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ISSUE 112- CONTENTS
1. COMMENT
Internet Resources Newsletter now has over 20,000 subscribers
Receive this newsletter by email or RSS
News items of interest
2. A-Z NEW AND NOTABLE WEB SITES
Information and reviews of new and recent Web sites
3. PRESS RELEASES
Access to over 2,500 electronic journals via NESLi2
Education Image Gallery
Engineering Information announces electronic backfile dating to 1884
New UKOLUG site
Emerald launches digital signatures
Full text expansion for IBSS
4. NETWORK NEWS
BUBL BIDS EEVL SOSIG EDINA
CHEST MIMAS RUDI BIOME ELDIS
Netskills BIZ/ed AHDS JISCmail
Data Archive TASI Chemical Database Service
5. BLOGORAMA
News of Weblogs, etc.
6. BOOK REVIEWS
Review of: Developing Web Based Instruction: planning, designing, managing
and evaluating for results, edited by Elizabeth A.Dupuis
7. GET A LIFE! LEISURE TIME
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1. COMMENT
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Season's Greeetings to all readers of the Internet Resources Newsletter. We
hope you all have an enjoyable festive season.
Our latest news is that the email version of this newsletter now has over
20,000 subscribers! A big thank you to all who have submitted sites over the
last year, and for the emails of support that we have received. A special
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Here is this month's selection of news items of interest
Wiley Forms Partnership With American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and John Wiley & Sons
have signed an agreement to publish the Institute's three flagship journals.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=2137
From Managing Information
LISU Annual Library Statistics 2003
The latest edition of LISU s annual compilation of statistics relating to
libraries has now been published.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=2120
From Managing Information
Britain s Most Accessible Websites Announced at Visionary Design Awards
Six winning sites were presented with Visionary Design Awards for their
outstanding achievement ensuring access to their sites for blind and
partially sighted people.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=2211
From Managing Information
Pakistan set to launch digital library
Pakistan is all set to launch in January 2004 its first digital library that
will give universities and research institutes in the country access to
about 5,000 international journals.
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/71117/1/1138
From Digital Opportunity Channel
LookSmart Enhances Full-Text Article Search
By Zachary Rodgers
LookSmart has enhanced its FindArticles full-text article search service in
an effort to boost search volume and create more paid listings inventory.
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/3113131
From siliconvalley
One-Stop Gateway to Scotland's Culture Launched
The Scottish Library and Information Council has launched a new internet
portal to provide access to quality information about the riches of
Scotland's culture.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=2193
From Managing Information
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2. A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES
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AcademicBookTrade.co.uk
http://www.academicbooktrade.co.uk/
AcademicBookTrade.co.uk has been set up to give you an easy way of putting
your used books back into circulation.
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AGORA: Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/
The AGORA site provides access to over 400 journals from major scientific
publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and
related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in
qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries.
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AIIM E-DOC Magazine
http://www.edocmagazine.com/
"AIIM E-DOC Magazine is an unrivalled and unbiased industry source for
information on enterprise content management (ECM) topics that help
management professionals worldwide make informed and effective technology
decisions."
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ASCE Career Connections
http://www.asce.org/careers/
"Engineering employers can post job listings in real time, track online
activity to measure advertising results, search our resume database for
matching candidates, and receive email notifications of new prospects.
Engineers can post and update their resumes, search the job listing
database, receive emails of jobs that match their profile, and apply for
jobs directly from our website."
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Asian Student Medical Journal
http://www.asmj.org/
Asian Student Medical Journal is owned and published by Virtualmed. The
journal is managed entirely by Medical students, from Editing to
Web-designing and hosting. The Journal contains articles that have been
specially commissioned with medical students in mind. The Chief Editor is
backed by a team of editors from different Medical Schools in Asia.
The Journal is published entirely on the Internet and is available free for
Medical Students from our website or the mirror sites. The Journal is
published in a continuously, rather than as discrete editions, so that
readers can access the article at the earliest possible date.
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Calicut Medical Journal
http://www.calicutmedicaljournal.org/
A Refereed Online Biomedical Journal published by the CMC Alumni
Association.
