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Conf. Paper: "Understanding the Importance of Location, Time, and People in Mobile Local Search Behavior"
Filed by on October 3, 2011
Direct to Full Text Paper (4 Pages; PDF) Authors: Jaime Teevan, Amy Karlson, Shahriyar Amini, A.J. Bernheim Brush, and John Krumm Abstract: People often search for local information (e.g., a restaurant, store, gas station, or attraction) from their mobile device. We show, via a survey of 929 mobile searchers at a large software company, that [...]
UK’s First Open Access Full-Text Search Engine to Aid Research
Filed by on October 3, 2011
From JISC: Open access research is now more accessible as JISC has developed a new search engine to help academics, students and the general public navigate papers held in the UK’s open access repositories. JISC has funded the Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) to create an innovative new search facility which searches not just [...]
A New Version of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL 2.0)
Filed by on October 3, 2011
Via the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Newsletter: Providing nearly 700,000 species, 35 million pages of scanned literature and over 600,000 photos of living creatures, the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) has recently launched a new version of its free online system in response to requests from the general public, citizen scientists, educators and professional biologists around the world [...]
U. of South Carolina: "Library Project Brings Historic Newspapers to Life"
Filed by on October 3, 2011
From the U. of South Carolina Libraries Web Site: Whoever said nothing is “as dead as an old newspaper” never would have made headlines as a futurist, and never could have dreamed of life in the digital age. But thanks to the South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program (SCDNP), a project at the University of South [...]
11 Recently Released or Updated Mobile Apps/Web Sites from the U.S. Government
Filed by on October 3, 2011
All of the following apps are free. (Added to Roundup on October 5) 1. New: Bureau of Labor Statistics App (iOS and Android Apps) The free app displays real-time updates to the unemployment rate, Unemployment Insurance initial claims, the Consumer Price Index, payroll employment, average hourly earnings, the Producer Price Index, the Employment Cost Index, [...]
