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Friday, 15th April 2005

Intel Causes Problems for Libraries; Microsoft Asks for Help Editing Encyclopedia

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Encyclopedias
Source: AP
Microsoft Asks for Help Editing Encarta Encyclopedia
Make suggestions, change/update facts. Editors will then (in theory) verify and change the entry..."Encarta is not requiring such novice editors to identify themselves, said Gary Alt, Encarta's editorial director. But it is asking them to reveal the source of their information if possible, and the editorial staff will check for both factual errors and evidence of bias." ResourceShelf likes this model. In fact, MS should ask the library community (perhaps working through ALA, SLA, CILIP and other groups) to get involved. Contributing editor Steven Cohen shares his thoughts here.
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Education--Databases
ERIC
Source: ERIC
ERIC Annouces Beta Version of Open Online Submission System
"This system enables individual contributors to submit non-journal materials that will be considered for inclusion in the ERIC database. In order to continue the high quality, education focus of ERIC the submitted materials will be evaluated against the Screening Critera. As part of the Beta system, there is no established selection or processing turnaround time."
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Academic Libraries
Source: News.com
Way to Go Intel, NOT!!!
"A day after Intel said it would offer $10,000 for a copy of a magazine in which Moore's Law was first announced, a University of Illinois engineering library noticed that one of its two copies disappeared."
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Collection Development
Source: C&RL News
Growing needs and limited budgets: The challenge of supporting print and electronic resources
A new article by Joan Gotwals, former vice provost and director of libraries at Emory University. She writes, "As librarians understand and college and university administrators often do not, the role of libraries and librarians is ever more important in assisting users in the hybrid world to navigate the dizzying universe of electronic information and relate these sources to print and archival materials. It also requires greater subject expertise and, I believe, will likely result in a need for more Ph.D.s on the library staff, especially in research universities."
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Digital Libraries
Source: D-Lib
The April Issue of Digital Libraries is Now Available
Articles include:
+ A Review of Social Bookmarking Tools
+ Initial Experiences in Developing a Chronologically Organized Digital Library for Continuing Education in Biodefense

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