From the announcement:

It’s been one year since the Papers Past website relaunched with new content and better search options. Response to the site has been fantastic, and now we’re announcing further content to be added in the next 12 months

Direct to Papers Past

Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1920 and includes publications from all regions of New Zealand.

Source: National Library of New Zealand

Version 5.0 searches 200 million pages - the amount of authoritative information quadruples!

Science.gov 5.0 provides more science for your query through increased content and new features.

Science.gov 5.0 introduces:

* Seven additional deep web databases
* Clustering – your results are grouped by subtopics or dates to help you find just the science information you need
* Updated Alerts service

Science.gov 5.0 enables you to:

* Email selected results to friends and colleagues
* Download result records into personal research files or citation software
* Get the latest Wikipedia info on your search terms
* Read the latest Eureka News related to your search terms

From the article:

A celebration of the end of the Libraries for All initiative marked the beginning of the library passport, a book that allows patrons to get a unique stamp from each of Seattle’s 27 libraries.

Source: Seattle Times

From the news item:

As previously announced, new resources are being added to the PubMed search results page (Summary display). Drug Sensor was the first (see Drug Sensor Added to PubMed® Results Page) and more will be coming. These resources are being introduced on an experimental basis. They may be made available to a small percentage of users so as to gauge their effectiveness, and may even be presented in different ways in order to see if one format is better than another. Based on what we learn we will decide how soon to enable a feature for all users, whether to try a different format, or even to go back to the drawing board.

The following features, based on the search query, may be encountered in PubMed in the upcoming weeks:

* Also Try - Searches done by other users on the same topic for you to try.
* More PubMed Articles - Other articles that, based on your search terms, may be of interest.
* Recent Activity - A display of your recent PubMed searches and AbstractPlus views, PubMed Central® searches and Full Text views, Gene database searches and Full Report views.

From the article:

Public library users in the United Kingdom now have access to reference librarians 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Enquire, an online reference service for 86 public libraries, recently became a member of the OCLC 24/7 Reference Cooperative, joining 1,400 other libraries around the world that work together to deliver reference assistance to researchers anytime, anywhere.

Source: OCLC Abstracts

The July issue (4.2) of the NLS (National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped) Flash is online.

+ SearchMe Is Coming To The iPhone (Naturally) (via TechCrunch)
Note: You can try SearchMe on your computer. Cool presentation of results.

+ Search1.x - new blog covering search tools (via Pandia)

From the abstract:

This paper will focus on a government information web site archiving project – one of three collections being archived at Indiana University. Two of the collections are obviously clearly related to local preservation needs: the web sites of Indiana University, and selected state of Indiana and local government web sites. The third collection, which is the subject of the paper, consists of web sites of national level governmental statistical agencies outside the European Union, Australia, Canada, and the USA.

by Andrea Singer, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
Direct to Paper (7 pages; PDF)

Presented

New, user-centric and comprehensive web functionality from the Federal Library and Information Center Committee and its FEDLINK purchasing consortium.

Direct to Site

Source: FLICC

Direct to Global Legal Monitor

The Global Legal Monitor is an online publication from the Law Library of Congress covering legal news and developments worldwide. It is updated frequently and draws on information from the Global Legal Information Network, official national legal publications, and reliable press sources.

Note: The Global Legal Monitor is being updated on a continuous basis as of September 2008.

From the AP article:

Two rare books stolen from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center library remained missing Friday, including a book of Ohio laws that is believed to be the first book printed in the state.

Three people have been arrested, but authorities haven’t been able to track down the books, valued at $130,000.

Source: AP

+ Gazopa Searches for Images Similar To Other Images (via TechCrunch)

+ EU: Google’s Cut In Holding Web-search Data Is A “Good Step” (via Dow Jones)

+ Single Web Hit Led to UAL Glitch, Tribune Says (via WSJ)

+ US Senate questions SMS price hike (via VNUNet)

+ Yahoo adds oneConnect for iPhone & iPod Touch (via PC Advisor)

+ The Queen gives an audience to YouTube owner Google (via The Guardian)

+ Just the FAQ on People Search Engine iSearch (via altsearchengines.com)

+ Foundation offers matching grant for Carnegie Library (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

+ City to spend up to $25M on undisclosed site for new library (via CBC Ottawa)

+ Prague: Head of National Library sacked over “Blob” dispute (via Radio Prague)

+ San Diego State University Library Gets $1 million Gift

+ Jessamine County Library-in-a-Box service begins (via Kentucky.com)

+ Yahoo-Google deal gets closer look at U.S. Justice Dept. (via AP)

+ Google-backed project aims to give 3 billion more people Net access (via ZDNet)

From the Xinhua article:

The Chinese national library’s new building opened to the public here on Tuesday, making it the world’s third largest in terms of floor space.

With the operation of the new building, the library’s total area reached 250,000 square meters, behind only the national libraries in France (Paris) and the United States (Washington D.C.), according to the library.

The new building in western Beijing, which is considered the second phase construction of the library, covers an area of 80,538square meters, combining storage rooms, reading rooms, a display area for ancient books and a digital library, said Zhan Furui, the head librarian.

Source: Xinhua