Canada--Heritage Information Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Will Debut Revamped Site on May 1st
From the announcement, "Celebrating 30 years of innovation in the use of information technologies, the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) is dedicating its new Web site to the development of skills for the creation and management of digital content. The revamped CHIN site, to be launched on May 1st, will maintain its current address, www.chin.gc.ca...The new CHIN Web site will feature sections dedicated to Creating and Managing Digital Content, Intellectual Property, Collections Management, and more. Current training tools, online publications, directories and databases, all designed to meet the needs of both small and large institutions, will continue to be nurtured. Information on topics such as careers, funding and conferences will also remain accessible and up-to-date."
Online History--CAB International
Source: Online "History Lesson: CAB International"
Marydee Ojala continues her series about the history of major online services and databases. From the article, "In many ways, the story of the development of CABI is emblematic of the entire history of the online information industry. Data from scientists in the field were published in learned society journals. In turn, synopses of these articles fed the abstract journals designed to help scientists keep up-to-date with research in their field. When the production of these journals was computerized, the resulting electronic versions of the journals became databases. Search companies developed to provide common access languages to these databases. More recently, database-producing companies have looked to the Web both as a distribution channel for their established information and for innovative ways to repurpose that data."
Web Search--Paid Placement
Source: PC World Are Search Results For Sale?
If you're not up-to-speed on the current issues this article provides a good overview.
Enterprise Search--AltaVista
Source: InfoWorld New Enterprise Search Software Due From AltaVista Next Week
From the article, "AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 attempts to boost workplace productivity by unlocking information buried within complex applications, according to Phil Rugani, executive vice president of the AltaVista Software division, in Palo Alto, Calif. "Individual workers can't access information in the enterprise because of the complexity with the applications themselves. Workers have to know how to use each application to get information from it," he said. "We are circumventing the application to go after the data to give workers access to information they need."
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items)
- Afghanistan
Source: UNESCO New Web Site: UNESCO and Afghanistan
From the annoucement, "...UNESCO launched a website on its Afghanistan Assistance Programme. Aid to media and to libraries and archives in Afghanistan are but two of the five action areas featured on the site."
- U.S. History--Online Exhibit Arts--United States
Source: National Archives New Online Exhibit: A New Deal for the Arts
"Government-sponsored art projects provided work for unemployed artists during the 1930's."
- E-Commerce--Conference
Source: United Nations Global E-Commerce 2002 (scroll to first entry on page)
View online (Real Video) all presentations from this conference which took place last week in New York. From the site, "...intensive executive level presentations, and expert panels. Speakers will detail the latest developments on E-commerce, E-government, Security, Cyber/Bio Security, Network Assurance, and Disaster Management Applications." You can also view the complete speaker list and conference agenda here.
- Identity Fraud
Source: LexisNexis "Identity Fraud: Searching For A Solution"
This white paper was presented at the U.N. conference which is listed directly above this post.
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