Random Quotes

"Edinburgh has every right to call itself the brainiest city in Europe - it has more graduates per head of population than any other European city" New Scientist, 5 Feb 2005, p.55

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Here is this month's selection of news items of interest

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A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES

Alaska's Digital Archive

http://vilda.alaska.edu/site-templates/pathway.html

The Alaska Virtual Library and Digital Archives project is a collaborative effort of the Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and the Alaska State Library in Juneau. Now in its second phase, the initiative is funded by a congressional award and contributions from these institutions with the goal of supporting the instructional and research needs of Alaskans and others interested in Alaska history and culture. Initial activities focused on scanning, indexing, and placing 5,000 historical images into an online, searchable database.

AllRefer Health

http://health.allrefer.com/

A medical and health information resource containing a database of health articles and reference materials.

Archive Awareness Campaign

http://www.archiveawareness.com/contributors/evaluation/

The "Impact Assessment and Evaluation Report" for AAC 2004 is now available.

Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services: Scotland

http://www.agcasscotland.org.uk/

The AGCAS Scotland mission is to lead, and support the delivery of the highest quality career education, information and guidance for students and graduates, in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Best Practices in Biocomplexity and Sustainability

http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/bestpractices/index.html

Towards Best Practices (TBP) is a Web-based resource designed for those involved in studying and managing the complex interactions between life forms - including human populations - and the environment.

BookCrossing

http://www.bookcrossing.com/

Bookcrossing: the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.

Buildings Product Index: BPI

http://www.bpindex.co.uk/

This site will provide you with details and links to Building Product Manufacturers & Suppliers.

CiteULike

http://www.citeulike.org/

“CiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers they are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to your personal library. CiteULike automatically extracts the citation details, so there's no need to type them in yourself. It all works from within your web browser. There's no need to install any special software.”

Citizens’ Guide to Pollution Prevention

http://www.cielap.org/citizens_guide_eng_final.pdf

From the The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy.

ComEETA

http://www.comeeta.org/

ComEETA, a web community for sharing and discussing information on environmental engineering, environmental science and ecology in Australia.

Common Information Environment

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=cie_interview_news_100305

A group of high profile public funded bodies have now joined together to help develop - The Common Information Environment.

ConsumerGuide Automotive

http://auto.consumerguide.com/

Consumer Guide Automotive, a provider of consumer oriented automotive information, has a new version of its Web site. The enhanced Web site provides consumers with tools for making the car buying experience efficient and rewarding, while ensuring the best value for the money.

CRB

http://www.crb.gb.com/

CRBs Custom Products business provides high quality, price competitive custom peptides, custom antibodies and custom fluorescent labelled peptides to the worlds research communities.

DesignDirectory

http://www.designdirectory.cc/

An international design links database.

Designing Libraries – Library Buildings Online

http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk/

“A database of descriptions and images of recent UK public library building projects. We are also happy to accept entries from outside the UK.

A resource for sharing expertise and experience on library planning and design.

Links to a range of web resources useful to anyone involved in planning, designing or building libraries”

Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources: DASER

http://www.daser.org/

The Summit will examine new issues and challenges related to digital archives and Science-Technology-Medicine (STM)publishing.

Economics of scientific and biomedical journals: Where do scholars stand in the debate of online journal pricing and site license ownership between libraries and publishers?

http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/jeon/index.html

An article in First Monday, by Haekyung Jeon–Slaughter, Andrew C. Herkovic, and Michael A. Keller.

EPOCH

http://www.epoch-net.org/

EPOCH is a network of about a hundred European cultural institutions joining their efforts to improve the quality and effectiveness of the use of Information and Communication Technology for Cultural Heritage.

evalKit

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/evalkit

A directory of ICT evaluation tools and toolkits for use by the education sector.

Factbites

http://www.factbites.com/index.html

“Factbites is a new approach to web searching - the results make sense! Factbites offers users meaningful, relevant sentences from every site in the search results.”

Finding Images Online

http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/finding.html

This is part of a series of documents about finding images online. This first document discusses general tools and strategies for finding images. The other documents in the series provide advice and pointers on finding specific types of images.

Finding information: search engines

http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm

A helpful chart, from Phil Bradley.

Focus on MIMAS Newsletter, Issue 23 March 2005

http://www.mimas.ac.uk/focus/05mar/

Featured in this issue are articles on the newly completed ESDS International portfolio, a typical day of a NESLi2 negotiation agent, and news of Hairdressing Training's free campus-wide trials, etc.

