5/18/01 Update Week 11 The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs of Interest to the Info Professional. If you are looking to stay current with news and new resource you will enjoy stopping by this week. REMEMBER, this e-mail update is a HEAVILY abridged version of what you will find on the weblog. Don't hesitate to share this message or simply the url with others. Feel free to stop by throughout the week for new resources and news of interest to the information professional. http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com Thanks for the continued support. If I can be of assistance, you know where to find me. Cheers, gary [log in to unmask] p.s. Links to past VAS&ND (archived postings) can be found in the left column of the page. Happy Browsing! ---------------- Weekly Highlights #11 The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com Thursday, May 17, 2001 Info Industry--Factiva Factiva Will License It's Taxonomy Canadian Resource Shelf Enviroment--Overview "Tracking Key Environmental Issues" Source: Environment Canada From the update, "...an overview of the key environmental challenges facing Canada and the measures to address them." - Aerospace/Defense Industry--Statistics 1999/2000 Aerospace and Defence Survey Source: Industry Canada - Election Results Poll-by-Poll Result Files, 1997 and 2000 General Elections Raw Data Files Full-Text Document Shelf State Level Demographic Profiles from Census 2000 Now Online You'll want to bookmark this page as new profiles come online in the next few days. - Justice--Statistics--United States New/Updated Resources from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Drug and Crime Facts (Site Update) - Public Libraries--Internet Filtering "Libraries Win Delay in Installing Internet Filters" Source: AP --- Wednesday, May 16, 2001 Business--E-Commerce--Retail--Statistics Retail E-Commerce Sales, 1st Quarter, 2001 Source: U.S. Census/ESA A Few Notes About U.K. Resources Design--Searchable Database Image Databases Design Council Slide Collection - Legal Research More About the Resource Discovery Network Source: LLRX.com ----- Tuesday, May 15, 2001 Full-Text Document Shelf Campaign Finance--United States Congressional Financial Activity for 2000 Political Party Fundraising 2000 Both news releases contain many links to tables in both HTML and spreadsheet formats. - Demographics--United States Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for the U.S.-2000 Source: U.S. Census Direct to Highlights and News Release||| Direct to Full-Text Document - Manufacturing--United States Source: BLS Productivity and Costs: Manufacturing: 1990-1999 Kudos and Congratulations Libraries of the Future ALA/Information Today Library of the Future Award Winner Announced ---- Monday, May 14, 2001 Fee-Based Resources Trade Data--European Union New Resource: EuroTrade Online Knowledge Management "Managing the Knowledge Manager" Source: The McKinsey Quarterly Information Industry--LexisNexis Forget the Hyphen, LexisNexis Unifies Brands With New Name, Icon WOW! Internet Training Materials RDN (Resource Discovery Network) Virtual Training Suite ERIC--Guides ERIC: User's Guide For Librarians A new User's Guide aimed at the librarian audience. ---- Sunday, May 13, 2001 Professional Reading Online Databases via the Web "Playing Twenty Questions to Test Low-Cost, Free, or Subscription Databases for End-User Online Service" Source: Searcher (May, 2001) ---- Saturday, May 12, 2001 Business--Rankings The Forbes/Milken Institute Best Places for Business and Career-2001 Source: Forbes ---- Friday, May 11, 2001 Census 2000 Free E-Mail Tutorial The Alaska Library Association is offering a free e-mail tutorial on the 2000 Census. From a recent e-mail posting, "Modeled after ALA's successful e-mail tutorial on copyright, this nine week, once-a-week tutorial will unravel many of the mysteries of Census 2000." Energy Crisis--California Source: EIA "Subsequent Events--California's Energy Crisis" ---- Thursday May 10, 2001 Database of the Day--Invisible Web Salary Data--U.S. and International SalaryExpert.Com Information provided by Baker, Thomsen Associates. Select job title (several hundred) and limit by zip code or state. Plenty of additional salary resources. An online International Version is also available. Even Better! Download the Full Version (free) that contains data for Over 32,000 Job Titles. Canada Resource Shelf Retail New Web Site: RetailInteractive.Ca ---- ---- ---- http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com End Week #11 Update Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Information Consultant, George Washington University [log in to unmask] Looking for Info Industry News? New Search Resources? New Web Accessible Documents? Visit The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com