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Thursday, August 23, 2012
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Internet Archive Turns Up the Speed With BitTorrent
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by Nancy K. Herther
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On Aug. 7, 2012, the Internet Archive gave peer-to-peer file sharing a major boost by making more than 1 million books, movies, and other media immediately available as "torrents" from BitTorrent instead of solely relying on HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) for downloading content. Using two of the Internet Archive's servers in addition to connecting distribution of content to others requesting the same material guarantees a faster delivery regardless of the users' mode of internet connection.
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Access Innovations Teams With AIP for Semantic Enrichment
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Access Innovations, Inc. is working with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) to semantically enrich AIP's online full-text collection comprising more than 800,000 scholarly articles published in its academic journals since the 1930s. The enriched database allows users to easily search the extensive electronic collection of published articles with greater specificity and discoverability across physics.
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Reproducibility Initiative to Increase the Value of Biomedical Research
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Science Exchange, in partnership with open access publisher PLOS and open data repository figshare, announced the launch of the Reproducibility Initiative. The new program aims to encourage independent replication of valuable research and thereby help scientists, institutions, and funding agencies validate their critical research findings. The Reproducibility Initiative will potentially provide a mechanism for industry to identify robust drug targets for developing effective new therapies.
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OCLC and Europeana Work to Improve ‘Similar Object’ Browsing
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OCLC and Europeana are collaborating to investigate ways of creating semantic links among the millions of digital objects that are accessible online through Europeana.eu in order to improve "similar object" browsing.
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Expand Your Search Engine Options
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by Paula J. Hane
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One of the most popular bylined pieces in our NewsBreaks/NewsLink Spotlight collection has been my April 1, 2010 article, "Alternative Search Engines Offer Rich Options." Since things have changed considerably in the last 2-plus years, I decided it was time to look at what some of the most useful options now are for search engines. While Google continues its domination of the search market, some enterprising folks continue to seek out alternatives—for additional features, interface preferences, spam avoidance, or privacy and security reasons.
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How to Make Enterprise Search More Like Google (5:25)
Doxconomy CEO Bryan Reynolds explains how to make behind-the-firewall searching more Google-like in this clip from his presentation at Enterprise Search & Discovery 2019.

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CONFERENCE CALENDAR
Dec. 11–13, The 19th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2019) Place: Sydney Sponsor/Organizer: IEEE URL: swinflow.org/confs/2019/cit/index.htm
Dec. 12–14, International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019) Place: Rourkela, India Sponsor/Organizer: Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela URL: ngl2019.webnode.com
Dec. 16–17, International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2019) Place: Prague Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing committee URL: confenis.ifip.org
Dec. 21–22, International Conference on Secure Knowledge Management in an Artificial Intelligence Era Place: Pilani, India Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing committee URL: secure-km.org
Dec. 26–28, International Conference on Digital Technologies and Transformation in Academic Libraries (DigiTTAL 2019) Place: Surathkal, India Sponsor/Organizer: Central Library, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal URL: digittal2019.wixsite.com/index
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