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G a r y  P a t t i l l o  

Gary Pattillo is reference librarian at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, e-mail: pattillo@email. 
unc.edu 

Teens and media multitasking 
Nearly two­thirds of the time young people spend reading or using the Internet, 
they are also doing something else at the same time—primarily eating, doing 
chores, talking on the phone, doing homework, or using another media. Young 
people are most likely to use multiple media together when they’re instant 
messaging (74 percent), surfing the Internet (74 percent) or playing computer 
games (67 percent), while they are least likely to do so when watching TV (17 
percent of the time). 
Ulla G. Foehr, “The Teen Media Juggling Act: The Implications of Media Multitasking Among American Youth,” The Kaiser 
Family Foundation, December 12, 2006, www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia121206pkg.cfm. January 9, 2006 

Semantic Web search engine 
SWSE is a search engine for the Semantic Web. It provides the equivalent services 
for metadata­encoded documents that Web search engines currently provide for 
the HTML­Web. SWSE explores and indexes the Semantic Web and provides an 
easy­to­use interface through which users can find the data they are looking for. 
The Semantic Web uses metadata encoded in a document’s Resource Description 
Framework (RDF), a general framework for describing a Web site’s metadata. 
SWSE currently indexes approximately 100,000 fi les. 
SWSE, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, swse.deri.org/. January 11, 2007 

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas­ 
Austin will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its inception in 2007 with a year 
dedicated to “Celebrating the Imagination.” In its 50­year history, the Ransom 
Center has evolved into a world­renowned cultural institution, known for its 
collections of literary manuscripts, rare books, photographs and art, and its hold­
ings in the performing arts and film. The center houses more than 36 million 
manuscripts, 1 million rare books, 5 million photographs, and 100,000 works 
of art and design. 
“Harry Ransom Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2007,” AScribe Newswire. January 8, 2007, newswire.ascribe. 
org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20070108.095619. January 8, 2007 

Katrina Research Center 
The Katrina Research Center serves as an interdisciplinary center and a public 
clearinghouse to facilitate the gathering of historical and current information 
and knowledge about the effects of and recovery from Hurricane Katrina as 
well as from other disasters. The library of the University of Southern Missis­
sippi­Gulf Coast provides support to the depository, and collaborates with the 
center to promote community awareness and provide access to scholars and 
the general public. 
Katrina Research Center, www.usm.edu/katrina/. January 8, 2007 

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