According to various speakers at Online, folksonomies and tagging are becoming increasingly important. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagging

Web 2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 presents exciting opportunities for networked information of the future. ("Many recently developed concepts and technologies are seen as contributing to Web 2.0, including weblogs, wikis, podcasts, rss feeds and other forms of many to many publishing; social software, web APIs, web standards, online web services, AJAX, and others.").

For more interesting discussions about such things, see The Hive Mind: http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2005/12/07/the-hive-mind-folksonomies-and-user-based-tagging/

For a more complete overview of the Online conference, see Allan Foster's observations in Free Pint: http://www.freepint.com/issues/151205.htm#feature

Roddy MacLeod

Random Quotes

"In the December 2005 survey we received responses from 74,353,258 sites. That's a decrease of 219.5K sites from the November survey, marking the first decline in the Netcraft survey since January 2003. Thus, a record year for Internet growth has ended with a whimper rather than a bang. After gaining 17.5 million sites in the first 10 months of 2005, the Internet lost 30,000 sites over the next two months." Netcraft http://news.netcraft.com/

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A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES

118118.com

http://www.118118.com/

Free directory enquiries.

12manage

http://www.12manage.com/

12manage is a management portal that summarizes over 300 management methods, models and organizational theories, applying scientific rigor while ensuring practical relevance.

Academic Conferences International

http://www.academic-conferences.org/conference-home.htm

Academic conferences International run a series of 12 Academic Conferences and publish a smaller series of electronic journals. Journals available include:

The Electronic Journal of e-Learning

The Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation

The Electronic Journal of e-Government

The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods

The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management.

AirSet

http://www.airset.com/

“AirSet puts you in control of your complicated life. Using a web browser or mobile phone, you can manage family, work, and social group schedules and communications.”

ALT-C 2006

http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2006/index.html

ALT-C 2006, the 13th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, which will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 5 and 7 September 2006.

Answers.com

http://www.answers.com/

“Founded in 1999 by Bob Rosenschein, Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW) (previously GuruNet Corporation) develops and markets Answers.com, which provides quick, integrated reference answers instead of just search engine links.”

Arrowsmith Project

http://arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu/arrowsmith_uic/

Arrowsmith: A tool for identifying links between two sets of Medline articles.

Ask Jeeves for Kids

http://www.ajkids.com/

“Ask Jeeves for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to find answers to their questions online.”

AuroresBoreales.com

http://www.auroresboreales.com/

Information, news, and images of northern lights.

BritishJobs.net

http://www.britishjobs.net/

An on-line recruitment site that links up recruitment agencies and employers with candidates across the UK using a grid that enables clients to search on either a town-specific or county-specific basis, or according to job type.

Click Online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/default.stm

The BBC's flagship technology lifestyle show.

cluebox

http://www.cluebox.com/

From Elton Billings. The site exists simply to share a few ideas on web management and user experience topics that might be of interest to others.

Competitive Enterprise Institute: CEI

http://www.cei.org/

The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. We believe that individuals are best helped not by government intervention, but by making their own choices in a free marketplace. Since its founding in 1984, CEI has grown into a $3,000,000 institution with a team of over 20 policy experts and other staff.

CORDRA (Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture)

http://cordra.lsal.cmu.edu/

An open, standards-based model for how to design and implement software systems for the purposes of discovery, sharing and reuse of learning content through the establishment of interoperable federations of learning content repositories.

CvTips.com

http://www.cvtips.com/resume.html

“CvTips.com is a complete job search info centre. Resume, CV, Cover Letter and Interview guide. Here you can find CV Examples and information on how to write a CV.”

Digg

http://www.digg.com/

Digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do.

DiVA

http://www.diva-portal.org/

In DiVA you can find theses, dissertations and other publications in full-text from a number of Nordic universities.

Do libraries matter? The rise of Library 2.0

http://www.talis.com/downloads/white_papers/DoLibrariesMatter.pdf

A white paper by Ken Chad and Paul Miller.

