Online articles from November 2008

Online archives from November 2008

The unfriendly skies of computer glitches and human error.(homepage)
November 1, 2008... UNITED Airlines isn't likely to forget Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, anytime soon. No, it wasn't weather delays at O'Hare or passengers angry at a having to pay to check a bag. It was the day the parent company (UAL) lost most of its value as its...

Archiving old newspapers.(industry news)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Google plans to launch an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers--it already has The New York Times and The Washington Post onboard--and content aggregators ProQuest and...

Upgrading reference manager.(industry news)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters announced a major upgrade to the bibliographic software Reference Manager for Windows. Reference Manager 12 delivers expanded file management, the ability to attach PDFs and other files to a reference...

Powering LexisNexis executive information.(industry news)(UpdatePower)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Keeping up with executive changes at companies has never been easy. Now, UpdatePowerhas announced it will deliver current executive content for both private and public companies to LexisNexis, which uses the data to keep its Directory of...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... To the Editor: We read the article by John Herbert and Karen Estlund ("Bring the Past to the Present," July/August 2008, pp. 32-37) and would like to compliment them on the quality of the story. They covered the landscape of issues related...

Bizjournals Community Network.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Bizjournals Community Network was launched in September, allowing business professionals to connect and communicate about local business news and events. Larger U.S. communities that are covered by bizjournals will be included in the new...

Comtex News Network, Inc. announced the addition of new content from Al Bawaba, covering Middle East business and the economy throughout the Middle East and North Africa.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Comtex News Network, Inc. announced the addition of new content from Al Bawaba, covering Middle East business and the economy throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Al Bawaba is a leading independent content producer in the Middle East....

10-K Wizard.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... 10-K Wizard enhanced its Global Reports by adding multiple searching capacities for its Exchanges, Index, and Country Industry categories. Searchers can use the Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple entries to include in their search strategy....

L. Gordon Crovitz joined the board of directors of ProQuest.(Peopleware)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... L. Gordon Crovitz joined the board of directors of ProQuest. Crovitz has more than 25 years of U.S. and global business operations experience at Dow Jones, including his role as publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

Blackwell Group's.(Peopleware)(Andrew Hutchings)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Andrew Hutchings, a 21-year veteran of the company, was appointed Blackwell Group's chief executive officer with full responsibility for Blackwell Book Services and Blackwell UK, Ltd.

Linda Hall Library of Science.(Peopleware)(Lisa Browar )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The board of trustees of the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology announced the appointment of Lisa Browar as the library's new president.

Publishers Communication Group (PCG).(Peopleware)(Mark Fuller )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Publishers Communication Group (PCG) appointed Mark Fuller to represent the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in the U.S. and Canada, taking on the responsibility for growing ICE's journal and Virtual Library business in the region.

Apex CoVantage.(Peopleware)(Sudesh Bajaj)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Apex CoVantage announced the addition of Sudesh Bajaj as CEO of content solutions-India and executive vice president, global sales.

Thomson Reuters.(Peopleware)(James Powell )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Thomson Reuters named James Powell as chief technology officer, replacing Michael Wilens, who now heads asset management at Fidelity Investments.

PatentCafe.(Peopleware)(Andy Gibbs and Nader Henry-Amin)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... PatentCafe announced that founder Andy Gibbs has stepped down as company president, completing the transition of operational management to the company's new president, Nader Henry-Amin. Further, PatentCafe announced the expansion of its...

OCLC corporate.(Peopleware)(Online Computer Library Center's Jerome Offord Jr.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... OCLC named Jerome Offord Jr. as manager, OCLC corporate inclusion. He was formerly with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

Ingram Digital, Ltd.(Peopleware)(Brett Thomas, Ian Hames and Ruth Jones )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Ingram Digital, Ltd. added Brett Thomas and Ian Hames as directors of business development in EMEA. Ruth Jones has assumed the role of director, publisher business development for the region.

SirsiDynix.(Peopleware)(Keith Sturgesas )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... SirsiDynix announced the appointment of Keith Sturgesas chief sales and marketing officer, responsible for sales and marketing functions at SirsiDynix worldwide.

LexisNexis.(Legal)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... LexisNexis announced an agreement with LinkedIn to enhance its Martindale-Hubbell legal network as a networking destination for attorneys. Additionally, as part of the agreement, abstracts and links to Martindale-Hubbell articles and content...

Lawriter, LLC.(Legal)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Lawriter, LLC, a subsidiary of Collexis Holdings, Inc., announced the development of the first professional social network exclusively for law students. Along with the social networking site, CasemakerX will provide free access to the Casemaker...

Collexis Holdings, Inc. has contracted with Balan Biomedical,Inc., a medical and consumer health intelligence company, to provide its Collexis Mediator product for the organization to support market research and trend analysis in the field of biotechnology.(Biomedical)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Collexis Holdings, Inc. has contracted with Balan Biomedical,Inc., a medical and consumer health intelligence company, to provide its Collexis Mediator product for the organization to support market research and trend analysis in the field of...