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Careerjet
http://www.careerjet.co.uk/
Careerjet is an employment search engine for the UK.
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ContentScan
http://www.contentscan.com/
ContentScan is a publisher of the Dome family of online discipline-specific
online information services. From one conveniently accessible location, the
Dome searches across content categories that include; journal articles,
books, grants, authors, web resources, and institutions. We currently offer
the Communication Sciences and Disorders Dome, the NeuroDome, and the
CancerDome will be launched soon.
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Coolest Inventions 2003
http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/
From Time magazine.
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CV Library
http://www.cv-library.co.uk/
"CV-LIBRARY is a new innovative site for people who are changing jobs,
looking for work or just waiting for something better to come along. Anyone
who is anyone can enter this site and complete an online CV. This CV will
then be available to Employers/Recruiters looking to fill positions you may
well suit. The job areas cover anything from management to skilled
labourers, admin to consultancy, and the largest industry: IT. This new
revolution will make looking for a job hassle free, cheap and available to
all."
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Data Protection for Websites and Intranets
http://www.freepint.com/issues/201103.htm#feature
An article by Paul Pedley in a recent issue of Free Pint.
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EnerFax Daily
http://www.enernetenergy.com/
North America's Power Gas Information Source.
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Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA 2004
http://www.asmeconferences.org/ESDA04/
The University of Manchester will host the 7th Biennial ASME Conference on
Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA 2004 - to be held from 19 to 22
July 2004. The conference is sponsored by the UK and Ireland Section of ASME
International and the University of Manchester and co-sponsored by the UK
Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Loughborough University.
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EPA Science Inventory
http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/
The EPA Science Inventory is a searchable Agency-wide catalog of science
activities and scientific and technical work products (for example, risk
assessments, technical studies and guidance, and research.)
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ePrints UK Bath Workshop
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/workshops/bath/
6th February 2004, Venue: 8 West at the University of Bath. This workshop
will be aimed at aimed at HE/FE librarians, information systems staff and
academics and will be a very general introduction to the issues involved in
setting up institutional eprint repositories.
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ePrints UK Oxford Workshop
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/workshops/oxford/
Date: Monday 22nd March 2004
Venue: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Information on travelling to the Museum is
available from the Museum Web site.
Focus: This workshop will be aimed at HE/FE librarians, information systems
staff and academics and will be a very general introduction to the issues
involved in setting up institutional eprint repositories.
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European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) 2004
http://www.ecdl2004.org/
September 12-17 2004 University of Bath, UK. ECDL 2004 is the 8th in the
series of European Digital Library Conferences.
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Feedroll...freshly rolled news feeds for your site
http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/
Allows you to select an RSS feed and customize it to match the look and feel
of your site...then copy and paste the code.
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First Virtual Communications
http://www.fvc.com/
A provider of rich media web conferencing and collaboration solutions.
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Gallery of Mathematics
http://info.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ma/gallery/index.html
From the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Loughborough University.
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Gary Price's List of Lists
http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
"Price's List of Lists (LOL) was started around 1998 and maintained by Gary
Price for many years. The LOL grew, and Gary's commitment to other projects
and speaking engagements made the upkeep of the LOL impossible. In late
2000, Gary approached Trip Wyckoff, of Specialissues.com, about taking over
the upkeep and expansion of the LOL. By 2002 the online database and
structure to maintain and organize the LOL was in place and in October 2002
the LOL was transferred to Specialissues.com."
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Global Project and Manufacturing Management Symposium
http://www.mb.uni-siegen.de/d/ist1/Symposium2004/index.html
University of Siegen in Germany on the 6th and 7th of May, 2004.
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Government Technology
http://www.governmenttechnologyuk.com/
The business magazine for public sector technology.
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HomeTownLocator
http://gazetteer.hometownlocator.com/
Location information for 1.8 million physical and cultural features with
links to maps and aerial photos:
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Info@UK
[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
The current issue of this guide to major UK Information Society developments
and news is available.
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Inxight
http://www.inxight.com/
Founded in 1997, Inxight is considered one of the world's leading providers
of Unstructured Data Management solutions for accessing, analyzing and
delivering information in all major languages.
