April 30, 2016 by Gary Price
Here’s an article appearing in the recently published issue of Collaborative Librarianship. Title Now Streaming: A Consortial PDA Video Pilot Project Authors Sheryl Knab WNYLRC Tom Humphrey Kanopy Caryl Ward Binghamton University Source Collaborative Librarianship Volume 8, Issue 1 Abstract In 2014, eight academic libraries in the state of New York collaborated on a group […]
April 30, 2016 by Gary Price
From an ARL News Post: The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA)—a global coalition of major research and academic library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States—recognizes the importance of working towards a common vision for open data. We firmly believe that open data holds the key to addressing many societal challenges […]
April 30, 2016 by Gary Price
From Arkansas Online: Legislative leaders and Gov. Asa Hutchinson have agreed to restore a $1 million cut in state funding for libraries and a $1 million cut in state funding for senior citizen centers. Senate President Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, and House Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, on Friday said the agreement was reached in […]
April 29, 2016 by Gary Price
From New Scientist: A data-sharing agreement obtained by New Scientist shows that Google DeepMind’s collaboration with the NHS [National Health Service] goes far beyond what it has publicly announced. [Clip] DeepMind announced in February that it was working with the NHS, saying it was building an app called Streams to help hospital staff monitor patients […]
April 29, 2016 by Gary Price
From ALA: Susan H. Hildreth, executive director of the Califa Group, Pacific Library Partnership, Peninsula Library System and administrator of the NorthNet Library System in San Mateo, California, has been elected treasurer of the American Library Association (ALA) for 2016-18. Hildreth received 9,228 votes in the uncontested election. Hildreth will become ALA treasurer at the […]
April 29, 2016 by Gary Price
From American Libraries: James G. (Jim) Neal, university librarian emeritus at Columbia University, New York, has been elected president-elect of the American Library Association. Neal received 3,479 votes, while his opponents, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, professor and coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, received 3,317 votes; and Christine […]
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April 29, 2016 by Gary Price
A new promo video for the Weston Library was made available on YouTube earlier today and is embedded below. The Weston Library reopened about 14 months ago after an £80m [$117 million/USD] restoration and renovation. More than 770,000 people visited the library in the first year after opening. See Also: UK: University of Oxford’s Weston […]
April 29, 2016 by Gary Price
Earlier this week Julia Frankosky, Government Information Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries, presented a FDLP (Federal Depository Library Program) Academy webinar about text mining government sources. A recording of the 55 minute presentation is now available online and is free to access. From the Description: This webinar provides an introduction to text mining Government publications. Viewers will […]
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April 29, 2016 by Gary Price
From the Mendeley Blog: If you haven’t heard of Mendeley Data before, it’s a new product that allows anyone who has data from experiments to publish it online and get a DOI for it so that it is citable. We launched the beta version 6 months ago. We’ve released many new features over those months, […]
April 29, 2016 by Gary Price
From EIFL: EIFL and partners, Kenya Library & Information Services Consortium (KLISC), Consortium for Tanzania Universities and Research Libraries (COTUL) and Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL), have launched a two-year project titled ‘Open access policy development in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to make more digital content available’. The project is funded by Spider, the […]