Web Search--Time Lag "It's Fresher at FAST"
Source: SearchDay
I've written a short article comparing the last time the crawler visited several pages from AllTheWeb (Fast), Google, and AltaVista for Chris Sherman's daily newsletter.
Web Search--Vivisimo Meta-Search Search More Material With Vivisimo
I have not been a big fan of meta-search tools and for the most part I would still prefer to use each engine in its native format than head to a meta engine. Also, it's important to know that many of the meta-search engines are compiling results from paid placement search engines like GoTo.Com and Sprinks. In addition, most meta-engines do not search Google. Nevertheless, I continue to be impressed with Vivisimo in terms of result organization by clustering, usability, limit searching, and presentation. Make sure to take advantage of the Vivisimo "Advanced Search" interface that allows you to select which engines you search, number of results returned, etc. Vivisimo offers several specialty searches. For example, search for news from CNN, Yahoo, and other sites and be able to take advantage of Vivisimo's features. You can also search Medline, the USPTO Patent Database, Business.Com, and FirstGov.Gov. With sophisticated databases like Medline and USPTO you will be giving up most of the limiting features these resources offer via their native interfaces. However, Vivisimo's clustering and presentation features may, allow those who don't make use of sophsiticated search and limiting features, the opportunity to get a handle on result sets that are often very large. Resources: Vivisimo Advanced Interface Demo Vivisimo Technology with other Databases
Demos available include: Librarians' Index to the Internet, Google Groups, Microsoft.Com, and More.
Public Libraries IFLA/UNESCO Publish Guidelines for Public Library Development
From a news report, "The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) recently announced the publication of public library guidelines under the title "The Public Library Service: IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines for Development". The guidelines are intended to provide assistance to librarians in any situation to develop an effective public library service meeting the needs of their local community...The official launch of these Guidelines will be held at the IFLA Conference in Boston, Wednesday, 22 August, 09.00."
Preservation--Photographs
Source: Wired News Bill Gates, Photographs and Freezers
From the article, "Talk about creepy. Bill Gates' minions are currently laying the floor for a 10,000 square foot, tomblike facility in rural Pennsylvania to preserve, in part, an image of Albert Einstein's tongue. It's the future home of the Bettmann Archive, a renowned collection of more than 11 million historic photographs and negatives -- including such iconic images as Einstein sticking out his tongue and the Wright Brothers in flight. It's a symbolic declaration that physical photographs are dead and should literally be buried. Gates' plans call for more than mere burial. The Bettmann Archive will be stored in specially engineered, subzero rooms -- a first in the history of photo preservation. The Bettmann facility, scheduled to open in 2002, will operate at minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit, with 35 percent humidity. In comparison, New York's Museum of Modern Art currently stores 95 percent of its photographs at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, with 40 percent humidity."
Internet Domains
Source: Wired News The Lowdown on .Info
Registration begins today. From the article, "Between now and Aug. 27, anyone who owns a registered trademark can pay to reserve a dot-info domain through an exclusive procedure intended to prevent new Web addresses from falling prey to cybersquatters...Registration for the general public begins on August 27th. From the article, "Although there are no restrictions on what a dot-info site may be used for, Afilias is pitching the domain as better suited for so-called informational sites than for commercial ones. LaPlante uses the example of a pharmaceutical company that is registering dot-info addresses for each of its drugs, and using the sites to provide information about their use and side effects. Even so, there's no guarantee that a dot-info site will in fact be informative. There's also nothing stopping a company from simply taking the same information that's on its existing dot-com or dot-net site and copying it onto a dot-info extension."
Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items)
---- Transportation--United Kingdom National Travel Survey: 1998-2000 Update
Source: Department for Transport
40 pages .pdf
---- Education--United States--Statistics Web Version of The Condition of Education Now Available
From the site, The Condition of Education summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report, which is required by law, is an indicator report intended for a general audience of readers who are interested in education. Full-Text .pdf versions of the previously released print edition are also available.
--- Agriculture--United States
Source:USDA Agricultural Prices--Annual
From the site, "This report contains the annual summary of indexes of prices received and paid by farmers; prices received for farm commodities by states and prices paid for production items by region and the U.S., past year and earlier years."
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