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters announced the launch of the Prous Science Integrity Predictive Pharmacology Module.(Biomedical)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters announced the launch of the Prous Science Integrity Predictive Pharmacology Module. This new tool, available through the Prous Science Integrity platform, provides expert scientific insight into the...

Wolters Kluwer Health announced its intention to acquire UpToDate, an evidence-based electronic clinical information resource.(Biomedical)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Wolters Kluwer Health announced its intention to acquire UpToDate, an evidence-based electronic clinical information resource. This acquisition is designed to strengthen Wolters Kluwer Health's portfolio in the growing point of care and...

H. W. Wilson announced that WilsonWeb CX Edition meets standards for the Shibboleth System.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... H. W. Wilson announced that WilsonWeb CX Edition meets standards for the Shibboleth System, the standards-based software for web sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for...

Factiva introduced a deduplication limit option in its Search product. Deduplication for Alerts already existed.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Factiva introduced a deduplication limit option in its Search product. Deduplication for Alerts already existed. The option allows searchers to remove duplicate articles before, during, or after the search; choose to remove only Englishlanguage...

OCLC is offering Web Harvester, a new product that allows libraries and other cultural heritage institutions to capture and add web content to their digital collections managed by OCLC's CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software.(Online Services)(OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... OCLC is offering Web Harvester, a new product that allows libraries and other cultural heritage institutions to capture and add web content to their digital collections managed by OCLC's CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software. OCLC's...

Swets announced the launch of SwetsWise Community, a collaboration service for customers that allows them to share best practices for the usage of SwetsWise services.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Swets announced the launch of SwetsWise Community, a collaboration service for customers that allows them to share best practices for the usage of SwetsWise services. The edit functions available in the wiki software allow SwetsWise users to...

Credo Reference.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Credo Reference updated and enhanced its interface. New is faceted browsing, an improved concept map, direct linking, multilingual interfaces, citation management, bookmarking, and exploring titles by heading, person, place, image, audio, or...

Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, launched AcquireContent.com.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, launched AcquireContent.com, a new online content marketplace that offers more than 10,000 unique sources of content covering more than 500 different topic areas. AcquireContent.com offers flexible licensing...

Courtport from Courtport, LLC launched as the successor site to LegalDockets.com.(Online Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Courtport from Courtport, LLC launched as the successor site to LegalDockets.com. A public record portal, Courtport is designed for law librarians, paralegals, attorneys, investigators, and other professional researchers to complete due...

Atypon Systems, Inc. and Walter de Gruyter announced the release of Reference Global.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Atypon Systems, Inc. and Walter de Gruyter announced the release of Reference Global, a new integrated online journals, books, and reference work site for de Gruyter scholarly content. Users can choose between English and German language...

PolicyArchive, the first free online archive of U.S. public policy research.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... PolicyArchive, the first free online archive of U.S. public policy research, was launched by the IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) library and the nonprofit Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) with support from major...

H.W. Wilson announced the release of Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective: 1900- 1984.(Social Sciences & Humanities)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... H.W. Wilson announced the release of Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective: 1900- 1984, a new resource that cites tens of thousands of essays from anthologies and other sources published dating back to 1900...

Forrester Research announced its acquisition of JupiterResearch, LLC.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Forrester Research announced its acquisition of JupiterResearch,LLC and its parent company, JUPR Holdings, Inc., from MCG Capital Corp. Jupiter Research had 83 employees and 2007 revenues of approximately $14 million. Forrester, with 2007...

Ex Libris Group, a provider of library automation solutions and developer of the only comprehensive product suite for the discovery, management.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Ex Libris Group, a provider of library automation solutions and developer of the only comprehensive product suite for the discovery, management, and delivery of all material types, announced in August that Leeds Equity Partners, the largest...

OCLC has acquired Amlib, the Australian software development organization specializing in library management solutions.(Alliances & Deals)(OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... OCLC has acquired Amlib, the Australian software development organization specializing in library management solutions. Amlib, based in Rowville (Victoria) and Perth, Australia, serves school, public, and special libraries in Australia, as well...

EMpact Sales, the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, has entered into an agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in which it will serve as sales and marketing agent.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... EMpact Sales, the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, has entered into an agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in which it will serve as sales and marketing agent. According to...

Imaginatik, a provider of problem-solving software and processes, has won a multiyear contract from Reed Elsevier.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Imaginatik, a provider of problem-solving software and processes, has won a multiyear contract from Reed Elsevier. Under the contract, Imaginatik will provide Reed Elsevier with its core software, Idea Central, for a 3-year period. Idea Central...

IHS, Inc. acquired Documental Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of market intelligence and analysis tools for the defense and aerospace industry.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... IHS, Inc. acquired Documental Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of market intelligence and analysis tools for the defense and aerospace industry, for $24.5 million in cash. Documental Solutions products complement IHS-owned Jane's defense...

Northern Light launched the first hosted market research portal specifically geared to help companies identify sales opportunities with federal, state, and local governments.(Enterprise Search)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Northern Light launched the first hosted market research portal specifically geared to help companies identify sales opportunities with federal, state, and local governments throughout the U.S. The SinglePoint Government Opportunities Edition...

