Public Libraries
Source: Wired News
“U.K. Libraries Jump Into the Net”
Wired News with a positive article about the Peoples Network in the U.K. From the article, “…an ambitious U.K. project, the People’s Network, which will see all of the United Kingdom’s more than 4,000 libraries linked to the Internet to become access-and-learning centers by the end of this year. The project will see 30,000 terminals installed, stuffed with digital delights like e-mail, browsing, office applications, digital imaging and video conferencing. “Libraries have proven to be the natural place to get people online. Over 60 percent of the population has a library card, and borrowing a book from the library is one of the country’s five most popular pastimes, five times more popular than going to a professional football game.”
See Also: Learn More About the People’s Network

National Libraries–Canada
Source: NLC
“Excessive Heat Threatens the National Library�s Newspaper Collection”
From the news release, “Dr. Roch Carrier, National Librarian, announces that the excessive heat and humidity levels that the Ottawa area recently experienced resulted in the heat alarms going off last Monday, July 22, in the National Library of Canada�s newspaper collection facility located at 151 Bentley Avenue. Over 18, 000 original copies of Canada�s major newspapers, dating back to the early 1800s, as well as important government publications are stored at the Bentley facility.”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items)
Demographics–United States
Source: U.S. Census
Full-Text, Census 2000 Profile, U.S. Summary
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Health Information
Source: MEDLINEplus
New Compilation, Prescription Drug Abuse

Online Industry–ProQuest
ProQuest Launches New Genealogy Resource For Libraries
From the announcement, “The new product combines primary source materials from the UMI Genealogy & Local History Online product and multiple rich resources originating from genealogy publisher Heritage Quest (acquired by ProQuest last summer).” “In the first release of this product (now available), complete census data from 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1870 is fully indexed and viewable in full page image. In addition, 1840 census data is fully browsable by locality (with name indexing to be added shortly). Also available are 16,000 family and local histories; 8,000 additional titles will be added. Remaining census images for census years from 1790 to 1930 are scheduled for loading later this year.”

Patent Searching–USPTO
USPTO Reports to Congress on the Removal of Paper Copies From Public Search Facilities
In January we had a story about the USPTO announcing a plan to remove and destroy paper copies of patents from public patent search facilities. Today, the USPTO has placed a recently delivered report to Congress about the plan. According to the report the USPTO plans to cease support for the collections today (7/26/02) and begin “transfer and disposal” on August 26th.

Small Business–Legal Issues–United States
Source: U.S. Newswire
BusinessLaw.Gov From the SBA Partners With Cornell’s Law Library
From the announcement, “The Cornell Law Library recognizes the importance of public access to legal information in the digital age,” said [Cornell Law Library's Head Reference Librarian, Jean] Callihan. “We are committed to working with the SBA to provide small businesses with the information they need to succeed.” BusinessLaw.gov offers information on federal, state and local business laws, regulatory compliance guides in 17 business topics ranging from advertising to transportation, and access to existing online G2B transactions. It is the first step in the development of a Business Compliance One Stop. In the second phase of development, the SBA intends to add more information and web services including 25 to 30 interactive regulatory compliance guides and a prototype national business registry.”
See Also: Direct to BusinessLaw.Gov

Professional Reading Shelf
Libraries–Remote Storage–Bibliography
Source: National Library of Canada
New, Bibliography, “Remote Storage of Library Materials : A Selective Bibliography”

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items)
Intellectual Property–United States–Lists & Rankings
Legal Industry–United States
Source: IP Worldwide
“Who Protects IP America”
Lists law firms that represent IP interests for major U.S. corporations.
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Employment–Science and Engineering–United States
Source: National Science Foundation
Full-Text Info Brief, How Large is the U.S. S&E Workforce? (NSF 02-325)
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E-Government
Source: Metropolis (World Association of Major Metropolises)
Full-Text Report, The Information Society and the City

