This is a newsletter I get every week which has a tidy little list of new finds by a librarian for librarians....but you might want to scroll through the list because I think there is a considerable amount here for writers too.

NEAT NEW STUFF, MAY 23, 2003

NOTE: I have a new My Word's Worth column about negative pleasures, i.e., those we take for granted unless we know what it's like to be without them. It's at http://www.qconline.com/myword/negative.html

AgeSource Worldwide
http://research.aarp.org/general/agesource_home.html
"describes clearinghouses, databases, libraries, directories, statistical resources, bibliographies and reading lists, texts, and Web metasites focusing on aging or closely allied subjects," from more than 20 countries. Searchable by subject, country or region, or by type and language.

All Recipes - Summer
http://allrecipes.com/directory/665.asp
Luscious looking recipes for chilled soups, grilled veggies and meats, cool desserts, and more.

Bookfinder.com Report
http://report.bookfinder.com/
These top ten most frequently requested out of print titles in a variety of categories could serve as a big hint to publishers and as "do not weed" lists for librarians.

Bush Administration Documents on Secrecy Policy
http://www.fas.org/sgp/bush/index.html

Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse
http://counsel.cua.edu/
"a collaborative effort between the American Council on Education (ACE) and The Catholic University of Americas Office of General Counsel...CLIC aims to build a freely available, web based collection of user-friendly compliance materials (such as Frequently Asked Questions, plain English explanations of the law, sample publications, videos and web tutorials from other institutions) to help all American college and university campuses enhance compliance with most major federal regulations applicable to higher education institutions."

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/
A searchable, browsable database including the Journals of the Continental Congress, American State Papers, US Serial Set (incomplete), and the journals and debates of congress. Special features include a timeline of US history as seen through the documentary record, Indian land sessions, the journal of the congress of the Confederate States of America, and more.

Copyright & Fair Use: Present and Future Prospects
http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/p.cgi/symposium/main2003.html
Transcript of the Harvard JOLT Symposium. Panelists included Rep. Rick Boucher, Dan Gillmor, Gigi Sohn, Siva Vaidhyanathan, and Jonathan Zittrain.

The Dynamic Earth - National Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/
A multimedia exhibition, currently featuring a presentation on rocks and mining. Exhibitions on plate tectonics and volcanoes, gems and minerals, and the Solar System are promised soon.

Eye on Books -- Author Interviews, Book Summaries, Library Quotes
http://www.eyeonbooks.com/
Readers will enjoy broadcaster Bill Thompson's author interviews, available as Real or Windows sound files, but writers will love the Writers' Craft section, which distills authors' advice on a variety of topics (plotting, characterization, technique, etc.)

Great Moments in the History of Technical Services
http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~murrizol/ts_history/tshist.htm
a tongue-in-cheek timeline only librarians will fully appreciate -- spring, 3193 BC, first serial title; fall, 3193 BC, first serial title change, etc.

IISS - Iraq War: Analysis and Review
http://www.iiss.org/iraq.php?PHPSESSID=293f3594d22f2d8c3c9246c02b90d34c
The International Institute for Strategic Studies offers analysis of the humanitarian, economic, and strategic outcomes of the war. It would be more useful if the date individual articles were posted was included, however.

National Priorities Project Database
http://database.nationalpriorities.org/
"The NPP Database offers state data on socio-economic needs and federal expenditures, and allows you to create customized tables, graphs and reports." Search by state or issue. Allows you to compare expenditures over time and adjust for inflation.

OCLC Report on Five Year Information Format Trends
http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/informationtrends.pdf
Discusses how information trends and format innovations have created a complex and challenging information landscape for libraries. Full of data and charts on products, sales, and user expectations.

Weblog BookWatch
http://www.onfocus.com/bookwatch/
"The Weblog Bookwatch searches weblogs that pass through the Recently Changed list at weblogs.com looking for links to books at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or Powells. The books below were the most frequently mentioned."

WebJunction
http://www.webjunction.org/
A joint project of the Gates Foundation and OCLC to provide technical support and community for libraries that provide public access computing. You can read my NewsBreak story on it at http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030519-2.shtml

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Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2003.

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