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Wednesday, 15th March 2006

Enhanced Version of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) Now Online and Publicly Accessible

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Library and Archives Canada--Federated Search
Source: Library and Archives Canada
New, National Libraries and Archives Begins Testing Federated Search Tool: Search All
Search All allows you to search the resources of Library and Archives Canada (LAC). LAC combines the holdings of the former National Archives of Canada and the former National Library of Canada.

These resources include:
+ LAC's website;
+ LAC's library catalogue; and
+ the following archival research tools:
+++ General Inventory
+++ Government of Canada files
+++ M�tis Scrip
+++ War Diaries of the First World War
+++ Prime Ministers' Fonds
More info here including an email address to send feedback to LAC.
See Also:
Australia's largest online library opens for business

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Resource Discovery Network
Source: RDN
Major Changes Coming to Resource Discovery Network, Service Will Also Get New Name
The Resource Discovery Network, one of ResourceShelf's favorite set of non-commercial web directories and lots more, has some major changes, including a new name, coming in the second half of 2006. The service will be called Intute. This post has all of the details. If you've never used the RDN and it's underlying subject gateways, they are MORE than worthy of your attention and use.
See Also: Virtual Training Suite from the RDN
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Libraries
Source: Council on Library and Information Resources
CLIR Issues March/April 2006 Now Available
Articles include:
+ For the Record: Recorded-Sound Studies Nearing Completion
+ Got Metadata?
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Information Policy
Source: Yale Information Society Project
Upcoming Conference: The first international conference on Access to Knowledge
The conference will take place at the Yale Law School, April 21-23, 2006. From the web site, "The first goal of the Yale A2K Initiative is to come up with a new analytic framework for analysing the possibly distortive effects of public policies relying exclusively on intellectual property rights. Beyond this aim, the A2K initiative seeks to support the adoption and development of alternative ways to foster greater access to knowledge in the digitally connected environment." List of panels.
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Government Printing Office--United States
Source: GPO
Enhanced version of the CGP/OPAC now available
"The Superintendent of Documents is pleased to announce the launch of the enhanced version of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). This version of the CGP is the online public access catalog (OPAC) module of the Government Printing Office's (GPO) new integrated library system. With the availability of the new CGP Phase 1 of a larger modernization plan to replace older legacy systems is complete."

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