Scholarly Publishing–Citation Reports
Source: ISI
+ Journals Ranked by Impact: Health Policy & Services
+ The Hottest Research of 2003-04
“In its latest annual roundup of recent research, Science Watch presents the list of authors who, as of late 2004, had published the greatest number of Hot Papers over the preceding two years. The table below lists the (non-review) papers published in 2004 that achieved the highest citation totals by year’s end (those papers cited more than 35 times).”
+ Pharmacology: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2000-04
+ Top 20 institutions in Microbiology, 1994-2004

Scholarly Publishing–Citation Reports
Source: ISI
+ Journals Ranked by Impact: Health Policy & Services
+ The Hottest Research of 2003-04
“In its latest annual roundup of recent research, Science Watch presents the list of authors who, as of late 2004, had published the greatest number of Hot Papers over the preceding two years. The table below lists the (non-review) papers published in 2004 that achieved the highest citation totals by year’s end (those papers cited more than 35 times).”
+ Pharmacology: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 2000-04
+ Top 20 institutions in Microbiology, 1994-2004

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Privacy
Data Breaches
Source: PrivacyRights.org
Two Resources
+ A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident
+ Index to News about ChoicePoint and Other Data Aggregators (via The Virtual Chase)
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Cost of Living–United States
Source: Salary.com
Salary.com’s Salary Value Index
“Are you living beyond your means? Is your paycheck not stretching far enough? Perhaps you’re even having trouble finding a job. Maybe it’s time to jump a plane to one of the cities at the top of Salary.com’s ‘Salary Value’ index. We found the top (and bottom) US metros for building personal net worth (taking into account local salaries, cost of living, and unemployment relative to the national average). Median base pay was correlated across more than 2,500 different benchmark jobs in our calculations. Housing costs, living costs, and metro unemployment/job growth figures were also used to rank the metro areas.”
Full list
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Chemical Industry–Lists & Rankings
Source: Chemical & Engineering News
Top 50 Chemical Producers (PDF; 479 KB)
“C&EN’s 2005 survey of U.S. chemical producers shows an industry enjoying the best of times. Sales and operating profits have risen dramatically for most companies as strong demand for chemical products–particularly petrochemicals–has provided chemical makers the leverage needed to raise prices.”
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Housing–United States–Statistics
Source: U.S. Census
Median Housing Values Continue to Rise, Census Bureau Reports
“As median home values across the nation continue to rise, so has the proportion of homes valued at $1 million or more, according to a new analysis of American Community Survey (ACS) data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The national median home value in 2003 was about $140,000, up nearly 16 percent in the last three years, while the percentage of ‘million-dollar homes’ nearly doubled (from 0.5 percent to 1.0 percent).”
See Also: State Rankings
+ County Rankings
+ City Rankings
San Francisco is #1.
+ 2000-2003 Millon Dollar Home Rankings
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Online Research–United States
New Research Tools from Various States
+ California: Online database allows pesticide users to identify wildlife habitat
Direct to PRESCRIBE Database
+ Wisconsin: Dictionary of Wisconsin History
From the Wisconsin Historical Society. “These names of hundreds of people, places, things and events occur in many writings about Wisconsin history. Each is briefly defined here, and a source in which it is used or explained is cited. The Dictionary is being built chronologically and is currently strongest in terms from early Wisconsin history.”
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Internet Usage–United States
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
New Demographic Info and Activities Data
“Last week we posted updates to three of the Latest Trends tables on our website.”
+ Who’s Online — A frequently updated table showing the current demographics of Internet users
+ Online Activities (Total) — The percentage of Internet users who have “ever done” an online activity.
+ Online Activities (Daily) — The percentage of Internet users who do a given activity on a “typical day.”
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Beaches–United States–Rankings
Just released: America’s Best Beaches 2005
Number one on the list is Fort De Soto Park’s North Beach, southwestern neighbor of St. Petersburg, Florida (home of your deputy editor).
Press release (PDF; 48 KB)
Photos of top ten beaches

Briefly
+ EBSCO Publishing Introduces Humanities International Complete
+ Blackwell Publishing appoints Design UK to redesign online presence
+ H.W. Wilson Plans to Launch Art Museum Image Gallery in July
+ ProQuest Brings Library Users A Step Closer To Their Ancestors (via ManagingInformation.com)

