Professional Reading Shelf
Medical Librarianship
Source: MLA
The October 2004 Issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association is Now Online
Papers include:
+ Academic health sciences library Website navigation: an analysis of forty-one Websites and their navigation tools
+ Evidence-based databases versus primary medical literature: an in-house investigation on their optimal use
+ Findings from the most recent Medical Library Association salary survey
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Research Libraries
Source: ARL
ARL Announces the 2004-2005 Board of Directors
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Library Organizations
JISC Joins Digital Library Federation
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Access to Information
Source: The Memory Hole/Michael Ravnitzky
Restricted Collections at the Library of Congress
"The Manuscript Collection at the Library of Congress houses many rare, often unique collections of documents. For various reasons - including privacy, copyright, and classification -- around 200 of these collections (or portions thereof) are restricted."
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Wikipedia
Source: Red Herring
Wiki wars
"Wikipedia's [Founder] Mr. [Jimmy] Wales has said that next year he will begin using editors to review the web site's content for accuracy and allow users to rate contributions to the encyclopedia for their quality. 'It's complex because it's a social community, and feelings can be hurt,' said Mr. Wales, but he added that the change will be critical when Wikipedia content is put on more permanent media, such as CD-ROM disks." The article also includes a chart of Wikipedia's most "contentious entries."
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