Resource of the Week
Web-Based Tools
NoodleBib 3.0 (Beta)
When Chris Sherman and I were preparing the bibliography for our book we utilized an easy to learn web-based bibliography formatting tool called NoodleBibs. It worked very well. Today, news that NoodleBibs has just placed a beta of Version 3.0 online. What’s more exciting is that the beta is FREE for everyone (no need to subscribe) until the end of August. It’s a great way to see if NoodleBib’s is right for you. According to Debbi Abilock, NoodleBib’s co-founder and librarian, the new version now offers the ability to format bibliographies in APA and MLA styles. Previously, only MLA style was available. Version 3.0 also allows for unlimited source lists and provides a new dynamic menu structure where all options are only a single click away. Once on the NoodleTools site, where you’ll log-in to NoodleBibs, take note of the many other services, several of them free, the site offers.
See Also: Learn About NoodleBibs Subscriptions, An Individual User Subscription is Only $4/USD per Quarter
See Also: Learn More Debbi and the History of NoodleTools

Web Search
Privacy
Source: The New York Times
“Net Users Try to Elude the Google Grasp”
From the sound of it several of the people questioned seem to have forgotten that other search engines exist. Even if it is removed from Google, what about Teoma, AllTheWeb, and AltaVista? The article also touches on what’s termed “mistaken Google-identity” or in othe words, more examples for your “judging info on the web” folder. Although the article does contain a sidebar with a few tips about “limiting your exposure”, it doesn’t give any mention (or urls) to methods like meta tags or other, more sophisticated tools, for an individual web page owner and/or webmaster to have material not crawled by search engines.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Source: Federal Register
USPTO To Cease Publishing the Print Version of Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office–Patents
From the FR announcement:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will discontinue the publication of the paper version of the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office–Patents. Electronic publication via CD-ROM and Internet versions (the eOG:P) will replace the printed copy.
DATES: The last publication of the paper version will be September 24, 2002. The electronic publication of the CD-ROM will commence October 1, 2002.
***The USPTO will continue paper publication of the Official Gazette–Trademarks, the Official Gazette Notices and the Consolidated Listing of Official Gazette Notices.***

Deep Linking
Source: Wired News
“Deep Linking Takes Another Blow”
Some very interesting news from Germany. From the article, “Using a search engine to locate stories on newspapers’ sites violates European Union law, according to a recent ruling by judges in Munich’s Upper Court.” “The NewsClub case still needs to wend its way through more legal hearings, but the defendant isn’t hopeful that the judges’ decision will soon be reversed. And legal experts believe that if the ruling is upheld, it could easily become a firm legal precedent across the European Union, drastically limiting the information that many European search engines are allowed to provide to their users.”

Reference–Canadian–Discussion Lists
Canadian Reference Discussion List Opens For Business
The National Library of Canada is pleased to announce the launch of REFCAN-L, a new electronic forum for discussing issues relating to the provision of reference and information services from a Canadian perspective. REFCAN-L will facilitate and encourage information exchange amongst practitioners and information providers involved and interested in various aspects of reference services in Canada. Participants are encouraged to use the list to:
- Disseminate information relevant to reference staff in Canadian libraries
- Provide information on activities of interest to the Canadian reference community
- Discuss issues of concern regarding reference services, particularly those relating to the virtual environment
- Exchange information, experiences (successful and less successful ones), project highlights and other initiatives worthy of being shared
To subscribe to REFCAN-L, send an email to: listserv@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca
In the body of the message, type the following command: SUBSCRIBE REFCAN-L Firstname Lastname

Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (6 Items)
Law Firms–United States–Lists & Rankings
Source: Corporate Board Member
Survey, America’s Best Corporate Lawyers
Survey, America’s Best Corporate Lawyers (by Metro Area)
Includes short-list of major clients for each firm. “…second annual exclusive survey asked more than 24,000 board members to identify the law firms they most admire, nationally and in 50 metropolitan areas.”
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Legal Industry–Webliography
Source: American Bar Association, Market Research Department
Statistical Resources About Lawyers and Legal Profession
Thanks to C.SR. for the news tip.
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Internet Usage–Canada–Statistics
Source: Statistics Canada
Household Internet Use Survey (Highlights)
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Women in Business–Canada–Webliography
Source: The Canadian Management Network
Updated Link Compilation, “Resources for Business Women, by Geographic Area”
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Education–United States–Statistics
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
New, Interactive Tool, “Build Your Own Table With CCD Public School Data”
From the NCES site, “The Common Core of Data (CCD) is the Department of Education’s primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts. This new tool now allows you to create your own on-line data tables using several years of data.”

