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Video Presentation: Laura Dawson on “Integrating Metadata into the Publishing Process”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Open Access, Profiles, Publishing, Resources
|Two months ago we shared this interview with metadata expert and Content Chief at Firebrand Technologies Laura Dawson. The interview took place right before her presentation at the BookNet Canada Technology Conference. Now, a video of Laura’s presentation is available (free) online. Librarians will benefit by understanding how publishers view, use, and implement metadata. Plus, as […]
A New Collection of Digitized Historical Films from the National Library of Medicine
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Resources
|From the NLM News Release: The National Library of Medicine has produced a new digital collection, Tropical Disease Motion Pictures. The collection comprises 46 titles from the Library’s collections that illustrate the battle against tropical disease. The materials range from research documentaries, interviews with noted scientists, and public health education campaigns, to films shot on […]
From the Ithaka S+R News Release: Extraordinary pressure is mounting on colleges and universities—especially public universities—to address the ever-increasing growth in the costs of higher education and to improve student learning outcomes. Online learning holds great promise to address these issues, but requires these institutions to operate in substantially different ways. “Barriers to Adoption of […]
Vanderbilt Digital Archive Recovers Lost Civil Rights Voices, Digitized Recordings Now Online
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interviews, Libraries, Profiles, Resources
|From Vanderbilt University Digitized versions of the original reel-to-reel recordings that author Robert Penn Warren conducted with Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and other key leaders in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are now searchable through the Who Speaks for the Negro website housed at Vanderbilt University. [Clip] The original recordings are held at […]
From The St. Louis Post Dispatch: To the thousands of people who use the St. Louis County Library’s headquarters branch in Ladue, or who travel past it every day on busy Lindbergh Boulevard, the red-brick structure may not look like it should be torn down. But demolishing and replacing the building would be part of […]
The interview transcript appears on the Appleton Post-Crescent web site. The interview begins with Rortvedt mentioning some recent changes at the library including: We’ve also changed around some of our departments. Our reference department is now known as Community Partnerships, and that’s really to emphasize our increased collaboration with the community and the importance of […]
Digital Preservation: An Interview With the Directors of LOCKSS and CLOCKSS
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Interviews, Libraries, Maps, News, Preservation, Profiles, Publishing
|From Research Information: Vicky Reich, director of the LOCKSS programme at Stanford University Libraries, and Randy Kiefer, executive director of the CLOCKSS archive, explain why preserving digital content is a challenge that needs to be tackled, especially as this content becomes more dynamic. Here is one exchange from the interview: What are the challenges with […]
Interview: A Conversation with Stanford’s Highwire Press
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Interviews, Open Access, Profiles, Publishing
|From The Chronicle of Higher Education: In this interview, I speak [Professor Adeline Koh conducts the interview] with the Stanford HighWire Press, which functions as one of the new “printing presses” for scholarly work. Established in 1995, Highwire offers hosting space and a publishing platform for publishers and scholarly societies. HighWire provides the publishing platform […]
Controlled Vocabularies: 17 New Terms Added to ERIC Thesaurus
Academic Libraries, Interviews, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Resources, School Libraries
|17 new terms (descriptors) were added to the ERIC Thesaurus today. Here’s the list. From the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center): Ambiguity (Context) Ambiguity (Semantics) Capacity Building Comorbidity Computer Games Critical Literacy English Language Learners Information Security Knowledge Economy Leadership Role Mixed Methods Research Naming Neoliberalism School Turnaround Semi Structured Interviews Structured Interviews Web 2.0 […]
Video of the interview series hosted by the late Mike Wallace are available via the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. 65 programs are available for online viewing. Each program includes a text transcript. The Mike Wallace Interview ran from 1957 to 1960, but the Ransom Center collection includes interviews from […]