Professional Reading Shelf
Online Information
Source: Emerald
This Week ONLY: Free Full Text Access to Three Recent Issues of Online Information Review
Articles include:
+ Web authoring tools and meta tagging of page descriptions and keywords (Vol. 29. No. 2)
+ The impact of electronic information delivery on reference enquiries (Vol. 29. No. 2)
+ Information resources on chemistry and natural sciences in general (Vol 2. No. 2)
+ Google Scholar: the pros and the cons (Vol 29. No. 2)
+ A MAP for the library portal: through the labyrinth of online information sources (Vol 29. No. 1)
+ From the search problem through query formulation to results on the web (Vol 29. No. 1)
+ Knowing where they’re going: statistics for online government document access through the OPAC (Vol 28. No. 6)
+ Date-restricted queries in web search engines (Vol 28. No. 6)
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Open Access–DRM
Source: INDICARE Monitor
The role of digital rights management in Open Access
“Growing conviction that scientific progress will significantly benefit if scholarly articles and research papers are made freely available on the Web has given rise to the Open Access (OA) movement. While there is some awareness that OA articles may require digital rights management (DRM), there is currently only low-level interest in the topic, with many OA advocates maintaining that it has no relevance to OA. The issue is complicated by the fact that there are currently two ways in which research papers are made OA, each of which has different implications from a rights point of view.” Analysis by Richard Poynder.
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Electronic Records–Archiving
Source: Federal Computer Week
‘Tomahtoes’ get in the way of saving e-records
“Historians complain about techies and archivists shouting at one another, but the historians do offer some solutions. Anna Kasten Nelson, a historian in residence at American University, suggests that agency IT officers devise a mechanism to separate the insignificant ‘Where do you want to eat lunch?’ e-mail messages from the substantive ones, such as ‘Here is a draft of the legislation I am about to introduce.’”
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Public Libraries
Source: St. Petersburg Times
Library to pack up quirky history
“Lost in the hype and anticipation over the July 31 grand opening of Largo’s $21-million library is a smaller, far less glitzy building that has satiated thirsty minds, saved procrastinating students and entertained children for more than 30 years. The county’s most used library (an average of 1,400 visitors pass through each day) is moving to a new home. But before the shelves are cleared and the doors closed at 351 East Bay Drive, the St. Petersburg Times took a look to see what made this particular library special.” Note: In addition to everything else mentioned in the article, this particular library is special because it’s the first one that employed your deputy editor.
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Public Libraries–Censorship
Source: New Orleans Times–Picayune
Gay book not child’s play, says lawmaker
“Books ‘containing the theme of homosexuality’ and other ‘age-inappropriate’ topics should not be on public library shelves accessible to children, a St. Tammany Parish lawmaker said Thursday.”

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
African-Americans–Entrepreneurship
Source: Black Enterprise (via DocuTicker)
BE 100s 2005
From Eligibility: “The BE 100s make up the largest black-owned businesses in the nation. For 12 months, the research department and editors of Black Enterprise gathered surveys from hundreds of companies and information from scores of government agencies, professional organizations, industry associations, business information services, entrepreneurs, corporations, and our readers in order to develop our definitive rankings.” Eight categories include: Industrial Service, Auto, Advertising, Banks, Asset Managers, Insurance, Investment Bank, and Private Equity.
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Gasoline Prices–United States
Source: FuelEconomy.gov
Compilation: Links To Gasoline Price Data For US Cities
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Jet Lag–Diet
Source: Argonne National Laboratory
Site offers Web’s most comprehensive information about Anti-Jet-Lag Diet
With the summer travel season beginning, travelers who need to beat jet lag can learn how by visiting www.antijetlagdiet.com online. This Web site offers the most comprehensive free information anywhere on the Internet about how to use the famous Anti-Jet-Lag Diet, developed by biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
See also: Using the Argonne Diet in Jet Lag Prevention: Deployment of Troops Across Nine Time Zones (PDF; 1.6 MB)
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Marine Sanctuaries–Education
Source: NOAA
New Web Site for Educators: NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
Background and additional links here.
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Memorial Day–Traffic Fatalities
Source: National Safety Council
Memorial Day Holiday Period Traffic Fatality Estimate, 2005
From press release: “The Council estimates 471 traffic fatalities over the traditional summer kick-off weekend and another 25,400 disabling injuries from motor vehicle collisions.” (via DocuTicker)

Search Briefs
All About Exalead
Mary Ellen has written an overview article about Exalead, and general purpose web engine from France. We’ve been posting blogging about and using Exalead since October.

