MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2019
From Syracuse.com: More than 30 years ago, Jean Polly started a revolution in the oddest of places: the Liverpool Public Library. Polly, an assistant librarian at the time, decided the library should get a computer for the public to use. It was 1981 and this was groundbreaking. They set up the computer, a black Apple […]
Conference Paper: “Understanding the Twitter Usage of Science Citation Index (SCI) Journals”
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|The following article has been accepted for presentation at the presentation at the 21st International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2019). Title Understanding the Twitter Usage of Science Citation Index (SCI) Journals Authors Aravind Sesagiri RaamkumarNanyang Technological University, Singapore Mojisola ErdtNanyang Technological University, Singapore Harsha VijayakumarNanyang Technological University, Singapore Aarthy NagarajanNanyang Technological University, Singapore […]
From Reuters: In an echo of Pearson’s past profit warnings, the world’s biggest education company said on Thursday that while 75% of its sales continued to grow, U.S. higher education courseware revenue was set to fall as much as 12% in 2019. This compared with a forecast 5% drop from the British education company, which […]
From The British Library: [The] new website highlights the Library’s remarkable collection of sacred texts. It features the six most-practised faiths in the UK – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism – as well as a number of other faiths. Including over 250 digitised collection items, short films and articles, examine the richness and […]
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Releases a New Strategic Plan: Collaborating for Equitable Access to Knowledge for All
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From DPLA: A single point of access. A gateway to America’s cultural riches. Available to everyone. This was the founding vision of the Digital Public Library of America: an open, distributed national digital library to educate, inform and empower everyone. [Clip] Our mission remains constant: to provide equitable access to knowledge for all. We will […]
From The NY Times Corp: Today The New York Times Book Review announced changes to the Best-Seller Lists, in print and online. The Best Sellers team will begin tracking Mass Market Paperbacks (genres including romance) and a combined list for Graphic Books (fiction, nonfiction, children’s, adults, and manga). Previously tracked by the Best Sellers franchise until 2017, these lists […]
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors 2019–2020 Elected by ARL Membership
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|From ARL: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2019–2020 Board of Directors on September 24 during the Fall 2019 Association Meeting in Washington, DC. At the end of the meeting on September 25, Lorraine Haricombe, vice provost and director of libraries at The University of Texas at Austin, began a one-year term as […]
New Data: American Community Survey Provides New State and Local Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics
Data Files, Interviews, Management and Leadership, Maps, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles
|From the U.S. Census: The U.S. Census Bureau today released its most detailed look at America’s people, places and economy. New state and local statistics on income, poverty and health insurance are available in briefs, detailed tables, data profiles and more. The American Community Survey (ACS) also produces statistics for more than 40 other topics. […]
From Science Europe: This briefing paper identifies the key issues at stake in implementing a policy of Open Access to academic books, and outlines recommendations for different stakeholder groups to facilitate and accelerate such a policy. From the Report This briefing paper identifies the key issues at stake in implementing a policy of Open Access […]
From the The Sydney Morning Herald: The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) maintains over three million items that it documents, preserves and shares, but at Thursday’s opening of ACMI’s Game Masters exhibition in Canberra, the NFSA unveiled its plans to expand the collection to include games. [Clip] The initial lineup of eight […]