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<title>EPA Releases Water Pollution Tool</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release : 
 
 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a new tool that provides the public with important information about pollutants that are released into local waterways. 
 A link to the new tool can be found on EPA&rsquo;s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website, [...]]]></description>
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<title>Oxford University Press Announces the Publication of British Academy Publications Online</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release: 
 
 Oxford University Press is delighted to make the prestigious publications of the British Academy available online. At launch, British Academy Publications Online (BAPO) will offer readers access to the full text of 100 print titles, comprising both monographs and collections of essays.&nbsp; Among those included are Vernon Bogdanor&rsquo;s [...]]]></description>
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<title>OpenStax College Plans Free Textbooks</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release: 
 
 The Rice University-based open-education platform Connexions today unveiled a bold plan to shake up the $4 billion college textbook industry by providing free online publisher-quality textbooks for five of the country\'s most-attended college courses. 
 The OpenStax College textbook initiative, which is funded by the William and Flora [...]]]></description>
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<title>Bloomberg Brief Launches Daily Asia Economics Newsletter</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release : 
 
 The daily Economics Asia newsletter compiles news, data and in-depth analysis of macroeconomic trends from the Bloomberg Professional service, as well as commentary by Bloomberg Brief economists Michael McDonough and Tamara Henderson. McDonough and Henderson study global economic trends from Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively, while four [...]]]></description>
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<title>APA Database Available Via Ovid Platform</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From Information World Review : 
 
 The American Psychological Association&rsquo;s (APA) research database is being made available online under a deal with Wolters Kluwer Health. The group&rsquo;s Ovid unit will carry the APA&rsquo;s PsycTESTS on its OvidSP platform, which already hosts five other APA databases: PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PyscBOOKS, PsycEXTRA and PsycCRITIQUES. 
 
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<title>Evolutionary Applications to Publish Under Open Access Model</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66491</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release: 
 
 Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc., today announced that &nbsp; Evolutionary Applications &nbsp; has joined the &nbsp; Wiley Open Access &nbsp; publishing program. All newly published articles in the journal will be open access and free to view, download [...]]]></description>
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<title>Why Most Facebook Users Get More Than They Give</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66473</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ According to Pew Research : 
 
 Most Facebook users receive more from their Facebook friends than they give, whether the measurement is the number of friend requests received, the use of the \"like\" button, the number of messages sent or tagging people in photos. 
 The main factor driving this phenomenon is that [...]]]></description>
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<title>Oxford University Press Announces the Online Publication of Benezit Dictionary of Artists</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66459</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release: 
 
 Oxford University Press is delighted to announce the publication of the world renowned Benezit Dictionary of Artists online for the first time on Oxford Art Online. .. 
 The defining feature of Benezit is its outstanding coverage of obscure artists, and the inclusion of more than 11,000 images [...]]]></description>
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<title>UWM Libraries Exhibit Showcases Burned Books</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Library : 
 
 A showcase of books that have been burned, from antiquity to present day, is now on display. 
 Included are texts from famous historical cases as well as contemporary incidents, photographs, and other information about book burning. 
 A website companion to the exhibit, [...]]]></description>
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<title>UK Government Unveils New Website</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the Financial Times : 
 
 A new single government domain, at www.gov.uk , will replace Directgov , the portal which launched in 2004, before extending across Whitehall departments&rsquo; sites in the coming weeks. 
 The &ldquo;beta&rdquo; gov.uk test site is the flagship project of the new Government Digital Services unit, which was [...]]]></description>
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<title>CCC Announces Motion Picture License</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the Copyright Clearance Center : 
 
 Copyright Clearance Center, in partnership with the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC), developed the Motion Picture License to meet the diverse needs of businesses and their employees and reduce the risk of unintended copyright infringement. 
 The Motion Picture License allows you to show motion pictures [...]]]></description>
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<title>Project MUSE Launches University Press Content Consortium</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66415</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From ProjectMUSE : 
 
 The book collections offer thousands of peer-reviewed digital books from over 65 major university presses and scholarly publishers and allow books to be discovered and searched in an integrated environment with content from nearly 500 journals currently on MUSE. 
 
 Full story &gt;&gt; ]]></description>
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<title>UK Parliament Publishes Policy Briefing on Open Access</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66413</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From Parliament : 
 
 In March 2011 the Minister for Universities and Science held a round table discussion to explore the issues. At this meeting the government committed to supporting efforts to expand access to both research publications and data as part of its wider \"Transparency Agenda\". OA is seen by many as [...]]]></description>
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<title>Credo Reference Introduces Literati by Credo</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66404</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release : 
 
 Literati by Credo is a collaborative research platform that promotes research effectiveness and information literacy by combining Credo\'s well-regarded content with innovative library-centric technology. Beyond the platform, Literati by Credo offers customized tools and services, so that libraries can brand and enhance their end-user experience. 
 
 [...]]]></description>
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<title>New Digital Correspondence of Voltaire edition Published Online for the First Time</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66393</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release: 
 
 An ambitious project has been launched through&nbsp; Electronic Enlightenment &nbsp; &ndash; Theodore Besterman&rsquo;s great print-edition of Voltaire&rsquo;s complete correspondence is being updated and revised. Nicholas Cronk and fellow editors are collaborating&nbsp; with the Electronic Enlightenment Project at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, for exclusive onlin e publication of this [...]]]></description>
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<title>Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66386</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release : 
 
 The Association of Research Libraries, working with the Center for Social Media at American University , and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property in American University&rsquo;s Washington College of Law, is preparing a code of best practices in fair use for academic and research libraries. [...]]]></description>
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<title>Credo Reference Offers eBook Collections via SwetsWise</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66385</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release : 
 
 Swets is pleased to announce that Credo Reference ( www.credoreference.com ) has recently joined the SwetsWise eBook catalog with over 1,500 reference works from more than 80 of the world&rsquo;s best reference publishers.&nbsp; Collections and titles are thoughtfully selected to offer broad coverage of subjects such as [...]]]></description>
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<title>UK Dept. of Health Launches Online Healthcare Resource</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66384</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the Department of Health : 
 
 Providing a one-stop shop for all Department of Health public health campaign information and resources for anyone who works directly with the public, the online Campaign Resource Centre was launched. 
 Each campaign section offers a summary of the public health campaign together with all the [...]]]></description>
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<title>Ereader Ownership Doubles</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ According to a Pew survey : 
 
 The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped from 10% to 19% over the same time period. [...]]]></description>
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<title>Cambridge University Press Adds Six Academic Presses to University Publishing Online Platform</title>
<link>http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66363</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the press release : 
 
 2012 will see the addition of content from Anthem Press , Boydell &amp; Brewer , Edinburgh University Press , Nottingham University Press , Pickering &amp; Chatto and the University of Adelaide Press . 
 Launched in October 2011, University Publishing Online provides access to thousands of titles [...]]]></description>
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