G8 Information Centre

http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/

This Information System is provided by the University of Toronto Library and the G8 Research Group at the University of Toronto.

Geotechnical, Rock & Water: GROW

http://www.grow.arizona.edu/

The Geotechnical, Rock & Water (GROW) Digital Library was created with support from the National Science Foundation by the University of Arizona's Department of Civil Engineering, Center for Campus Computing, University Library, and a host of other contributors across campus in the Fall of 2001. GROW is the first development project towards the creation of a National Civil Engineering Resource Library (NCERL) and it is part of the National Science, Mathematics and Technology Digital Library (NSDL).

Government Information in the Digital Age: The Once and Future Federal Depository Library Program

http://ssdc.ucsd.edu/jj/fdlp/

By James A. Jacobs, James R. Jacobs, and Shinjoung Yeo [Article to appear in Journal of Academic Librarianship, May 2005]

Government Information Online: GIO

http://govtinfo.org/

Government Information Online (GIO) is a national pilot project that will establish a viable model for online cooperative virtual reference and information service that specializes in answering questions about government information.

GradsEast

http://www.gradseast.org.uk

Free graduate recruitment website for job and placement vacancies in the East of England. It is a collaboration between the 10 universities of the region funded by i10.

Guide: How to get information from public bodies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ican/A2515790

From the BBC.

Health Information Sources for Non-Health Professionals

http://www.freepint.com/issues/100305.htm#tips

An recent tips article in FreePint by Zena Woodley.

Healthopedia.com

http://www.healthopedia.com/

A health encyclopedia.

HEFCE strategy for e-learning

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2005/05_12/

This document sets out our strategy and implementation plan for supporting higher education institutions to develop and embed e-learning over the next 10 years. It reflects responses to the consultation on our draft strategy, and has been developed jointly with the Higher Education Academy and the Joint Information Systems Committee.

Hot Topics

http://www.eevl.ac.uk/hottopics.htm

Hot Topics, which give access to in-depth reports on topical engineering and technology issues, have been added to EEVL, the Internet guide to engineering, mathematics and computing. The Hot Topics are freely available, and are provided through CSA.

Identity Management in Financial Services 2005

http://www.srinstitute.com/cg126

Date: May 15-18,2005. Venue: Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale Arizona.

IMUTUS

http://www.exodus.gr/imutus/

The main goal of IMUTUS is to provide an interactive music tuition multimedia system for training users on traditional instruments with no MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) output.

Info@UK Issue 48 February 2005

http://www.britishcouncil.org/info47.pdf

Info@UK is a monthly guide to major UK Information Society developments and news.

International Communication Sciences and Technology Association: ICST

http://www.icst.org/

“International Communication Sciences and Technology Association (ICST), a non-profit organization 501(c)(3), is dedicated to nourishing a global research society for communication sciences, technologies and enabled applications and services. Our mission is to assist non-profit organizations and technical societies around the world to share knowledge, events, and other activities bringing together communities with shared interests.”

International Conference "UNESCO between two Phases of the World Summit on the Information Society"

http://ifap.ru/wsis/

May 17-19, 2005 in Saint-Petersburg (Russian Federation) under the auspices of UNESCO.

ITALICS

http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/pub/italics/vol4iss1.htm

The latest issue of ITALICS, the journal of the HEA-ICS. Or for those who don't like acronyms, Innovations in Teaching And Learning in Information and Computer Sciences from the Higher Education Academy - Information and Computer Sciences.

ITsafe

http://www.itsafe.gov.uk/index.html

ITsafe is a government service. ITsafe is designed to provide both home users and small businesses with proven, plain English advice to help protect computers, mobile phones and other devices from malicious attack. It consists of both the Advice on the website, and a low-volume Alerting Service.

Key issues in complying with Freedom of Information legislation

http://www.freepint.com/issues/240305.htm#feature

A recent article in Free Pint, by Steve Wood.

Knowledge Content UK 2005

http://www.kc-uk.co.uk/

4-6 July, London.

“Knowledge & Content UK is a unique event that will provide you with a thorough understanding of the tools and techniques you need to deliver information and expertise throughout your organisation. Over two days you will hear from some of the most experienced and respected experts in the field of knowledge and content management.”

