July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From the Director of National Intelligence: On January 4, 2018, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive, Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats directed intelligence agencies to review their holdings for historical material of current interest relating to the IC’s role in the Tet Offensive. Today the Intelligence Community […]
July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From Penn Today: The collaborative three-year project, Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis, or BiblioPhilly for short, will digitize 475 European medieval and early modern manuscripts, and additional individual pages from the collections of 15 universities and other Philadelphia-area institutions. The high-resolution images and accompanying analyses will be made available to the public, free of charge, on Penn Libraries’ […]
July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From Lapham’s Quarterly: In the nineteenth century some librarians became preoccupied with the morality or lack thereof displayed in some of their texts. Consequently a number of libraries created special shelf marks or locations for restricted books to ensure that only readers with a proper academic purpose might access them. Below is a summary of […]
July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From the Billings Gazette: A new digital archive [from the Natoonal Park Service] will allow the public to view historic images in the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument museum and archival collections. …the public will have the opportunity to view, search, and download more than 1,000 images from park collections. The photographs include 19th century images from […]
July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From Harzing.com: The latest version of the Journal Quality List is now available. The 63rd edition of the JQL updates the CNRS ranking to its June 2018 edition and includes minor corrections. The Journal Quality List is a collation of journal rankings from a variety of sources. The current version of the JQL contains 13 different […]
July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From the American Library Association: A newly released American Library Association (ALA) report marks the 10th anniversary of the American Dream Literacy Initiative and celebrates the many ways that participating public libraries have transformed lives, strengthened their communities, and advocated tirelessly for adult literacy and lifelong learning. Funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, the American Dream Literacy Initiative offers […]
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July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From The Washington Post: Facebook said Tuesday that it had discovered a sophisticated coordinated disinformation operation on its platform involving 32 false pages and profiles engaging in divisive messaging ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Facebook briefed congressional aides this week. A congressional aide said there’s no evidence that political candidates were targeted in the […]
July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
1. Selection Help: Tens Of Thousands Of Reader Reviews From Librarything Now Appearing On Hachette Book Group Website (via Bowker/ProQuest) 2. Cambridge University Press Releases 2018 Annual Report ||| Direct to Full Text Report (36 pages; PDF) ||| Direct to Full Text Report (HTML) 3. Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Expands Student Privacy Focus 4. Five Senators Ask […]
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July 31, 2018 by Gary Price
From the Juneau Empire: Last week, archivists at the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum announced the completion of a project to digitize a collection of papers relating to the Western gunslinger’s time in Alaska. Earp and his wife were among the tens of thousands of people who came to Alaska and […]
July 30, 2018 by Gary Price
From RAND: Medicare-certified hospitals and other institutional providers are required to submit an annual cost report to a Medicare Administrative Contractor. Cost reports contain provider information such as facility characteristics, utilization data, cost and charges by cost center (in total and for Medicare), Medicare settlement data, and financial statement data. The Centers for Medicare & […]