MORE 'GOVERNMENT-LIBRARIES' POSTS
GPO Looking to Digitize Federal Register and Related Material From 1936-1994 (2.1 Million Pages), RFP Coming Next Month
Digital Preservation, Government Libraries, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Preservation, Publishing
|Plans to A presolicitation announced was released (by the Library of Congress) on Thursday. From the Document: The Library of Congress intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) on or about October 1, 2015 for the provision of preservation digitization services adhering to federal agency digitization guidelines on behalf of FEDLINK customer, U.S. Government […]
An updated version (August 2015) of a U.S. federal government report (prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress) that shares a lot of interesting data (including many charts) about government spending on information services and products (not just by libraries) was recently made available and is now embedded at the bottom of this […]
Search Underway For New FEDLINK (Federal Library and Information Network) Executive Director, Job Posting Live
Government Libraries, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|A job posting for the FEDLINK executive director position was posted for the first time today on the USAJobs.gov website. The position is based at the Library of Congress and has a salary range of $126,245.00 to $158,700.00 / per year. The deadline to apply is June 20, 2015. Kathryn Mendenhall is currently serving as Interim […]
Congratulations to all of the winners! From FEDLINK: The Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) has announced the winners of its national awards for federal librarianship, which recognize the many innovative ways that federal libraries, librarians and library technicians fulfill the information demands of government, business and scholarly communities and the American public. FEDLINK will […]
Roundup: Ten Recently U.S Government Awarded Contracts for Information Products and Services
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Elsevier, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Publishing, Roundup
|Here’s a roundup of 10 contracts for information products and services to U.S. Government organizations including the U.S. Military. All of these announcements were posted in the past 7 weeks and is far from comprehensive. In the most recent complete fiscal year—FY 2014—federal spending on information commodities was $548.7 million, one of the highest annual […]
UPDATED Report Provides In-Depth Look at U.S. Federal Government Spending on Information Products and Services
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, EBSCO, Elsevier, Government Libraries, Libraries, Maps, News, Publishing
|An updated version (December 2014) of a U.S. federal government report that shares a lot of interesting data (including many charts) about government spending on information services and products (not just by libraries) is now online and embedded below. The report also includes forecasts of spending through FY 2017. We shared a link to a […]
Christian Science Monitor Selects Publishers Communication Group to Sell CSM’s Historic Digital Archive to Academic, Public, and Government Libraries
Academic Libraries, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Government Libraries, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Resources
|From Today’s Announcement: Industry consultancy Publishers Communication Group (PCG) has been selected by the Christian Science Publishing Society to represent its Historic Newspaper Archive. PCG will sell the retrospective collection, which digitizes nine decades of the award-winning The Christian Science Monitor, to academic institutions, public and government libraries in North America. Covering the period 1908-1996 of the prestigious secular newspaper’s […]
A couple of days ago the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) posted an updated edition of the directory of U.S. Federal Government libraries that they compile and maintain with the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. The directory contains information (often with direct links to the library) for more than 1,000 federal […]
Australia: “Government Librarians Urged to Lobby for Jobs in Face of Outsourcing”
Government Libraries, Jobs, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the The Canberra Times: Leaked documents from a post-budget meeting of senior government librarians reveal that many departments’ libraries have been, or may be, outsourced, and that senior librarians are urging each other to lobby to keep their jobs. The Department of the Environment has confirmed its internal library services have been cut. It […]
IMLS Opens Nominations for 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Government Libraries, Libraries, Open Access, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has just opened nominations for the 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. From the IMLS Call For Nominations For more than 20 years, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has recognized museums and libraries that make extraordinary contributions to their communities. The National Medal […]