Knowledge Discovery Resources 2005

http://zillman.blogspot.com/2005/03/knowledge-discovery-resources-2005.html

Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation white paper titled "Knowledge Discovery Resources 2005" is a 20 page research paper listing selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to find the latest information about knowledge discovery available on the Internet. Each source is described along with the URL address than can be accessed. It is freely available as a .pdf file, and authored by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.com/

“The Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, gives everyone access to the knowledge and culture of the past and the present by providing high-quality services for research, study and cultural experience.”

Librarian Insider

http://ej.iop.org/pdf/insider/2004_librarian_insider_3.pdf

Issue 3 from the Institute of Physics.

Making Knowledge Work: Building Sustainable Communities through Partnerships in: Place Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning

http://w3.uniroma1.it/soccap/eng-stirling.htm

Pascal International Conference: University of Stirling 25 -28 October 2005 Stirling, Scotland

MultiOS Browser Test

http://www.aadmm.de/

Here you will find capabilities to test your Internet Browser for conformance of Web Standards.

Nextaris

http://www.nextaris.com/

Phil Bradley's site of the month. Nextaris is an entirely new concept; an all- in-one set of web-based tools for searching the Web, capturing content, saving/sharing files, publishing blogs,messaging and networking. Requires login.

Nooked RSS Directory.

http://dir.nooked.com/home.dir

You can search for corporate RSS feeds by keyword or browse the categories.

Open Access Bibliography

http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/oab.pdf

1,300 selected English-language books, conference papers (including some digital video presentations), debates, editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, news articles, technical reports, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding the open access movement's efforts to provide free access to and unfettered use of scholarly literature.

Open Web Application Security Project: OWASP

http://www.owasp.org/index.jsp

“The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an all-volunteer group that produces free, professional-quality, open-source documentation, tools, and standards. The OWASP community facilitates conferences, local chapters, articles, papers, and message forums. We formed the OWASP Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization, to ensure the ongoing availability and support for our work. Participation in OWASP is free and open to all, as are all the materials here.”

Organic Chemistry Portal

http://www.organic-chemistry.org/

Includes a searchable literature index, named reactions and protecting groups as well as a chemical database.

Performance Materials.Net

http://www.performance-materials.net/

A source for online news and features about advanced and high-performance materials.

Prenax

https://www.prenax.co.uk/start.asp

Prenax offers companies and organisations a professional subscription service whereby Prenax not only sells subscriptions to the world's newspapers and magazines but also takes care of all the administration involved.

Qualitative Sociological Review

http://www.qualitativesociologyreview.org

A new sociological journal website.

Recycling - A Growth Industry

http://www.freepint.com/issues/240205.htm#feature

An article in FreePint by Helen Clegg

ScienceinEurope.NET

http://www.scienceineurope.net/

An Internet search engine in Science, Technology and Innovation in the U.E.

Scottish Engineering

http://www.scottishengineering.org.uk/

Scottish Engineering is the major support and lobbying organisation for the manufacturing engineering industry in Scotland. We have been in existence in one form or another since 1865, looking after the affairs of the manufacturing engineering industry.

Scottish Working Group on Official Publications: SWOP

http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/swop/

The Scottish Working Group on Official Publications (SWOP) is a forum for librarians, information workers and publishers working with official publications in Scotland.

Semantic Knowledge Technologies and Language Computation

http://gate.ac.uk/projects/sekt/

“The vision of SEKT is to develop and exploit the knowledge technologies which underlie Next Generation Knowledge Management. The SEKT strategy is built around the synergy of complementary know-how in Ontology and Metadata Technology, Knowledge Discovery and Human Language Technology, along with major European ICT organisations. Specifically, SEKT will deliver software to: semi-automatically learn ontologies and extract metadata, and to maintain and evolve the ontologies and metadata over time; to provide knowledge access; besides middleware to effect integration of all the SEKT components.”

ShelfLife discontinued

http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=515

ShelfLife, a weekly executive news summary for information professionals, was published by RLG in collaboration with NewsScan, Inc. The newsletter was discontinued at the end of February 2005; the archives are available for browsing.

STEP (Shell Technology Enterprise Programme)

http://www.step.org.uk/

Offers undergraduates project-based work in small to medium sized businesses.

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy

http://ejournal.nbii.org/

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy is a new peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides a platform for the dissemination of new practices and for dialogue emerging out of the field of sustainability

TEL-ME-MOR

http://telmemor.net/

TEL-ME-MOR will increase the potential of the 10 national libraries from the New Member States, which are partners in the project, to promote involvement of 'knowledge society actors' in IST activities, by ensuring better access to essential European information resources.

