Professional Reading Shelf
Internet Resources
Source: IRN
The September 2005 Issue of The Internet Resources Newsletter is Now Online
Numerous links to quality resources and news from Roddy MacLeod.
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RFID
Source: GCN
Legislator pushes for RFID ban in California
“The sponsor of controversial legislation that would ban most uses of radio frequency identification in California is making a final push for passage of his bill before the Assembly adjourns Sept. 9. State Sen. Joe Simitian (D) is ramping up his efforts to persuade the state legislature to approve his Identity Information Protection Act of 2005, SB628. The measure would prohibit use of RFID for three years for driver’s licenses and student identification, library, and health insurance cards.”
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JSTOR–XML
Source: JSTOR
JSTOR Launches XML Gateway
“As part of our continued effort to increase the convenience of access to the archive, we have developed a new interface to the JSTOR Search Engine. This interface, called the JSTOR XML Gateway, was created to better facilitate metasearching, which is also known as ‘federated searching’ or ‘cross-database searching’”
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Libraries
Source: LJ
Americans for Libraries Council To Study Public Opinion About Libraries
“The Americans for Libraries Council (ALC) has been awarded a two-year, $770,000 challenge grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to implement Building the Case for Libraries, a three-part initiative to build knowledge about public libraries.”

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