E-Reference NPR Features Report on Cleveland Public Library's KnowItNow Service Listen to this Report (RealAudio)
The NPR synopsis reads, "David Barnett of member station WCPN reports from Cleveland, where the public library is offering a new online service featuring real-live librarians to answer questions -- it's an antidote to the often incorrect and poorly organized facts provided by automated Internet searches. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week from the library's Web page." Learn More About KnowItNow
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Science
Invisible Web
Source: Nature Is the PubScience Database About To Disappear?
Lead of the Declan Butler article, "A powerful congressional committee has passed a budget bill which, if enacted, could close down PubScience, a free search service for the physical sciences literature, operated by the US Department of Energy (DoE)." See Also: A Nature Editorial, "Defending Tax-Funded Navigation"
Aviation--United States NTSB Adds New Feature to Site
From the news release, "The National Transportation Safety Board has added a new feature to its web site that gives notice of pending releases of probable cause briefs of general aviation accidents. The new feature debuted this week."
Education--Academic Freedom New Web Resource: NEAR (Network For Education and Academic Rights)
This organization was just launched. It is sponsored by UNESCO. The site features background on the organization, alerts about recent incidents, and links to related resources.
Professional Reading
Archives--Australia Government Information Learn About the PANDORA Archive at the National Library of Australia
From the paper, "The National Library of Australia maintains PANDORA, an archive of selected, significant Australian web sites and web-based online publications. The purpose of PANDORA is to ensure that Australians of the future will be able to access a significant component of today�s Australian web based information resources."
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