new features. Results now include graphs with trend results for key figures, and also per capita statistics. This information is available for over 9,000 central public library outlets.”
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Colleges and Universities–Directory–United States
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Updated Data: IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line Database with information on over 9,000 U.S. colleges and universities was recently updated with price information for 2001 and degree information for the 2000-2001 school year.

Professional Reading Shelf
Scholarly Publishing
Source: Learned Publishing
“Getting it! The Added Value of Helping Users Find Information”
From the abstract, “This paper focuses on the evolving role of secondary publishers within the changing models of web-assisted information provision.”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
Philanthropy–United States–Statistics
Source: Foundation Center
“Highlights from the Foundation Center’s Financial Giving Trends, 2002″
4 pages .pdf

Special Libraries Association
Roberta Schaffer To Leave SLA Executive Director Post
From the announcement, “Roberta I. Shaffer, Executive Director of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) has announced that she will leave the Association effective February 22, 2002. On her decision to leave SLA, Shaffer commented, �The Special Libraries Association will continue its course as the leading professional association for information professionals. The Board of Directors and I share the same vision for the future of the Association and the profession. However, we are not in sync in terms of the pace of change. I have enjoyed my time working with the Board, staff and members. I am confident that the Association will achieve its goals in the new century and meet the needs of a new generation of information professionals.� Shaffer was appointed to the executive director position in April of 2001.

Digital Reference
Source: LJ
“Digital Reference: Too Little, Too Slowly”
From the article, “Digital reference�e-mail, chat reference, voice-over IP�is still in its experimental stage, according to Joe Janes, professor at the University of Washington’s School of Information. “It’s been marginal and marginalized. We build it but don’t tell anyone. Then we wonder why no one uses it.” Libraries must support digital reference and start focusing on it as a core service.”

Web Search–AltaVista
AltaVista Changes “Simple Search” Default Operator
Greg Notess reports that AV’s “Simple Search” default operator has changed from OR to AND. Like all things AV some exceptions exist. You can find all the details in this report. Notess also informs us that changes are on the horizon for AV’s “Search Assistant” feature.

Web Search–Google
New Zealand Version of Google Online
Another entry on the expanding list of localized interfaces. Although no limit to .nz is available (yet?) you can limit to only English language material from the home page. Thanks to the National Business Review for the tip.

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
Holocaust–Digitization Projects
Source: The British Library
“Voices of the Holocaust”
From the site, “‘Voices of the Holocaust is a unique resource, the first to offer pupils and teachers access to powerful and moving recordings of Holocaust survivors. The recordings, created by the British Library National Sound Archive for its Oral History Programme, all feature the voices of survivors who came to live in Britain and comprise one of Europe’s largest collections of survivor testimonies.”
See Also: “Holocaust Site Open to Broadband Users”
From the article, “A Steven Spielberg-backed foundation [Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation] launched a Web site Thursday designed as a high-speed gateway into its vast catalog of testimonies from Holocaust survivors.” To access, select the “Enhanced” option on this web page.
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Abraham Lincoln–Collection and Online Exhibit
Source: McGill University
Lincoln North: The Joseph N. Nathanson Collection of Lincolnia
This catalog and online exhibit is the the largest collection of Lincolnia outside the United States. From the intro page, “This site is comprised of two sections: the collection and a virtual exhibit. In the case of the collection, students and researchers can now search the bibliographic records of Nathanson Lincoln pamphlet collection and selected images of title pages. (At the present time the monographs, the prints and the other items in the collection are being catalogued and the catalogue and selected images will be made available in May 2002.)”