TheScientific World Open Access Articles

http://www.thescientificworld.com/TSWPubs/Journal/openaccessarticles.asp

Full text is available.

TheyWorkForYou.com

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

At TheyWorkForYou.com you can: Find out more about your MP; Search everything said in Parliament since 2001; Comment on the most recent Debates, Written Answers, Westminster Hall debates, and Written Ministerial Statements.

Trendwatching.com

http://www.trendwatching.com/

“TRENDWATCHING.COM and its 4,000+ trendspotters scan the US, Canada, European Union, Japan, South Korea, India, South Africa, Australia, Brazil and 50 other nations & regions for hot, emerging consumer trends and related new business ideas.”

TRIZ - An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving

http://www.imeche.org.uk/conferencesandevents/event.asp?id=378&year=&type=Workshop

1 day Workshop, 09-06-2005 - 09-06-2005, One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London

“Did you know that most problems have already been solved before? Maybe you’re not aware of the solutions because the problem didn’t arise within your industry, or within your area of expertise. Do you think there’s a chance you could be wasting valuable time reinventing the wheel? By providing tools which structure the thought process, TRIZ empowers engineers with creativity and innovation. The TRIZ tools and methodology make it possible to find solutions to problems in a faster, smarter and more cost effective manner than traditional western methods.”

Two Years On: Realising the benefits from our investment in e-government

http://www.localegov.gov.uk/Nimoi/sites/ODMP/resources/Two%20Years%20On%20local%20e-govt%20report.pdf

Report on the National Strategy for Local e-Government.

Veridical Imaging of Transmissive and Reflective Artefacts: VITRA

http://www.vitra.org/

VITRA is a project funded on the 5th framework from the European Community (IST-2000-2001), developing practical methods for the acquisition, storage and visualisation of high quality digital images of architectural details in historic buildings.

ViHAP3D Project

http://www.vihap3d.org/news.html

The ViHAP3D Project aims at preserving, presenting, accessing, and promoting cultural heritage by means of interactive, high-quality 3D graphics.

VisionBrand

http://www.visiobrand.com/

Mentioned in Phil Bradley’s Blog, this site lets you find the information about your favourite brand.

Web-Labs Ltd

http://www.web-labs.co.uk/

Web-Labs Ltd is a British Software House specialising in the development of Content Management System (CMS), e-forms, work-flow and document management software products for the Internet.

Website Usability

http://www.freepint.com/issues/240205.htm#tips

A Tips article in FreePint by Paula Murdoch.

Wireless LAN event

http://www.wlanevent.com/home/default.asp

20th April, Olympia, London.

Wood Carving Illustrated

http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/

“Whether you are a seasoned carver or just getting started, Wood Carving Illustrated is the leading magazine for woodcarvers like you! This site is your online resource for everything from tips and techniques, to events throughout the carving community, to the world's largest selection of woodcarving books.”

Writings about e-book publishing, 2005

http://www.i-a-l.co.uk/resource_ebook2005.html

From Information Automation Limited

Yorkshire Air Museum

http://www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk/

“The Yorkshire Air Museum is a registered charity run by volunteers. We receive no state or local government aid and are not a retail business like many other attractions.

We are also a registered museum under the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), who operate strict guidelines about how artefacts are conserved and kept as part of our nation's heritage.”

ZoomInfo

http://www.zoominfo.com/

ZoomInfo is a unique summarization search engine that finds, understands and extracts the latest online information about people and companies and instantly delivers it to you in concise and useful summaries.

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NICE WEB SITE

In the course of finding sites of interest for this Newsletter, we sometimes come across Web sites which we feel deserve slightly more than a passing mention. Each month we will pick out one or more such sites, and give them a short review. The sites will normally be UK based, may be small or large, and be of interest or potential interest to academics. After lengthy discussions we have decided, with incredible creativity :-), to call these: Nice Web Sites. Details of previous Nice Web Sites are available in the Nice Web Site Archive.

TheyWorkForYou.com
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

What a great site! Its simple to use, and its easy to find useful information. There's also a lot more to this site than you might think, and its well worth further investigation. Some very clever ideas.

WorkForYou.com is run by a dozen or so volunteers who think it should be really easy for people to keep tabs on their elected MP, and comment on what goes on in Parliament.

RM

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PRESS RELEASES

**** New Report: Public Libraries ****

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee publishes its Fourth Report, Public Libraries, (HC 81).

