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2011 News Release Schedule A complete listing of our upcoming news releases can be found on our detailed schedule for 2011. All news releases shown on our schedule are made available as RSS feeds. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
From a Wired Campus (Chronicle of Higher Ed.) Article By Jeff Young: What if a reference librarian was assigned to a college course, to be on hand to suggest books, online links, or other resources based on class discussion? A media-studies course at Baylor University tried the idea last semester, with an “embedded librarian” following […]
It's Always Something: "Publishing Industry Forces OverDrive and Other Library eBook Vendors to Take a Giant Step Back" (via Librarian by Day)
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
From a Librarian by Day Blog Post: Yesterday I received an email from OverDrive with an attachment titles OverDrive Partner Library Update from Steve Potash [CEO over OverDrive], I glanced at it and filed it away in my to-read pile for a later date (which honestly means I may never have gotten to it). This […]
Start-up Room 77 lets you see your hotel-room view before you arrive Travelers: Ever walk into your hotel room and let out a sigh of extreme sadness when you saw the view of an ugly concrete parking garage? If you answered yes, then you’ll definitely want to know about Room 77, which publicly launches its […]
Silicon Alley Insider reports that USA.gov (the official federal government portal) has gone live with a blog using Tumblr in addition to their Gov Gab blog. Other Places To Find USA.gov + Facebook + Twitter + YouTube + Mobile See Also: Directory of U.S. Government Blogs See Also: Directory of U.S. Government RSS Feeds Note: The State of Rhode Island […]
David Rothman On a National Digital-Library System
| Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
David Rothman has been talking and writing about e-books, digital libraries, and related topics for a long time. He was the founder of TeleRead, a site that focuses on ebooks, ereaders, and related topics that’s now run Paul Biba. Rothman is also a cofounder (with Tom Peters) of the new, LibraryCity.org. Here’s a bit of background […]
Super searcher, super librarian, and super sleuth Greg Notess provides a screencast about how to locate the new spot where Bing has placed the link to access cached copies of pages. The screencast is embedded on Greg’s Search Engine Showdown blog.
From An eMarketer Article: As Facebook continues to solidify its role as the world’s top social networking site, eMarketer estimates that more than half of internet users in the US were logging on to the site at least monthly as of the end of 2010. This year, eMarketer forecasts, 132.5 million US web users will […]
Audio Interview: New Superintendent of Docs, Mary Alice Baish, Talks GPO Digitization Plans
| Digital Preservation, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles
The Government Printing Office is expanding the number of historic documents you can access online. They’re partnering with the Library of Congress to digitize all sorts of records, some dating to the 1800s. This includes official congressional debates and laws like the Freedom of Information Act. Mary Alice Baish, GPO’s Superintendent of Documents, explains the […]
Release of New WISQARS Cost of Injury Reports CDC’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) is a leading source of injury statistics in the United States. WISQARS is an interactive, web-based query system that provides data on injury deaths, violent deaths, and nonfatal injuries. CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) […]
