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1. RESOUR> [netsites] Robotics Education Project 2. K12> [netsites] Popcorn Board 3. MISC> [netsites] The Miracles Page 4. RESOUR> [DIG_REF] Business ethics resource 5. UPDATED> [DIG_REF] Version 45, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 6. RESOUR> [DIG_REF] New Article on Specialized Search 7. RESOUR> Report on Political Journalism and the Internet 8. Last: posting for Monday, October 14, 2002 ************************************************************************* NOTE: Gleason Sackmann is the owner and host of this list. All inquiries regarding this list and its contents should be directed to Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. If you want to unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives for Net-happenings can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:29:35 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Robotics Education Project From: Phast Byder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Robotics Education Project Robotics Education Project http://robotics.nasa.gov/ "The NASA Robotics Education Project (REP) is dedicated to encouraging people to become involved in science and engineering, particularly robotics. REP works to capture the educational potential of NASA's robotics missions by supporting educational robotics competitions and events, facilitating robotics curriculum enhancements at all educational levels, and maintaining a web site clearinghouse of robotics education information." Phast Byder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:29:47 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [netsites] Popcorn Board From: The Frijole Kid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Popcorn Board Popcorn Board http://www.popcorn.org/index.cfm Learn all about popcorn. Site includes recipes, the Encyclopedia Popcornica, a kids page, nutrition information, and resources for teachers. The Frijole Kid [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:30:08 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] The Miracles Page From: Paul E. Onimuss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 5:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] The Miracles Page The Miracles Page http://www.mcn.org/1/Miracles/ "Miracles Page Reference work on Miracles including Apparitions of the Virgin Mary, Hindu Milk Miracle, Angels, Healing Waters, Crosses of Light, the Reappearance of The Christ, Crop Circles, Weeping Statues and Icons, etc." Paul E. Onimuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:48:10 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [DIG_REF] Business ethics resource From: Dig_Ref [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sloan, Bernie Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DIG_REF] Business ethics resource Business ethics are a pretty hot topic right now. This is a pretty comprehensive resource from Sharon Stoerger. Every entry is annotated, and every entry is available via the Web: http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm <http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm> Feel free to forward to other interested parties. Bernie Sloan Senior Library Information Systems Consultant University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting 338 Henry Administration Building 506 S. Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: (217) 333-4895 Fax: (217) 265-0454 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:48:25 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: UPDATED> [DIG_REF] Version 45, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography From: Dig_Ref [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DIG_REF] Version 45, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Version 45 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 1,700 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. HTML: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html Acrobat: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf The HTML document is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document includes three sections not found in the Acrobat file: (1) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (over 230 related Web sites) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (list of new resources that is updated on weekdays) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 140 pages long. The Acrobat file is over 380 KB. The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History 3.2 Critiques* 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements 5.3 Other Legal Issues 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Technical Reports and E-Prints* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies by the Same Author Appendix B. About the Author Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images Legal* Preservation Publishers* SGML and Related Standards Technical Reports and E-Prints An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Systems, University of Houston, Library Administration, 114 University Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2000. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (713) 743-9804. Fax: (713) 743-9811. http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/bailey.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:57:44 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [DIG_REF] New Article on Specialized Search From: Dig_Ref [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of gary Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DIG_REF] New Article on Specialized Search Hello from D.C. I've written a new article for Searcher magazine that looks at several "specialized" tools from AlltheWeb, AltaVista, and Google. >From the October, 2002 issues: "Specialized Search Engine FAQs: More Questions, Answer and Issues" http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct02/price.htm I hope you find it useful. cheers, gary -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk http://resourceshelf.freepint.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:20:55 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> Report on Political Journalism and the Internet From: Computer-assisted Reporting & Research [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of gary Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New: Report on Political Journalism and the Internet Hello from D.C. A new report from the Institute for Policy, Democracy & the Internet and the Pew Charitable Trusts that might be of interest to you and others in your organization. Title: The Virtual Trail: Political Journalism on the Internet Url: http://www.pewtrusts.com/pdf/pp_online_journalist.pdf 76 pages. and on an unrelated note: I have a new article in Searcher that provides an overview of the specialized databases and content from AlltheWeb, AltaVista, and Google. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct02/price.htm cheers, gary -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk http://resourceshelf.freepint.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:01:19 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Last: posting for Monday, October 14, 2002 Last: posting for Monday, October 14, 2002 NOTE: This is primarily for website readers. 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