The Chairman of the Committee, Sir Gerald Kaufman MP, said “Following a thorough inquiry, the Committee has agreed a unanimous and detailed report aimed at transforming one of the nation’s most trusted institutions.  Urgent action is required from those responsible for the service to reverse the decline in visitors, lending figures and the fabric of the library estate.  Our recommendations focus on libraries’ role in the promotion of reading and the need for effective mechanisms to ensure all public libraries across the country reach the very high standards expected of them by the public.”

More information at: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/culture__media_and_sport/cms_050309.cfm

For the report: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmcumeds/81/8102.htm

**** GeoScienceWorld's GSW Millennium Collection and GSW Literature Archives are now available through CSA. ****

These collections offer a comprehensive Internet-based resource for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals. (Complete list available at http://info.csa.com/gsw/factsheet.shtml)

The journals will be delivered through HighWire Press's Internet platform. One to five years of backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Millennium Collection; complete, uninterrupted backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Literature Archives.

CSA Illumina subscribers will also have the unique ability to link to full-text articles in the GSW Millennium Collection from GeoRef search results.

For complimentary trial access to the GSW Millennium Collection, please access http://info.csa.com/gsw. Additional information about the collection and GeoScienceWorld is also available at the site.

**** McGraw-Hill and Xrefer Establish a Partnership for Online Reference ****

For more news items in business information products we recommend VIP: http://www.vivavip.com/

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BLOGORAMA

News about weblogs, RSS, etc:

A weblog (Blog for short) is an online diary of sorts that usually features daily or regular postings providing commentary, plus links to other sites.

For more information on blogs, the article: Search Engines: Weblog search engines http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue36/search-engines/ is a good place to start.

Webopedia gives a definition of RSS http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RSS.html

sciencebase science blog
http://www.sciencebase.com/atom_science_news.xml
The blogging alter ego of sciencebase.com, the science news portal from science journalist David Bradley

RSS for business
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-for-business.htm

Engineering Resources
http://englibrary.blogspot.com/
A blog that lists new print and electronic resources available from the Hagerty Library at Drexel University. It will also include new and useful web resources on engineering information retrieval.

It's all good
http://scanblog.blogspot.com/
A blog from 3 OCLC Online Computer Library Center staff about all things present and future that impact libraries and library users.

APS Journals
http://feeds.aps.org/
American Physical Society RSS feeds, Physical Review Letters, etc

The Invent Blog
http://nip.blogs.com/patent/

blogwithoutalibrary
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/

Really Simple Sidi (RSS)
http://rafaelsidi.blogspot.com/

Associated Press RSS feeds
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/RSS_FEEDS?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME

Theoretical Librarian
http://theoretical-librarian.blogspot.com/
Theoretical Librarian is the blog of Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer at Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011. Theoretical Librarian, in general, will include announcements of past, present, and future personal publications and presentations as well as postings on current and emerging technologies and their actual and potential application for enhanced information and library services.

Scotsman.comBusiness
http://business.scotsman.com/ebusiness.cfm?format=rss

New UK Election 2005 Blog
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/subject-news/index.php?cat=19
From SOSIG

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RECENT INTERNET BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY

The Mantex Information Design web site has reviews of some of the books mentioned in previous issues of the Internet Resources Newsletter.

Recent Arrivals

006.7 ZEL
Designing with web standards
by Jeffrey Zeldman
New Riders, 2003

025.6 MEL
Supporting e-learning: a guide for library and information managers
edited by Maxine Melling
facet, 2005

371.33 CAT
Delivering e-learning for information services in Higher Education
by Paul Catherall
Chandos, 2005

801.07 DUD
The Internet and the language classroom
by Gavin Dudeney
Cambride University Press, 2000

A complete list of new books added to Heriot-Watt University Library is available from the Library News page.

http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/news.html

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KEEPING UP TO DATE

I gave a presentation at an AUKML (Association of UK Media Librarians) Conference in York, recently, on the subject of 'Keeping up to date with web and other online resources'. Here are various links mentioned in that presentation. These links are all good sources for keeping up to date. By the way - AUKML are a great bunch of people!

