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Direct to the Complete Article from Computerworld The 22 Tools Organized Into These Categories: Data cleaning Statistical analysis Visualization applications and services Code help: Wizards, libraries, APIs GIS/mapping on the desktop Web-based GIS/mapping Temporal data analysis Text/word clouds Social and other network analysis Here’s a Chart Listing All of the Tools
Canada: A New Digital Collection: IslandArchives.ca From U. of Prince Edward Island
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, Maps, Resources
|This resource was officially launched on April 18, 2011. Direct to the IslandArchives.ca From the About Page: The Island Archives Centre will protect and offer access to all of PEI’s contributions to our local and national heritage via a digital context infinitely more useful than that provided by traditional tools. Contributions to the “official word” […]
About the United States Coast Survey: In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson established the Survey of the Coast to produce the nautical charts necessary for maritime safety, defense, and the establishment of national boundaries. Within years, the United States Coast Survey was the government’s leading scientific agency, charting coastlines and determining land elevations for the nation. […]
Coming Soon From Factiva: iPad App, a New UI, Customizable “Snapshot” Views, More Content
Management and Leadership, Maps, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles
|From a Dow Jones Announcement: iPad App Coming in May The Factiva iPad app and new content features will all be available in nine interface languages including Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and Russian. The Factiva iPad app will be available in May. [Clip] Live on April 30th The new Snapshots capture a personalized view […]
Google Deal to Acquire Airline Info Database Gets a Go from DOJ But That's Not All They're Getting
|First, What Happened Today (via CNet): Google has won regulatory approval for its $700 million deal to buy ITA Software, but the Justice Department intends to keep a close eye on the search giant. The proposed settlement, which still must be approved by a federal judge, requires Google to continue licensing ITA’s travel technology to […]
100% Impressive: New: Health Datasets and Visulizations From the Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Journal Articles, Maps, Resources
|Direct to Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) A new “must have” resource for health researchers, journalists, educators, and others. 100% impressive! Even if you’re not a health researcher many of the concepts that when into developing the Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) and the design of the platform are applicable to many types of data. […]
From a MyHeritage Blog Post: The NLS have uploaded a set of historical maps which overlay on Google Maps, making them easy to use and navigate. While there’s a focus on Scotland, there are maps for the whole of the UK also – and even beyond. Direct to Maps See Also: Georeferenced maps and applications […]
HBS Cases: National Geographic Society Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, “How many of you have familiarity with National Geographic magazine?” Nearly all 72 students, many from foreign countries, raise […]
World Digital Library: "A Portal to World History"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, National Libraries, Preservation, Resources
|A number of stats and facts follow. From the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress: The WDL mission statement provides a good overall description of the project, “The World Digital Library makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and […]
Iowa Digital Library: Improved Searching Comes To Henry A. Wallace Collection
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, Resources
|From a Blog Post by Wendy Robertson We have recently improved the searching of our Henry A. Wallace Collection. This enhancement makes finding letters, telegrams, postcards or memorandum much easier. In 1975, Earl M. Rogers and Leslie W. Dunlap published an index to the letters in our microfilm collection as well as to the correspondence […]