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“The University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office, as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, created a partnership to provide permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. This collection was named the “CyberCemetery” by early users of the site. Read the rest of this entry »

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from JUNE 11th …. ouch! does this scare you? gotta put up a new OSINT news category to catch all of this independently…”Internet Society of China launches website where netizens can report inappropriate online content…. Shanghai. (via Interfax-China) - A number of government organizations including the Information Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Information Industry and the Bureau of Foreign Languages have launched a new website where netizens can report illegal or inappropriate information being disseminated online. The website will be run by the Internet Society of China (ISC). The new website, named Read the rest of this entry »

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SciELO - Scientific electronic library online i’ll be adding this one to the researcher web guide, but until then: The Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO is an electronic library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals. Read the rest of this entry »

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when i read this excerpt from the IBM white paper about media and entertainment in 2010, i was gonna hurl…(pulled by len witt of the public journalism network) - “The future will see more open, reciprocal relationships and more ways to interact and customize at every point of the media value loop – among brands, creators, suppliers, distributors, delivery systems, customers and “experiencersâ€? of media content.” yeah, okay, aside from the made up word (experiencers?), what the hell is a value loop? does that mean that crap will cost a lot and then cost nothing, becoming actual crap once again (think janet jackson ticket prices) …is this just ibm recycling the concept of hypermediation (another gross word)?

who even cares- since it can only happen by 2010 if we understand whatever the hell it is they’re saying is going to happen … when huge groups of people compile information, then YES, it is great for research, but it’s also called being a ‘packrat’ …in fact, just save this file from ibm and rename ‘digital packrats white paper,’ print it out, and use it to line your bird cage.

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