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compiled by Sandra Wong.

Exodus Libris

Heard on The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio One on February 29, 2004, this radio documentary by Alisa Siegel profiled the public librarian brain drain from Canada to New York City. The audio is still availabe [as of April 2004] from the Sunday Edition's website.

Hacking the Library

Clark, Kendall Grant . The Library of Congress Comes Home. XML.com (March 17, 2004).

The second installment of Kendall Clark's column in XML.com where he provides advice to persons living the "dijalog" lifestyle on how to organize "your personal medial collection."

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition, Librarians

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor comes this entry on Librarians in their annual Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Jobs for librarians outside traditional settings will grow the fastest over the decade. Nontraditional librarian jobs include working as information brokers and working for private corporations, nonprofit organizations, and consulting firms. Many companies are turning to librarians because of their research and organizational skills and their knowledge of computer databases and library automation systems. [From the section on Job Outlook]

Internet Use in Canada

From Statistics Canada, Internet Use in Canada is a freely available resource providing access to Statistics Canada Research papers and articles as well as some data tables from various surveys that measure internet use. Some interesting topics include: Household Shopping on the Internet, Electronic commerce and technology, Internet use among older Canadians, and free access to Changing our ways: Why and how Canadians use the Internet.

Pew Internet & American Life

America's Online Pursuits: The changing picture of who's online and what they do.

Who uses the internet, where, when, why and how? The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a non-profit project of the Pew Research Center for People and the Press that conducts and funds "original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life."

[From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/ ]

The high cost of not finding information

Feldman, Susan. "The high cost of not finding information." KM World 13(3). Available online.