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From the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, The Economic Report of the President, 1960-1980 archives, now available in PDF. “The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. It overviews the nation’s economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic …
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
“The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division is celebrating a new landmark: one million images from its collections are now available in digital form online. Digital images from the Prints & Photographs Division are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC).” Laura Gottesman, Reference Librarian, Digital Reference Team, The Library of Congress.
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
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 …
This profile of Sidney Verba, Harvard University Library Director, professor of government, and author of numerous books and articles, addresses key aspects related to the university’s participation in the Google Book Search project. Related references: Books Online: The Fee versus Free Battle Begins, by Barbara Quint Amazon Announces Plan to Sell Portions of Books Online …
The documents of American Presidents, beginning with Herbert Hoover, with the exception of Richard Nixon, have been administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, through the Presidential library system. Today AP reported that Congress has approved $4 million to fund the transfer of the Nixon archives from Maryland to California, and thereby from a …
New York Times: Googling Literature: The Debate Goes Public Related references: Google, Authors, Publishers, and Library Officials in Discussion at The New York Public Library: Panel with Library President Paul LeClerc, Google VP David Drummond, legal scholar Lawrence Lessig, Wired editor Chris Anderson, and others on Thursday, November 17. Postings on Google Print and Google …
Sharing navigation and design similarities with the Library of Congress site as well as the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration site, today’s launch of the upgraded THOMAS Congressional information site offers citizens, educators and researchers additional browse and search features (including the ability to Search Multiple Congresses, from the 101 to the 109; links …
Following up on reports of civil liberties protections having been stripped from the draft Patriot Act reauthorization and information that the bill contains “poison pill measures,” news today that a bipartisan group of Senators (including Feingold and Sununu) is attempting to block passage of bill by the full Senate. Their statement is here.
From American Library Association Washington Office Newsline: “The House is scheduled to vote on the PATRIOT Act conference report as early as Thursday, November 17. The revised bill does not contain important civil liberties safeguards sought by ALA and other advocates…The revised bill sunsets at seven years (The Senate bill sunset was 4 years and …
From the American Bar Association President, this November 9, 2005 letter (3 pages, PDF) requests that conferees seeking to reach agreement on the House (H.R. 3199) and Senate versions (S. 1389) accept language reforming sections 206, 213 and 215. These sections address limitations to the use of wiretaps, search warrants for homes and businesses, and …
