MORE 'INTERVIEWS' POSTS
via the ePSIplatform Web Site: 1. Estonian Data Portal At End of Month At a conference organised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications on open government data, the data portal was said to be ready at the end of February, and to be made available under the URL opendata.riik.ee. Currently the URL shows […]
Title The e-Reader — an Educational or an Entertainment Tool? e-Readers in an Academic Setting Authors Peter Ahlroos, Tritonia Academic Library, Vaasa, Finland Jonna Hahto, Tritonia Academic Library, Vaasa, Finland Source LIBER Quarterly (The Journal of European Research Libraries) Volume 21 (2012), No. 2 Abstract In this paper the authors will discuss a pilot project […]
Not only does Poynder provide a superb summary of what’s going on with the Research Works Act legislation to this point but also he gets substantial answers to many important questions from Elsevier’s director of universal access, Alicia Wise. A blog post containing the summary of the RWA situation and highlights from the interview can […]
From New Jersey State Library Web Site: New Jersey State Librarian Norma Blake announced that she plans to retire this July, closing the book on a distinguished career that has served New Jersey libraries for more than 36 years, including 10 years as the New Jersey State Librarian. “Norma has played a critical role in […]
Update: Access More Than 14,000 Historic TV Clips From Across Europe (Free)
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Profiles, Resources
|From JISC: Over 14,000 items of archived TV footage from 17 European countries are now available via the EUscreen online portal. EUscreen – the result of collaboration between 36 partners across Europe – provides a rich insight into Europe’s television heritage with content dating from the 1920s to the present day. The portal includes rare […]
From Digital Daily (via AllThingsD/WSJ): Several members of Congress continued to express reservations about Google’s new privacy policy after a closed-door meeting on Thursday, with one House member saying that Google’s handling of sensitive medical searches may violate HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. House lawmakers met with Google Deputy General Counsel Mike […]
Digitization: Montreal's Jewish Public Library Yiddish Audio Collection to Go Digital
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Interviews, Lecture, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Resources
|From The Canadian Jewish News Thousands of hours of Yiddish audio books and literary programming taped at the Jewish Public Library (JPL) from at least the early 1950s are about to enter the digital age. [Clip] The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass., has embarked on a two-year project to remaster and digitize these cassettes […]
From Eimear Ryan’s Blog: The National Library has just created a video archive of library events. You can delve into debates and interviews with actors, historians, journalists and of course, writers. Direct to Video Archive (via Vimeo)
Minneapolis/St.Paul: Metro Libraries, Patrons Unload on Audiobooks Full of Glitches
Interviews, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Publishing
|From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: More than 100 metro-area libraries serving about 2 million users depend on one provider of digital audiobooks, but there’s a problem: The company’s technology is so plagued with glitches that one county library system temporarily suspended the service and another will be launching a separate service in February. “We hate, […]
OverDrive: "New Library e-Catalogs Offer Expanded Selection"
Interviews, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Publishing
|Note: We knew this was coming but we’ve yet to see a news release from OverDrive with today’s news. Why not? Are there more details available? Did they brief members of the library press? We’ve asked OverDrive for a comment. From the Associated Press: OverDrive Inc., a major e-distributor for libraries, announced today the launch […]