Free Pint
http://www.freepint.com/

Tales from the Terminal Room
http://www.rba.co.uk/tfttr/

LII New This Week
http://lii.org/

Scout Report
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/

ResearchBuzz
http://www.researchbuzz.com/

SearchDay
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/

TVC Alert
http://www.virtualchase.com/tvcalert/index.html

ShelfLife (final issue was Feb 2005)
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=515

NewsBreaks
http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/

Neat New Stuff and Ex Libris
http://marylaine.com/subscrib.html

UKSG Serials e-News
http://www.biblio-tech.com/UKSG/

SPARC Open Access Newsletter
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/

Technical Press INsider
http://www.fishermarketing.co.uk/newsletters/tpi.html

Awareness Watch Newsletter
http://www.awarenesswatch.com/

Sci-Tech Library Newsletter
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/scitechnews/

EContent
http://www.econtentmag.com/Newsletters/

Pandia Search World
http://pandia.com/searchworld/

Managing Information Newsletter
http://www.managinginformation.com/newsletter.htm

The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/

e-newsletters
http://e-newsletters.internet.com/

Subscription Newsletters:

eLucidate
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/content/public/activities/newsletter/index.html

VIP Eye
http://www.vivavip.com/eye/

The Informed Librarian
http://www.informedlibrarian.com/

Free e-journals

Ariadne
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/

D-Lib Magazine
http://www.dlib.org/

First Monday
http://www.firstmonday.org/

Bibliography:

Current Cites
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/

Wire Services:

eMediaWire
http://www.emediawire.com/

URLwire
http://www.urlwire.com/

PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/

WebWire
http://www.webwire.com/

AlphaGalileo
http://www.alphagalileo.org/

Table of Contents (TOC) & Online Alerts:

Zetoc Alert
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/alertguide.html

IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/

SARA
http://www.tandf.co.uk/sara/

Wiley InterScience
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/my-profile.login.html

SpringerLink
http:// link.springer.de/alert/

Sage
http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts

Emerald
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/

Blogs:

ResourceShelf
http://www.resourceshelf.com/

Phil Bradley's Blog
http://www.philb.com/blog/blogger.html

Internet Alerts
http://internetalerts.blogspot.com/

Peter Scott's Library Blog
http://blog.xrefer.com/

Finding Blogs:

Ari Paparo's Big List
http://www.aripaparo.com/archive/000632.html

Aggregators:

Bloglines
http://www.bloglines.com/

OneStep Industry News
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/onestepnews/

Web page monitoring:

Copernic
http://www.copernic.com/

ChangeDetect
http://www.changedetect.com/

Google Alerts
http://www.google.co.uk/alerts

WatchThatPage
http://www.watchthatpage.com/

Keeping Up Website
http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup/

The following resources were added after talking to Paul Pedley, another of the speakers at the AUKML Confrence.

alacra
http://www.alacrablog.com/alacrablog/
This blog is interested in all issues in the business information space, including search, new content, desktop applications, venture funding, M&A and the role of information professionals.

Outsell Know
http://now.outsellinc.com/now/
Analysis of breaking events and trends affecting the information industry.

RM

ENGINEERING CAREERS SITES

Here is a selection of engineering careers sites. All (plus others) were featured in the Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths Careers Resource Catalogue publication: http://www.scenta.co.uk/publications/ published by the etb.

Inside Careers
http://www.insidecareers.co.uk/

Environmental Careers
http://www.ciwem.org.uk/publications/careers/

Why Not Chemical Engineering
http://www.whynotchemeng.com/

Food Technology Careers
http://www.foodtechcareers.org/

Science, Design & Technology: Careers & Education
http://www.iee.org/educareers/schools/

IMarEST Careers
http://www.imarest.org/careers/

Education (IMechE site)
http://www.imeche.org.uk/education/

Materials Careers
http://www.materials-careers.org.uk/

LearnNet
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/index.htm

Find the latest job vacancies in engineerinmg at:

OneStep Jobs
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/onestepjobs/

NETWORK NEWS LINKS

Pinakes: A Subject Launchpad
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html
Pinakes has links to over 50 subject gateways. Direct links to the news pages of some important sites are listed below.

Netskills: News
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/news/

JISCmail News
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/news/index.htm

UK Data Archive news
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/home/archiveNews.asp

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GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME

Outdoor Access Scotland
http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/

Kendal Mountain Film Festival
http://www.mountainfilm.co.uk/
Every autumn, Kendal, on the edge of the Lake District, hosts one of the most prestigious Mountain Festivals in the world. An international gathering comes for a great weekend. There's a massive programme - films, lectures, seminars and entertainment - unequalled in Britain.o.

Dundee Mountain Film Festival
http://www.dundeemountainfilm.org.uk/
25-27 November, 2005.

Jason Love
http://www.jasonlove.com/
An entertaining cartoon site with some very clever ideas. I particularly like http://www.jasonlove.com/cartoons/view/?443

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