Information World Review articles from November 2006

Information World Review archives from November 2006

Online Tools: Blogs and Wikis.(Product/service evaluation)
November 6, 2006... Byline: davey winder Online Tools: Blogs and Wikis Over the past two or three years, there has been something of a sea change within the realm of corporate communications. The top-down, hierarchical model of memo and newsletter is...

Jack of all trades, master of the ORG.(Suw Charman of Open Rights Group)(Organization overview)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Jane Dudman jack of all trades, master of the ORG The subtitle of Suw Charman's blog (http:// chocnvodka.blogware.com/) is "bubbling enthusiasm for $arbitrary_topic" and it is an almost perfect summary of Charman herself....

Reuters sells Factiva stake to Dow Jones.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Reuters sells Factiva stake to Dow Jones Reuters has sold its 50% stake in news aggregation service Factiva to its development partner, Dow Jones, for $153m in cash and $7m in preferred stock. Subject to US...

Springer leaps on Informa.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Phil Jones Springer leaps on Informa Phil Jones Scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing group Springer has made an approach for Taylor & Francis parent Informa -- the STM and business publisher. The move is...

NDA sparks the creation of a nuclear disaster plan.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell NDA sparks the creation of a nuclear disaster plan Tracy Caldwell Information professionals in the nuclear industry have been meeting with digital preservation experts to thrash out solutions to the...

Government set to dilute freedom of information.(new information law to be introduced)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith Government set to dilute freedom of information Laura Smith The government has confirmed it is "minded to" introduce reforms to freedom of information legislation, which campaigners believe would curb the...

E-learning recruit develops LexisNexis tools.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith E-learning recruit develops LexisNexis tools Laura Smith Legal publisher LexisNexis Butterworths has appointed an e-learning specialist to help the company develop new training products for its legal, tax and...

Shopping habits set for change.(biometric payment system to be in use)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith Shopping habits set for change Laura Smith Shoppers of the future could pay for their groceries using fingerprint or iris-recognition technology, or even by having a payment chip inserted into their...

Thomson backs out of Learning.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Thomson backs out of Learning Mark Chillingworth Thomson Learning is being sold off by its parent company, Thomson Corporation, because it believes the educational information provider does not fit its...

Google aims at educators.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith Google aims at educators Laura Smith Google has continued its bid for a slice of the education market with the launch of new services to help teachers and lecturers use its products. The two new websites,...

Convincing Users of the Value in Your Virtual Skills.(Book review)
November 6, 2006... Byline: kim thomas Convincing users of the value in your virtual skills ' book review It's not easy being a librarian. And reading this book, you can't help but feel that librarians work awfully hard at pleasing their customers...

the digital copyright balance.
November 6, 2006... Byline: tracey caldwell The digital copyright balance The British Library has waded into the copyright debate, calling for a balance between the rights of creators and public access in its intellectual property (or, IPR) manifesto,...

at the debate.
November 6, 2006... Byline: tracey caldwell At the debate Representatives of a number of stakeholders contributed to the British Library's IPR debates at the Conservative and Labour party conferences. Round the table at Bournemouth were: n John...

Suw charman.(open rights group )(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Jane Dudman Open Rights Group (ORG) The ORG was formed in November 2005 to raise awareness of issues such as privacy, identity, data protection, access to knowledge and copyright reform. It wants to improve understanding...

Open rights group.(Suw Charman)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Jane Dudman Suw Charman Suw Charman started writing features while she was studying geology at Cardiff University. Her first job after graduating was as an editorial assistant for science publishing house Current Biology....

The future looks bleak for the Thatcher generation.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell The future looks bleak for the Thatcher generation Tracey Cladwell 2056: What Future for Maggie's Children?, a report published in October, is based on the premise that those born between 1980 and 1995 are...

a new look, and justis is done.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas A new look, and Justis is done Kim Thomas A new-look version of online legal library Justis has been launched. The long-awaited Justis 2.0 uses different underlying technology and new functionality, including...

Endeca sets sights on BI arena.(business intelligence launches Endeca Information Access Platform 5.0 )
November 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Endeca sets sights on BI arena Mark Chillingworth Enterprise search vendor Endeca has announced its latest platform and signalled its intentions to take on traditional rivals in the search market, as...

Emerald makes splash with eight new titles.(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Daniel Griffin Business publisher Emerald has unveiled a portfolio of eight new journals. Chinese Management Studies will analyse Chinese managerial thinking, philosophy and practices. The International Journal of Direct...

comapnies drown in information.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas Companies drown in information Kim Thomas A staggering 40% of companies do not have an information strategy in place, according to a survey of information professionals carried out by Farrugia Leo Research and...

in brief.
November 6, 2006... Byline: daniel griffin MetaLib a portal of choice Cambridge Journals has adopted MetaLib portal technology from library software specialists Ex Libris. The new portal uses the Cambridge University Press XML gateway to access 200 online...

