[MCN-L] New York Times To Close TimesSelect

[Amalyah Keshet]

New York Times To Close TimesSelect Effective Midnight Tuesday; Will Open Last 
20 Years Of Archives

As an ex-pat whose survival and sanity are directly dependent upon full, free 
access to the New York Times, 
I can only squeal, Yes!   The economics of full, free search have triumphed.


http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-new-york-times-to-close-timesselect-effective-wednesday/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/media/18times.html?_r=1hporef=slogin




Amalyah Keshet
Head of Image Resources  Copyright Management
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem  akeshet at imj.org.il
Chair, MCN IP SIG   www.mcn.edu
Blog  www.musematic.net 

[MCN-L] NMNH Position Announcement

[Gamble, Beth]

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History's
Informatics Office has an opening for a Database Administrator.  The
candidate will work with vendor technical support in the maintenance and
administration of our Research and Collections Information System.  This
system uses the EMu application from KE Software, Inc. and runs on a
relational / object oriented database platform called texpress, also by
KE Software, Inc.  The candidate will also work with other research and
collections colleagues throughout the museum on individual data
projects, assisting with database design, creation and maintenance,
client application interfaces, and web interfaces.
 
This federal goverment position is located in Washington, DC.  Please
see the following job announcement URL for further information and
instructions for applying.  Please forward this message to any and all
interested parties. The close date for the position applications is
Sept. 26th.
 
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=62359242
 
Sincerely,
Beth :-)
 
--- Beth L. Gamble 
Senior Systems Analyst
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012 - MRC 136
Washington, DC 20013-7012
e: gambleb at si.edu