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- Downloadable survey stats about Internet usage in Europe (for non-commercial use). |
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- Meet the mapmakers behind sites such as MapQuest - "Like explorers from centuries past, Molly McLain and Kim Moss navigate the unknown, compiling reliable directions and maps along the way. But for these two Navtech employees, GPS is their compass, a computer database their canvas. And instead of charting... Posted by abursey at 05:59 PM Save Endangered WildlifeWe take action to protect & |
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Borders (Nov 08 2003 23:59 GMT) - NGOs Urge Howard to Play Fair in Boundary Talks with East Timor |
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- IBM To Run VoIP On Linux. hrhsoleil writes "Johnny Barnes, IBM's vice president of global IT solutions and standards, told attendees at a TechTarget conference this week that his ... [Slashdot] |
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- IBM To Run VoIP On Linux. hrhsoleil writes "Johnny Barnes, IBM's vice president of global IT solutions and standards, told attendees at a TechTarget conference this week that his ... [Slashdot] |
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Simple ? (Nov 08 2003 23:59 GMT) - So, what does simple really mean ? Simple is not easy. I am always surprised when the simple code I write actually does what I intended. Why is that ? Well, when I write complex code, it usually comes out of applying some design pattern, and then debugging, refactoring, checking, fixing, etc... |
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- One From The National Post on "The Bookseller of Kabul," which chronicles Shah Mohammed Rais, an Afghan bookseller, family life in the Afghan capital after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Mr. Rais, who has devoted his life to protecting books, is suing the book's author and her various publishers around the world. He says he is keenly aware of the devastating irony of his action -- one that has also provoked some disturbing questions about the responsibilities of Western journalists when they write about people with radically different cultures. |
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- Good News from MD, where Eddie and Sylvia Brown couldn't be happier with how the Enoch Pratt Free Library plans to house the African-American collection named in their honor. "It exceeded my expectations," said Eddie Brown, while looking over the new reading room last week. "This is sensational, beautiful space. Top shelf." The room is part of a new four-story annex to the central Pratt library that will open officially today. |
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- AP Reports Malaysia will restrict the importation or publishing of books judged to be too scary because they could be a bad influence, a minister said. The restrictions would apply to books with elements of mystery, fantasy, the occult and superstition that were ``calculated to entertain by frightening'' the reader, Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung was quoted as saying Thursday in The Star newspaper. |
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- As part of their large Consumer Health Information site, the University of Michigan has a very clear, clean page answering most common questions about cholesterol and health. Thanks to Soundara of the MEDREF-L mailing list for publicizing this simple, useful resource |
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- A Huntsville Times story about school librarians protesting a new parental advisory labeling system for books. In a recent memo to principals, school officials have asked teachers to examine novels and other reading assignments for controversial content. Teachers are supposed to mark the controversial books with an asterisk on the students' reading lists. Kimberley Jones, the librarian at McDonnell Elementary and president of the city schools' librarian association, said the new practice is not consistent with school policy. Policy already allows parents to challenge a controversial book and provides for a review process by a committee - a group that usually includes the librarian, the principal and teachers. |
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- Steve Fesenmaier writes "Ken Avidor, creator of the librarian-based comic strip GONDWANALAND based on Sandy Berman, Chris Dodge, and other librarians, has been forced out by the alt weekly in Minneapolis, Pulse. He asks me, Steve, I would like very much to see a discussion about censorship in "flyover country." There's been recent news about attempts to muzzle Aaron Magruder (The Boondocks) Matt Groening (Simpsons) and other syndicated,nationally distributed cartoonists. Do librarians feel the climate of censorship is worse on the local level? Are local cartoonists more vulnerable and how has media consolidation hurt free speech in small communities? |
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- CNN has the story about two recovered items that were looted from Baghdad's main museum. The Akkadian Bassetki, a copper statue of a seated man dating from 2300 BC, and an ancient Assyrian firebox that a king would have used to keep himself warm were recovered by police investigators, the authorities said Thursday. The Bassetki statue is considered the most important of Iraq's ancient artworks after the so-called Warka Mask of a Sumerian goddess, recovered earlier this year. "As far as I can tell their condition is OK, although they still need a bit of cleaning up," Russell said. |
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- bentley writes "In the past month, I've come across three sets of buttons and t-shirts that proclaim the wearer's opposition to the USA PATRIOT Act. (Since I was on the topic of t-shirts, I also included a listing for other librarian t-shirts.) Another "Hysteric" Librarian for Freedom. Buttons from the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom. FREADOM. |
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- mcbride writes "IEE will be announcing at Online Information 2003 that the complete backfile of pre-INSPEC years of Science Abstracts (1898-1968) will be available in 2004. Although the total number of records is small in comparison to the current state of INSPEC (~10% increase), it adds nearly 70 years of expertly abstracted information to the premier engineering resource. From the INSPEC listserv: INSPEC Archive - Science Abstracts (1898-1968). Until now, the pre-Inspec years of Science Abstracts (1898-1968) have only been available in print with associated limited accessibility. |
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- Godfrey Oswald writes "The long-awaited "Library World Records," the "Guinness Book of World Records" that is only about libraries and books, is due in November 2003. Library World Records will be published in the U.S. McFarland amp; Company Inc. |
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- stevejzoo writes: "Gannett's Westchester county paper, the Journal News, has a story today about a new Islamic resource center and library in Mt. Vernon, New York. The library is associated with a mosque. Quoting from the story: |
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- A Kansas high school librarian who was fired from his job (and later reinstated) is suing the school district, the former superintendent, and a middle school librarian for $500,000. Robert Hicks was fired for accessing pornography sites on a school computer, but he claims it was part of his job to test the school's censorware. Five words for Mr. Hicks: Get advance approval in writing. |