Briefly
ProQuest Plans to Digitize Chicago Defender from 1909-1975
+ New Asia-Pacific Business Database Coming in June from Bureau van Dijk
+ Guidestar (Non-Profit Info) Will Launch GuideStar 3.0 on June 1st

Salaries Versus Cost of Living–United States
Source: Salary.com
Salary.com’s Salary Value Index
“Are you living beyond your means? Is your paycheck not stretching far enough? Perhaps you’re even having trouble finding a job. Maybe it’s time to jump a plane to one of the cities at the top of Salary.com’s ‘Salary Value’ index. We found the top (and bottom) US metros for building personal net worth (taking into account local salaries, cost of living, and unemployment relative to the national average). Median base pay was correlated across more than 2,500 different benchmark jobs in our calculations. Housing costs, living costs, and metro unemployment/job growth figures were also used to rank the metro areas.”
Full list

Professional Reading Shelf
Libraries and Librarians–Australia
Source: ALIA
It’s Library and Information Week in Australia!
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Public Libraries–United Kingdom
Source: MLA/Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
New Report: Library use soars
“A new report published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy shows a record rise in public library usage across the UK. In 2003/04, visits to public libraries increased by nearly 14 million, over 250,000 extra visits a week. This is the second consecutive annual rise and builds on an additional 5 million visits made in 2002/03 – the first upturn in usage since the early 1990s.” Summary stats available here.
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Metadata
Digital Preservation
Source: PREMIS Working Groups/RLG/OCLC
PREMIS Working Group Publishes Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata
“OCLC and RLG are pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive guide to core metadata for supporting the long-term preservation of digital materials. Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group is the product of the foremost international consensus-building effort directed at preservation metadata, and it is likely to become the foundation for future work in this area.”
Overview ||| Direct to Data Dictionary
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Scholarly Publishing
Source: HighWire Press
HighWire Press Database Now Providing Access to More than 900,000 Free Full Text Articles
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E-government
Source: Federal Computer Week
The e-gov pulse
“The first message is Google rules, while only a handful had even heard of FirstGov.” Steve Kelman, professor of public management at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, queries his students on how they search for information online.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Executive Compensation–United States
Source: San Jose Mercury News
New, What the Boss Makes, 2005
Package includes direct links to printable, searchable data report (PDF) and list of compensation by company.
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Higher Education–United States–Statistics
University Endowments–United States–Lists & Rankings
Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers
University Endowment Rankings
+ Table: Listing of Participating Institutions By Total Market Value of Endowments as of FYE 2004
22 pages; PDF.
+ Table: Average Compounded Nominal Rates of Return Over 1, 3, 5 and 10 Years
1 page; PDF.
+ Table: Average Asset Allocation by Asset Class
See Also: Highlights from a New Study by the Associated Press
Report looks at schools with endowments larger that $1 billion. “To shed light on how these schools are using their unprecedented wealth and why they still cost so much to attend, The Associated Press analyzed thousands of numbers collected by the federal government and college guidebooks over the past decade.”
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Electronic Commerce–United States–Statistics
Source: U.S. Census
Just Released, Retail 1Q, 2005 E-commerce Report
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Poverty–Australia
Source: Parliament Library
New Research Note: 2004-05 Poverty rates by electorate
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Stereograph Cards
Source: Library of Congress
New Online Digital Collection: Stereograph Cards
From the site, “…about 5,000 stereographs (selection from full collection; records being added) ca. 1860-1945, bulk 1870-1920. Stereo card photographs, featuring sites around the world and popular topics such as expositions, industry, disasters, and portraits of presidents.”

