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Science.gov and CENDI
Interview with Bonnie Carroll
Miriam Drake interviews Bonnie Carroll, executive director of CENDI, a
consortium of federal agencies whose mission is to improve the
productivity of federal science- and technology-based programs through
effective scientific and technical information-support systems.
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The Digital Humanities Revolution
David Mattison highlights freely available digital resources, coming
from new and existing alliances between computational specialists,
scholars, and librarians, that are helping to revolutionize the field
and study of humanities.
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Is Google News Really News?
Rich Wiggins discovers how easy it is to get his own self-created,
self-centered, non-newsworthy “press releases” on Google News, which
leads to an eye-opening look at how Google News content is selected and
ranked. |
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Now Just Who Is Daniel Imperato?
In a side story to the above piece by Rich Wiggins, Leslie Stebbins
sets out to learn all she can about the mysterious Daniel Imperato,
alleged 2008 presidential candidate, whose every action seems to be
chronicled via Google News. |
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Beyond ERIC: The Early Years 
Part Three: Resources for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning
In
this installment, Barbie Kaiser focuses on components of adult
learning: higher education, institutions and financial aid, distance
learning, continuing education, fields of study, and professional
training. The six accompanying tables provide multiple online sites
related to each of these categories.
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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's Voice
In light of recent online blunders, bq espouses how real
searchers could help ensure that at least some content on the Web,
marked with a dot-lib or dot-edu label, has been librarian-approved. |
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| COLUMNS
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The Better Mousetrap
Just in time for spring and summer, Laura Felter helps readers create a
game plan for lining up some off-site, i.e., desktop-based, training to
scale up clients’ searching skills. |
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Tools of the Trade
Sheri Lanza tries out two totally unrelated software programs:
TaskArrange, for desktop organization, and AM-DeadLink, an aid for
culling URLs that are no longer active.
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Emmerce
Tara Calishain “alerts” readers about online monitoring services that
can fill multiple roles, from letting you know when a specific product
goes on sale to keeping you up-to-date on the latest and most pertinent
work and client-related information.
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| DEPARTMENTS
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Contacts
Find
the postal and electronic addresses, phone and fax numbers for all the
companies, products, and people mentioned in this issue.
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