Google Library Digitization Plan Encounters Barriers Abroad
Google digitisation faces Euro legal challenge – Search giant admits its exploiting legal loop-holes in the US that don’t exist in Europe related postings on Google Book Search Program
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New Portal to Clinical Trial Registries Offers Search and Results Data
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) press release: “The new internet search portal establishes links to IFPMA member company websites as well as other commercial and government-sponsored websites containing information on clinical trials provided by pharmaceutical companies.” See also Website on Clinical Trials Data in the Spotlight
Via Charitable Org., Google Targets Power of Search for Genetic Data
UK Times: Google turns its search power to the hunt for genetic drugs: “David Vise’s book reveals how it is sifting information to help scientists advance medicine…Google’s data-mining techniques appear well suited to the formidable challenges posed by analysing the genetic sequence.” The Google Story, by David Vise Welcome to Google.org the philanthropic arm …
Comparison of Major Citation Search Services
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
Collaborative Version of RSS Under Development By Microsoft
PC World: Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street – Proposed ‘extensions’ to specification allow multidirectional synchronization. Microsoft: Frequently Asked Questions for Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) Ray Ozzie’s Weblog: Really Simple Sharing
DOJ IG Report on Agency’s Top Management and Performance Challenges
November 18, DOJ/OIG Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2005: Counterterrorism; Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information; Department and FBI Intelligence-Related Reorganizations; Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation; Information Technology Security; Financial Management and Systems; Grant Management; Detention and Incarceration; Judicial Security; and Supply and Demand for Drugs.
Library of Congress Launches World Digital Library Initiative
Library of Congress press release: “Google Is First Private-Sector Partner with Funding of $3 Million. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin announced today that Google is the first private-sector company to contribute to the Library’s initiative to develop a plan to begin building a World Digital Library (WDL) for use …
Democrats Advance Innovative Technology Agenda
Press release: “House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi unveiled the House Democrats new Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1 (12 pages, PDF) in a speech at the National Press Club this morning. “First, we recognize that in a globalized, knowledge-based economy, America’s greatest resource for innovation and economic growth resides within America’s …
Survey Says Majority of CEOs Find Blogs Useful for KM and Marketing
Burson-Marsteller press release: “The results of the fifth annual 2005 PRWeek/Burson-Marsteller CEO Survey reveal that while blogs are increasingly making headlines, only seven percent of CEOs are actually blogging and many are skeptical about starting a blog themselves. Despite the low numbers, 59 percent of CEOs said blogs are useful for internal communications, and 47 …
Technology Induced Multi-Tasking Disrupts Work
Eventually, our entire day will consist of interruptions, by Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News. From Basex press release: “The Cost of Not Paying Attention: How Interruptions Impact Knowledge Worker Productivity” is the first in-depth look at a problem that causes 28 billion lost man-hours per annum in the United States. Technology promised to make …
Report Reviews Market and Legal Challenges to Book Digitizing Projects
Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books, Published by the Council on Library and Information Resources and Digital Library Federation, (72 pages, PDF) Related references to Google’s announcement that Print Program scanning will resume, along with clarifications on the programs goals: From the Official Google Blog posting, October 31, 2005: “..the …
