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New Article: "Publisher Names in Bibliographic Data: An Experimental Authority File and a Prototype Application"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Profiles, Publishing, Resources
|From OCLC Research: The research project presented in this article by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., and Timothy J. Dickey, Ph.D., built an experimental database of authorized names for major publishers worldwide. The cataloging community has long acknowledged the value of investing in authority control; as bibliographic systems become more global, the need for authority control […]
Via FreeGovInfo.info and Speaker of the House John Boehner Blog: You can now visit HouseLive.gov from your mobile phone or tablet for live video streaming from the House of Representatives. …Anyone with a mobile device that has streaming capabilities now has access to video of what’s happening in Congress, as it happens. See Also: C-SPAN […]
"IFLA Open Access Taskforce Established"
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access
|From a Report on IFLA’s Web Site by Lars Bjørnshauge: Following the endorsement of IFLA’s Statement on Open Access by the Governing Board, April 18th 2011—and the subsequent approval from the Governing Board during the WLIC in Puerto Rico August 2011 of a number of key initiatives—IFLA’s Open Access Taskforce has been established. The taskforce […]
From the IPDF Web Site: The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced the completion of a major revision to EPUB, the global standard interchange and delivery format for eBooks and other digital publications. The IDPF membership unanimously voted to elevate EPUB 3.0 to a final IDPF Recommended Specification, publicly available at: http://idpf.org/epub/30. EPUB 3 […]
From a Bookshare Announcement: Bookshare a global leader in copyrighted, digital accessible books for people with print disabilities, is dramatically overachieving its five year collection and member targets at the close of its fourth year of funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Benetech, the parent nonprofit for Bookshare, […]
Yale University Library Will Provide JSTOR Access to All Alumni
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Resources
|From YaleNews: Yale’s more than 130,000 alumni worldwide now have access to a treasure trove of online resources thanks to collaboration between the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA), JSTOR and the Yale University Library. Alumni can freely use all JSTOR collections licensed by Yale. JSTOR (short for “journal storage”), a non-profit service founded in 1995, […]
From the iTunes App Store: The AIRNow iPhone application will provide an increasingly mobile public with real-time air quality information that people can use to protect their health when planning their daily activities The app will allow users to get location-specific reports on current air quality and air quality forecasts for both ozone and fine […]
Data Stewardship from a Health Sciences Library Perspective Article Begins on Page 3 of PDF. Author: Angela Lee Social Work Librarian at the Health Sciences Libraries, University of Washington and Member of the Data Services Committee at UW Libraries. Source: Synergy (September 2011) From the Article: The purpose of this article is to provide an […]
Acquisitions: EBSCO Acquires Ergonomics Abstract from Taylor & Francis
Academic Libraries, Conference Presentations, EBSCO, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From EBSCO Publishing: EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has acquired Ergonomics Abstracts from Taylor & Francis. The database is focused on ergonomics and human factors. Ergonomics Abstracts provides indexing for eBooks, journal articles and reference works in a variety of fields that will be of value to academic libraries and research institutes as well as ergonomists, health […]
From a Europeana Announcement: See what Europeana items your friends like or share on Facebook, check out our latest blog posts, and discover some of the most interesting content on the new Europeana portal. Based on users’ feedback we’ve been receiving since our launch in November 2008, Europeana underwent a significant makeover. The redesigned Europeana […]