News Briefs (2 Items)
“U. of Texas at Austin Plans Online Gateway to Digitized Resources” (via The Chronicle of Higher Education)
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Library Construction is Booming in the U.S. (via Christian Science Monitor)

Enterprise Search–InQuira
Source: News.Com
Enterprise Search Advertising Gets Tough: InQuira Tells Customers, “Don’t Ask Jeeves”
From the article, “InQuira, formed in March from the merger of AnswerFriend and Electric Knowledge, is offering existing corporate customers of Ask Jeeves the full price of InQuira’s license or the amount they’ve already paid Jeeves, whichever is less.”

Citation Indexing–Lists & Rankings
Source: ISI
Management: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 1997-2001
Journals Ranked by Impact: Chemical Engineering
Science in Italy, 1997-2001
Journals Ranked by Impact: Sport Sciences
Chemistry: High-Impact Institutions, 1992-2002
Science in Germany, 1997-2001
See Also: Additional Lists at Sci-Bytes

Web Search–Vivisimo
“Vivisimo Signs Strategic German Partnership”
From the announcement, “Vivisimo, Inc., a global provider of advanced document clustering (automatic categorization) software, and global linxs, a leading provider and integrator of knowledge retrieval systems in Europe, have announced the signing of a strategic partnership. global linxs will be the first German partner for Vivisimo and will start integrating Vivisimo products in their knowledge management solutions.”
See Also: Demo Vivisimo’s Document Clustering Meta Search Tool (Advanced Interface)
See Also: Other Demo Vivisimo Demos

National Archives–United States
“Developing a New National Archives Experience”
Many of you visit the National Archives Building on Constitution Avenue when your’re here in D.C. Since July, 2001 the rotunda has been closed for renovation. In this article, John Carlin, Archivist of the United States, details what to expect when the entire renovation is complete and the National Archives Experience opens on July 4, 2004.

Professional Reading Shelf (3 Items)
E-Serials
Full-Text, E-Serials Cataloging to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web
The full-text to all articles from The Serials Librarian, Vol. 41, (3-4) 2002. Thanks to GM for the news tip.
Here is a partial t-o-c:
“E is for Everything: The Extra-Ordinary, Evoluntionay [e-]Journal”
“E-Serials Cataloging in the 1990’s: A Review of the Literature” by Ann Copeland
“ISBD(ER) and Its Role in the Management of Electronic Resources” by Sten Hedberg
“The Integration of Electronic Resources into Cataloging Instruction in the LIS Curriculum” by Taemin Kim Park
“Teaching Seriality: A Major Education Challenge” by Arlene G. Taylor
“Web Resources for Cataloging Electronic Serials and Continuing Resources: An Annotated Bibliography” by John Blosser, Tim Hagan, and Yvonne W. Zhang
“Internet Resources Cataloging in ARL Libraries: Staffing and Access Issues” by Jeanne M.K. Boydston and Joan M. Leysen
“Notes for Remote Access Computer File Serials” by Beatrice L. Caraway
“On Pins and Needles: Using Structured Metadata for Collocation and Browsing Capability” by Gregory Wool
“NESLI MARC Records: An Experiment in Creating MARC Records for E-Journals” by Ross MacIntyre
“Improving Access to E-Journals and Databases at the MIT Libraries: Building a Database-Backed Web Site Called ‘Vera’” by Nicole Hennig
“The Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek: A Successful Library Service for Electronic Journals in Germany” by Evelinde Hutzler and Gerald Schupfner
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Information Literacy
Source: Information Highways
“Defining Information Literacy”
From the article, “While many think information literacy is about the necessary skills to assist in information access and retrieval, that is only part of the equation.” Thanks to TVC Alert for the news tip.
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Multimedia Content
Conference Presentations, Multimedia Content & Tools: Towards Information & Knowledge
From the Interactive Electronic Publishing Conference held May 30-31 in London, U.K.