http://www.resourceshelf.com A daily newsletter with resources of interest to information professionals, educators and journalists. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:51:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Via an Mail: As the Chronicling America project from the Library of Congress and NEH passes 1.7 million digitized newspaper pages, the Library of Congress Digital Reference Section is presenting a demo on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time; 1:00 Central; noon Mountain; 11:00 a.m. Pacific; and 5:00 ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/14/live-web-based-demo-from-lc-this-wednesday-chronicling-america-newpaper-digitizaton-is-focus/ From the Post on the PG News Blog by Mike Cook 1. Project Gutenberg of Canada Release their 500th eBook “Forty Years of Song” by Emma Albani, first published in 1911. Emma Albani (1847-1930) was the first Canadian singer to gain a worldwide reputation, which is rather something considering the combination of ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/13/ebooks-two-milestones-reached-one-fo-project-gutenberg-canada-and-the-other-for-portuguese-content-in-the-gutenberg-database/ Daylight Savings Time begins in the United States (except for the areas that don't recognize it) tomorrow. This three page report from the Congressional Research Service provides historical background, how a specific area or entire state can change time zones, and moving an area on or off Daylight Savings Time. Access ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/13/fast-facts-daylight-savings-time-topic-of-congressional-research-service-report/ Two articles. 1. Google ‘99.9 Percent’ Sure to Shut Down in China (via Bloomberg/BusinessWeek) Google Inc. has drawn up detailed plans to shut its search engine in China and is “99.9 percent” certain of going ahead with the closure, the Financial Times reported today, citing a person it didn’t name [Snip] The company ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/13/report-google-%e2%80%9899-9-percent%e2%80%99-sure-to-shut-down-in-china-sergey-brin-and-googles-position-on-china/ A Recent Panel Discussion About the National Archives Building Held at that Location in Washington D.C. The National Archives building is one of the top tourist destinations in the nation’s capital. Architect John Russell Pope designed the National Archives as a shrine to Democracy and American History. A new book explores ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/13/video-national-archives-nara-national-archives-building/ Here's a national database that provides info about library and non-profit book sales around the country. More info about the database itself in this FAQ. We are working to find out if listings are submitted or parsed from book sale web pages. On the Front Page + Search by Zip ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/online-searchable-database-book-sales-u-s/ The other day, Macmillan CEO John Sargent spoke at “Publishing Point“ Meetup Group in New York City. Lucky for us, Eric Hellman from the "Go to Hellman" blog was at the event and wrote an excellent blog post titled, "eBooks in Libraries a Thorny Problem, Says Macmillan CEO." It's a ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/macmillan-ceo-john-sargent-on-ebooks-causing-a-change-in-publisherlibrary-relationship/ From the Article: “History can be a bore,” [Brian] MacConnell, 87, a WW II pilot] says plainly while sitting in the bright kitchen of his Regal Heights home. “My hope is that being a live part of the history of the Second World War might increase their interest.” MacConnell is one of ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/canada-world-war-ii-vets-create-digital-archive-of-stories-and-memorabilia/ One of the best in the search engine industry, the eagle-eyed Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Roundtable, and Search Engine Land, has just posted an item about how to take advantage of a new Google feature that lets users virtually browse newspapers in the news archive. Directions and screen caps ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/new-browse-newspapers-in-the-google-news-archive/ From the Article: ...scientists are finding—to their surprise—that useful information can actually be mined from the tedium of the blogosphere. Andrew Gordon and his colleagues at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies in Los Angeles have been trying to teach computers about cause and effect. Computers are not ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/blog-mining-scouring-blogs-for-useful-information/ The PACER Case Locator is available here and allows you to search for court records in all district, bankruptcy, and appellate courts. The Case Locator replaces the U.S. Party/Case Index. A bit more about the PACER Case Locator on this PACER Service Center page. The page mentions several new capabilities ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/legal-databases-pacer-case-locator-now-available/ This new database is produced by the Harvard School of Public Health. From the Announcement: A new firearms research database launched by the Harvard School of Public Health makes scholarly articles more accessible to reporters, law enforcement, public health officials, policymakers, and the general public. The Firearms Research Digest provides summaries ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/new-searchable-database-the-firearms-research-digest-from-the-harvard-school-of-public-health/ New Web Site Shows Amtrak Connections to National Park Sites (PDF; 28 KB) Amtrak today introduced a new Web site designed to show travelers how convenient it is to travel by train to visit the country’s national parks. With the theme “Parks in Your Backyard,” Amtraktoparks.com allows users to see the ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/12/new-web-site-shows-amtrak-connections-to-national-park-sites/ From the Announcement: The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) and the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) have signed an extensive and ground-breaking agreement for access to Springer eBooks on SpringerLink. The agreement represents the largest eBook deal ever to have been signed in Germany, and is, ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/germany-national-license-for-springer-ebooks-signed-largest-ebook-deal-ever-signed-in-germany/ From a White House Blog Post: ...the web team at the Federal Highway Administration created an online map of the U.S. that shows over 12,000 Recovery Act road projects. Each of the dots represented on the map represents a project. The full, interactive version on the map allows you to click ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/a-new-interactive-map-highway-projects-and-the-recovery-act/ From the Article: A book secretely produced and published in a German POW camp is now being cared for by the National Library of Australia. The book of poetry entitled Godziny Czekania is by Zbigniew Mystkowski, a Polish journalist then an officer who was captured by the Germans and spent most of ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/national-library-of-australia-gifts-book-of-poetry-secretely-producedpublished-in-german-pow-camp/ We've mentioned several Footnote services in the past (ie. digitizing National Archives material and using it to build topical collections) and today news of free access (for a limited time) to their interactive version of the U.S. Census (where they are digitizing U.S. Census records for 5 census). You will ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/searchable-database-footnotes-u-s-census-interactive-version-free-for-a-limited-time/ From the Article: The library has rebranded its Long Island Division at its Central Branch as the “The Archives at Queens Library.” The new name ushers in an online database, set to go live in a few months, which will include digital access to more than 4,000 photographs that date back ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/queens-public-library-currently-digitizing-some-of-its-oldest-materials-collection-will-be-available-online/ This study was conducted by Telenav data only. The results are based on national GPS data usage. All of the following lists can be accessed here. Most Searched for Types of Food (10 are Listed; Dec. 2009 Data) 1. Pizza 2.Chinese 3. Burgers Most Searched for Businesses Using GPS (Dec. 2009 Data) 1. WalMart 2. Starbucks 3. ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/trends-and-rankings-the-most-searched-for-destinations-using-gps-several-other-categories-listed/ From an Article by Philip Harvey: I haven't read an e-book and when asked by borrowers if I feel that my profession of librarian is under threat, I ask them if they themselves have used an e-book . No, is the consistent reply. But they know chapter and verse about the ... http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/11/libraries-lead-the-e-book-revolution/