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- "A new report from the Emerging Technology Committee of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) examines the implementation of wireless LAN technologies in K-12 schools and identifies challenges, options and lessons learned. The goal is to provide a practical road map for CTOs, CIOs, school administrators, technology coordinators and others charged with planning for wireless implementation." URL:http://cosn. |
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- Survey from Quality Education Data (QED) shows: "Wireless Technology Makes Up 28.6% Of Instructional Computer Purchases" " Wireless Technologies: Two-thirds of the districts surveyed (68%) report current ownership of wireless devices, a jump from 39% in 2002. Importantly, an additional seven percent of districts report they will purchase wireless devices for the first time this year. |
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- Bibliofuture writes "In a NY Times article about Amazon.com's new full-text search feature there is a quote, "Mr. Johnson wrote last week in an online forum." The online forum being mentioned was lisnews.com. |
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- A NY Times article detailing current uses for "virtual books" in art museums in the UK and US. The granddaddy and gold standard for this sort of device — often referred to as a "virtual book" — is probably Turning the Pages, developed by the British Library as a temporary display for their new building, which opened in April 1998. Initially, six interactive kiosks offered digitized versions of four of the library's treasures, including the Lindisfarne Gospels, an eighth-century illuminated manuscript, and the Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest dated printed book. The kiosks proved so popular that they're now a permanent fixture. Six more manuscripts and books have been digitized; |
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- The Baltimore Sun tells about the success of a recent collaboration between Deep Creek Middle School and Essex Library, both in Baltimore County. The first collaboration between the school system and the library system to include a curriculum component, this program is paying off in the quality of the students' projects. Read more about it at SunSpot.net. |
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- Update on an LISNews item posted a few months ago: One of two employees fired from the Savannah branch of the Rolling Hills Consolidated Library in Missouri for refusing to work on Sundays has filed job-discrimination complaints with the EEOC and the state's human rights commission. |
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- A former University of Utah documents librarian has been charged with 10 felony counts for viewing child pornography on a university computer. He claims to have just been doing research on how easy it is to find the stuff online. Story in the Salt Lake Tribune. |
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- Anonymous Patron writes: "Nancy Pearl, the model for the Action Figure, was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning program by Katherine Lanpher on Tuesday Nov 4th. It was an excellent interview. You can listen to the entire program online." |
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- From today's Las Vegas Review-Journal: quot;The FBI used the USA Patriot Act to obtain financial information about key figures in its ongoing political corruption probe centered on strip club magnate Michael Galardi, federal authorities confirmed Monday.quot; Funny that I don't see that type of case mentioned on the DOJ's Dispelling the Myths page. |
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- Gene Hayworth of the University of Colorado: Boulder, posted an announcement to BUSLIB-L regarding an initial test of his new Business Ethics Links List. "The intent is to provide access to online publications about ethics and links to web pages that provide information on corporate social responsibility. There are also searchable databases containing links to corporate and association codes of conduct, as well as regulatory agencies. Currently there are links to about 600 company web pages from companies on the Fortune 500 list. |
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- Fang-Face writes "There is an article at the First Amendment Center about a free speech law suit to counter anti-intellectualism. It also contains an examination of the ultra-conservative hysteria over the presence of evolution in high school curricula. At least one board member dismissed the lawsuit as "frivolous" and "stupid" and said the book, Environmental Science: Creating a Sustainable Future, was rejected because it contained factual errors. [... |
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- Bibliofuture writes "At my blog I have a post discussing the power of free ebooks to stimulate the sales of paper versions of a book. The discussion centers around a book called "The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling that was released in the early 1990's as a free ebook. The intro to the ebook that Mr. Sterling released would be an interesting read for librarians. |
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- David Rothman contributes more about "E-books and other digital publications in the U.K.that are about to go into a national archive. In fact the Brits and others have even shown an interest in the e-book technology of yore. Goodness knows, as some have pointed out, we already have enough virtual e-book museums--unwittingly created by the march of technology. |
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- "Not hurting something because it makes you feel better can be just as evil as hurting someone just because you can." (from The Songs of Chi). I haven't spoken a word in the last 36 hours. Somehow it feels good, somehow it feels bad, I just dunno. This personal outtake is something I suppose I just needed after the last week. |
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- "Not hurting something because it makes you feel better can be just as evil as hurting someone just because you can." (from The Songs of Chi). I haven't spoken a word in the last 36 hours. Somehow it feels good, somehow it feels bad, I just dunno. This personal outtake is something I suppose I just needed after the last week. |
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ATM (Nov 08 2003 23:57 GMT) - If we want to have a lunch in the cafeteria or buy some drink at Park or whatever, what happens... |
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- Your info is much appreciated, hard news or not :) |
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- but I must stay focused! Can anyone ID these? I'll repost when |
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Boom (Nov 08 2003 23:57 GMT) - My heart went boom. Well, she was just 17, You know what I mean, And the way she looked was way beyond compare. So how could I dance with another, oh, When I saw her standin’ there. Well she looked at me, And I, I could see That before too long I’d fall in love with her. She wouldn’t dance with another, oh, When I saw her standin’ there. |
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- On the first anniversary of the release of the Windows XP Tablet PC operating system, the question remains whether Microsoft's latest pen computing platform can succeed where others have failed before. By Paula Rooney (CRN via MyAppleMenu Wintel News) |
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- This time, hackers have posted exploits that can insert malicious code onto systems running Microsoft's Web browser. By Gregg Keizer (TechWeb via MyAppleMenu Wintel News) |
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