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Thomas R. Frieden to Speak at NYAM
This just in from the Academy’s Office of Programmatic and Academic Affairs: The New York Academy of Medicine invites you to attend the 2006 Medical Student Forum, Thursday, Sept. 14, 5:30-7:70 pm. The Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Commissioner, New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, "Take Care
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OCLC Acquires Home of Content DM
This just in: OCLC acquires DiMeMa, developer of softwarefor digital media management CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Softwarekey component of OCLC digital solution set "DUBLIN, Ohio, August 15, 2006—OCLC Online Computer Library Center has acquired DiMeMa (Digital Media Management), the organization that developed and supports CONTENTdm, the leading digital management software for libraries distributed
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News Flash: Junk Food Makes Kids Fat (Duh!)
The reputation of the reporting news agency aside, two words fit here: no kidding. (Buy the book.) I like the idea very much. It’s the execution I have doubts about. I mean, the human brain is hands down the best computer ever to see the light of day. The one thing that mechanical brains have
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Worldcat.org is Now Available!
As the headline said: Worldcat.org is now available (yea!) Very little to write about today, as we’re in the process of picking out shelf list cards and processing the tomes we unearthed from MLCNY last year, and there are quite a lot of them. I’m told that NYPL is taking some of them off our
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Avoid Milk? Yes!
I don’t know Mark Hyman personally, nor have I read his book, but I do subscribe to his e-mail listserv and he seems to know what he’s talking about when I can follow his reasoning and the science behind it. At any rate, it’s just plain fun to read a MD ream the agriculture industry,
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Heat WAVE!!!!!
This just in: MAYOR BLOOMBERG DECLARES HEAT EMERGENCY FOR METRO NYC Over the next few days, we expect excessive heat and humidity in The New York Metro region. Please plan your activities with protection in mind. If needed, you can find a NYC cooling center here. We can also take steps to reduce
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OCLC Bulletins
Just a couple of articles from picked from OCLC Abstracts this morning: OCLC, LIBER Exchange Bibliographic records to Support Digital Preservation Efforts Google’s Anti-social Downside Enjoy!
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The Loeb Classical Library
I don’t subscribe to the Weekly Standard and it’s literally been over a decade since I dealt with the classics (as they were called in more than one college English class) but I have nothing but respect and admiration for those who do (enjoy the classics, that is; I don’t know anyone who subscribes to
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Taxpayer-Funded Secrecy
The good news is this: an article discussing the peer review process in Nature. The bad news is this: your tax dollars are being used to roll back the Freedom of Information Act. Granted, it’s at the research phase right now, but I find it difficult to believe they would have funded it had they
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Articles, Space Travel, and Fertilizer Bombs (Oh My!)
I’m putting the finishing touches on my article for the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries’ eJournal Forum and the deadline is Monday, which means that before then I need to actually finish it, then send my proof to the other co-authors to see what needs fixing, and then over the weekend finish the