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Isilon
http://www.isilon.com/
Isilon provides intelligent storage systems that simplify the production,
archiving, and delivery of digital content.
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IT Disposal
http://www.itdisposal.co.uk/
IT Disposal offer the service of removal and recycling of your old IT
Equipment free of charge.
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JAM Recruitment
http://www.jamjobs.co.uk/
IT, Engineering and Defence recruitment agency.
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KeepMedia
http://www.keepmedia.com/
KeepMedia is a premium content service, delivering current and archived
articles from 140+ popular magazines and newspapers in one convenient
location.
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KnowUK Training Materials
http://www.learningbox.net/box1/knowuk/frontpageFE.htm
These will be useful for institutions that subscribe to the KnowUK service.
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Language Analysis Systems
http://www.las-inc.com/
Language Analysis Systems is the world's recognized leader in providing
multi-cultural name recognition software solutions for mission critical
applications.
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LISU Annual Library Statistics 2003
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/lisu/als-exec-sum.pdf
The Executive Summary is available here.
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LTSN Engineering Resource Database
http://www.ltsneng.ac.uk/er/resources/
This is a searchable list of all LTSN Engineering Resources.
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Magus Research
http://www.magusresearch.com/
Magus Research provides a broad range of IP-based solutions, including
website design and management, intranets, and a portfolio of information
handling services.
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MEPS (International) Ltd
http://www.meps.co.uk/
"MEPS (International) LTD is a leading consultancy company operating in the
steel sector worldwide. The organisation was formed in 1979. Over the years
we have undertaken a wide range of studies covering all aspects of the
global steel scene."
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NEWSPLAN London and the South East
http://www.newsplan.co.uk/
The NEWSPLAN London and the South East web-site provides details of about
2,500 titles of local newspapers, past and present, relating to the London
and South East region of the United Kingdom.
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NSTA Career Center
http://careers.nsta.org/
"This unique service provides a timely link between science education
professionals seeking new positions and educational institutions with
vacancies."
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Oceanweather Inc
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/
Ocean observation data is available from this site.
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Open Video Project
http://www.open-video.org/
The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a
repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia
retrieval, digital library, and other research communities.
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OurNotepad.com
http://www.ournotepad.com/
OurNotepad.com was created as an easy-to-use alternative to more complex
groupware and collaboration tools. The goal was to create a
self-explanatory, no-nonsense interface, with fast-loading pages, enabling
users to add or change information on the fly and easily share it with
others.
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OverDrive
http://www.overdrive.com/
Founded in 1986, OverDrive, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise Digital
Rights Management (DRM) and associated digital media solutions enabling the
management and distribution of premium digital content over global networks.
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palowireless
http://www.palowireless.com/
An internet guide to wireless technologies.
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Parliamentary Information Technology Committee: PITCOM
http://www.pitcom.org.uk/
"The Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (known throughout the UK
Parliament and public affairs field as PITCOM) is an "Associate
Parliamentary Group" of the United Kingdom Parliament, formed in 1981. It
exists to foster a clearer understanding by Parliamentarians of the
significant public policy issues which arise from continued advance in the
development and application of computing and telecommunications
technologies."
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Partner Relationship Management Online 2004
http://www.icohere.com/prm2004/
January 26-28, 2004. PRM Online 2004 is an international online (virtual)
conference that addresses the toughest issues in managing strategic
partnerships and channel relationships - issues related to managing people,
processes and technology.
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PeoplePlay UK
http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/
PeoplePlay UK aims to bring theatre history to life on the web and increase
access to the Theatre Museum's collections for the non-specialist user. The
site contains 1500 digitised images as well as structured learning packs
offering guided tours through the collection and timeline histories. The
site has been funded by the New Opportunities Fund and is part of the
EnrichUK portal.
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Personnel Online
http://www.personnelonline.com/
"Personnel Online is an interactive recruitment website, a centralised
meeting point where potential meets opportunity.
This site is owned and operated by Anchorage Business Consultants Private
Limited."
