New from the Library World

The European Library Updates Site
The European Library announced a new site release http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org, a free resource to discover learning and research materials, covering all subjects, from 38 national libraries across Europe. Originally developed as a central point of access to Europe’s library material, the website now combines multilingual search functionalities with several online exhibitions (www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/exhibition) and Web 2.0 tools.
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/wndReader.asp?ArticleId=52688

Open Solutions for Libraries Gain Momentum
Open sharing of data has often collided with issues of ownership and licensing. Nobody does more of a balancing act than librarians, who work to provide materials freely to patrons and other libraries while protecting owners’ rights. In 2008, LibLime introduced biblios (http://biblios.org), an open source, web-based metadata tool for libraries, and it has just launched ‡biblios.net, a free, browser-based cataloging service with a data archive containing more than 30 million bibliographic and authority records. Records are licensed under the Open Data Commons (www.opendatacommons.com), making the service the world’s largest repository of freely licensed library records. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=52484

True Knowledge semantic search engine
True Knowledge is not a regular search engine. It answers questions based on an index of 129,498,414 facts about 5,112,422 things. An example of how True Knowledge works is the question “Is the koala bear a bear?”. The answer to this question is no.
http://www.trueknowledge.com/