Information World Review articles from April 2007

Information World Review archives from April 2007

More questions than answers.(Ethics, Accountability, and Recordkeeping in a Dangerous World)(Book review)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Kim Thomas More questions than answers ' book review This is a challenging time to work as an archivist. The ethical issues that surround the sensitive areas of copyright, censorship and privacy are legion. In the US,...

Measure it to manage it.(Libraries Without Walls: The Distributed Delivery of Library and Information Services)(Book review)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Measure it to manage it ' book review Performance measurement offers a vital underpinning for management, but in this book Peter Brophy, warns against management by numbers alone. Brophy is right to...

State of the imperial nation.(Online Historical Populations Reports)(National Archives, UK Data Archive at Essex University and the Joint Information Systems Committee)(Website overview)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Laura Smith State of the imperial nation It doesn't offer the individual details so beloved of genealogists, but the free access to aggregated census data offered by a new site will appeal to researchers. Laura Smith delved...

The search engine that really hits the spot.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Davey Winder the search engine that really hits the spot Measured in terms of click-through numbers, Google dominates search in the UK, according to market research company NetRatings, with a 68% share. Yahoo trails in far...

end of the road for the old peer show?
April 10, 2007... Byline: Tracey Caldwell end of the road for the old peer show? Peer review is slow, potentially biased, and does not even prevent fraud reliably. As the open access movement gathers pace and journal publishing tries out new models,...

RSS is the new radar.(really simple syndication )
April 10, 2007... Byline: David Tebbutt rss is the new radar As you know, the amount of information reaching your doors, both from within and outside the organisation, is growing rapidly. Yet you are expected to keep on top of it and discover the most...

on course to meet the challenge.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Bobby Pickering on course to meet the challenge Consolidation has been a byword of the library automation and information management market in recent years, driven by three major events: the SirsiDynix merger, the Ex Libris...

Are we filtering ourselves into an internet ghetto?
April 10, 2007... Byline: David Tebbutt Are we filtering ourselves into an internet ghetto? David Tebbutt Is all this clever RSS aggregator, search and filtering software pushing us into funnels of narrow interest? It's all very well to respond to...

JISC tackles the brave 2.0 world.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Tracey Caldwell JISC tackles the brave 2.0 world ' analysis The latest generation of web technologies promises to support teaching, learning and research in higher education in exciting new ways. Collectively referred...

Copyright cops stick close to entertainment industry.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Daniel Griffin Copyright cops stick close to entertainment industry ' analysis In the wake of last year's Gowers Review of intellectual property (IP) law in the UK, some of the report's recommendations are starting to bear...

MyICC brings personalised tracking to business trail.(Website overview)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Daniel Griffin MyICC brings personalised tracking to business trail Daniel Griffin looks at a site that brings business information to financial and legal users -- and lets them pass the cost easily on to their clients '...

Tailor to the medium.(Brief article)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Tailor to the medium IWR's readership survey last month threw up some interesting results. Not only did we learn a great deal about the changing roles of information professionals, we also got a rare...

US petition adds weight to OA campaign.(open access)(Brief article)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Tracey Caldwell US petition adds weight to OA campaign Tracey Caldwell A US petition for access to publicly funded research has been started, building on the momentum of a similar petition circulating in Europe in support...

JISC outlines the transition from Athens to Shibboleth.(Joint Information Systems Committee)(Brief article)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Tracey Caldwell JISC outlines the transition from Athens to Shibboleth ' jisc conference report The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is throwing its weight behind the UK Access Management Federation and will cease...

Ethos begins in earnest.(Joint Information Systems Committee)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Ethos begins in earnest ' jisc conference report Some of the most innovative research output in the UK will finally shake off its cloak of invisibility in two years' time with the roll-out of a service that...

SEA floats a vision of national e-content.(Strategic E-content Alliance)(Brief article)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Tracey Caldwell SEA floats a vision of national e-content ' jisc conference report The public sector comes a step closer to co-ordinating its e-content this month when the Strategic E-content Alliance (SEA) decides from a...

Manchester health libraries unite.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Kim Thomas Manchester health libraries unite NHS trusts in Greater Manchester have joined forces to enable staff and medical students to see catalogue information from 28 libraries located in its hospitals across the region....

Private equity snaps up WK education arm.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Daniel Griffin Private equity snaps up WK education arm Daniel Griffin In a move to encourage growth and pay off its debts, information provider and publisher Wolters Kluwer has agreed to sell its education division to...

Key science sites buried in 'information avalanche'.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Robert Jaques Key science sites buried in 'information avalanche' Important science websites are in danger of becoming buried in the "avalanche of facts" available online, academics have warned. A study funded by the...

Secret sites put on the map, courtesy of KGB.(Brief article)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Secret sites put on the map, courtesy of KGB Mark Chillingworth Organisations looking for land information have a new resource collated by Russian spymasters, the KGB. British mapping and...

Citizendium goes live in beta.(Brief article)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Laura Smith Citizendium goes live in beta Laura Smith A new online encyclopaedia, widely regarded as an attempt to correct the shortcomings of Wikipedia, has opened its doors to the public four months after the pilot...

MPs award themselves a website pay rise.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Daniel Griffin MPs award themselves a website pay rise Daniel Griffin MPs have voted to award themselves a [pounds sterling]10,000 a year pay rise for new websites as part of their communications allowance. The hike was...

Search engine drive backfires.
April 10, 2007... Byline: Laura Smith Search engine drive backfires Laura Smith An internet-based campaign launched last month to challenge Google's search engine dominance has provoked a stormy response from internet users. ...

Storm of FoI protest puts government on back foot.(freedom of information)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Laura Smith Storm of FoI protest puts government on back foot Government plans to tighten freedom of information rules are to be reviewed in the face of widespread criticism that the reforms will curb the release of politically...

Taking Part.(digital libraries)(Website list)
April 10, 2007... Byline: bobby pickering n Ex Libris www.exlibrisgroup.com Launched last year, Ex Libris's Primo offers enterprise-level discovery of institutional resources and the delivery of materials and services for all types of collections,...

rock n roll education.(University of Wolverhampton launches PebblePad)
April 10, 2007... Byline: Kim Thomas rock n roll education Social websites like Bebo, MySpace and YouTube have taken the world by storm. For the generation that has grown up with the internet, these sites are an excellent way to keep a record of...