MORE 'GOVERNMENT-LIBRARIES' POSTS
New Video: Learn About FEDLINK’s American Indian Library Initiative (AILI)
| Digital Preservation, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Preservation
The following video was made available online today. From the Description Presentations on the American Indian Library Initiative (AILI) of FEDLINK, the Federal Library and Information Network. AILI identifies and establishes federal networks of value to American Indian libraries. These include preservation, digitization, cataloging, reference services, event and training opportunities on core information services and […]
FEDLINK Announces Winners of 2015 Federal Library/Information Centers of the Year & Federal Library Technician of the Year
| Awards, Data Files, Government Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News
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. [Clip] 2015 Federal Library/Information Centers of the Year […]
Roberta Shaffer Named Law Librarian of Congress, Previously Served in Position From 2009-2011
| Government Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
From LOC: Acting Librarian of Congress David Mao has named Roberta I. Shaffer Law Librarian of Congress, effective Feb. 21, 2016. Shaffer had been serving in the position in an acting capacity since Oct. 5, 2015, and had served previously as the Law Librarian of Congress from August 2009 through November 2011. “I am pleased […]
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 […]
