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Free Full Text, Full Image Access to Digital Version of BookExpo America Show Daily
| News, Publishing
In April we pointed to a Publisher’s Weekly article about how more and more librarians are attending BookExpo America (BEA) in NYC. BEA is taking place this week and if you’re not attending there are numerous news outlets to read about what’s going on. One source that’s available even if you’re not in NYC is […]
WLIC 2011 is scheduled to take place from August 13-18, 2011 in San Juan Puerto Rico. The final Programme* for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Puerto Rico is available online: Full, Quick Overview Daily Overviews Full, Printable Overview (* Changes in sessions may be made between now and August.)
Upcoming Webinar from SPARC: What is the Digital Public Library of America?
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries
From a SPARC Announcement: In October 2010, leaders from research libraries, foundations, and cultural institutions gathered to discuss how to work together toward the creation of a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) – defined as “an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that would draw on the nation’s living heritage from libraries, universities, […]
The NISO: Mobile Technologies Forum is an all-day event taking place in Philadelphia today (May 20, 2011). Agenda Tweets available at #NISOmobile Slides from Keynote Speaker, Brian O’Leary, Founder and Principal, Magellan Media
Slides from the 2011 ARL Membership Meeting Now Available Online (Association of Research Libraries)
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
The 158th Annual ARL Membership Meeting concluded today (Friday) in Montreal and slides for most of the presentations are already available on the ARL web site. Audio recordings will be available at a later date. Here are links for two presentations that might be of special interest. “International STM Journal Market” Convener: Carole Moore, University […]
Susannah Fox from the Pew Internet and American Life Project is giving a short presentation at the Mobile Health 2011 conference taking place today and tomorrow at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. Susannah’s presentation slides are online and include many useful mobile use/user statistics from Pew Internet research. If you would like to monitor […]
So many conferences and events but so little time. Here’s a new site/database that can help keep you informed about upcoming events that you might be interested in attending. This site also will be useful to speakers and conference planners. It’s name: LISEvents (The Library Community Conferences and Events) Site and it comes from Blake […]
Now Available: Live Tweets and Papers Presented at Museums and the Web 2011 Conference
| Associations and Organizations, Awards, Journal Articles, Libraries
The Museums on the Web 2011 conference in Philadelphia is now in its third day (the conference ends Saturday) and if you’re not not attending there is a steady stream of tweets emanating from the event. Follow Along at #mw2011. You can also find some tweets via @museweb. Btw, if you want to focus only […]
Video: Archived Presentations from the WebWise 2011 Conference Available Online
| Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Profiles
A tweet from @tweetMETRO reminds us to remind you that all of the presentations from the WebWise 2011 conference are archived and available online. The conference is a signature event from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). WebWise 2011 took place last month in Baltimore. Direct to Archived Video Presentations Here are some […]
Upcoming Workshop: "Information Access and Usage Behavior in Today's Academic Environment"
| Academic Libraries, Gale, Lecture, Libraries, Podcasts, Publishing, School Libraries
Registration Discounts Available Through April 1st. The NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) workshop, “Information Access and Usage Behavior in Today’s Academic Environment,” will take place in Philadelphia on April 15, 2011. If you can’t make it in person virtual attendance is also available. Workshop Overview and Highlights Digital technology has transformed information access […]