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Process Register
http://www.processregister.com/
"Our Mission for the Process Industries:
To be the most prominent and useful online process industries directory.
To provide suppliers huge, focused and meaningful leads at a fraction of the
cost of reaching such a group conventionally.
To provide buyers FREE, quick, easy, and powerful services for locating
suppliers worldwide."
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QL2 Software
http://www.ql2.com/
"QL2 Software tools and solutions empower the real time enterprise by
locating and extracting information from unstructured data sources - the
Web, email, on-line information services, internal documents - to support
Business Activity Monitoring, Competitive Intelligence, Business
Intelligence, and Knowledge Management applications."
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Researcher's Companion
http://www.federalsurrey.ac.uk/researcherscompanion/
This provides online training in information retrieval skills and has been
developed collaboratively between Library & Information Services staff at
the University of Surrey and its sister institution, the University of
Surrey Roehampton.
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Scotland's Culture
http://www.scotlandsculture.org/
Scotland's Culture will be a one stop shop for electronic and physical
resources, presenting the rich diversity of Scottish culture. You can search
a selection of resources covering music, literature, sport, funding and
events information.
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SEEL: Systems Engineering Economics Laboratory
http://www.seel-telesis.com/
SEEL, the Systems Engineering Economics Laboratory is an applied research
and development (ARD) facility concerned with the identification of improved
techniques for using state of the art technology.
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Spam: How it is hurting email and degrading life on the Internet
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/PIP_Spam_Report.pdf
A Pew Internet Project reports.
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Syntech Systems Ltd
http://www.syntechsystems.com/
Syntech Systems Ltd is a new venture in telecommunications consultancy.
Founded in 2002, the company has already made an impact and offers a wide
range of services to clients in the fixed and mobile telecommunications
market.
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The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues
http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm
From 'Adam's-Apple-Jump' to 'Zygomatic Smile'
By David B. Givens.
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TheScannery
http://www.thescannery.com/
The Scannery is an investor focused web search platform that only searches
the websites of public companies from around the world.
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UK Legacies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/
UK Legacies is a local history resource by the BBC. As well as offering
content around a selection of historical themes - built up with stories from
over 60 areas around the UK, there is also a developing web guide of local
history resources, History programming guides and opportunities for people
to contribute to the site.
Includes articles on the topics of Architectural Heritage, Immigration and
Emigration, and Local legends.
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Update on engineering information resources
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/presentations/engineeringupdate.ppt
At Online Information 2003 I gave a short presentation entitled "Update on
engineering information resources". This Powerpoint presentation includes
some slides which may seem odd without the commentary (especially the
references to Muhammad Ali), but some slides may be useful to show what the
main online services have been doing recently in the area of engineering.
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VirtualMed
http://www.virtualmedonline.com/
"This website is edited and maintained by Vinod Scaria.
This website is an endeavor on my part to create a 'different' gateway for
Medical Websites- a gateway which is informative and trustworthy, and in
addition fostering, motivating and promoting research on e-health
applications."
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Votes for women
http://www.votesforwomen.org.uk/
This is a website celebrating 75 years of women's votes and an exhibition at
The Women's Library, aimed at encouraging teenage girls to use their vote.
It has been put together jointly by The Women's Library, the Fawcett
Society, the Electoral Commission and British Telecommunications.
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What Happened To My Searches On Google?
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3286181
An article in SearchEngineWatch by Danny Sullivan.
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Whois Finder
http://www.whoisfinder.com/
WhoisFinder.com is a free whois lookup and domain search service that
automatically queries all domain registrars and returns detailed domain name
reports.
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Wi-Fi Alliance
http://www.weca.net/OpenSection/index.asp
The Wi-Fi Alliance is a nonprofit international association formed in 1999
to certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Network products based on
IEEE 802.11 specification.
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Wireless LAN Association: WLANA
http://www.wlana.org/index.html
The educational trade association for the wireless local area networking
industry.
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Wireless Librarian
http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/
The purpose of this page is to provide a space for documenting my
experiences using wireless and to provide resources for other libraries and
librarians going through the wireless experience.
