University of Texas professor Michael E. Eidenmuller has amassed a huge online database of speeches in audio and text forms. You can take a listen to your favorites at americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm.
Source: Denver Post
University of Texas professor Michael E. Eidenmuller has amassed a huge online database of speeches in audio and text forms. You can take a listen to your favorites at americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm.
Source: Denver Post
Open Access Day will help to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access, including recent mandates and emerging policies, within the international higher education community and the general public.
Source: SPARC, PLoS
See Also: SPARC News Release
The former top librarian of a rural Saskatchewan library system will be going to jail over a massive book-buying fraud.
Source: CBC
From the Boston Globe article:
Another hooray article!!!
…But for deep research, you can’t beat a well-stocked library, with its books and specialized databases. Yet you can access many library resources without stirring from a chair. Using online services that cost nothing, you can scour academic journals, borrow best-selling audiobooks, and download music legally. You can even type messages to a nationwide network of librarians who will help find the answers you seek.
Source: Boston Globe
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek still reckons with the construction of a new building for the National Library (NK), he said after meeting Culture Minister Vaclav Jehlicka today.
Source: Czech Happenings
Starbucks Coffee Recipe E-book
Get ready to grab (for free of course) one of the most delicious collections of coffee recipes available online. It’s an amazing 32 page collection of their world famous coffee recipes such as iced Frappuccino, Caramel Macchiato, Chai Tea and many more. Plus delicious and one of a kind coffee pastries and amazing coffee sauces.
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+ Opium cultivation in Afghanistan down by a fifth (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
+ Recent Trends in Home Prices: Differences across Mortgage and Borrower Characteristics (Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight)
+ Police Chiefs Call on Next President to Do More to Protect America’s Hometowns (International Association of Chiefs of Police)
Just released: Beer and Brewing
A guide of selected resources on the history and science of beer and brewing from the Library of Congress collections.
Source: LC
After years of lagging behind European countries, the U.S. is poised to take the top spot for mobile Web usage by month’s end, according to data collected by technology firm Bango, which provides mobile Internet access platforms to 100,000 Web sites worldwide.
Source: AdWeek
See Also: Dial Directions Gives Evite Guests a Voice-Activated Mobile Service for Directions
A new Web site called “Hospital Compare” evaluates hospital death rates around the country and shows how individual hospitals stack up against the national average. Guests discuss the reliability of the data on the site and describe the measures hospitals are taking to improve performance.
Source: NPR
Like all SPEC Kits full-text are fee-based document BUT the table-of-contents and executive summary is available at no charge. 18 pages; PDF.
Source: ARL
PubMed Central, the National Library of Medicine’s online database, is now indexing videos from The Journal of Visualized Experiments. According to the publication’s official blog, JoVE is “the first video-journal to ever be accepted for publication in PubMed.”
Source: Wired Campus
The 2008 report is now online.
Source: BookFinder.com (via LISNews.org)
The Frederick County Commissioners voted to eliminate an English-only restriction on audio books bought by the Frederick County Public Libraries.
Four commissioners voted on the issue Tuesday after Commissioner Kai Hagen asked the board to reconsider the policy. John Thompson Jr. voted against the reversal.
Source: Washington Examiner, AP
Professional Reading: The September 2008 Issue of the Internet Resources Newsletter is Now Online
News and several large helpings of high quality web resources from Roddy MacLeod and crew at the Heriot-Watt University Library in the UK.
The Google Controversy — Two Years Later (PDF; 56 KB)
Two years have passed since Google startled the world with its free, online, high-resolution mapping products of the world. Foreign governments expressed their shock and concern about such detailed imagery in the hands of the general populace; their facilities and state secrets exposed to the world. “Today, with the advent of civilian satellites here and abroad, we have opened wide the window on places and events that, not so long ago, only spies could see,” writes Sharon Weinberger.
As the initial shock wore off, five main responses to the “Google threat” emerged from nations around the world: negotiations with Google, banning Google products, developing a similar product, taking evasive measures, and nonchalance. This report discusses foreign reporting and government response to the online mapping revolution after the initial brouhaha.
Source: Open Source Center (via Secrecy News)
Government agencies are finally catching on to the World Wide Web. Ten years ago, most government executives saw the Web as a sort of electronic brochure. Now they have come to realize that the Web can be the primary form of interaction with constituents.
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So when we sought to compile a list of the best government Web sites, we looked for those that offered more than information — we looked for those offering services. We also kept an eye out for sites that reflect the needs of the constituents.We were pleasantly surprised by the number of great government Web sites. We received more than 70 nominations from a blog entry posting on GCN that was also forwarded on the Web Content Managers list server.
We scanned other awards programs for suggestions and consulted with Web design experts on their favorite sites. Here are 10 we feel exemplify how government agencies are making the best use of the Web.
Source: Government Computer News