The fast and exciting lane of web 2.0 collaboration.
November 6, 2006... Byline: David Tebbutt The fast and exciting lane of Web 2.0 collaboration David Tebbutt A group of businessmen, venture capitalists, innovators, entrepreneurs, analysts and journalists all got together recently, to meet each other...

half of RCUKs opt for open access model.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell EPS report gets mixed reviews Tracey Caldwell A report on the state of scholarly publishing in the UK will provide the government with an evidence base for the first time. The report was commissioned to...

nuclear dangers in IP.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Nuclear dangers in IP All of us in the information profession are aware we are producing and managing information that will have some bearing on the future. We know our job is important to some degree or...

EPS report gets mixed reviews.(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Half of RCUKs opt for open access model Research papers sponsored by four RCUKs will be made available on an open access model. These are the Economic and Social Research Council, Biotechnology & Biological...

Frivolous FoI requests.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith frivolous requests These requests, made under the FoI Act, sadly give weight to the government's case: n Total spend on Ferrero Rocher chocolates by UK embassies n Details of a sweater given to...

what life was really like under the Nazi jackboot.(Thomson Learning)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth What life was really like under the Nazi jackboot ' site review Turn the television on or browse the shelves of the history section of any bookshop and you'll realise that history as a subject is...

Manual of web metaphores.(The Internet: The Missing Manual)(Book review)
November 6, 2006... Byline: Mark chillingworth Manual of web metaphors ' book review Although many manuals seem to have been written by non-English speakers, all new technology comes with a manual that offers some guidance to the user. Apart, that...

Expert edition.
November 27, 2006... Byline: mark chillingworth Expert edition To some traditional publishers and information professionals, Wikipedia founding member Larry Sanger is the original agent of chaos and a threat to their existence. His latest vision,...

Meet the CEO.(Natalie Ceeney, CEo of National Archives and Records Administration)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Jane Dudman Meet the CEO When Natalie Ceeney was appointed CEO of the National Archives in October 2005, eyebrows were undoubtedly raised. Ceeney is a relative newcomer to the information industry and some felt that...

Podcasting & News Aggregation tools.(Product/service evaluation)
November 27, 2006... Byline: davey winder podcasting & News Aggregation tools What is a podcast? Technically, it is just another RSS newsfeed but one that contains an MP3 or audio file within the enclosure tag. Simply put, it brings all the advantages of...

information first, technology second.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith information first, technology second Ask most people about the best way to share information within organisations -- whether it's data about the previous purchasing habits of a customer or the health history of a...

Subscription model faces embargo threat.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Subscription model faces embargo threat Tracey Caldwell Librarians are likely to cancel journal subscriptions in favour of free access to peer-reviewed research via open access repositories, according to a...

US elections delay OA bill.(open access, Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth US elections delay OA bill Mark Chillingworth The mid-term elections in the US are likely to delay the introduction of the Federal Research Public Access Act, with the bill having to be re-introduced to...

Virtual Earth and SalesWorks mash-up sales information.
November 27, 2006... Byline: daneil griffin Virtual Earth and SalesWorks mash-up sales information Daniel Griffin Factiva has teamed up with technology giants Microsoft and Google, in an innovative mash-up of mapping and aggregation web technology....

Blackwell severs family ties in [pounds sterling]572m Wiley sale.
November 27, 2006... Byline: mark chillingworth Blackwell severs family ties in [pounds sterling]572m Wiley sale Mark Chillingworth The [pounds sterling]572m acquisition of Blackwell Publishing by rival John Wiley & Sons is necessary to meet the...

SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, MEDICAL PUBLISHERS.
November 27, 2006... Byline: bobby puckering SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, MEDICAL PUBLISHERS On one thing, most scientific, technical and medical (STM) suppliers are agreed: the move from print to online usage of their journals and book titles has dramatically...

publishers find an e-pal in bookstore.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Daniel Griffin Publishers find an e-pal in BookStore If any site can help publishers keep control of online retail, BookStore can. Daniel Griffin has a browse ' site review BookStore from MPS Technologies lets...