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Wireless Networking Mini-Tutorial
http://www.wkmn.com/newsite/wireless.html
An online tutorial.
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Worldwide Ocean Optics Database: WOOD
http://wood.jhuapl.edu/
The Worldwide Ocean Optics Database is a collection of several hundred ocean
optics data sets gathered over time that encompass much of the world's
oceans.
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3. PRESS RELEASES
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**** Access to over 2,500 electronic journals via NESLi2 ****
JISC, The UK s Joint Information Systems Committee, announced that it has
secured agreements with seven major international publishers via NESLi2, the
national electronic journals initiative for Higher and Further Education,
since the launch of the new programme in June this year.
In the last two months, all universities and further education colleges in
the United Kingdom have received details of agreements struck with ACM
(Association for Computing Machinery), ALPSP (Association of Learned and
Professional Society Publishers), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Cambridge
University Press, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Oxford University Press and
Springer Verlag. The agreements mean that more than 2,500 e-journals will
now be accessible in 2004 to all authorised users at each UK institution
subscribing to the individual offers.
Discussions, and finalisation of agreements, are continuing with other
publishers and it is anticipated that further announcements will be made in
the coming weeks. These include Elsevier, Nature, Science and John Wiley &
Sons. This will result in a further significant increase in the number of
accessible e-journals for 2004.
The full press release is at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=nesli2_pr_191103
Notes:
NESLi2 was launched in June 2003 and covers subscription agreements for the
years 2004 to 2006. It is the successor scheme to the original NESLI which
ran from 1997-2002. NESLi2 has focussed its discussions on ten scholarly
publishers for 2004, following an extensive Serials Requirements Survey
undertaken in 2002. An eleventh consortium of publishers was added when it
became clear that the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection would be available
for libraries to order for 2004. The negotiations were handled by Content
Complete Ltd on behalf of JISC. Five of the seven publishers are using the
model NESLi2 Licence for Journals.
**** Education Image Gallery ****
EDINA is pleased to announce a new image service, the Education Image
Gallery, using content licensed by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC) from the world-famous Getty Images archive.
The Education Image Gallery will be available for institutional subscription
from 5 January 2004; one-month free trials are available from 1 December
2003 and throughout the life of the service until 31 July 2007.
Users at subscribing institutions in Further and Higher Education will have
access to an exciting collection of 50,000 images for use in learning,
teaching and research. An initial 40,000 images will be available at the
time of launch; the remaining 10,000 images will be selected in response to
user feedback. Drawing on the vast resources of Hulton Archive, PhotoDisc
and the Getty Images News Service (current events and sport), the service
will offer approximately 3,000 images per decade from the late 19th century
through the whole of the 20th century to the present-day, the 21st century.
Selected by leading academics, the images cover key subject areas across the
curriculum including history, entertainment, sport, science, fashion,
politics, music, conflict, film, art, leisure and women's studies. Each
image is accompanied by extensive metadata, including keywords.
To obtain a free trial, to subscribe or to find out about institutional
subscription rates, go to: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_hultongetty.html
Enquiries about the Education Image Gallery service should be addressed to
the EDINA Helpdesk at [log in to unmask] or 0131 650 3302, or go to the service
web pages at: http://edina.ac.uk/eig
*** Engineering Information announces electronic backfile dating to 1884 ***
Engineering Information (http://www.ei.org), a division of Elsevier
(www.elsevier.com), has announced the forthcoming availability of the
Engineering Index Backfile. As of December 2003, the backfile will be
available exclusively via the Engineering Village 2
(http://www.engineeringvillage2.org) platform.
Backfile subscribers will have desktop access to a breadth and depth of
engineering literature coverage never before available to aid in their
research. The Engineering Index has been the premiere information source
abstracting and indexing engineering literature for over a century and forms
the foundation of Compendex., the world's most widely accepted bibliographic
database covering the engineering field. Each volume of the Engineering
Index, dating from 1884 through 1969, will be digitized to comprise the
complete backfile.
