The new digital archive becomes available tomorrow (Thursday, Jan. 19, 2011). From Culture Map Houston: After a decade of culling historical material from across North and South America, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and its research institute, International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA), will launch its long-awaited digital archive of Latin American [...]
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Launches World's Most Comprehensive Digital Archive of Latin American and Latino Art
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New Study from Library Journal and Bowker Shows Library Users Want Access to Mobile Offerings
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From a Library Journal News Release: Library Journal in partnership with Bowker released its second issue of the quarterly publication Patron Profiles. Based on trending research among a national sample of over 2,100 participants, Patron Profiles: Mobile Devices, Mobile Content, and Library Apps shows how the increased use of mobile devices impacts library usage and [...]
OverDrive Tells Library Customers that Sales of Penguin Audiobooks Have Been Suspended
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From a PaidContent Article by Laura Hazard Owen: Hoping to skirt Penguin’s library e-book restrictions by checking out a hot new title as a digital audiobook instead? Sorry, that strategy will no longer work as Penguin changed its library policies again today Digital Shift has the message that OverDrive, which distributes e-books to libraries, sent [...]
New Issue Spotlight From IFLA's FAIFE Committee: Policing the Internet is Not a Job for a Corporation
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A new Spotlight report from the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) is now available. Title: Policing the Internet is not a Job for a Corporation Author: Hanna Nikkanen From the Intro: In light of recent legislation in the US (SOPA and PIPA), [...]
ACRL Posts Comments on Public Access to Digital Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research
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From the ACRL Insider: Last week, ACRL submitted comments in response to the request for information (RFI) issued November 3, 2011, by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). ACRL recommended approaches for ensuring long-term stewardship and encouraging broad public access to unclassified digital data that results from federally funded scientific research. [...]
Just Released: Library of Congress Offers Congressional Record As iPad App
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From LC: The Library of Congress, at the initiative of House Leadership and under the guidance of the Committee on House Administration, today announced it has made the Congressional Record available as an app to users of iPad tablet devices. The Congressional Record delivered through the app is a PDF document that can be shared [...]
Facts and Stats: The Stop SOPA Infographic
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Archives Opens to the Public
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Books about everyone from the Beatles to Jimi Hendrix to Elvis Presley line row after row of shelves. “When it comes to, say, the Beatles, I wouldn’t be surprised if our collection is the deepest among all public libraries in the country,” said Andy Leach, director of the facility. There [...]
Springer Permits Commercial Use for its Hybrid Open Access Program
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From Springer: Springer is bringing Open Choice, its hybrid open access option, into line with the fully open access journals published by BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. As a result, all open access content at Springer will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. In 2004, the hybrid open access option Open Choice was [...]
SOPA/PIPA and the Wikipedia Blackout
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We would like to ENCOURAGE all INFOdocket readers to CONTACT their representatives in Congress and let them know that SOPA/PIPA is bad legislation. This post has articles and links to learn more about SOPA/PIPA. Those of you outside of the U.S. might want to take a look at this petition to the U.S. State Department. [...]
