Research Libraries Scholarly Communication
Source: SPARC New Research Library Organization Announced: International Scholarly Communications Alliance
From the announcement, "Eight of the world's principal research library organizations today announced the establishment of the International Scholarly Communications Alliance (ISCA). The ISCA, an initiative of research library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong SAR, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, is an action-oriented global network that will collaborate with scholars and publishers to establish equitable access to scholarly and research publications...The ISCA - whose members represent over 600 research libraries worldwide - will engage in a series of activities that focus the scholarly publishing process on the primary goals of the academic research community, advancing the discovery of new knowledge and facilitating its dissemination."
Business Research--Germany
Source: Free Pint "Business Information in Germany"
David Scrimgeour writes about several resources necessary to conduct business research about Germany and German companies.
Film--Database
Source: AP Learn About: The Internet Movie Database
From the article, "IMDb's founder and top editor, Col Needham, 35, lives in Bristol, England, where he manages the site from nearly 4,800 miles away. He started the site in 1990 because he watched so many hundreds of movies each year that he lost track of the one's he'd already seen. "I'd rent a new one and after 15 minutes say, 'Wait ... I've already seen this,'" said Needham, a former computer programmer. "So I put together my little database to save me wasting time at the video store."
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