The Engineering Index Backfile contains close to 2 million records and
references major engineering innovations pioneered throughout the 19th and
20th centuries. Citations for articles on the first internal combustion
engine, the foundations of aviation, telecommunications and computing are
among the advances contained within the backfile.
Contact: [log in to unmask] for details. Tel 020 7611 4552
**** UKOLUG is pleased to announce the launch of its new web site ****
http://www.ukolug.co.uk/
As well as information on forthcoming meetings, the site now has a series of
fact sheets on hot topics such as pop-up blocking, referencing and
Communities of Practice. The popular "Links" section is currently being
updated with Tracy Kent's list on Reference Management the first to go live.
UKOLUG members will have exclusive access to both of the new newsletters
online. This area is password protected.
Karen Blakeman
UKOLUG Hon. Secretary
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**** Emerald launches digital signatures ****
In a world publishing first, leading international publisher, Emerald, has
developed an online system of digital signatures for the process of
copyright assignation. This will be delivered as part on an online
submission and peer review delivery engine for authors and editors (JADE).
John Peters, editorial and author relations' director says, " We pride
ourselves on a customer-focussed Copyright policy. Using Digital Signatures
is a continuation of that ethos. For the first time Authors will be able to
assign copyright online resulting in a more efficient article submission
process, much shorter time to publication, and of course, the widest
possible dissemination of their work."
Going live in Spring 2004, the new system will provide Emerald with a
better, more legally robust solution for recording, data extraction and
storage of the legal status of the articles and will be rolled out to all
130 Emerald journals in 2004. Entrust TruePass software underpins the
digital signature solution, and was chosen for its superb track record in
the development of secure online transactions. Using zero footprint
encryption and digital signature technology, Entrust provides
identification, verification and privacy capabilities to Emerald and its
authors without necessitating software to be installed or configured on
authors' computers.
For more information, contact:
Catherine Dhanjal, TheAnswer Ltd. Tel: 0208 655 0953/0794 166 9925
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**** Full text expansion for IBSS ****
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) has
significantly expanded its links to the full text of journal articles
available via the BIDS interface at http://www.bids.ac.uk. In addition to
existing links to over 700 journals via Ingenta, IBSS users can now also
link to the full text of journal articles via JSTOR, Emerald Fulltext,
Infotrieve and SpringerLink. The total number of journals with full text
links from IBSS is now well over 1,000, which means that access is available
to the full text of hundreds of thousands of individual journal articles.
The addition of JSTOR as a full text linking partner is an exciting step
forward for IBSS. The new JSTOR links provide access to the full text of
articles in back issues of numerous journals thus significantly enhancing
the historical coverage of IBSS, whose records date back to 1951. The
overlap between journals covered by JSTOR and IBSS is considerable
particularly in the multidisciplinary collections: for Arts and Sciences I
the overlap is 54%, for Arts and Sciences II 70% and for Business 83%. A
full list of titles held by IBSS and JSTOR will be made available from the
IBSS website at www.ibss.ac.uk.
The new full text links provided by JSTOR, Infotrieve, Emerald Fulltext and
SpringerLink provide a valuable additional resource for researchers using
IBSS, assisting them when searching for both current and historic data.
Further information available at:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/IBSS/news/pressReleases.htm
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4. NETWORK NEWS
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Athens News
Athens is an Access Management System for controlling access to web-based
subscription services. The latest Athens news is available at:
http://www.athensams.net/news/
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BUBL News
BUBL has retained a strong library element, but now provides a subject-based
service to the academic and research community more generally, this via the
BUBL LINK Subject Tree. The latest news from BUBL is available at:
http://bubl.ac.uk/news/
The latest updates to the BUBL LINK / 5:15 Catalogue of Internet Resources
are available at:
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/updates/current.html
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EEVL News
The latest news from EEVL, plus the latest additions to EEVL, The Hub for
Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, is available at:
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/news.htm
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SOSIG News
The latest additions to SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) are
available at:
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/roads/whats-new.html
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EDINA Newsline
The latest issue of Edina (Edinburgh Data & INformation Access) Newsline can
be found at:
http://edina.ed.ac.uk/newsline/
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CHEST News
CHEST aims to obtain quality commercial software, datasets, training
materials and other IT products for the Education and Research Community at
low prices and attractive licence terms. The latest news from CHEST is
available at:
http://www.chest.ac.uk/news.html
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MIMAS News
MIMAS is a JISC-supported national data centre run by Manchester Computing,
at the University of Manchester, to provide the following range of services
to the academic community:
Flexible on-line access to strategic research and teaching datasets.