DocDel.net

http://www.docdel.net/

A Directory for Document Delivery Services andUsers - Hundreds of Resources and Providers. “Our goal is to create a frequently used, content-rich directory for document suppliers and users. Another objective is to provide a trusted "virtual place" where relationships between document suppliers, and end-users, can develop. “

E-access Bulletin

http://www.headstar.com/eab/

A free, independent monthly e-mail newsletter on information technology issues for people with visual impairment and blindness.

e-innovations wiki

http://e-innovations.jot.com/WikiHome

As part of the ODPM-sponsored e-Innovations programme, this space aims to further discussion and debate around innovation in local government.

EUSIDIC

http://www.eusidic.net/

The new address for the European Association of Information Services.

Exploiting "Light-weight" Protocols and Open Source Tools to Implement Digital Library Collections and Services

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october05/morgan/10morgan.html

An article by Xiaorong Xiang and Eric Lease Morgan in D-Lib Magazine.

Faronics Quarterly Newsletter

http://www.faronics.com/news/quarterly_q4_05.asp

The latest Faronics news and product information for workstation security, productivity, and control management. Delivered once per quarter.

Fifth Proximity Congress

http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/eng-bordeaux.htm

Organized by: GRES and Proximity Dynamics Group Université Montesquieu - Bordeaux IV 35 place Pey Berland, Bordeaux, France, June 28 - 30, 2006.

Global Information Commons for Science Initiative

http://www.codata.org/wsis/GlobalCommonsforScienceSept1.html

At the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) meeting in Geneva, December 2003, 175 countries adopted a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action. It was recognized by these countries, in paragraph 7 of the Declaration of Principle, that "science has a central role in the development of the Information Society. Many of the building blocks of the Information Society are the result of scientific and technical advances made possible by the sharing of research results".

Google Base

http://base.google.com/base/default

“Google Base is a place where you can add all types of information that we'll host and make searchable online. Based on the relevance of your items, they may also be included in the main Google search index and other Google products such as Froogle and Google Local.”

Healthline

http://www.healthline.com/

Search The Web's Best Health Sites. 62,000 web sites with between 45-50 million pages.

Idealog

http://www.idealog.co.nz/

A bimonthly journal aimed at 'commercial creatives,' for technologists, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators, designers, marketers, artists, architects and communicators.

Information and Computation: An International Journal

http://theory.csail.mit.edu/~iandc/

The Editorial Board and Publisher of Information and Computation are pleased to announce that for one year, electronic access to all journal issues back to 1995 will be available without charge. This includes downloading of all articles in pdf format for individual use.

Information Sources for Social Exclusion On The Web

http://www.freepint.com/issues/151205.htm#tips

An article in Free Pint, by David Renfree.

Internet Librarian International 2006

http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml

16-17 October 2006, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London.

IRNES.com

http://www.irnes.com/

A database of Iranian Engineering Services.

Journal of RNAi and Gene Splicing

http://libpubmedia.co.uk/RNAiJ/RNAiJHome.htm

A new peer-reviewed, open-access journal from Library Publishing Media. The Journal will publish high-quality peer-reviewed articles addressing the biology and application of RNA interference and gene silencing in all systems.

Kaboodle

http://www.kaboodle.com/

Kaboodle's mission is to make it easy for you to research and make decisions on the web. We make it easy to collect, organize, and share information as well as receive feedback on that information.

Knowledge management for development: an international organisation's perspective"

http://www.freepint.com/issues/241105.htm#feature

An article in FreePint, by Giulio Quaggiotto.

Libraries Australia

http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/

“Libraries Australia is a modern Internet-based service for Australian libraries and their users. It provides access to the national database of material held in Australian libraries, known as the Australian National Bibliographic Database. You can search for any item and locate which library in Australia holds it. Gateways to other major library databases are also provided”

Library Instruction Wiki

http://instructionwiki.org/Main_Page

The Oregon Library Instruction Wiki - a collaboratively developed resource for librarians involved with or interested in instruction.

Manta

http://www.manta.com/

“Manta enables you to find the business information that you need - bringing it to the surface and enabling you to purchase what you truly need when you need it.”

Marketing Library Resources: An Annotated Bibliography

http://www.elsevier.com/framework_librarians/LibraryConnect/LCP08/LCP08.pdf

A LibraryConnect pamphlet from Elsevier.

