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Infotrieve Launches New Features for Mobile Library
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Dashboards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users
|From a Company Announcement: Mobile Library’s new features include: an enhanced search interface with additional flexibility for ranking results, and the addition of an auto-complete feature; new functionality in the Personal & Shared Library Suite including a dashboard showing recent changes to the library, discussion pages in each library for general comments, user creation and […]
From the Announcement: At the opening of the Digital Book World Conference in New York City yesterday, the British Library, together with technology partner, BiblioLabs, LLC, was awarded the prestigious Publishing Innovation Award (PIA) for their British Library 19th Century Historical Collection iPad App. The App, released in August last year to rave reviews from […]
Four Libraries (3 Public, 1 School) Win ALA's Cutting Edge Library Services Award
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Maps, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|Winners were selected by the The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) From an ALA Announcement: “This year’s winners represent thoughtful and creative engagement with technology trends, including QR codes, open-source software, social media, GIS, and mobile applications,” said Christine Lind Hage, director, Rochester […]
UPDATE 3 (1/21) Libraries May Reduce Staff (via Harvard Crimson) UPDATE 2 (1/20) Transcript: Library Town Hall Presentation, January 19, 2012 Comments From Mary Lee Kennedy, Senior Associate Provost and Helen Shenton, Executive Director UPDATE: Harvard U. Spokesperson Shares Comment with Library Journal, Details Below At the end of September we posted, “Libraries Announce New […]
From a mocoNews Post by Laura Hazard Owen: Amazon Publishing is launching a new series, “Book Lust Rediscoveries,” curated by librarian and NPR commentator Nancy Pearl. Pearl will select a handful of out-of-print books each year to be republished by Amazon in print and digital formats. Each book in the will include an introduction by […]
Book Released Alert: No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books", Edited by Sue Polanka
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing, School Libraries
|Congratulations to our friend and colleague, Sue Polanka (Wright St. University), on the release of No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books.” from ALA Editions. Sue was also editor of the first NSR book and is the editor of the award-winning No Shelf Required blog. The book includes: Guidelines for performing traditional library […]
Here’s a new app that might be of interest. It’s free to download and use. The iPhone app is available today with apps for Blackberry and Android to come. From the Telenav Announcement: [Scout is] the first daily personal navigator that will be seamlessly accessible across the web, smartphones, and in-car systems – offering users […]
New from the Council on Library Resources: CLIR Issues (#84)
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Funding, Libraries, Maps, Public Libraries, Scholarly Communications
|Direct to Full Text Articles Include: + Mapping a New Partnership An emerging partnership between Stanford University Libraries (SUL) and private map collectors to digitize collectors’ holdings is making unique and interesting maps available for broad viewing online. + DPLA Workstreams Underway CLIR’s DLF Program is coordinating and cochairing the Content & Scope Workstream for […]
"The C-SPAN Campaign: How Online Video Archives Are Changing the Game in 2012"
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Libraries, News, Video Recordings
|The article includes a mention of one of the most important, useful, and interesting research tools on the Internet, the award winning C-SPAN Video Library. It contains just about EVERYTHING that has ever aired on C-SPAN. One note, while the C-SPAN archive is focused on U.S. politics, you’ll also so much more. Also, the online […]
From the well-known job information site. Introductory Blog Post Direct to Complete 2012 Top 50 List Top 5 1. Bain & Company, 2. McKinsey & Company 3. Facebook 4. MITRE 5. Google Learn More About the List Past Winners 2011 Employees’ Choice Award Winners – 50 Best Places to Work 2010 Employees’ Choice Award […]