MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2013
Update (April 29) National Library of Wales fire: Damaged items taken to Oxford (via BBC) Update (April 28) National Library of Wales fire ‘worst moment in its history’ (via BBC) From WalesOnline.co.uk: Part of the collection at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth is thought to have suffered water damage following a major fire yesterday. [Clip] […]
Odgen, UT is located about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City. From Fox 13 Salt Lake City: The twenty Library Media Specialists were called to a mandatory meeting on Friday morning where they were told that their contracts won’t be renewed and their positions will no longer exist starting July 1. According to the […]
Brewster’s Trillions: The Internet Archive Profiled by The Guardian
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Video Recordings
|From The Guardian: Our mission is universal access to all information all of the time,” said Rick Prelinger, president of the board. “We are part of the infrastructure of the web. We are the web’s memory.” The Internet Archive, a non-profit, is the digital equivalent of the ancient library of Alexandria, a burgeoning hoard of […]
Texas: Librarians Fight to Keep Publishers From Taking Over E-Book Revolution
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries, Publishing
|From The Fort Worth Star-Telegram: There’s a tightrope across the digital divide that nearly 7,000 librarians meeting this week in Fort Worth are crossing, but some aren’t tiptoeing. They’re leaping across the gap and looking for ways to stay at the forefront of a new age in reading. [Clip] Some librarians aren’t willing to let […]
From a SUNY (State University of New York) Oswego Report: A new desktop 3D printer in SUNY Oswego’s Penfield Library recently built a model of a snake’s skull from a CT scan, marking the first student-created object for the new machine, available for campus and community printing projects with at least a week’s notice. “One […]
Digital Preservation: So Far in 2013, 72 New Publishers are Preserving Material in Global LOCKSS Network
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, News, Preservation, Publishing
|The update was shared in a recent LOCKSS blog post. The LOCKSS Global Network (GLN) consists of more than 10,000 e-journal titles from 520 publishers. This week LOCKSS posted an update of their title and publisher list. LOCKSS 23 April 2013 (xls) LOCKSS 23 April 201e (csv) Learn More About the LOCKSS Global and Private […]
From the Gold Coast Bulletin/GoldCoast.com.au: Community activities at Gold Coast libraries could soon be slashed or fees introduced as the council looks to reduce its spending on books and go digital. In an effort to make some money out of the city’s $23 million library service, the council also will consider partnering with commercial organisations […]
OCLC’s Global Council Holds Meeting in The Hague, Council Officers Elected
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|The OCLC Global Council Meeting took place earlier this week in The Hague, Netherlands. The meeting was the first time the OCLC Global Council met outside of the U.S. or Canada. 42 delegates and four alternates from 16 countries and territories participated. From An OCLC Summary: Global Council–Elections Global Council delegates elected Berndt Dugall, Direktor/Librarian […]
Here’s a new 7 minute video where you’ll learn about some of the digital preservation working going on at LC’s Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpepper, VA. The facility is built into the side of Mt. Pony. Learn more about the campus here. LC’s Packard Campus was once home to radiation hardened underground […]
From The Smoky Mountain News: For years, state funding for libraries has been on the decline. But librarians in Western North Carolina are not taking this next round lying down. In response to a recommendation by Gov. Pat McCroy to cut the state library budget by nearly 5 percent, librarians in the Fontana Regional system […]