MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2012
The following presentations took place on June 24, 2012 during RUSA’s 18th Annual Reference Research Forum at ALA 2012 in Anaheim. RUSA made the slides available online earlier this week. Title Best Practices of Text Reference Service: A Synergistic View Presenter Lili Luo School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University Direct to […]
curios, A New Blog on Digitization From the Brown University Library
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News
|via Brown University Library News: The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the launching of curio a new weekly blog, focusing on imaging rare, unusual, and intriguing objects. The blog is written by Digital Production Services staff about curios, objects that are valued for their unique qualities, both physical and scholarly. [Clip] Brown selectively […]
The OpenElections Project is working to build a standardized, linked database of certified election results for federal and state offices. It’s a project that might be of interest to many members of the library community. In fact, some of you might even be able to lend a helping hand. For example, see the Wikipedia page […]
From a Pearson News Release: Available exclusively through Pearson, Early Edition multi-format eBooks (PDF, ePUB, and MOBI) have been through preliminary stages of editing and technical review, but content and presentation are not yet final. By purchasing an Early Edition, customers automatically will receive an updated, official edition of the multi-format eBook when it is […]
England: Minister of Culture Announces Government Review of E-Book Lending in Public Libraries
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|You have to wonder if we’ll see federal government interest in e-book lending in other countries. From the UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport: A clear strategy is needed if more libraries are to adopt E-lending across England[*], Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said today as he launched a review of the best ways of […]
From OCLC: OCLC has added the records of a group of more than 100 public libraries in the province of Trento, Italy, to WorldCat. This addition significantly increases the number of Italian language records in the world’s largest database of items held in libraries. [Clip] The 136 public libraries and branches in the province of […]
From MapLight: MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that reveals money’s influence on politics, has launched a new mobile app, Politicash 2012, http://www.politicash.co. The app, freely available for iOS and Android, tracks money flowing into the presidential race, making it easier than ever to know exactly who’s funding the candidates, including the shadowy money going into the campaigns […]
From the AP: An amateur collector is donating more than 1,200 rare published works by Ernest Hemingway to the University of South Carolina, officials announced Tuesday. Mississippi native Edgar Grissom unveiled his donation Tuesday at the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on the Columbia campus of the university. [Clip] The collection includes many special […]
From Elsevier: Elsevier today announced its plan to provide free content through edX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launched in May. Students who enroll in edX’s course 6.002X: Circuits and Electronics will have free access to an online version of the course textbook, Foundations of […]
Association of American Publishers Responds to ALA’s Open Letter About E-Book Sales Practices
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Publishing
|Here’s the full text of a letter posted today by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Yesterday’s letter from the ALA is available here. On September 24, the recently-elected president of the American Library Association, Maureen Sullivan, released a harshly critical open letter to the US publishing industry about e-lending. The following is a statement from […]