MORE POSTS FROM MARCH 2012
via OverDrive: The seven-book series in eBook and digital audiobook format will be available at 12 noon ET today to be added to the collections of more than 18,000 libraries and schools in more than 20 countries. To find a participating library or school in the OverDrive network or to launch a digital collection in […]
UK: New Website for the Archives Sector Launched
Archives and Special Collections, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users
|From the National Archives (UK): Our new Archives sector website has launched today, providing guidance and information for everyone who works with or within archives. The website brings together strategic and practical resources for archives across the country to develop their collections and services and improve the experience of their users. It provides a place for […]
From a Bowker/ProQuest News Release: Bowker has merged the U.S.-based PubTrack Consumer brand with U.K.-based Book Marketing Limited (BML) under a new global brand named Bowker Market Research. Products and services coming together under Bowker Market Research are the newly merged U.S. and U.K. consumer research products, industry statistics, U.K.’s Book Marketing Society, and U.S. […]
From a TPL Blog Post: The Toronto Public Library Board reached a tentative agreement with the Toronto Public Library Workers’ Union Local 4948, which represents the library’s 2,300 library workers. Once the agreement has been ratified by both the Local 4948 membership and by the Toronto Public Library Board, library services will resume. See Also: […]
Title The influence of free encyclopedias on science Author Sarah Huggett Source Research Trends* From the Article Since its launch in 2001 Wikipedia has seen incredible growth worldwide, counting more than 21 million articles published in around 280 languages (including nearly 4 million articles in English) in 2012 (1). Wikipedia has grown in size (number […]
New Policy Brief from ALA: "Restoring Contemplation: How Disconnecting Bolsters the Knowledge Economy"
Associations and Organizations, Jobs, Libraries, Productivity
|Title Restoring Contemplation: How Disconnecting Bolsters the Knowledge Economy Author Jessie L. Mannisto Source Office of Information Technology Policy American Library Association Series OITP Perspectives #2 Summary While constant access to information enabled by digital devices has done much to improve our lives, it also exacts costs with respect to our attention and productivity that […]
From MSNBC: Spike Lee wasn’t the first to retweet the erroneous address on Twitter blindly accepted by many as that of George Zimmerman, the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month. But the filmmaker’s message — sent last week to his 240,000 Twitter followers — was the most viral. From The Orlando Sentinel: […]
Fast Facts from Books In Print: "Publishers Mark Titanic Centennial with Record Number of Books" + Definitive Reading List
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Publishing, Reports
|From Bowker: The centennial of the Titanic’s fatal, maiden voyage has prompted a record number of new books on the disaster, according to Bowker’s Books In Print. Ninety-eight books – in print and e-versions –have been brought to market in 2012 in anticipation of a surge of interest from the milestone anniversary. The previous record […]
The second podcast in the LAC “Your History, Your Documentary Heritage” series. From the Program Blurb: In this episode we’ll examine the Lest We Forget project. Since 2001, Library and Archives Canada has been supporting the initiative to connect youth to Canada’s history by making military service files available in person and online. Each year, […]
From The New Zealand Herald: The Research NZ survey, commissioned by New Zealand Book Month, asked 505 people about their reading habits. The results, released yesterday, found 23 per cent of men hadn’t read a book in the past year, compared with only 8 per cent of women. Key Findings 84 per cent read at […]