Search Briefs
+ Many Publishers Not Happy With Google Library Program
Two articles published today and Gary defines Google Library and Google Print.
UPDATE: ResourceShelf friend, Roy Tennant, shares one of his Google Print concerns with us via email.
+ New South Africa “Only” Search Engine Available

Professional Reading Shelf
Privacy–Taxonomy
Source: George Washington University Law School (Daniel J. Solove)
A Taxonomy of Privacy
“Privacy is a concept in disarray. Nobody can articulate what it means. As one commentator has observed, privacy suffers from ‘an embarrassment of meanings.’ Privacy is far too vague a concept to guide adjudication and lawmaking, as abstract incantations of the importance of ‘privacy’ do not fare well when pitted against more concretely-stated countervailing interests…. A new taxonomy to understand privacy violations is thus sorely needed. This article develops a taxonomy to identify privacy problems in a comprehensive and concrete manner. It endeavors to guide the law toward a more coherent understanding of privacy and to serve as a framework for the future development of the field of privacy law.” (To be published in University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 154, Fall 2005; via Social Science Research Network)
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Open Access–United Kingdom
Source: JISC
JISC signs Berlin Declaration on open access

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Adult Literacy–Statistics
New Issue Brief: Highlights from the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey
“America’s adults performed worse than their counterparts in Bermuda, Norway, and Switzerland, but better than those in Italy, according to the results of the 2003 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL). ALL reports on the literacy and numeracy skills of adults ages 16-65 in six countries. A second phase of ALL, in which additional countries are collecting data, is currently under way.”

Search Briefs
CiteSeer Adds and Improves Features
CiteSeer is a wonderful specialized databases focusing on “scholarly” material in computer science, info tech, and related areas. If you’ve never see or used CiteSeer, MORE than worth a look. Also, improved OAI services.
See Also: SmealSearch
This service, also from the CiteSeer team, focuses on scholarly business material.

Professional Reading Shelf
Public Libraries–Biometrics
Source: AP (via Yahoo! News)
Illinois Library Getting Fingerprint Scanners
“The scanners — to be installed on 130 library computers this summer — will verify the identity of computer users. Library officials said they wanted to tighten computer access because many people borrow library cards and pass codes from friends or family to log on. The technology also will help the library implement a new policy that allows parents to put filters on their children’s’ accounts, officials said.”
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Academic Libraries–E-reserves
Source: Library Journal
Battle Brews over E-reserves
“In recent years, electronic course reserves have become a staple at campus libraries, large and small, public and private. But publishers, uneasy with the practice in which libraries scan portions of their collections’ whether books or journals’ and post them, usually on a password-protected server for a limited time, are now protesting what they claim is ‘tantamount to providing electronic coursepacks.’”

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
U.S. Senate-Filibusters
Source: Congressional Research Service
CRS Report: Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
27 pages; PDF. This report was last updated on March 28, 2003.
See Also: Filibuster via the U.S. Senate Virtual Reference Desk
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Web Browsers–Firefox–Glossary
Source: O’Reilly Network
A Firefox Glossary
“With Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation made a U-turn that probably ensured its survival. It started focusing on users, targeting releases directly at them instead of at developers and hardcore power users. Some companies have started to switch, extension authors have adopted the Mozilla platform for writing their tools and applications, and web developers are being turned on by the high level of web-standards support. This glossary is by no means exhaustive–it is meant to be a teaser to lead you to explore more.”

Briefly
New from Siderean: Turn-Key Software Offers Next-Generation Search, Discovery, And Information Aggregation To Enterprises
See Also: Demo Siderean Technology when Searching The Gateway to Educational Materials

Professional Reading Shelf
Libraries–Marketing
Source: Chris Olson & Associates
The May issue of Chris Olson’s Marketing Treasures is Online
Info from an expert about a very important topic.
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Public Health Information–Tutorials
Source: NLM
New Public Health Information and Data Tutorial Released
“The National Library of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of Michigan Public Health Library & Informatics Division and Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, announces the release of the Public Health Information and Data Tutorial. This online tutorial, at http://phpartners.org/tutorial/, is a new tool designed to help the public health workforce effectively locate and use health information.”
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National Libraries–United Kingdom–Web Sites
Source: IWR
British Library to modernise web platform
“The British Library is set to modernise its web technology, by consolidating several existing and planned websites on to a single platform.”
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Libraries–Malaysia
Source: The Star
A library that’s not just about books
All about the The Kuala Lumpur Library.

Virtual Reference
Source: eGov Monitor
Virtual Reference Service Launches Across the United Kingdom
“A new era for the People’s Network begins today with the launch of Enquire, a new 24 hour, ‘live-chat’ and email service. People’s Network Enquire will deliver information to the public by providing online access to library and information staff across England, the United States and Canada. Public Libraries already deliver essential information services in communities all over the country. The new Enquire service provides an online route to the expert staff.” Enquire is available online at www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk. Enquire is powered by OCLC’s QuestionPoint.