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“Internet Archive and many individual contributors created a comprehensive list of websites documenting the historic devastation and massive relief effort due to Hurricane Katrina. The sites were crawled between the dates of September 4 – October 17th. This collection, containing more than 25 million searchable documents, will be preserved by Internet Archive with access to …
Press release, November 29, 2005: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose for public comment rules that would allow companies and other persons to use the Internet to satisfy proxy material delivery requirements…The company would post its proxy materials on an Internet Web site (other than EDGAR) and would send a ‘Notice of …
Online Research Tools White Paper Link Compilation, by Marcus P. Zillman, updated December 1, 2005.
As We May Search – Comparison of Major Features of the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar Citation-based and Citation-enhanced Databases. Current Science 89(9), 2005, p. 1537-1547, by Peter Jasco. Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar
Press release: “In the aftermath of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes, 13 million Americans made donations to relief efforts online and 7 million set up their own hurricane relief efforts using the internet. In addition to using the internet to respond directly to the crisis, 50% of online users sought out news and information online, with …
The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities (Updated)~ The Experts Consensus, Version 6.0 November 22, 2005
Nielson/NetRatings press release: Online newspapers enjoy double-digit year growth, reaching one out of four internet users “NYTimes.com was the top U.S. online newspaper site, with 11.4 million unique visitors in October 2005. USAToday.com and WashingtonPost.com took the No. 2 and 3 spots..”
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Job Tracker: “Find out which companies in your area are exporting jobs, endangering workers’ health or involved in cases of violations of workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The database contains information on more than 60,000 companies nationwide.” Users may search by zip code, state, company name or by industry.
News from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) that the U.S. and representatives from 100 other nations have reached an agreement to continue the oversight of Internet domain names in the control of the United States, with administration provided by the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Press release: “The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux®, today announced the launch of its online patent commons reference library, the foundation of its Patent Commons Project. The Project’s goal is to provide greater confidence for developers and customers of all open source software. The site, …
Web 2.0: Building the New Library: “Paul Miller explores some of the recent buzz around the concept of ‘Web 2.0’ and asks what it means for libraries and related organisations.”
