Latest Information Industry News and Resources
Internet Archive Introduces a New Blog Series on “Helping Libraries Transform their Physical Collections”
From the Internet Archive: Using controlled digital lending, libraries and publishers have a new model for making their printed works available in digital form in ways that protect their copyrighted materials and intellectual property. Future posts will feature examples of how libraries, … [Read More...]
Report: “NARA Drives Government Transition to All-Electronic Records”
From Steven Aftergood/Secrecy News: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is embarking on an ambitious effort to phase out the acquisition of paper records by 2022 and to transition to all-electronic record keeping. The White House Office of Management and Budget has endorsed the … [Read More...]
Digital Privacy: Facebook’s Giving Users a Way to Wipe Their App and Website History…”
From CNBC: Facebook is giving users more information about the outside apps and websites that send information about their activity back to Facebook — and a way to disconnect that kind of information from their account. If users decide to clear that off-Facebook activity, Facebook won’t … [Read More...]
Study to Find Better Ways Libraries Can Serve Older Constituents Receives IMLS Grant
From the University of Buffalo: Librarians have no trouble designing programs to entice children and young adults. There’s an established academic and research history defining what preschoolers to teens prefer in a library, and how librarians can provide fun, useful programs and services. But … [Read More...]
Collection Development: Reference Resources Roundup #15 (A Curated Collection of Recently Published or Updated Data-Rich Reports Available on the Web)
This selection of curated, full text documents and other reference material is updated daily with new entries. Please bookmark this page and visit again. All of the linked items are free to access and download. This roundup began on August 8, 2019. 14 previously released curated roundups … [Read More...]
Journal Article: “The Suggest a Library Purchase Program at the University of Colorado Boulder”
The following article (accepted manuscript version) was recently made available via the University of Colorado Boulder institutional repository. Title The Suggest a Library Purchase Program at the University of Colorado Boulder Author Kathia Ibacache Source Accepted Manuscript Version: via CU … [Read More...]
Roundup (August 20, 2019)
Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR award Plant Humanities Fellowships (via Harvard Gazette) Global: Top 20 Government Institutions Who Were Largest Contributors to Papers Published in the 82 Journals Tracked by The Nature Index in 2018 PressReader Acquires Personalization and Publisher Analytics Provider … [Read More...]
Mark Asberg Appointed CEO of the Calgary Public Library Effective September 1, 2019
From the Calgary Public Library: The Calgary Public Library is very pleased to announce that Mark Asberg has been appointed CEO effective September 1, 2019. Asberg has been with the Library for more than five years in the role of Director of Service Delivery. He was selected as the Calgary … [Read More...]
Projects: “Lighting the Way: Illuminating the Future of Discovery and Delivery for Archives”
From a Stanford University Library Blog Post: We are pleased to announce Lighting The Way: A National Forum on Archival Discovery and Delivery, a year-long project running from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020, funded by the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program of the Institute of … [Read More...]
New Video: “Annotation in Education: 2019 Highlights”
From Hypothesis (via YouTube): Highlights from educators talking about collaborative, web annotation with Hypothesis from various 2019 events, including I Annotate 2019. See Also: Links: Presentations and Video Recordings From I Annotate 2019 … [Read More...]
U.S. Census Releases New Data Tables (re: Foreign Born Population) From the New 2017 and 2018 Current Population Survey
From the U.S. Census: The U.S. Census Bureau released new tables from the 2017 and 2018 Current Population Survey. The foreign-born table package highlights characteristics of the foreign-born population by world region of birth and generation. These tables provide information on marital status, … [Read More...]
Mourning the Loss of Former National Library of Medicine Director Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.
From a Statement by: Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Institutes of Health Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. Director, National Library of Medicine It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D., who served as the … [Read More...]
Profile: Chicago Native Bill Ptacek Helped Expand Calgary’s Libraries
From The Globe and Mail: In June, Bill Ptacek, CEO of the Calgary Public Library, received one of the city of Calgary’s highest honours: Citizen of the Year. At the ceremony, Mayor Naheed Nenshi declared, “I have a giant crush on Bill Ptacek. I love him so much!” But Mr. Ptacek was not … [Read More...]
Journal Article: “Teaching and Learning Without a Textbook: Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources”
The following article (full text) appears in the July 2019 issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL). Title Teaching and Learning Without a Textbook: Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Author Hong LinUniversity of … [Read More...]
Philadelphia: Inside One of the Nation’s Largest Collections of LGBTQ History
From Billy Penn: If they were stacked vertically, the LGBTQ artifacts at the William Way Community Center would stand 800 feet tall. That’s a tower nearly as tall as the Comcast Center, made up of hundreds of thousands of items like personal letters, artworks, t-shirts and buttons. We’re … [Read More...]
Public Library News Roundup
Idaho Boise Pumps the Brakes on Building a New Library (via Boise State Public Radio) Illinois Grant Awarded to Chicago Public Library Foundation to Fund ‘Experience Labs’ In Eight City Libraries (via Chicago Sun-Times) Maine Portland Public Library Adds Social Worker to Staff (Video; via … [Read More...]
News Roundup (August 19, 2019)
4.1 Billion Records Exposed in Breaches in First Half of 2019 (via Threatpost) Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Journal Articles Now Discoverable via Unpaywall Bryan Vickery Named New Director of Product at Crossref Japan: National Diet Library Annual Budget FY 19 Note: The total 2019 budget … [Read More...]
Report: Australian Libraries Join Forces to Build National Digital Collection (NED)
From a Guest Post on the National Library of Australia Website by Kate Torney, Chair of National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA) and CEO, State Library Victoria: This month something truly remarkable has happened for Australia. It won’t make front page news or cause a Twitter storm, but it … [Read More...]
Report: Archives New Zealand Set to Get New Facility
From NewsOne: New Zealand's most significant and valuable documents will soon get a new home with plans for a new archives facility announced today. Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin said in a statement the new facility will improve protection of the items. It would also solve the issues … [Read More...]
Journal Article: “Leveraging Cataloging and Collection Development Expertise to Improve OER Discovery”
The following article was recently published by OLA Quarterly an official publication of the Oregon Library Association. Title Leveraging Cataloging and Collection Development Expertise to Improve OER Discovery Authors Clare Sobotka Linn-Benton Community College Holly Wheeler Mt. Hood Community … [Read More...]
