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OCLC’s WorldCat Local: A Promising Development for Library Patrons, by Barbara Quint,Posted On April 23, 2007: “…Local libraries adopting WorldCat Local will have a locally branded interface presented to their patrons through the librarys Web site. Options will make it possible to integrate the services with circulation records, resource sharing, and licensed full-text collections. Cooperative …
Published online before print April 16, 2007 – Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073/pnas.0610172104, Open Access Article, Sustainability Science, Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities, Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo, Dirk Helbing, Christian Kühnert, and Geoffrey B. West. [full text, PDF] “Humanity has just crossed a major landmark in its …
On April 16, 2007 Barbara Fullerton, Manager, Librarian Relations, 10-K Wizard, Sabrina Pacifici, Editor & Publisher, LLRX.com and beSpacific.com and Aaron Schmidt, Director, North Plains Public Library, presented their always popular round-robin Gadgets presentation at Computers in Libraries 2007.
World Health Organization Drug Target Prioritization Database: TDR Targets Database Identification and ranking of targets against neglected tropical diseases. seattlepi.com: “The Web site, TDRtargets.org, focuses on many diseases that have not been high on the pharmaceutical industry’s priority list because most of them largely afflict poor people. Yet, taken all together, these diseases cause billions …
ALA press release: “New data on U.S. libraries shows almost two billion served – Predicted demise due to Internet fails to materialize: Ten years after some experts predicted the demise of the nation’s system of libraries as a result of the Internet explosion, the most current national data on library use shows that the exact …
Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions – What Americans Know: 1989-2007. Released April 15, 2007. “Since the late 1980s, the emergence of 24-hour cable news as a dominant news source and the explosive growth of the internet have led to major changes in the American public’s news habits. But …
Guardian Unlimited reports: “The BBC wants to put nearly one million hours of material on the internet for viewers to watch, listen to and download and has already begun the long process of retrieving and transferring programmes. A trial involving 20,000 users will begin next month, and the service could be available nationally in a …
“As the petroleum industry prepares for the beginning of the spring transition to summer-blend fuel, National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) examines the basic conditions that affect the industry, including a new report on consumer perceptions about gasoline prices, the 2007 NACS Consumer Fuels Report.” See also Online Resources on Gasoline Prices
New national study from Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service: Civic Engagement Among Young Men and Women. “The new fact sheet shows how young men and women perform on the 19 measures of civic engagement. Utilizing data from the 2006 Civic and Political Health of the Nation Survey, and several …
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The Global Fish Crisis, by Fen Montaigne, April 2007 issue of National Geographic.
Press release: “Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), ranking member of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, gave the federal government an overall grade of C-minus when it comes to safekeeping information on government computer systems.” Seventh Report Card on Computer Security at Federal Departments and Agencies – Overall Grade: C-, April 12, 2007
