search-engines-web writes “They achieve these great things but there’s a significant physiological and emotional effect on their lives.”
Dr Goldberg warns that while some gifted young people simply burn out and drop out, others go on to suffer mental health problems associated with a lack of self-worth if they fail to achieve.
kmccook writes “The Tallahassee Democrat reports, “Public libraries cut for sixth year.”
It defies understanding why Mr. Bush, who is admirably called “the education governor,” has vetoed a $2.2 million appropriation for Florida public libraries. …”In an apparent time of plenty, it is unfortunate that libraries were such an easy place to go to trim what is now the largest state budget in Florida history: $73.9 billion. The $2.2 million is a drop in the bucket; another drop was the $1.8 million eliminated for online tutoring services through public libraries.””
Jay writes: ResearchBuzz reported a very interesting and useful feature of HubMed which now provides Charts Tracking Keywords. Excerpts: “It’s an interface to the medical literature search engine PubMed that’s simplified and very easy to use. Nice if you’re not a professional medical researcher and find the PubMed interface overwhelming. HubMed also offers keyword-based RSS feeds for tracking additions to its database. HubMed also offers charts as well. Run a search. On the results page look to the right and you’ll see a results count: “Results 1-20 of” however many results you got. Next to that will be a small chart icon.” For example, searching for Biomaterials and then clicking the chart icon finds
16 papers with titles or abstracts containing the word ‘biomaterials’ in 1975; Number of papers with the term ‘biomaterials’ in titles or abstracts increased to 480 in 2005. (NOTE: the icon for ‘charts’ is not clearly visible; It is very small)
search-engines-web writes “…there are up to 1.7 million soldiers who belong on the list. So they’re putting out a call: If you or a family member has been awarded the Purple Heart, they want you. More precisely, they want your information for the most comprehensive list of American military sacrifice.”
not the ADHD librarian writes “Yes, it is back. The hyperactive librarian has returned to blogging, and you should check it out because I am witty and I write reel good. Um, I mean HE writes well and is funny. I’m just a random librarian who is a fan of this site and am in no way the hyperactive librarian myself. Honest?”
OCLC sent out an email to their customers today informing them of new features added to WorldCat. Namely, users can now add reviews, notes and tables of contents to WorldCat records. No word yet on when users will be able to post pictures of themselves reading the books or Google maps of book locations.
User-contributed content helps extend the OCLC cooperative to include record-enhancing information from non-cataloging library professionals as well as library users. For example, family members may add notes to records for genealogical materials about their families, or community members may comment on historical photographs or documents from digital collections about their communities that reside in the WorldCat database.
Octavia E. Butler was a rare creature: a female African-American science fiction author. Her brilliant writing won recognition from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as well as various Hugo and Nebula awards. She died on Friday after falling on a walkway outside of her Seattle home.
Lifehacker writer Matt Vance offers tips and tricks for getting the most out of your library. Take note of this article. It’s a positive promotion of libraries to a mainstream audience, and it didn’t come from “one of us.”
Daniel writes “The George Washington University based National Security Archive has compiled a new briefing book on the history of electronic surveillance:
Documents show Ford White House embraced wiretap law instead of claiming “inherent” Presidential authority in 1976 despite objections from Rumsfeld, G.H.W. Bush, Kissinger.Web posting includes Justice report on criminal liability for 1970s warrantless wiretapping, 1990s directives on US surveillance.
Your patrons might appreciate a site using unclassified government documents to inform today’s debate.”
dcstone writes “
At hearings held on Tuesday in Washington, DC, broadband providers Verizon, AT&T and others asked Congress for laws that would allow broadband providers to charge content providers a premium for unimpeded access to their Internet customers. Google is the primary target of the broadband providers’ ire (see Verizon Executive Calls for End to Google’s Free Lunch) but anyone who relies upon the Internet to provide or receive services should wonder how long it will be before the telecom giants’ tiered service proposal will affect them. (And by the way, regarding that “free lunch” – don’t ISP subscribers already pay beaucoup bucks to the providers for access to the web?)”
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