Access to key bibliographic information.
Access to specialist support and training.
Access to software packages and large-scale computing resources.
The latest news from MIMAS can be found at:
http://www.mimas.ac.uk/news.html
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New additions to PSIgate
PSIgate (Physical Science Information Gateway) is the physical sciences hub
of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/whatsnew.html
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BIOME News
BIOME is a collection of gateways which provide access to evaluated, quality
Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at students,
researchers, academics and practitioners. The latest news from BIOME can be
found at:
http://biome.ac.uk/whatsnew/
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Netskills: News
Netskills aims to help the UK HE community make effective use of the
Internet for teaching, research and administration. The latest news from
Netskills can be found at:
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/news/
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What's new on Eldis
Electronic Development and Environment Information System. A gateway to
information sources on development or the environment. What's new on Eldis
can be found at:
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wnew.htm
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What's New on Biz/ed
Biz/ed is a dedicated business and economics information gateway for
students, teachers and lecturers.
http://www.bized.ac.uk/homeinfo/whatsnew.htm
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AHDS Newsletter
The latest issue of the AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) Newsletter
can be found at:
http://ahds.ac.uk/newsletters.htm
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JISCmail News
JSICmail provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education
community.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/news/index.htm
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UK Data Archive news
The UK Data Archive at the University of Essex houses the largest collection
of accessible computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities
in the United Kingdom. It is a national resource centre, disseminating data
throughout the United Kingdom and, by arrangement with other national
archives, internationally.
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/home/archiveNews.asp
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Chemical Data Service (CDS)
CDS provides on-line access to a variety of quality databases in the field
of Chemistry, plus support, training and advice. This is available (free of
charge) to academics at UK Universities.
http://cds.dl.ac.uk/cds/
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Academic Info
Your gateway to quality educational resources. Academic Info is an annotated
subject directory tailored toward a college and university audience and is
used by students, librarians, and researchers.
http://www.academicinfo.net/new.html
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RDN News
The Resource Discovery Network (RDN) is a cooperative network of independent
subject-based service providers called hubs, coordinated by the Resource
Discovery Network Centre (RDNC). It is a free Internet service dedicated to
providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the
learning, teaching and research community.
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/news/
A new leaflet is available:
What the RDN can do for you: Further Education
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/flyers/FEflyer.doc
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Humbul
The latest additions to Humbul, the humanities hub of the Resource Discovery
Network (RDN).
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/new.php?int=30
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5. BLOGORAMA
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News about weblogs, RSS, etc:
A weblog (Blog for short) is an online diary of sorts that usually features
daily or regular postings providing commentary, plus links to other sites.
For more information on blogs, the article: Search Engines: Weblog search
engines http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue36/search-engines/ is a good place to
start.
The Feedster Builder :: Create a Feed
http://feedster.com/builder.php?next=cfintro
Helps you create an RSS feed.
The Blogs popularity index
http://www.bloogz.com/rank.php
Bloogz Rank assesses how popular websites and the topics of Blogs are,
according to the number of visitors and quotes that can be found.
Tim Bray on XML
http://www.edocmagazine.com/vault_articles.asp?ID=27204&header=e_columns_h
Contains some interesting thoughts, such as the following:
"RSS. It's a syndication format. It's a simple XML tag to describe what's
changed about a website recently. Doesn't sound like much, except that there
are programs called aggregators that poll websites and read the RSS every so
often. For example, I don't go the New York Times' website anymore because I
read the paper's RSS feed and I've got a little application that I check
back with every so often that tells me when there is new stuff. I don't even
really use the notion of the home page anymore because I'm notified when
something new pops up on the sites that I like to read, enabling me to keep
track of an immensely wider range of information. Anyone in the business of
publishing info to an audience should think about implementing an RSS feed
by this time next week. It's useful and falling-off-a-log easy." Tim Bray,
quoted in AIIME-DOC Magazine
What Is RSS, and Why Should You Care?