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL).(Open Access)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) updated and reconfigured the FAIR (Freely Available Institute Resources) website, where faculty and alumni of the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication share outreach and program development...

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters announced the availability of the CMR International 2008 Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters announced the availability of the CMR International 2008 Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook, a reference and business planning tool for decision makers in pharmaceutical R&D, corporate finance, business...

SpringerLink, one of the world's largest scientific databases, has partnered with CiteULike, the social bookmarking website, to ensure that researchers using SpringerLink will benefit from reference management services.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... SpringerLink, one of the world's largest scientific databases, has partnered with CiteULike, the social bookmarking website, to ensure that researchers using SpringerLink will benefit from reference management services. Researchers will now...

Mark Logic Corp. announced that MarkMail, a free service for searching mailing list archives, has added group messages from the java.net community in cooperation with CollabNet, a provider of solutions for distributed software development.(Current Awareness)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Mark Logic Corp. announced that MarkMail, a free service for searching mailing list archives, has added group messages from the java.net community in cooperation with CollabNet, a provider of solutions for distributed software development. The...

Search engine update.
November 1, 2008... Ask.com has a new interface (that only some searchers are seeing) with the search suggestions moved to the right, the multimedia and reference content formerly on the right not displayed at all, numbered web results, and no binoculars preview....

Tips and resources for finding grants.(Cover story)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Few librarians would turn down the opportunity to gain additional funding for their library activities. For many, getting a grant for a particular project is the ultimate indicator of success. Yet grant work can be...

Blowing in the wind: web weather and climage information.(Viewpoint essay)(Website list)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AN angry-looking series of dark clouds suddenly appear on the western horizon. The wind picks up, thunder rolls, and lighting flashes. Should you be concerned? Should you head for cover? To answer that, many people...

Webcams: the super handy tool for your 21st-century techno-toolbox.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You've probably heard some controversy around those webcams that are set up in many big cities, presumably to reduce criminal activity. They probably do a good job at that, but quite a few people think having a...

Wikis as legitimate research sources.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Too many people equate the word "wiki" with Wikipedia and, based on that, view information found in public-facing wikis with suspicion. Others see wikis solely as knowledge-sharing tools employed within an enterprise...

From concept to content: the genesis of USGENE.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WITH internet content exploding, Web 2.0 and its requisite search tools emerging, and journalists no longer defining the news, information professionals are adjusting to a world where anyone with access to a keyboard...

The downside of upgrades.(on the net)(upgrading operating system)
November 1, 2008... Have you upgraded to the latest operating system yet? Many Windows users are loath to upgrade to Vista due to reported problems of speed and lack of compatibility. In addition, many were well-satisfied with Windows XP. Even some Mac-heads have...

Profiling industry overviews.(the dollar sign)(Viewpoint essay)
November 1, 2008... 'I just need a quick overview of the [fill in the blank] industry." It's not an uncommon question. Could be background data in preparation for a meeting with industry executives. Could be in anticipation of a possible change in investment...

Ten reasons to teach information literacy for credit.(infolit land)
November 1, 2008... I'VE long advocated putting information literacy into the university curriculum and teaching it for credit. The best way to do this initially is to lodge a credit information literacy course within the core of each university major....

PubMed central, royal society publishing, British Library Direct service.(peter's picks & pans)
November 1, 2008... MY picks are two databases that offer free access to articles in highly regarded journals, PubMed Central (PMC) and Royal Society Publishing (RSP). Open access (OA) for scholarly journals and free full-text articles have grown in popularity...

Social media metrics: making the case for making the effort.(intranet librarian)(Column)
November 1, 2008... AN intranet librarian's work is never done. Just when you think you can stop and pat yourself on the back for a job well-done, something else surfaces. This time it's social media. Think Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, library blogs, and wikis. ...

Thinking about library literature.(crawford at large)(gray literature)
November 1, 2008... I believe that gray literature--blogs, ejournals, and some lists--represents the most compelling and worthwhile literature in the library field today. To a great extent, the formal literature now serves as history, explication, formal results...

Recommended Reading on business cases, conspiracy websites, search, and marketing.(hard copy)(Business Cases for Info Pros: Here's Why, Here's How)(Web of Conspiracy: A Guide to Conspiracy Theory Sites on the Internet)(Conversational Capital: How to Create Stuff People Love to Talk About)(Beyond Search: What to Do When Your Enterprise Search System Doesn't Work )(Book review)
November 1, 2008... This month I look at books to help you build a business case for your projects, guide you to conspiracy websites, learn about beyond search, and implement word-of-mouth marketing. **1/2 Business Cases for Info Pros: Here's Why, Here's...

Backward, and in high heels.(online spotlight)(Editorial)
November 1, 2008... The most important part of online research--making sense of it--is the focus of my continuing education workshop "What Do I Do After I Log Off?" As I prepared material for the course, I thought back on how my perception of "online research" has...