Information World Review articles from July 2008

Information World Review archives from July 2008

bloggers, blowers and leakers.
July 7, 2008... Byline: TBO bloggers, blowers and leakers If this were the BBC's Have I Got News For You programme, now would be the time for the odd-one-out round. Your four are: Prince Harry, Dell Computer, HSBC Bank, and a Cadbury's Wispa bar....

scan and deliver.
July 7, 2008... Byline: T Caldwell scan and deliver The airy WiFi-enabled atrium of the British Library befits a modern national library at the beginning of a millennium that is already being called the Information Age. But it is in the smaller,...

I sought the lawi?1/2 and easily found it.(Website overview)
July 7, 2008... Byline: Kim Thomas I sought the lawa[bar] and easily found it The legal eagle has landed. Kim Thomas grabs her gavel and rules in favour of the KWtL website ' website review In the fast-moving digital world, keeping abreast of...

Beyond Saharai?1/2s sands: Africa uncovered.
July 7, 2008... Byline: D Griffin Beyond Sahara's sands: Africa uncovered Daniel Griffin joins an information safari that opens up sub-Saharan Africa to researchers ' website review Not-for-profit organisation AfDevInfo aims to take low-key...

Government told to curb public sector data inflation.
July 7, 2008... Government told to curb public sector data inflation Tracey Caldwell An enquiry into claims that the UK has become a surveillance society has called on the government to strictly limit the data it holds on individuals. The enquiry...

Yahoo shares yo-yo as Microsoft walks away.
July 7, 2008... Byline: caldwell Yahoo shares yo-yo as Microsoft walks away Tracey Caldwell Yahoo's on-off relationship with Microsoft is said to be finally off after the search firm jumped into bed with Google, signing a deal to allow Google to...

Sage acquires CQi?1/2s book publishing arm.
July 7, 2008... Byline: Kim Thomas Sage acquires CQ's book publishing arm Kim Thomas Academic publisher Sage has acquired CQ Press, the book-publishing unit of Washington-based firm Congressional Quarterly. Times Publishing, which owns...

Research data dogged by secrecy and inconsistency.
July 7, 2008... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Research data dogged by secrecy and inconsistency Tracey Caldwell The Research Information Network (RIN) is calling for the creation of data quality and archiving standards after its survey of 100...

Students know what plagiarism is.
July 7, 2008... Byline: Kim Thomas Students know what plagiarism is Almost all students A- more than 90% A- have a clear understanding of what constitutes plagiarism, according to research carried out by online coursework library Coursework and...

Libraries fear e-journal extinction.
July 7, 2008... Byline: Kim Thomas Libraries fear e-journal extinction Kim Thomas The need to preserve electronic journals is a major concern for library directors, according to research. A survey of 186 library directors in US universities...

Humiliated government sets out to mend its data ways.
July 7, 2008... Byline: PW Humiliated government sets out to mend its data ways Peter Williams Government failings on data protection have been laid bare in a series of official reports listing a catalogue of errors and incompetence. And the...

Proquest buys Dialog from Thomson Reuters.
July 7, 2008... Byline: PW Proquest buys Dialog from Thomson Reuters Peter Williams Information giant Thomson Reuters is selling Dialog to Proquest in its first significant corporate move since it was created from a merger in April. The financial...

Iti?1/2s broke, but can they fix it?(Brief article)
July 7, 2008... It's broke, but can they fix it? The Poynter Review on the loss of (and, to date, still unrecovered) CDs containing millions of child benefit records highlighted two major institutional deficiencies at HM Revenue & Customs. First,...

the mighty mini players.
July 7, 2008... Byline: tbo the mighty mini players There's a downturn coming. Market conditions are making it harder for both customers and suppliers of market research data, and users are looking round for alternative sources. Jill Fenton of...

Debretti?1/2s puts its bible of birth and breeding online.(Report)
July 7, 2008... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Debrett's puts its bible of birth and breeding online Tracey Caldwell Exact Editions has done what centuries of revolutionaries have failed to do and opened the aristocracy to all, by making Debrett's...

Collaboration apps save the planet.
July 7, 2008... Byline: dg Collaboration apps save the planet Daniel Griffin The drive towards cutting data centre emissions can actually work against environmental interests, according to a report. The report, from research firm Freeform...

Researchers bow to the social web.
July 7, 2008... Byline: kthomas Researchers bow to the social web Kim Thomas More than 50% of academics believe that social applications will play a key role in shaping research workflow, according to a survey. The international survey of...