Web Search
Source: News.Com
Statistics File: “Web Surfers Snubbing Search Engines”
You can access additional info about this story via a Web Side Story press release. From the news release, “Since the early days of the Internet, search engines and Web links have played an important part in shuttling surfers from site to site. That trend appears to be on the decline in both the US and overseas, although the percentages can vary between countries.” While these numbers say something about user behavior, the statistics are focused on, as many popular web statistics are, utilizing the web as an e-commerce/marketing tool and not as a research tool. Nevertheless, this news illustrates a twist on the law of library science that states “save the time of the reader.” Perhaps this law should be amended to “save the time of the reader AND electronic information user.” (:

Academic Libraries
Information Access Post 9/11
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
“An Order to Destroy a CD-ROM Raises Concerns Among University Librarians”
From the article, “College librarians who were forced by the federal government to destroy copies of a CD-ROM put out by the United States Geological Survey say destruction of the disks raises concerns about intellectual freedom.”

Online Information Industry–Hoover’s
Online Information Industry–LexisNexis
Hoover’s Online Customers To Gain Pay-Per-Use Access to the Directory of Corporate Affiliations
P-P-U access is also available at Bizlinkage.Com.

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items)
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Surgeon General of the United States–Reports
New Site: Reports of the Surgeon General
This site from the National Library of Medicine provides access to “some 70 reports” (full-text) issued by the Surgeon General from 1964-2001.
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Canada–Archives
Full Text Report: National Archives of Canada Annual Review 2000 – 2001
34 pages .pdf
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Presidents of the United States–Bill Clinton
Source: GPO
Now Available: The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton — 2000-2002
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Digital Information
Source: HBS Working Knowledge
“Why Your Digital Data Could One Day Disappear”
This is an excerpt from is from Bryan Bergeron’s book, Dark Ages II: When the Digital Data Die.

Stories in the News–Resources
Milosevic Trial
JURIST: The Legal Education Network Milosevic Trial Guide
Not only does this resource provide access to a large number of articles and other releated resources but is also provides access to a live stream of the trial.
See Also:

News Brief
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Announcement
IMLS Awards $149,014,000 Million in Federal Grants for Essential Library Services

Cool Tool Shelf
PDF To HTML Conversion Tool
Simple enter the url of a .pdf file. and this tool will convert the file to an html document. An e-mail conversion tools is also available. Thanks to Rory Litwin’s Library Juice for the tip. Note: Remember that IF the .pdf file has been crawled by the Google, an html version is also available. Google also converts other file formats (.xls, .doc, .ppt, etc.) to html. available

EDGAR Databases
SEDAR Databases
SEC Info (SECInfo.Com) Is Back Online
We’ve learned that SEC Info, a provider of real-time EDGAR and SEDAR (Canadian filings) is back online. This is exciting news. Thanks to TVC Alert for the news tip.

Online Info Industry–Dialog
Dialog Adds Linking Tool for e-Journals
From the news release, “[Dialog] has added the ability for users of its Dialog� service to link seamlessly — and without cost — to the full texts of more than 8,000 scientific, medical and technical e-Journals published by more than 40 leading scientific publishers and information aggregators. The e-Journals available for seamless access are mostly peer-reviewed scientific, medical and technical journals serving specialized audiences. Among the leading publishers and aggregators making their e-Journals available for immediate linking are Ebsco Online, John Wiley & Sons, Science Direct, SwetsNet and Information Quest.”

Online Information–Wiley InterScience
Source: Managing Information
Wiley InterScience Adds New Service
From the article, “ArticleSelect, a feature launched last year that allows Wiley InterScience’s Enhanced Access License customers to purchase individual journal articles not covered by their subscription, has now been extended to include OnlineBooks chapters.”
See Also: Direct to the Wiley Press Release