Expert edition.(Larry Sanger of Y2K News Reports with Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Larry Sanger Anchorage, Alaska, is right in the top left-hand corner of a map of the world. The remote city is where Larry Sanger spent his formative years, having been born in the state of Washington....

blogosphere.
November 27, 2006... Byline: bobby pickering Scholarpedia: pass or fail? IWR Blog http://blog.iwr.co.uk Have we reached another milestone in the evolution of academic publishing? Scholarpedia is the first "free peer-reviewed encyclopedia", a...

the nation's archives.
November 27, 2006... Byline: jane dudman The nation's archives The National Archives was created in April 2003 from the merger of the Public Record Office (PRO) with the Historic Manuscripts Commission (HMC). After absorbing the Office of Public...

key STM vendors.
November 27, 2006... Byline: bobby pickering KEY NOTES: THE VENDORS What vendors who participated in this month's update have done over the past 12 months. n Blackwell Publishing www.blackwellpublishing.com Keeps adding to its list of...

Right to know under attack.(Freedom of Information Act )
November 27, 2006... Byline: Heather Brooke Right to know under attack Just as researchers are beginning to use the Freedom of Information Act for serious investigative research, the government has announced changes that will block all but silliest and...

Training.(new course from Association for Information Management)(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... e-Government Information 8 December 2006, London This new course analyses the current policy of UK e-government and the practical application of online government information. ' www.aslib.co.uk/training/1/07.html Detect...

can integrated savid beat off best-of-breed goliath?
November 27, 2006... Byline: david tebbutt Can integrated David beat off best-of-breed Goliath? David Tebbutt In teaming up with a bunch of social software suppliers for Suite Two, Intel's venture capital arm, Intel Capital, put the cat among the Web...

Factiva sale sets reuters free.(Reuters Group PLC sells its stake in Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive L.L.C. )
November 27, 2006... Byline: tracey caldwell Factiva sale sets Reuters free Reuters has shed news aggregator Factiva, citing competition for archived news from the free web, such as Google News Archive. While the exact threat from the likes of Google is...

weapons of mass consumption.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Daniel Griffin Weapon of mass consumption Daniel Griffin turns statistical sleuth for insights into national lifestyles and spending patterns ' site review Countries & Consumers is an online database that provides the...

librarians an endangered species.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith Librarians an endangered species Laura Smith New research into the way academic researchers use resource discovery tools has revealed that most are more likely to use online search engines than university...

smartlogic hosts cut-price e-government service.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas Information management vendor offers government outsource option Smartlogic hosts cut-price e-government service Kim Thomas Smartlogic has started offering a cut-price version of its Semaphore ...

Relegence deal puts AOL in news management market.(America Online Inc.)(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith Relegence deal puts AOL in news management market Laura Smith AOL is the latest consumer company to enter the growing market for news management, with its acquisition of Relegence, the US-based financial news...

local authority building control organisation develop website on Jadu.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Daniel Griffin The Local Authority Building Control (LABC), the publicly accountable UK organisation for maintaining building regulations, has selected Jadu Galaxies' content management system to enhance its website, which delivers...

single vision of the world at informa.
November 27, 2006... Byline: daniel griffin Single vision of the world at Informa Daniel Griffin Academic and scientific publisher Informa Group has launched Informaworld, a central portal offering access to the wide range of information...

E-book popularity at uk universities gathers pace.(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas E-book popularity at UK universities gathers pace Kim Thomas The popularity of e-books among university libraries is growing fast, according to vendors, but universities say there are still problems delaying...

Medical industry splits over Aussies backing Google.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas Medical industry splits over Aussies backing Google Mark Chillingworth A study by Australian researchers that claims Google is good enough for complex medical research has split medical information users in two....

Greenwich university select Talis library automation software.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Daniel Griffin Talis Information has implemented its Talis Keystone Library Management System module at Greenwich University's campus portal. The module will enable students to access their library account, offering a full summary...

Stellent buy divides the ECM market.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas Stellent buy divides the ECM market Kim Thomas The content management market has further consolidated with Oracle's acquisition of Stellent. It comes at the end of a busy year in which OpenText acquired...

Find it on WebCites.(WebCites service from Scopus)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Find it on WebCites Kim Thomas Scopus, the abstract and citation database, has introduced WebCites -- a service enabling users to track the influence of peer-reviewed research on scientific literature....

Autonomy recruits army ants.(Intelligent Data Operating Layer from Autonomy Corporation PLC)(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith Autonomy recruits army ants Laura Smith British search technology company Autonomy is to launch new tools, which it says will mimic the behaviour of ants, to improve the discovery of fresh information. ...

who shares, wins.(social networks trends)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell who shares, wins People are increasingly working together, sharing knowledge and information with the help of a number of social networking technologies. But because many of these technologies are not owned by...

Social networking technologies.(Website list)(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Social networking technologies Social networking sites MySpace and Bebo are heavily used by young people in the UK. LinkedIn is mainly used for professional networking. Ryze, OpenBC and Ecademy are also designed...