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New Online Resource Offers Teachers Wealth of Middle East Material
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|From a University of Chicago News Release: Students in high schools and colleges around the country can get a much richer look at the history and culture of the Middle East through a new online resource, “Teaching the Middle East,” which includes articles written by University of Chicago faculty on topics ranging from prehistory through […]
Webcast Now Available: "FDsys Helps GPO Provide Access to Federal Digital Publications"
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|From a National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program/Library of Congress Announcement: “It’s like an all-you-can eat buffet, but all the options are healthy for you,” said Kate Zwaard, the Government Printing Office’s Lead Program Planner for Digital Preservation, in a visit to the Library of Congress on November 16, 2010. Zwaard was talking about […]
An HTML version of the book is free online. PDF and hard copy copy versions are also available for a fee. By: Tom Heath, Talis and Christian Bizer , Freie Universität Berlin Published by: Morgan & Claypool From the Abstract: The World Wide Web has enabled the creation of a global information space comprising linked […]
New street level crime website proves popular The latest set of street level crime and anti-social behaviour data, alongside updated local policing information, is now available to view. The new information gives the public the power to look back and see the crimes and incidents of anti-social behaviour that have happened on or near their […]
Congratulations to Karen Coyle! Recipient of 2011 ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
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|UPDATE: The full text of the report mentioned below is available online (free). Direct to: Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata (January, 2010) Congrats and Kudos to Karen! From an ALA Announcement: The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Outstanding Publication Award recipient for 2011 is Karen Coyle for her “Understanding the […]
Update: International Labour Org. Expands Online Dbase to Include New Data on 17 Economic Sectors"
|From an International Labour Organization Announcement: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has expanded its online database of labour market statistics to include information disaggregated by sector of the economy. Data are available for 17 sectors in 54 countries according to their national classifications, ranging from agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and construction to trade or transport, among […]
From the Dashboard Web Site (Interactive Resource) From the In response to the eGov Act of 2002 Section 207, the R&D Dashboard beta web site provides an initial look at U.S. Federal Investments in Science and Research from two agencies; the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) from years 2000-2009. […]
by Ingmar Weber and Alejandro Jaimes, Yahoo Research From the Abstract: We analyze a large query log of 2.3 million anonymous registered users from a web-scale U.S. search engine in order to jointly analyze their on-line behavior in terms of who they might be (demographics), what they search for (query topics), and how they search […]
"Rare Historical Resources Now Online From West Texas Digital Archives"
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|From a DuraSpace Blog Post: The West Texas Digital Archives, an online digital repository of significant historical materials belonging to the members of the Abilene Library Consortium (ALC), is now available online at http://wtda.alc.org/. This virtual collection of more than 44,000 preserves and provides access to valuable historical resources previously unavailable to the general public. […]
From a Program Summary on the C-SPAN.org Web Site: The Communicators sat down with Professor Clay Shirky at this year’s “State of the Net” conference. Given the growth of smartphones, Shirky speculates on the future ways users will be able to access the Internet and uses the political unrest across the Middle East as an […]