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items)
UNESCO–Databases
Invisible Web
New Site: Common Access Point to 120 UNESCO Databases and Other Info Sources Now Available
From the announcement, “A common access point to 120 bibliographic, referral (directories, projects, etc.) and factual databases produced by UNESCO in its areas of competence is now online. The new website service entitled “Information Sources” gives also access to 57 online and offline information services of the Organization’s Headquarter and in its field offices.”
See Also: Direct to the New UNESCO Information Sources Compilation
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Central Intelligance Agency–History
Source: CIA, Center for the Study of Intelligence
Full-Text Document, Central Intelligence: Origin and Evolution
In addition to the narrative this source contains copies of 19 documents key to the CIA’s history.
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Demographics–United States
Source: U.S. Census
Full Text Report, The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000
Summary/Highlights ||| Direct to Full-Text
12 pages .pdf
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Africa
Digital Collections–Invisible Web
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
Produced by the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A large database of images and sounds. Most of the material found below the top-level page resides on the Invisible Web. Discovered via Yahoo POTW.
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Stories in the News–Resources
British Telecom Suing Prodigy Alleging It Owns Hyperlink Patent
Full-Text: Complaint Filed By BT
Full-Text: Patent (via USPTO)
Story About Law Suit (via BBC)

***News Briefs (2 Items)***
Source: FEC News Release
SEC Proposes New Disclosure Regulations
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Source: FTC News Release
The Federal Trade Commission Wants Your Spam
This link also contains links to several FTC filings re: spam

Web Search–Lycos
Something New From Lycos: Side Search
This might be a useful time saving and navigation tool. Now, each Lycos result has a second link labeled “Fast Forward”. Clicking on this link will divide your browser into two windows. The left window has simple links to 10 hits below the number hit you select. So, if you select hit 41, the box will have links to hits 41-50. The box on the right side of the screen contains the complete page of the “hit” you’ve selected. In essence, SideSearch allows you to browse a list of search results without having to navigate from the results list to the desired page and then back again. Side Search works with IE and Netscape. You must have javascript enabled. When I tested SideSearch using Opera it didn’t work properly.
See Also: Both Vivisimo’s “Preview” feature and WiseNut’s “Sneak-a-Peek” feature allow you to view complete web pages inside a search results list.
See Also: “Speed Searching with Lycos Fast Forward” (via SearchDay 2/14/02)
See Also: “Lycos Enhances Advanced Search” (via SearchDay 1/16/02)

Librarianship–Demographics
Source: ARL
Video Presentation: “Generational Change in Librarianship”
From the site. “A 32-minute video by Stanley Wilder on the age-demographic shift in ARL librarians.” You’ll need Windows Media Player installed to watch the presentation.
See Also: “New Roles: A Librarian by Any Name” (via LJ 2/1/02)

Information Access Post 9/11
Source: Computerworld
Web Sites Seen As Terrorist Aids
“A major financial institution this week will receive a report outlining the extent to which its Web site exposes it to potential attacks by Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda organization and other terrorists. The audit, produced by security consulting firm Stroz Associates LLC, is one of the first of its kind in the private sector. It marks a growing trend by companies in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to assess whether content on their Web sites increases their risk of being targeted by terrorist organizations. The amount of sensitive data uncovered by Stroz Associates at various corporate Web sites is startling, said Eric Friedberg, managing director at the New York-based firm and a former computer crime coordinator at the U.S. Department of Justice.”
See Also: “Official: Terrorists used Internet to get Info on Potential Targets” (via Computerworld 2/13/02)

Online Information Industry–Dialog
Source: Searcher
“Dialog Pricing Redux: D�j� Vu All Over Again”
Mary Ellen Bates provides a comprehensive review.

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
Resource Discovery
The U.K.’s Resource Discovery Network Premieres Training Page
This is highly useful material for all web users and web trainers from around the World. The RDN describes itself as “..a free Internet service dedicated to providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community.” The training page contains links to a new workbook that is designed to introduce users to some of the services of the RDN. The workbook contains practical tasks and exercises and can be used to support a hands on workshop or can be used by individuals for self-paced learning. It also contains quizzes, tips and hints, as well as scenarios designed to suggest ways in which the RDN can be used practically to support learning and teaching.” Additionally, the training page, “includes links to to subject-specific training materials from RDN hubs and the Virtual Training Suite, copies of RDN and Virtual Training Suite posters and flyers, and a Powerpoint presentation designed to support user education sessions in colleges and universities.”
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Film Industry–Academy Awards
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Resources for 74th Academy Awards
1) Press Kit/Fact Sheets
Includes 22 fact sheets on various topics. All are .pdf files.
2) Complete List of Official Nominations (pdf) ||| Nominations Press Kit/Fact Sheets
2) 74th Academy Awards Timeline
3) “Reminder List of Eligible Releases for Distinguished Achievements During 2001″
4) The “Official Rules”

