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From Natural Resources Canada: For over a century, the Atlas of Canada has provided Canadians with trusted geographic information about Canada and the world. From the first paper folio edition in 1906 to today’s digital and interactive online maps, the Atlas of Canada has provided insights and information to help everyone understand the world we […]
A New Issue of Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (Vol. 4 No. 2) is Now Available Online
| Data Files, Libraries, Maps, New Issue, News, Patrons and Users
Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (Vol. 4 No. 2) Includes the Following Peer-Reviewed Articles: Using UX Personas to Improve Library GIS and Data Services by Taylor Hixson and Justin Parrott “I Think It Could Be Better”: Incorporating User Testing Into Learning Experience Design by Lisa Becksford, Kelsey Hammer and Kayla B McNabb Location-Based Trickery: […]
Library of Congress Acquires Rare Book Collection of Over 750 Items From the American Foundation For the Blind
| Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Libraries, Maps, National Libraries, News
From The Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has acquired the M.C. Migel Memorial Rare Book Collection from the American Foundation for the Blind, comprised of over 750 items dating from 1617 to the present, including books by and about Hellen Keller and other blind authors. The collection is a treasure trove of seminal […]
Government Publications Library at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Named Government Publications Office (GPO) 2021 Library of the Year
| Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, News, Preservation, Publishing
From the University of Minnesota Libraries: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) names the Government Publications Library at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities as the 2021 Federal Depository Library of the Year. The library is a Regional Depository Library and supports dozens of other libraries in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Michigan. It was selected […]
NOAA Releases a Redesigned Climate.gov Website
| Awards, Dashboards, Data Files, Maps, News, Patrons and Users
From NOAA: NOAA’s Climate Program Office today launched a newly redesigned version of Climate.gov, NOAA’s award-winning, flagship website that provides the public with clear, timely, and science-based information about climate. The redesign expands the site’s already significant capacity to connect Americans with the resources they need to understand and plan for climate-related risks. [Clip] Climate.gov […]
From Library and Archives Canada (LAC): Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada is a free multimedia e-book featuring 28 essays and over 140 images. Indigenous staff at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) wrote the essays to offer personal interpretations of collection items such as journals, maps, artwork, photographs, publications and audiovisual […]
News Roundup (October 6, 2021)
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, Maps, News, Publishing, Roundup
2022 Library Publishing Forum Call For Proposals (via LFP) HathiTrust Members Elect 4 New Board Members and Unanimously Pass 2022 Budget New Leadership for Semantic Scholar Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) Community Forum: “Sharing Our Progress and Opportunities for Involvement” to Take Place on Thursday, October 28, 2021 (via Educopia Institute) Open Knowledge Maps Introduces […]
From the United Nations University: UN University-led experts have debuted a new tool that generates instant, accurate street-level resolution maps of floods worldwide since 1985. The free online World Flood Mapping Tool will help all countries but especially those in the Global South, where flood risk maps are rare and often badly out of date. […]
Law Library of Congress and GPO Digitize 287 Volumes of the United States Congressional Serial Set, First Selected Volumes Now Available Online
| Digital Preservation, Libraries, Maps, News, Publishing, Reports
From the Library of Congress: The Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with the U.S. Government Publishing Office, has digitized 287 volumes of the United States Congressional Serial Set and made them available on the Library’s website. The release is part of a decade-long partnership to digitize more than 15,000 volumes of the U.S. Congressional […]
From Apple: With the release of iOS 15, Apple Maps gets its biggest update ever with a city experience that offers rich details, driving routes with better navigation, immersive walking directions shown in augmented reality, and much more. The update, which expands on the new map that Apple spent years building from the ground up, […]
