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Saturday, 27th May 2006

New Paper: Challenges in automated classification using library classification schemes

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Internet Filters
Source: Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
Just Released, Internet Filters: A Public Policy Report (PDF; 4.36 MB)
"The more sophisticated and statistically oriented tests of filtering software in the period from 2001-06 differ widely in their purposes and results. Although statistics and percentages in this field of research can be misleading, one conclusion is clear from all of the studies: filters continue to block large amounts of valuable information. Even the expert witnesses for the government in the CIPA case, who attempted to minimize the rates of error, reported substantial overblocking. Internet filters are powerful, often irrational, censorship tools."
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International Federation of Library Associations
Source: IFLA
A Selection of Papers to be Presented at World Library and Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference #3
+ Japanese Government Libraries Network: serving the customers in the new era
+ Information literacy as an emancipatory process directed to social inclusion in a knowledge society
+ Challenges in automated classification using library classification schemes
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Internet--Statistics
Source: Telegeography's World Broadband Yearbook
TeleGeography Update: Global Broadband Subscribers Over 221m
Via an email, "The number of worldwide high-speed Internet subscriber lines surpassed 221 million at the end of 2005, according to the latest analysis released in TeleGeography's World Broadband Yearbook. Most broadband subscribers -- about 65 percent -- access the Internet via DSL technology. The global subscriber total increased 37 percent in 2005, from around 162 million a year earlier, and a little over 106 million in 2003. TeleGeography forecasts the total will grow to 286 million by the end of 2006, before climbing to 448 million by 2010.

Broadband Subscribers, December 2005

Asia-Pacific 89,573,436
Europe 63,455,527
U.S. & Canada 53,270,000
L. America/Carib. 9,668,888
Middle East 3,863,210
Africa 1,987,200

Global total 221,818,261"
See Also: Chart: International Bandwidth Per Capita, 2005

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