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Conference Paper: "Synergizing the Collections of Libraries Archives and Museums for Better User Services"
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|Author: Neelam Prasad (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) Source: IFLA Journal (October 2011) Article Begins on Page 20 of PDF) Abstract: The digital age has brought about new ways of information storage and information and communication technology has brought the stored information closer to its seekers. This has changed user behaviour in accessing information. This […]
From Today’s Official Announcement: EUscreen is a unique showcase of Europe’s television heritage. The portal www.euscreen.eu is officially launched today in celebration of UNESCO’s World Day of Audiovisual Heritage. [Clip] Major audiovisual archives in Europe have joined forces to offer unified access to the history of television in Europe. Thousands of video’s and images are […]
Today Is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2011
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|From UNESCO: The theme for this year’s celebration of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2011 is “Audiovisual Heritage: See, Hear, and Learn.” [Clip] UNESCO has adopted 27 October as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to better focus global attention on the issues at stake, in cooperation with the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives […]
Just in time for Halloween. Here’s a monster-sized roundup of some recent Google news, product updates, upcoming releases, and more. Services and Tools Google+ Adds Popular Stories, Post Analytics, Photo Filter Kits & Begins Supporting Google Apps by (Greg Finn, Search Engine Land) “Google Tweaks Advanced Search: Change Irks Some” (via PC World) Google Removes […]
Roundup: Reports and Materials from DPLA Plenary and Workstream Meetings
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports, Roundup
|Here’s a roundup of a few reports and other items posted after the DPLA Plenary concluded last Friday. INFOdocket was also at the meeting and will share a few thoughts very soon. We’ve also included a number of related items (links, notes, speeches, video, etc.). 1. “A National Digital Public Library Begins to Take Shape” […]
Reference: New from U.S. Census: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States Wall Map
|New from the U.S. Census: The “American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States” wall map shows the American Indian and Alaska Native Areas reported or delineated for the 2010 Census. The map contains related graphics that reflect 2010 Census data. The printed map is 48 by 36 inches with a map of the […]
From a Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Announcement: Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing solutions, announced a record royalty payment of $171.1 million to rightsholders in FY11, an increase of more than 10% over the previous year ($154.3 million). During the last 10 years, CCC has distributed more than $1.3 […]
A review of the entire Google Books story by Maria Bustillos at The Awl. Two people who we mention often on INFOdocket, Professor James Grimmelmann and Peter Brantley are mentioned and/or quoted in the piece. Direct to “One Google Books To Rule Them All?” See Also: Two More Recently Posted GBS Articles: “Copyright and Research […]
From Government Technology: A portion of a controversial Missouri law that restricted the ability of teachers to interact with students on social media and websites has been repealed. Gov. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon signed Senate Bill (SB) 1 last week, eliminating Section 162.069 of SB 54 — the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act — which […]
From a Royal Society Announcement: The Royal Society has today announced that its world-famous historical journal archive – which includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal – has been made permanently free to access online. Around 60,000 historical scientific papers are accessible via a fully searchable online archive, with papers published more than 70 years ago now […]