Museum Sites Online

http://www.mcn.edu/resources/sitesonline.htm

Links to over 1,700 international museum and museum-related WWW sites.

My Web My Way

http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/

From the BBC: “Do you need help in making the web easier to use? This site explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible for you”

NISO MetaSearch Initiative

http://www.niso.org/committees/MS_initiative.html

To move toward industry solutions NISO sponsored a Metasearch Initiative to enable:

metasearch service providers to offer more effective and responsive services

content providers to deliver enhanced content and protect their intellectual property

libraries to deliver services that distinguish their services from Google and other free web services.

NPR Podcast Directory

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php

NPR Podcasts include selections from Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning programs from NPR and partner organizations.

Online Research Tools

http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/09/online-research-tools.html

Marcus P. Zillman has updated his Online Research Tools White Paper Link Compilation, which is available from this site.

Ontology Matching

http://www.ontologymatching.org/

This web site provides a repository of information devoted to different aspects of ontology matching.

Open Research Society: ORS

http://www.open-research-society.org/

The Open Research Society (ORS) is a non-profit international organization dedicated to the promotion of the "open research" paradigm in scholarly publishing, research cooperation and dissemination of research results in the field of Information Technology in a broad sense.

PagesJaunes: Photos de villes

http://photos.pagesjaunes.fr/

Allows you to zoom in on streets in some French cities, and see photographs of those streets and buildings.

Pathways to Philosophy

http://www.philosophypathways.com/

New address. Ask a Philosopher has also moved.

Pluck

http://www.pluck.com/

Pluck InSite Blogging and InSite RSS Solutions drive content creation, site experience and web success metrics.

Podzinger

http://www.podzinger.com/

Podcast search engine.

Protopage

http://www.protopage.com/

Protopage = personalized news + sticky notes + bookmarks, all on one page.

ReadItSwapIt

http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/

A UK book swap shop. You can use it to swap your old books for new ones and it's completely free.

Répertoire des publications scientifiques et techniques de l'École Polytechnique

http://www.polymtl.ca/biblio/trouver/repertoire/

Le Répertoire des publications scientifiques et techniques de l'École Polytechnique recense la majorité des publications produites par les professeurs et les chercheurs de l'École depuis 1994.

Shadows

http://www.pluck.com/products/shadows.html

“Shadows is a social bookmarking service with a difference - “shadow pages” that provide behind-the-scenes views of any webpage - complete with opinions, ratings and details supplied by you, your friends and the online community. With Shadows you can discover, share and manage online information in ways you never imagined.“

SurfWax

http://www.surfwax.com/

“SurfWax brings intelligence and efficiency to the Open Web through targeted, multi-source (federated) searching that is seamlessly integrated with practical knowledge tools to save you time and improve productivity.”

TagCloud

http://www.tagcloud.com/

TagCloud is an automated Folksonomy tool. Essentially, TagCloud searches any number of RSS feeds you specify, extracts keywords from the content and lists them according to prevalence within the RSS feeds.

The Phone Book

http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/

Free directory enquiries.

TrustDR Project

http://www.uhi.ac.uk/lis/projects/trustdr/

Dealing with Legal Issues in Learning Object Repositories

University of Birmingham EPrints Publications Archives

http://www.eprints.bham.ac.uk/

EPrints, Epapers, ETheses.

Update on engineering information resources

http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/online2005update.ppt

This is the presentation Roddy MacLeod gave as part of the STM Information in Focus strand at Online 2005, 1st December, Olympia, London. The list of resources mentioned is available here

Webology

http://www.webology.ir/

Webology is a scholarly journal in English devoted to the various fields of Library and Information Science and serves as a forum for discussion and experimentation. It is available free of charge on the Web.

Wikibooks

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

A collection of open-content textbooks that anyone can edit.

Wikinews

http://en.wikinews.org

The free-content news source you can write.

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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.

Three websites this month use social/collaborative/folksonomy networking techniques, and are definitely worth further investigation:

TagCloud http://www.tagcloud.com/

Shadows http://www.pluck.com/products/shadows.html

Digg http://www.digg.com/

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BLOGORAMA

News about weblogs, RSS, etc:

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

The Internet Resources Newsletter has an RSS feed (essentially the Table of Contents for each issue): http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss

Selected interesting blog's and RSS feeds

Irving Wladawsky-Berger
http://irvingwb.typepad.com/
A collection of observations, news and resources on the changing nature of innovation and the future of information technology.

