Professional Reading Shelf
British Library
Source: BL
New, The British Library’s Content Strategy
“On 25 April the British Library published a consultation document: “The British Library’s Content Strategy — Meeting the Knowledge Needs of the Nation”. This sets out the Library’s proposals for what information resources we should collect and connect with, in order to meet the needs of UK research, both today and in the future.”
Direct to: The British Library’s Content Strategy (PDF)
Direct to: The British Library’s Content Strategy appendices (PDF)
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Medical Librarianship
Source: MLA
Now Available: April 2006 issue of The Journal of Medical Library Association
Articles include:
+ An introduction to the Semantic Web for health sciences librarians
+ How to identify randomized controlled trials in MEDLINE: ten years on
+ The information seeking of on-duty critical care nurses: evidence from participant observation and in-context interviews
+ Consumer health information for pet owners
+ Electronic Resource Review: wired.MD
+ “Mini-Medical School for Librarians”: from needs assessment to educational outcomes
+ Book Review: Collection Management and Strategic Access to Digital Resources: The New Challenges for Research Libraries
+ Book Review: Improving Internet Reference Services to Distance Learners
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Information Industry–Elsevier–ScienceDirect
Source: Elsevier
Newsletter: ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles
Free. “When you subscribe to the ScienceDirect TOP25, you’ll receive an e-mail every three months listing the ScienceDirect users’ 25 most frequently downloaded journal articles, from any selected journal [in the SD database]…, or from any of 24 subject areas.”
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Depository Libraries–United States–Conference Proceedings
Source: U.S. Government Printing Office
Proceedings of the Annual Spring Depository Library Council Meeting, April 2-5, 2006
A detailed agenda with additional information, names of speakers, Depository Library Council discussion topics, and educational programs is available on this page in HTML format below. It is also available in PDF. Some presentations available in PDF.
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Public Libraries–Computer Games
Source: St. Petersburg Times
Libraries try catering to gamers
“Faced with the cost of replacing an outdated collection of CD-ROM games, library officials realized an online database might be the way to go. The library pays $10,000 a year – roughly what it pays for other research databases – and doesn’t have to worry about replacing damaged CDs or buying new games every time Windows releases a new operating system.”

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