From Thomson Reuters: For the tenth consecutive year, ScienceWatch.com Webmaster Spyder Schafer presents the 10th annual “Top 20″ listings of countries which, according to the latest bimonthly update of Essential Science Indicators, achieved particular distinction based on their papers published in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals from January 2001 through August 31, 2011, a 10-year plus 8-month [...]
Video: Wikipedia Discussed on C-SPAN's "Q&A" with William Buetler from The Wikipedian
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From the C-SPAN Web Site: William Beutler Talked about his role as an editor, commentator and consultant for the Wikipedia website. Among the topics he addressed were potential problems, such as vandalism, which could be encountered on the website. He related the story of former USA Today editor John Seigenthaler’s battle to have malicious biography [...]
Maryland: State Helps Protect Baltimore Archives
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From the Baltimore Sun: Baltimore was in danger of losing many of its most precious documents several years ago. [Clip] But the state stepped in, and the city’s valuable papers, maps and photos have been moved to a sturdy, climate-controlled storage facility in East Baltimore. And people are coming to use them — students, genealogists, [...]
National Library of Australia Welcomes New Director-General
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From a News Release: Arts Minister Simon Crean [has] announced the appointment of Mr David Fricker as the new Director-General of the National Archives of Australia. “I congratulate Mr Fricker on his appointment to the important role of overseeing the National Archives which carries out the valuable work of managing government records,” Mr Crean said. [...]
Canada: Calgary Library System Launches Three-Year Strategic Plan
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From the Calgary Herald: Calgary’s public library is taking a bold approach ahead of its centennial year — one that includes tackling proposals for a new central library, opening a Saddletowne branch and launching its three-year strategic plan. In its annual direct mail campaign, which solicits donations from card holders, officials ask Calgarians online and [...]
Meet the New Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao
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UPDATE (January 4, 2012): Here’s the Official LC News Release (w/ Bio) Announcing David Mao’s Appointment From an In Custodia Legis Blog Post by Andrew Weber: Today is a big day for the Law Library of Congress. David Mao is taking over as the Law Librarian of Congress from Roberta Shaffer. It wasn’t that long [...]
CNET: "Mobile Browsing Reaches All-Time High"
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From an Article by Stephen Shankland: …the use of mobile devices reached an all-time high in December, accounting for 7.7 percent of browser usage according to Net Applications’ measurements of daily visits to its network of 40,000 Web sites. That may still be a small fraction of total Web traffic, but it’s a large and [...]
Americans Say One Thing But Likely to do Another When it Comes to Online Scams
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From a PC Tools News Release: PC Tools, in collaboration with the Ponemon Institute, today announced the findings of its online scam susceptibility study of 1,858 American consumers. The results of the survey show a clear difference between respondents’ attitudes and predicted behaviors when presented with real-world online scenarios. “Almost half (47%) of US respondents [...]
