MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2019
New Report: Many Items in Rhode Island’s Archives are at Risk Of Damage
Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, News, Preservation, Reports
|From the Associated Press: An assessment of the Rhode Island state archives has found that the state’s copy of the Bill of Rights and other historically important items are at risk of damage because there isn’t enough space to store them properly. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea on Tuesday released the assessment by the Northeast […]
From BookNet Canada: Canadians who both buy and borrow books purchase more books, on average per month, than buyers who don’t use the library at all. According to a new BookNet Canada study, Borrow, Buy, Read: Library Use and Book Buying in Canada, those who had both borrowed a book from a library and purchased […]
.From the University of Oregon: Adriene Lim, dean of the UO Libraries, has accepted a position to lead the University of Maryland’s library system, where she will become the dean of University Libraries based at the College Park campus. Her last day at the UO will be July 8. Lim, who is also a Philip […]
Publishing Without Walls at University of Illinois: “Digital Publishing Projects Examine Jay-Z’s Music, Edward P. Jones’ Fiction”
Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From the University of Illinois: Projects looking at the music of Jay-Z and the impact of place in the short fiction of Edward P. Jones are among the first works from a digital publishing initiative at the University of Illinois. The open-access digital publications incorporate multimedia tools such as interactive visualizations, infographics, maps and video. […]
From the American Medical Association: Open-source websites such as Wikipedia are popular resources for patients, physicians and medical students alike. But given that almost anyone can edit those websites’ pages, their quality is hugely variable. Given this variability, physicians have an ethical obligation to help patients avoid false or misleading health information by improving the […]
The following article was published online earlier today. Title Pathways to Becoming an Academic Subject Specialist: Insights from Three Librarians Authors Wendy Girven Pothier University of New Hampshire Heather Howard Purdue University Paul Campbell Ohio University Source Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research Vol 14 No 1 (2019) DOI: 10.21083/partnership.v13i2.4147 Abstract […]
“Scholarly Communication and Open Access. Actions for a Public Policy in Latin America” was recently published by LA Referencia. Abstract This document, entitled “Scholarly Communication and Open Access: Actions for a Public Policy in Latin America”, was written by LA Referencia for the regional authorities of this organization that attended the annual Global Research Council meeting. […]
Copyright Clearance Center and ScholarOne Optimize Integrated Solution for Managing Article Processing Charges Ex Libris Announces Launch the App Center, a “One-Stop Shop for Community Apps and Extensions” Google Announces Mobile-First Indexing By Default For All Newly Discovered Domains Beginning on July 1st ORCID Values in Practice: Announcing our Board Meeting Attendance Fund Top 10 […]
From the ZBW Media Talk Blog (Leibniz Information Centre for Economics) Blog: From 6 to 7 May 2019, academic librarians and information specialists in economics met in Berlin for the second international INCONECSS symposium (International Conference on Economics and Business Information). What makes this conference, organised by the ZBW, so special is its orientation towards an […]
Leslie Weir Appointed Librarian and Archivist of Canada
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Jobs, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|From the Canadian Heritage/Government of Canada: The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, announced today the appointment of Ms. Leslie Weir as Librarian and Archivist of Canada for a term of four-year term, effective August 30, 2019. Ms. Weir will be the first woman to become Librarian and Archivist of Canada since the merging of these two institutions. […]