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Thursday, 23rd February 2006

Factiva's Clare Hart Moves Up to New Position at Dow Jones; Three New Resources from Library and Archives Canada

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Information Industry--Factiva
Factiva's Clare Hart Moves Up to New Position at Dow Jones; Deputy CEO Claude Green Named Interim CEO
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National Libraries--Canada
Source: Library and Archives Canada
3 New Resources from Library and Archives Canada
+ Web Archive of Election 2006 Web Sites
A "harvest" of sites.
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+ SOS! Canadian Disasters at Library and Archives Canada
Provides access to the The Disaster Media Reports database.
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+ Exhibit: Shipwreck Investigations at Library and Archives Canada
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Libraries--UK
Source: LISU
Digest of Statistics for Museums, Libraries and Archives
The main purpose of these statistics is to give a broad overall perspective of the museums, libraries and archives scene in England. The Digest of Statistics is produced with the support of MLA and is available to download free online in PDF format.
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Medline
Source: NLM
MEDLINE Citation Counts by Year of Publication
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Digitisation Projects
Source: JISC, NLM, Wellcome Trust
Completion: 100 years of biosciences research captured in digital archive
"The archive represents the entire back archive of the journal of the Biochemical Society which celebrates its centenary this year. Speaking at the event, Sir Philip thanked JISC and the Wellcome Trust for their funding which has not only paid for digitisation of the journal but will also ensure that the archive, hosted by PubMedCentral, will be openly available to all in perpetuity. Digitisation of the journal is part of a major collaborative programme of digitisation called the 'Medical journals backfiles digitisation project', a partnership between JISC, the Wellcome Trust and the US National Library of Medicine which will see the digitisation of nearly 1.7 million pages of complete backfiles from important and historically significant British and American medical journals."
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Public Libraries--Outsourcing
Source: Jackson (TN) Sun
Library checks out going private
"The local public library is considering going private with its management. What such a proposed move would mean to current employees and library patrons is unclear. The Jackson-Madison County Library Board will offer bids this week for businesses to manage the daily operations. This is an effort to minimize the costs of running the library and hopefully offer additional services and hours, library board officers said."
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Grey Literature--Journals
Open Access
Source: The Grey Journal
Upcoming Publication, Table-of-Contents: The Grey Journal
'Grey Matters for OAI'
Spring 2006 will focus on "Grey Matters for OAI."

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