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EPA Releases Water Pollution Tool
February 7, 2012 18:41
From the press release:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a new tool that provides the public with important information about pollutants that are released into local waterways.
A link to the new tool can be found on EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website, which provides information about inspections, facility compliance, and state and federal enforcement ... <snip>
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Oxford University Press Announces the Publication of British Academy Publications Online
February 7, 2012 15:07
From the press release:
Oxford University Press is delighted to make the prestigious publications of the British Academy available online. At launch, British Academy Publications Online (BAPO) will offer readers access to the full text of 100 print titles, comprising both monographs and collections of essays. Among those included are Vernon Bogdanor’s The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century and Georgina ... <snip>
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OpenStax College Plans Free Textbooks
February 7, 2012 14:38
From the press release:
The Rice University-based open-education platform Connexions today unveiled a bold plan to shake up the $4 billion college textbook industry by providing free online publisher-quality textbooks for five of the country's most-attended college courses.
The OpenStax College textbook initiative, which is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the 20 ... <snip>
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Bloomberg Brief Launches Daily Asia Economics Newsletter
February 7, 2012 13:58
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The daily Economics Asia newsletter compiles news, data and in-depth analysis of macroeconomic trends from the Bloomberg Professional service, as well as commentary by Bloomberg Brief economists Michael McDonough and Tamara Henderson. McDonough and Henderson study global economic trends from Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively, while four dedicated economists located in Europe and the Americas add global ... <snip>
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Publicly Accessible Portal to Search, Browse, and Read ECCO-TCP
February 6, 2012 18:11
From the Text Creation Partnership blog:
In April 2011, we announced that restrictions had been lifted from around 2,200 TCP texts from Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). Within hours, we heard from many folks who were frustrated that our announcement didn’t seem to have any teeth: Although we could (and did!) distribute the raw encoded text files to anyone who asked, there was no ... <snip>
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APA Database Available Via Ovid Platform
February 6, 2012 14:48
From Information World Review:
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) research database is being made available online under a deal with Wolters Kluwer Health. The group’s Ovid unit will carry the APA’s PsycTESTS on its OvidSP platform, which already hosts five other APA databases: PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PyscBOOKS, PsycEXTRA and PsycCRITIQUES.
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Recap of Recent Google Improvements
February 6, 2012 14:42
From the Google Search blog:
Here’s the latest installment of our monthly series on “search quality highlights,” with 17 new quality improvements to read about for January. In addition to this month’s big announcement of Search plus Your World, you’ll find short summaries of other changes to our high-quality sites algorithm, spelling systems, snippets, search preferences, speed, freshness and much more. ... <snip>
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Evolutionary Applications to Publish Under Open Access Model
February 6, 2012 14:19
From the press release:
Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced that Evolutionary Applications has joined the Wiley Open Access publishing program. All newly published articles in the journal will be open access and free to view, download and share for non-commercial use.
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Reuters Launches Social Pulse
February 4, 2012 21:12
From Media Bistro:
Reuters on Thursday released Social Pulse, a social media dashboard that shows what’s hot on social networks, with a focus on business news.
The site is divided into multiple sections: A top articles section, a social sentiment section, a section showing the Klout scores of CEOs, a hot tweets section and a section of stories that are popular on Reuters.com.
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Why Most Facebook Users Get More Than They Give
February 3, 2012 18:10
According to Pew Research:
Most Facebook users receive more from their Facebook friends than they give, whether the measurement is the number of friend requests received, the use of the "like" button, the number of messages sent or tagging people in photos.
The main factor driving this phenomenon is that there is a segment of "power users" who specialize in different Facebook activities and contribute much more than the ... <snip>
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Oxford University Press Announces the Online Publication of Benezit Dictionary of Artists
February 2, 2012 13:35
From the press release:
Oxford University Press is delighted to announce the publication of the world renowned Benezit Dictionary of Artists online for the first time on Oxford Art Online...
The defining feature of Benezit is its outstanding coverage of obscure artists, and the inclusion of more than 11,000 images of artists’ signatures, monograms, and stamps of sale. These graphics bring to life the idiosyncrasies ... <snip>
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UWM Libraries Exhibit Showcases Burned Books
February 2, 2012 01:19
From the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Library:
A showcase of books that have been burned, from antiquity to present day, is now on display.
Included are texts from famous historical cases as well as contemporary incidents, photographs, and other information about book burning.
A website companion to the exhibit, complete with an illustrated gallery, quotations, and more, is also available.
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Wall Street Journal Launches Video Channel for YouTube
February 1, 2012 14:55
From the press release:
The Wall Street Journal today launched a dedicated channel for YouTube, featuring on-demand content from the Journal's growing stable of video programming. In conjunction with the launch, the channel will showcase "Off Duty," a daily lifestyle show debuting today based on the eponymous section of WSJ Weekend, the Journal's Saturday paper.
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LexisNexis Launches Social Media Visibility Service
February 1, 2012 13:57
From the press release:
LexisNexis, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today at LegalTech New York, the launch of the LexisNexis Social Media Visibility service that enables solo practitioners and lawyers at smaller law firms to establish a solid, comprehensive, and manageable social media presence. The service includes creation of an exclusive blog page as well as guidance and assistance in crafting ... <snip>
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UK Government Unveils New Website
February 1, 2012 03:19
From the Financial Times:
A new single government domain, at www.gov.uk, will replace Directgov, the portal which launched in 2004, before extending across Whitehall departments’ sites in the coming weeks.
The “beta” gov.uk test site is the flagship project of the new Government Digital Services unit, which was established within the Cabinet Office after a 2010 report by Martha Lane Fox, the internet ... <snip>
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CCC Announces Motion Picture License
January 31, 2012 02:37
From the Copyright Clearance Center:
Copyright Clearance Center, in partnership with the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC), developed the Motion Picture License to meet the diverse needs of businesses and their employees and reduce the risk of unintended copyright infringement.
The Motion Picture License allows you to show motion pictures legally in your organization for sales meetings, employee training and development ... <snip>
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Study and Infographic Reveal Gender Gap over Social Media Privacy
January 30, 2012 21:51
From thte uSamp blog:
Most women using social media are just as willing to reveal personal information about their relationships, jobs, brand preferences and political and religious affiliations as men — but when it comes to details like phone numbers, location, and email or physical address that might put their personal security at risk, women are significantly more wary than men.
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Project MUSE Launches University Press Content Consortium
January 28, 2012 14:38
From ProjectMUSE:
The book collections offer thousands of peer-reviewed digital books from over 65 major university presses and scholarly publishers and allow books to be discovered and searched in an integrated environment with content from nearly 500 journals currently on MUSE.
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Goodreads Ends Amazon API Sourcing
January 28, 2012 13:18
From paidContent:
Saying Amazon’s API terms have become “more and more restrictive,” Goodreads is switching data providers and entering an agreement with book wholesaler Ingram—alarming some users who fear their reading records will be lost.
The changes take place January 30. Goodreads’ new data source is book wholesaler Ingram. Goodreads will pay to license data from Ingram, and will supplement it ... <snip>
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