by Amy Gahran
http://www.marketingprofs.com/3/gahran1.asp
An article from MarketingProfs.com
Beating Information Overload with News Aggregators
http://www.abanet.org/lpm/magazine/articles/v29is8an4.shtml
An article from LawPracticeManagement
http://www.sla.org/division/dite/bite/NovDec2003.pdf
This issue of b/ite (Bulletin of the Information Technology Division of SLA)
has several articles on RSS.
Selected interesting blog's and RSS feeds
Various Canadian RSS feeds are available at:
http://news.gc.ca/cfmx/CCP/view/en/index.cfm?categoryid=12&category=ChooseYo
urNews
OCLC Research Announcements
http://oclc.org/research/announcements/
Their RSS fed is:
http://oclc.org/research/announcements/oclc_research_announcements.rdf
New and Updated Resources from the UK Centre for Materials Education
http://www.materials.ac.uk/resources/newupdated.asp
the feed is at: http://www.materials.ac.uk/rss/newupdated091.xml
InfoToday Blog
http://www.infotodayblog.com/
Recent postings include reports from Online International 2003
The Telegraph - Education RSS feed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/newsfeed/rss/education.xml
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6. BOOK REVIEW
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Review of: Developing Web Based Instruction: planning, designing, managing
and evaluating for results
Edited by Elizabeth A.Dupuis
Facet Publising - Neal-Schuman New Library series: London,
ISBN: 1-85604-484-7
#44.95
As the information environment evolves - sometimes frighteningly fast - the
challenge of how best to educate users is a constant one. As the book's
forward says, 'Web based instruction is one of the most interesting
responses to the revolution created in libraries to the combination of
digital communication and the power of the internet.'
The book is split into three sections: Planning and management; Evaluation
and assessment; and Design and development. In each section the editor,
Elizabeth Dupuis - who was responsible for the University of Texas-Austin's
TILT project - gives an introduction, and from there, different expert
authors take a chapter each. Often the result of this kind of writing can be
dis-jointed, however this book has avoided that fault, and the chapters flow
and fit together excellently.
The first part, Planning and management, begins with the initial considering
possibilities and gathering information, the basic "dos" and "don'ts'" of
setting up a project, including problem areas and constraints. It then goes
through budgets, teams, teaching methods and educational technology. The
second section, Evaluation and assessment, is about making sure the end
product you are working towards is right for the final user, which involves
continual evaluation and feedback from those users through out the design
process. This section is all about how best to achieve that feedback in a
structured way. The third and final section, on Design and development,
takes you through organising content, interactivity and site design.
This is - as we've come to expect from Facet - a down to earth, common sense
book packed with excellent advice. It will be of great help to anyone
looking at using the Web to provide new ways of reaching students or users,
although it tends in places to be geared towards large-scale projects such
as VLEs which with project teams.
Cath Ferguson
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7. GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME
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For that special occasion:
http://www.netflora.co.uk
Flowers delivered to London, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland with
Interflora members Netflora.
Dead or Alive
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf
This site tracks whether famous people are still alive or whether they have
passed away.
Street Friends
http://www.streetfriends.co.uk/
This website allows you to register all the previous addresses you have
lived at and add any details or memories you wish to share. This allows you
to search for people you may have lost contact with and for them to find
you.
Album Discographies
http://www.bsnpubs.com/discog.html
Rotary Action
http://www.rotaryaction.com/
A site devoted to airborne action
American Folklore
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native
American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories
from each and every one of the 50 United States.
Vinylswitch.com
http://www.vinylswitch.com/
Vinylswitch.com is run by music enthusiasts for music enthusiasts across
every style and genre. It s a one-stop community site where you can swap
vinyl in any format and, as an upgraded member, choose records from a
Giveaway Bin
32 Keys: A Collection of Ideas About Life
http://www.32keys.com/
This page is: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn112/irn112.html
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