Enterprise Search
Source: Reuters
Google Introduces Enterprise “Search Appliance”
From the article, “…Google joins a number of companies including Verity Inc, Ask Jeeves Inc and CMGI Inc’s AltaVista that are also selling enterprise software. What makes Google different is that it is selling search hardware and software, all contained in a slim device it calls the Google Search Appliance, which businesses can install behind their own corporate firewalls and program to scan whichever documents they wish…The product comes in two versions; one that sells for $20,000 and scales to search up to 150,000 documents and a more powerful version for $250,000, which Google says can scan “millions and millions” of documents.”
See Also: Learn More About the “Search Appliance” Direct from Google

Information Industry–Ebrary
Information Industry–Elsevier
Elsevier Announces Agreement with Ebrary
From the annoucement, “Elsevier Science, Science & Technology Division has agreed to make authoritative book titles available through ebrary’s multiple online channels including libraries, institutions and other online organizations.”

Libraries–Funding
Source: Library Journal
“Bush Budget Promises Modest Increase for Libraries”
From the article, “The Presidential budget for FY2003 has been released, and funds library services at $181.7 million, a seeming increase of over $13 million over the FY2002 figure. However, the increase is much more modest, since that $13 million includes $10 million previously announced to fund the new initiative to recruit 21st Century Librarians.”
See Also: “Bush Budget Axes NCLIS” (via LJ)

Web Search
Source: E-Commerce Times
“Life After Free: Search Engines Seek Cold, Hard Cash”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (6 Items)
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Philanthropy–United States–Lists & Rankings
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
America’s Most Generous Donors, 2001
This article includes several lists and a useful interactive database.
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U.S. Congress–Directory
New Edition Available Online: The Congressional Directory, 107 Congress
The new cannot be browsed at the current time. From the announcement, “The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress, prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). It presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers. It also lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C.government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries.”
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Health–Children–United States–Survey
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
New Edition: National Survey of Early Childhood Health
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Divorce–United States–Statistics
Source: U.S. Census
New Full-Text Report: Number, Timing and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 1996
Summary/Fast Facts ||| Direct to Full-Text Report
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Criminal Justics–United States
Source: BJS
Full-Text Report: Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States, 1999
Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text

Academic Libraries
Source: S.F. Chronicle
“A New Chapter for Libraries: Preference for Online Research Has its Price”
From the article, “Academic libraries were once hushed, austere temples dedicated to study and research. No more.” Also, from the article, “Librarians have traditionally served as gatekeepers, running quality control on resource materials. But most students turn to the Internet first, plugging searches into Google and reeling in information that may be unreliable or downright wrong.” Thanks to LISNEWS.Com for the news tip.

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents
Winter Olympics 2002
Reminder: I’m continuing to compile the Winter Olympics 2002: Ready Reference Resources page.

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
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Telecommunications–Statistics–United States
Source: FCC
Full-Text Report: Report on High-Speed and Advanced Telecommunications Services (3rd Report)
Summary ||| Direct to Full-Text
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Tourism–United States–Statistics
Source: ITA
Full-Text: Worst Decline in the History of International Arrivals for the United States
See Also: Detailed Analysis
See Also: Table, Top Forty International Markets Jan.-Aug., Sep, Jan.-Sep. 2001
See Also: Table, Arrivals from All Countries Jan.-Aug., Sep, Jan.-Sep. 2001