Here are a few news items related to the Hathi Trust, a new Gale database, citation ranking reports from Thomson Reuters, and IFLA copyright resources.
Update on October 2011 Hathi Trust Activities
HathiTrust has released a blog post on the outcomes of the October Constitutional Convention. The post includes a link to the official notes from the two-day meeting. A PDF version can be downloaded at: http://www.hathitrust.org/documents/hathitrust-update-201110.pdf
MyGovernment is a subscription database being offered by Gale that “provides detailed information on U.S. political representatives at the federal, state, and local levels. It enables users to … locate, research, and contact their elected officials, as well as access background and biographical data, committee assignments, photos, news articles, and even campaign contribution sources. A Spanish user interface will be available for MyGovernment by the end of the year.”
Lists & Rankings: Recent Citation Ranking Reports from Thomson Reuters/Essential Science Indicators
INFOdocket’s Gary Price has collected “several weeks worth of citation report briefs and articles from Thomson Reuters. The briefs use data from TR’s Essential Science Indicators database.
IFLA has created a timely resource that many librarians will welcome. The Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives is new website covering a critical issue for libraries and their users. According to this Information Today report IFLA is also “working with Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to gain support for a binding international instrument on copyright limitations and exceptions to enable libraries to preserve their collections, support education and research, and lend materials.”
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