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Thursday, 13th April 2006

NLM Classification 2006 Edition Now Available

Professional Reading Shelf
Digital Libraries--Collection Policies
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada Releases Digital Collection Development Policy
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Networked Information
Source: CNI
Presentations from the Coalition for Networked Information Spring Meeting
Learn about projects including:
+ Gnosh: Social Meta-searching in the Liberal Arts
+ The Melvyl Recommender Project
+ Institutional Repositories and the Need for "Value-added" Services
+ A Very Large Scale Library for the History of the Web
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ERIC
Source: ERIC
A Video Preview of the ERIC Structured Abstract Initiative
More info about the project here.
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Information Visualisation
Source: Research Information
Visualisation boosts power of STM databases
David Mort writes, "Visualisation aims to add value by showing a large amount of data on an information map so that it can be assimilated at a glance."
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Records Management--E-Mail
Source: Digital Curation Center
New Briefing Paper: Curating E-Mail
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National Library of Medicine
Source: NLM
+ New Quick Tours on Searching the NLM Catalog
Narrated demos using Flash.
++ NLM Classification 2006 Edition Now Available
Search and/or browse the classification.
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Libraries--Lawsuits
USA Patriot Act
Source: New York Times
Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law
"Lawyers for the group, the Library Connection of Windsor, Conn., argued that their client was eager to participate freely in the debate last year over the reauthorization of the Patriot Act. But federal prosecutors asserted that the Patriot Act required that the group's identity remain secret and that the government would suffer irreparable harm if any information about its investigations became known." ACLU reaction.

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