Digital Map/Database Reveals Israeli Archaeology

From the Article: A searchable map detailing 40 years of Israeli archaeological work in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, developed for the USC Digital Library, has won the 2009 Open Archaeology...

Health Research: Online Database: Orphanet

From the Web Site: Orphanet is a database of information on rare diseases and orphan drugs for all publics. Its aim is to contribute to the improvement of the diagnosis, care and treatment of...

Data Visualization: Interactively Track the Avian Flu Around the World Using Google Earth

From the Announcement: New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1...

New Current Awareness Resource: Keyword Search Metadata and Abstracts From More than 4500 Tech Jour

Here are three current awareness services out of the UK. They are all free. One debuted yesterday while the others have been online for some time. These are the types of services that libraries and...

UK: Ordanance Survey Map Data Will Be Available Online (Free) in 2010

From the Story: Ordnance Survey map data will be freely available online to everybody from 2010, the Government has announced. The move will allow people to interpret public statistics about crime,...