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TheLancet.com: “The emergence in Mexico in April of a new strain of influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) capable of causing human disease and of person-to-person transmission has put health authorities around the world on alert for an influenza pandemic, and caused a storm of coverage in the mass media. Outside Mexico, the disease caused by …
Can Collaboration Solve Copyright Status Questions? The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry – As Roger V. Skalbeck documents, one of the underlying obstacles to reproducing older books is a central place to look for information about what is protected by copyright and what may have passed into the public domain is lacking. Responding to this need, …
News release: “The National Small Business Association (NSBA) today released data showing that reliance on credit cards is growing among small businesses. Unfortunately, so, too, is the number of small-business respondents who reported worsening credit-card terms. The NSBA 2009 Small Business Credit Card Survey provides a detailed view of how small businesses are utilizing their …
Follow up to April 26, 2009 posting – WSJ Interactive Map – Adverse events at top 100 newspapers, 2006-2009, this New York Times op-ed by Frank Rich – The American Press on Suicide Watch: “Newspaper circulations and revenues are in free fall. Legendary brands from The Los Angeles Times to The Philadelphia Inquirer are teetering. …
Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper – Working the Graveyard Shift, Why raising the Social Security retirement age is not the answer, by Monique Morrissey and Emily Garr: “The life expectancy of older Americans has increased by three and a half years over the past half century. In 2005, Americans who survived to age 65 could …
On May 6, 2009 the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held the following Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet hearing: The Future of Journalism. Witness statements: Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & User Experience, Google Inc. Alberto Ibargüen, President and Chief Executive Officer, John S. And James L. Knight Foundation David …
Press Releases by Academic Medical Centers: Not So Academic?, Steven Woloshin, MD, MS; Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS; Samuel L. Casella, MPH; Abigail T. Kennedy, BA; and Robin J. Larson, MD, MPH. Annals of Internal Medicine 5 May 2009 | Volume 150 Issue 9 | Pages 613-618 [full text available at no charge] “Medical journalism …
News release: “U.S. home values continued to slide for the ninth consecutive quarter, declining 14.2 percent from a year ago, and falling 21.8 percent since the market peak in 2006. Additionally, one-fifth (21.9%) of all homeowners in the United States is in negative equity, and one in five homes sold in the past 12 months …
Time: “At the new President’s urging and by his example, the entire Federal Government [well, not really] has bounded into the world of social-networking. Twenty-five agencies now have YouTube channels. The Library of Congress has begun posting thousands of free historical photos on Flickr. In the past week alone, about 30 agencies, including the White …
News release: “Recommind…search-powered information risk management (IRM) software….released the results of its recent research into the information access and search habits of UK organisations. With businesses capable of searching just 50 percent of the information that their employees need for their daily tasks, the findings indicate that legacy, one-size-fits-all Enterprise Search 1.0 systems are no …
May 3, 2009 – Swine Flu: First, Sow No Panic, By Elisabeth Rosenthal: “Wash your hands. I know this sounds silly, but it is far more effective at preventing flu than having a dose-pack of Tamiflu in the medicine chest. Take it from a doctor, mother and reporter who covered SARS as well as bird …
Follow up to related postings on swine flu, news that CABI has “announced free access to its specialist Global Health database, the definitive database for public health information, to assist in the battle against swine flu.” Direct link to Global Health current and archival databases search engine.
