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Monday, 21st May 2001

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Library Jobs--Worldwide
Need a Job? FreePint Launches Job Database
Will Hann and the rest of the FreePint team have launched a new service FREE! where openings for "information-related" jobs from around the world can be located. If you have a position to fill, posting it to the database is also FREE.

American Memory Project
New Collections from American Memory Project at the Library of Congress
The Emergence of Advertising in America
From Duke University Library
The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
From Northwestern University Library
These resources are part of the Ameritech Collection.

Public Records Research
Tyburski Answers The Question:
How To Find Vehicle Ownership With Only a License Plate Number

GT also provides answers to numerous other questions via the "How To...Do It With Research" portion of The Virtual Chase.

Web Resource Newsletters
The Scout Report To Cease "Subject-Specific" Reports
The GOOD NEWS is that The Scout Report will continue!!! From the site, "The Internet Scout Project is sad to announce that we will be discontinuing publication of our subject-specific reports as we have been unable to secure funding for them. The last issue of the Scout Report for Social Sciences & Humanities will be May 29, the last Scout Report for Business & Economics will be May 31, and the last issue of the Scout Report for Science & Engineering will be June 20.
Thanks to TC for the tip.

Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items)
Software Piracy--Worldwide
Lists and Rankings

Source: Business Software Alliance
Direct To Summary & List (Top 10 Countries by Piracy Rate)
||| Direct To Full-Text of Survey
See Also: Related Story via The Register
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UNESCO
"UNESCO Books Now Free-Of-Charge Online"
From the news release: "Digital versions of UNESCO publications are now free-of-charge available on UNESCO's website at http://upo.unesco.org/booksonline.asp. The titles, recently published also on paper under UNESCO's imprint, are in their electronic version (PDF) free for downloading for a period of time, so as to allow wider use and further dissemination of UNESCO material. UNESCO also offers access to e-books, which are solely-digital, specially conceived for online use, with no printed counterpart."
Direct to Publication List
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Higher Education--Finance
ERIC Digest: "Why Do Students Borrow So Much? Recent National Trends in Student Loan Debt"

Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education

Info Industry--Dialog--United States
Public Training Sessions in U.S. Now Free To Dialog Customers
See Page 12 of the May Chronolog For Details.

Weather--Hurricanes
New Web Page: Hurricane Season 2001--Resources
Source: NOAA
This is also Hurricane Awareness Week here in the U.S.

Web Search--WebTop
WebTop CEO Is Out After Six Months
From the Story, "WebTop CEO Andy Mitchell is out of a job after just six months, following a recent move by parent company Bright Station to absorb the WebTop search operations into SmartLogik, Bright Station's knowledge management subsidiary."

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