MORE POSTS FROM NOVEMBER 2015
New data report released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Report Title: Enrollment and Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2014; and Financial Statistics and Academic Libraries, Fiscal Year 2014: First Look (Provisional Data) Summary and Key Findings: The percent of revenues received from tuition and fees varies greatly depending on the type of […]
Here’s a new analysis from the World Meteorological Organization. From News Release/Summary The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record and to reach the symbolic and significant milestone of 1° Celsius above the pre-industrial era. This is due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced […]
Note from infoDOCKET Founder/Editor, Gary Price: Thanks once again to SAGE for opening their paywall to infoDOCKET so we can share the full text article linked below at no charge. The article will be available for the next month. Just click and go. Registration is not required. Title Financial literacy education in the United States: […]
From NYPL: The New York Public Library’s historic Rose Main Reading Room and Bill Blass Catalog Room will reopen by late fall 2016 – several months ahead of the prior schedule. The rooms – located on the third floor of the Library’s iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street – were […]
From a National Library of New Zealand Blog Post by Content Designer, Reuben Schrader: Everything we’ve uploaded to [the National Library of NZ On The Commons] account is yours to use in whatever way you want. These are images that have no copyright, donor restrictions, or anything else that might get in the way. They’ve […]
1. New: Access hoopla Content With Google Chromecast 2. ProQuest: Advancing the Exchange and Citation of Data (PQ and ISSN Centre Project Leaves Pilot Phase) 3. WorldCat Discovery: OCLC Adds New Availability Information Displays on Brief Results 4. Project MUSE Partners with UNEBOOK, Bringing Spanish-Language Academic Books to MUSE Platform
New Full Text Article: “Preserving Digital Heritage: At the Crossroads of Trust and Linked Open Data”
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|The following article is published in the latest issue of IFLA Journal published by the International Federation of Library Associations. The full text article is available for free and is linked below. Title Preserving Digital Heritage: At the Crossroads of Trust and Linked Open Data Authors Iryna Solodovnik FAO, OPCC, Rome, Italy Paolo Budroni University […]
From the USPTO: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in furtherance of the Global Dossier Initiative [recently] launched the first service for Global Dossier – Dossier Access. Through Dossier Access, the public will be able to obtain data that is timely, reliable, understandable, standardized, and of high quality. Currently, […]
A Look at the Open-Source Powered NY Philharmonic Digital Archives
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, News, Open Access, Profiles
|From CIO Insight: Mitch Brodsky, digital project manager at the New York Philharmonic, has helped create a comprehensive, high-resolution digital archive that makes the online experience as satisfying as researching at the reading room table.The Philharmonic’s archives, officially called the Leon Levy Digital Archives, relies on open-source technology to tie the archives together. Brodsky shares […]
Released today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Prepared by the Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC). Information presented [in the report] is an extract of the forthcoming IOM Statistical Report 2011–2014. The report provides 1) An update of the statistical overview of IOM’s activities contained in the World Migration Report 2011, which presented […]