Libraries and Museums--United States Transcript, "Blurring the Boundaries: Collaborating to Serve a Nation of Learners"
The transcript of a speech given last Saturday by Robert S. Martin, Ph.D., Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, at the OCLC Research Library Director's Conference in Dublin, Ohio. Martin discusses the work the IMLS is doing to "build cooperation between museums and libraries." On a Related Note: The May Issue of First Monday contains papers presented at the Third Annual Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World. The conference was sponsored by the IMLS.
Web Domains
Source: WashTech.Com Here Comes .pro
From the article, "Lawyers, physicians and accountants soon will be able to register Web addresses in a worldwide Internet domain reserved exclusively for certified professionals, but they will have to pay nearly 10 times the cost of ordinary domain names." "RegistryPro will sell .pro addresses only to Internet users who can prove that they are certified physicians, lawyers or accountants. The company will rely on an automated verification system and human legwork to ensure that registrants are who they say they are..." Too bad something like this isn't available for information professionals. See Also: Learn More Via the RegistryPro Web Site
Online Industry--LexisNexis LN Adds New Ethnic and Regional News Sources
LN adds Ethnic Newsline and Regional Newsline database to Academic Universe and Nexis.Com. From the news release, "Ethnic Newsline contains articles selected from the ethnic and minority press in America, representing the viewpoints of African Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Chicanos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and European Americans." "Regional Newsline includes articles on news, stories and events of local and regional interest within the United States. The collection spans the country and includes such publications as Bennington Banner (VT), Connecticut Post, Fairbanks Daily News Miner (AK), Las Cruces Sun News (NM), Opelika-Auburn News (AL), The Oakland Tribune (CA) and Pasadena Star-News (CA), San Antonio Current (TX), The News Virginian (VA), Weekly Planet Tampa (FL) and Winston-Salem Journal (NC).
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items) Mergers and Acquisitions--United Kingdom
Source: National Statistics Office Mergers and Acquisitions Involving U.K. Companies (1st Q. 2002)
11 pages .pdf
- Demographics--United States
Source: U.S. Census Census Begins Roll-Out of Demographic Profiles
From the Census site, "A profile includes four tables that provide various demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics for the states, counties, minor civil divisions in selected states, places, metropolitan areas, American Indian and Alaska Native areas, Hawaiian home lands and congressional districts. It includes 100-percent and sample data from the decennial censuses."
Now Available: Mississippi, Nevada, and Washington are available.
Next week: Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
- Gambling--Australia--Statistics
Source: Department of the Parliamentary Library Full-Text Research Report, Gambling: An Australian Tradition on the Up!
19 pages .pdf. HTML version also available.
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