Current Cites
http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/cites.xml

Librarians with class
http://libswithclass.blogspot.com/
For librarians who facilitate training

OA Librarian
http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/
Collaborative Open Access Blog

blog.bioethics.net
http://blog.bioethics.net/
From the editors of The American Journal of Bioethics

MmIT
http://mmit.willco.com/forum/News/
Multimedia Information & Technology Group

Guardian Unlimited Culture Vulture
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/

Blogging Section of SLA-IT
http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/itbloggingsection/
Weblog of the Blogging Section of SLA's Information Technology Division

Declan Butler, reporter
http://declanbutler.info/blog/

Digg technology news
http://www.digg.com/rss/index.xml

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PRESS RELEASES

**** Announcing IngentaConnect Complete ****

New service gives libraries a customised interface to IngentaConnect

Ingenta, the technology and services provider for the publishing and information industries, has launched IngentaConnect Complete, a new service designed to provide libraries with a uniquely branded view on to the IngentaConnect research service. Complete enables administrators to offer their patrons access to an unparalleled collection of scholarly content through an environment which is clearly endorsed and administrated by their institution.

For the full press release, see: http://www.ingenta.com/corporate/company/news/trade/connect_complete.htm

**** Web Citation Index ****

Thomson Scientific announce the launch of Web Citation Index™ - the multidisciplinary citation index of scholarly content from institutional and subject-based repositories. Web Citation Index transcends the capabilities of traditional Web search engines, providing users with a robust citation-based discovery vehicle for preprints, technical reports, dissertations, proceedings, and other gray literature. It is the result of a collaborative program between Thomson Scientific, NEC Laboratories America (NEC), and seven major institutions: Australian National University, California Institute of Technology, Cornell University, the Max Planck Society, Monash University, University of Rochester, and NASA Langley.

Full press release: http://scientific.thomson.com/press/2005/8298416/

**** The European Library – European Digital Library in Action ****

With the launch of The European Library http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ version 1.1, there are now 113 searchable collections across 12 libraries, with access to a further 30 as hyperlinks. Early 2006 will see the addition of 3 more national libraries and their collections and by the end of 2006 there will be at least 23 libraries and more than 200 searchable collections online. This access to millions of documents and digital items across Europe represents the true beginnings of a European Digital Library.

**** CILIP & Internet Librarian International ****

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and Information Today have announced that CILIP will once again sponsor the Internet Librarian International conference, which will take place in London on 16-17 October 2006.

Now in its 8th year, Internet Librarian International is a key annual European conference for information professionals using the latest strategies, products and technology for finding, organising and managing web-based information resources.

Full press release: http://www.infotoday.com/pressreleases/pdf/20051129_ILI2006.pdf

**** Crossref web services and search partner program enhance web searching for scholarly content ****

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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

004.692 MAY
Professional online newsletters & emails
by Debbie Mayo-Smith
Successful Internet Strategies, 2004

025.04 LEV
An introduction to search engines and web navigation
by Mark Levene
Addison Wesley, 2006

025.3 MIT
Cataloging and organizing digital resources
by Ann M Mitchell and Brian E Surratt
facet, 2005

A complete list of new books added to Heriot-Watt University Library is available at: http://hw.lib.ed.ac.uk/cgi-bin/newbooks.cgi

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GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME

Clubbing UK
http://www.clubbing-uk.com/
UK Clubbing eZine

ReaGallery
http://www.reagallery.com/
"ReaGallery 3.0 is a brainlessly simple “no-HTML coding” web photo album creation tool that allows regular folks to organize their photos, spruce them up with cool special effect and create stunning web galleries or CD-presentations in a matter of minutes."

Presenter
http://www.presenter.gr.jp/frame-e.html
A collaboration of classical music and electric guitar.

Book This Band

noskidoo
http://www.noskidoo.com/
A band with a new CD

Send me your band websites, and if they're good, I'll try to mention them in future 'Book This Band' sections.

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