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This glossary (free) and list of materials (free) are part of the new Taxonomy Guide (fee-based) from the iSchool Institute at the University of Toronto. From SemanticWeb.com The iSchool Institute goes on to explain that The Taxonomy Guide is both a reference resource and a learning tool “designed to help you master the concepts, relationships […]
From the NLM Technical Bulletin: The List of Serials Indexed for Online Users (LSIOU), 2011 edition, is now available in XML format. The 2011 edition contains 14,287 serial titles, including titles currently indexed for MEDLINE® as well as titles indexed over time which have ceased or changed titles, listed alphabetically by the journal title abbreviation. […]
"DataMarket.com Launches with 100 Million Open Data Time Series – Remains Firmly Commited to Open Data"
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Patrons and Users, Resources
From a Guest Post on the Open Knowledge Foundation Blog by Hjalmar Gislason, founder of DataMarket.com, and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on EU Open Data: We‘ve just launched an offering of statistics from some of the world’s most important sources of open data on DataMarket.com. This enables users to find, compare, visualize and download statistics […]
From an ALA Announcement: American Library Association (ALA) President Roberta Stevens released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s 2012 budget request: “The president’s budget proposal strips funding away from one of our greatest resources for lifelong learning – our libraries. Libraries are fundamental to meeting the reading and information needs of communities nationwide. During this […]
By Michael J. Kurtz, Johan Bollen From the arXchive Abstract: Scholarly usage data provides unique opportunities to address the known shortcomings of citation analysis. However, the collection, processing and analysis of usage data remains an area of active research. This article provides a review of the state-of-the-art in usage-based informetric, i.e. the use of usage data […]
Note: Don’t Forget, the National Library of Australia Also Provides a Wonderful “Must See” Metasearch Service named Trove. From a Marketing Vox Article: The Washington Post Co. is getting ready to roll out a website in which readers can customize the type of news they want to see. Called Trove, users will be able to build […]
"Students Scan Textbooks to Skirt Cost"
| Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, School Libraries
From a Daily Oklahoman Article (University of Oklahoma): Bizzell Memorial Library owns two scanners — called Knowledge Imaging Centers — that allow students to scan pages and save them directly to an external hard drive, costing the user nothing. Some have been abusing the privilege though, scanning whole chapters and textbooks instead of buying them. […]
From a PC World Article: Buying e-books sounds so easy, and using them seems so effortless. The books are a breeze to purchase, and you can easily store great numbers of them, especially if your e-reader has a removable storage card. Not surprisingly, e-book sales are jumping. In fact, a report by Forrester Research predicts […]
Wow! The Lincoln Legal Papers documents Lincoln’s active and successful professional life as a lawyer before he moved to Washington, D.C. in 1861. The site’s editors [have selected], annotate[d], and transcribe[d] material from 96,386 documents related to the 5,669 legal cases and activities of Lincoln’s varied legal career (Description via FREE). Learn Much More Here […]
From the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative: Applications designed for the iPad offer interactive content that takes advantage of touch-screen navigation. The iPad combines robust computational functionality with a screen large enough to serve as a legitimate replacement for printed textbooks and other course materials. Where the iPad applications have led, other tablets and their attendant applications can be […]
