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A new report including a maker movement timeline from the National League of Cities that some libraries/librarians might want to review and share with colleagues, government officials, and other members of their communities. From News Release/Summary: A new report [recently] released from the National League of Cities (NLC) examines the “maker movement” and identifies what […]
Price on Privacy | Charleston Conference 2015
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Resources
During this year’s Charleston Conference I had the opportunity to speak about library privacy—and digital privacy in general—on a panel organized by Ann Okerson with co-panelists, Lisa Macklin (Emory University) and Bill Hannay (Schiff Hardin LLP). With a short time for my presentation, my goal was to make attendees aware, or MORE aware, of the privacy issues and challenges that we all face, in a library setting but also just about everywhere else.
New Interactive Database: Silicon Valley’s Highest-Paid CEOs for 2015
| Awards, Data Files, News, Resources
Released today by the SiliconValley.com/Bay Area News Group. Top salaries by Silicon Valley CEO’s in 2014. Search using company name and gender. Data fields (Sortable) include: Rank Name Company Salary Stock Awards Total Pay Change Direct to Silicon Valley’s Highest-Paid CEOs for 2015 Background Article: “What the Boss Makes: GoPro CEO Nick Woodman is Silicon […]
From Lexology: Until recently, the only option for searching through registered designs in Israel was through the use of a computer terminal located at the Israel Patent Office (ILPO) in Jerusalem. In response to a growing demand for such searches, the ILPO has launched a new online database and search engine of registered designs that […]
From the National Center for Education Statistics: Between 2012-13 and 2014-15, the average tuition and required fees at 4-year public institutions (after adjusting for inflation) increased approximately the same for both in-state and out-of-state students (a nearly 3 percent increase for both). During that same time period, 4-year nonprofit institutions increased overall at 3 percent. […]
New Digital Collection: Rare Elizabeth Gaskell Manuscripts Go Digital for the First Time
| Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Publishing, Resources
From the University of Manchester: The only known complete handwritten manuscript of one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels will feature in the world’s largest online collection of her works which went live this week – giving the public free unlimited access to it for the first time. Highlights from the collection are the unedited ‘warts and […]
A New Video Series from The Library of Congress: “Conversations About RDA”
| Academic Libraries, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
The Library of Congress has just released online, “Conversations About RDA”, a new series of five training videos providing, “tips and strategies for working with the RDA.” The videos were recoded on May 20, 2015. Presenter Bios Paul Frank is acting coordinator of the Name Authority Cooperative (NACO) and Subject Authority Cooperative (SACO) programs in […]
Awesome! Film Archives: AP and British Movietone Make Nearly 17,000 Hours of Historical Footage Available on YouTube
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, News, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries, Video Recordings
The entire Associated Press film archive and much more is now available on YouTube. Wow! From the Associated Press: The Associated Press and British Movietone, one of the world’s most comprehensive newsreel archives, are together bringing more than 1 million minutes of digitized film footage to YouTube. Showcasing the moments, people and events that shape […]
Overview: Accessing HathiTrust on Mobile Devices
| Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
A recent CDLINFO News post by Renata Ewing post available on the California Digital Library website, has a useful overview post about using the mobile interface to search and access material from the HathiTrust database. Ewing writes: The mobile site offers a dressed down reading interface without the bells and whistles of the regular site. […]
New Research Paper: “Towards Understanding User Preferences From User Tagging Behavior”
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The following paper was recently made available on arXiv. Title Towards Understanding User Preferences from User Tagging Behavior Authors Amandianeze O. Nwana Cornell University Tsuhan Chen Cornell University Source via arXiv Abstract Personalizing image tags is a relatively new and growing area of research, and in order to advance this research community, we must review […]
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