Professional Reading Shelf
PATRIOT Act
Source: AP (via CNN) House limits Patriot Act rules on library records
"The House voted Wednesday to block the FBI and the Justice Department from using the Patriot Act to search library and book store records."
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SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway)
Resource Discovery Network
Source: RDN
Next Week: SOSIG Virtual Event
"SOSIG will be running a weeklong virtual event as part of the ESRC Social Science Week (June 20th - 24th 2005). We have invited a number of social science specialists to consider how the Internet is changing the face of social science information and research, in particular how it has altered their own working practices and the impact this may have had on their research and teaching.
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OCLC--Pilot Projects
Source: OCLC OCLC pilot program will increase discovery and use of libraries' electronic collections
"OCLC will begin a pilot project later this month that will make it easy for library staff and patrons to find and use full-text electronic journals in library collections. The pilot will involve 20 libraries and four partners-TDNet, EBSCO, Serials Solutions, and Ex Libris."
-- Information Industry
Source: ResearchInformation The May/June Issue of ResearchInformation Is Now Available
Articles Include:
+ The Swedish hub at the heart of open access
+ Reinventing journal publishing
+ Profile: Archiving without borders
A profile of the director of e-strategy and property management, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the Netherlands
-- E-LIS
Source: Jennifer A. De Beer, Centre for Knowledge Dynamics and Decision-making, Stellenbosch University (South Africa) E-LIS - Expanding (y)our field with E-LIS (PowerPoint presentation)
"Informative talk about and demonstration on E-LIS, forming part of a session on 'Expanding the LIS field' in a pre-conference workshop titled 'Getting Published'."
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