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Reference: Fast Facts: NCES Releases The Condition of Education 2013
From the National Center for Education Statistics: The 42 indicators presented in The Condition of Education 2013 provide a progress report on education in America and include findings on the demographics of American schools, U.S. resources for schooling, and outcomes associated with … [Read More...]
Texas A&M And University Of Texas Systems To Open Joint Library Storage Facility Tomorrow
From Texas A&M University: The Texas A&M University System and The University of Texas System will celebrate the opening Friday (May 24) of their Joint Library Facility at Texas A&M University’s Riverside Campus. The 18,000-square-foot library facility represents an unprecedented collaboration … [Read More...]
Open Access Legislation Passes Illinois Senate and House, Awaits Governors Signature
The "Open Access to Research Articles Act" (SB 1900) recently passed both houses of the Illinois General Assembly. From an Illinois Senate Democrats News Release: Legislation State Senator Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) [where Northwestern U. is located] sponsored to work toward making state … [Read More...]
U.S. Department of State Historian Releases API for Online Ebook Catalog
Since March, 2012, the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Dept. of State has been releasing digitized volumes of the Foreign Relations of the United States series and making them available online. 103 volumes are currently online (free) and available in Mobi and EPUB formats. More volumes will … [Read More...]
FTRF (Freedom to Read Foundation) Announces Seven Recipients of 2013 Banned Books Week Event Grants
From the Freedom To Read Foundation: The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), via its Judith F.Krug Memorial Fund, has announced seven $1,000 grants to libraries, schools and community organizations in support of Banned Books Week events. Banned Books Week, which will take place Sept. 22–30, 2013, … [Read More...]
Scholarly Publishing: Computers & Graphics Journal Includes First Executable Papers Published Online on Science Direct
From Elsevier: Computers & Graphics for the first time has published executable papers in its special issue on 3D Object Retrieval within the online article framework on ScienceDirect. An executable paper combines the narrative of a traditional scholarly paper with embedded data sets and … [Read More...]
Reference: UK’s Culture Grid Search Now Also Provides Access to Europeana Material
From Collections Link: As part of Collection Trust’s mission to give everyone greater access to culture, arts and heritage from across the globe, whilst promoting UK collections internationally, over 30 million items from 1000’s of UK and European museums, galleries, libraries and archives can … [Read More...]
IEEE Now Provides Open-Access Option for All Peer-Reviewed Journals
From IEEE: IEEE today announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options... [Clip] IEEE joins the open access ranks in a big way by adding to the total figure more than 100 journals capable of accepting open-access content. [Clip] "More … [Read More...]
“Ex-Detroit Library Official Timothy Cromer Charged With Taking $1.4 Million in Bribes”
From MLive.com: U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade on Tuesday charged Cromer, the Detroit Public Library chief administrative and technology officer, with taking more than $1.4 million in bribes and kickbacks from library contractors. Cromer, 46, who had earned an annual salary of $145,323, is … [Read More...]
Harvard’s Houghton Library Acquires Official “How To” Guide for Star Trek Writers, Published in 1967
From The Harvard Gazette: Harvard’s Houghton Library recently purchased a copy of “The Star Trek Guide,” an intriguing and often amusing handbook that includes everything that aspiring writers might need to know before crafting a script for the ’60s cult sci-fi television series that … [Read More...]
Amazon Publishing Introduces “Kindle Worlds,” a New Publishing Model for Authors Inspired to Write Fan Fiction
News from Amazon about a new publishing model for those who like to write fan fiction. Today, Amazon Publishing announces Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform that will enable any writer to create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters. Through these … [Read More...]
Reference: National Center for Education Statistics Releases New Postsecondary Ed Data
New Data Released by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Using Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in 2012-13 Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2011-12 12-Month Enrollment: 2011-12: First Look (Preliminary … [Read More...]
Peter Suber to Direct Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication
CONGRATS to a good friend and colleague, Dr. Peter Suber, on his new appointment at Harvard. Well done Peter!!! --Gary From the Berkman Center: The Harvard Library and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Suber … [Read More...]
Canada: Ebooks Made Up 15% of All Book Sales During 2012, Paperbacks at 58%
From BookNet Canada: The Canadian market for ebooks remains steady, according to a new report from BookNet Canada. Findings in The Canadian Book Consumer 2012: Annual Report show that paperback books (including mass markets) comprised 58% of all purchases in 2012. Hardcover made up 24% and ebooks … [Read More...]
MOOCs: EdX Expands xConsortium From 12 to 27 Higher Education Institutions
From EdX: The xConsortium is gaining 15 prestigious higher education institutions, bringing its total to 27, including Tsinghua University and Peking University in China, The University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology in Hong Kong, Kyoto University in Japan, and … [Read More...]
Internet Archive Receives $1 Million Grant From Knight Foundation to Expand TV News Archive
Congrats to Brewster and IA team! From The Internet Archive Blog: Thanks to a recent $1 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, we will be expanding our TV News Search & Borrow service that enables everyone to search, quote and borrow U.S. television news … [Read More...]
Acting Public Printer Testifies Before Congress About FY 2011 GPO Budget Request (Video)
From the Government Printing Office (GPO): Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations on the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) FY 2014 appropriations request. GPO is requesting $128.5 million for FY 2014, which is … [Read More...]
The New Issue of ARL’s Research Library Issues Looks at OER, E-Book Licensing, and Library Trends
Research Library Issues (#280) was made available earlier today by the Association of Research Libraries. Direct to Articles Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries by Marilyn S. Billings, Sarah C. Hutton, Jay Schafer, Charles M. … [Read More...]
Video Interview: ARL’s Brandon Butler Discusses Legal Issues in the Digital Age
In a brief video interview (embedded below) Brandon Butler, director of public policy initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries, discusses a few of the many legal issues in the digital age. From Dartmouth Now “We have to figure out, what rights do libraries have? What rights can … [Read More...]
NY Times: “New Research Tools Kick Up Dust in Archives”
From The NY Times: In just a few years, advances in technology have transformed the methods of historians and other archival researchers. Productivity has improved dramatically, costs have dropped and a world distinguished by solo practitioners has become collaborative. In response, developers are … [Read More...]
