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Direct to:CLIR Issues (#83, September/October 2011) Direct to Articles: New Survey and Report on Linked Data Available Supporting Doctoral Student Success in the Humanities DLF/DCC BetaSprint Prototype Presented at DPLA Plenary Moments to Reflect in Milwaukee: CLIR/CIC Future of the Liberal Arts College Library Symposium Frye Leadership Institute Application Period Open Source: Council on Library […]
New from the Library of Congress: A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age
Associations and Organizations, Conference Presentations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, Resources
|From LC: The Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control, as it examined technology for the future, wrote that the Library community’s data carrier, MARC, is “based on forty-year-old techniques for data management and is out of step with programming styles of today.” The Working Group called for a format that will “accommodate and […]
New Directory: Library Census Maps 1,000 Federal Libraries
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Government Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Maps, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Resources
|From a Library of Congress Announcement: Profiles of U.S. federal libraries from around the world are now available online. Presented dynamically with an interactive mapping tool, the Federal Library Directory displays geographic and collections data from more than 1,000 libraries. This publicly available dataset identifies members of the federal library and information center community and […]
From a Washington City Paper Article: “The Library of Congress Turns the Light Out on Darkrooms” From the end of the Great Depression until this year, anyone could order a silver gelatin reproduction, printed from negatives, of any image in the Library of Congress’ collection, most recently for about $100 a print. Not any more: […]
From a USACE News Release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced it will open the National Levee Database (NLD) for public access with a series of public webinars beginning Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. EDT. The NLD is a living, dynamic information source that provides visualization and search capability for the first time […]
Freebie Alert: New Emerald Service Bridges Gap Between Academic World and Current Global Events
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|Interesting and useful idea! We hope all publishers with fee-based content offer up something similar. How about partnering with libraries to also provide where the material is always available for users. From an Emerald Announcement: “Research in the News” is a new, free online resource from Emerald Group Publishing, which connects research published in scholarly […]
A New SPEC Kit from ARL: "Digital Preservation"
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Preservation, Resources
|The complete kit is fee-based (ordering info). An executive summary and the table of contents are available online for free. From a SPEC Kit #325 Summary: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Digital Preservation, SPEC Kit 325, which explores the strategies that ARL member institutions use to protect evolving research collections and the […]
OCLC Leadership: Executive Search Committee Appoints Librarians From Member Institutions, Staff, Other Library Leaders to Community Advisory Group
Academic Libraries, Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, Profiles
|From an OCLC Announcement: The Executive Search Committee of the OCLC Board of Trustees has named 13 people to a Community Advisory Group that will be involved in the search for the next President and Chief Executive Officer of OCLC to succeed Jay Jordan, who has announced his plans to retire June 30, 2012. Members […]
A New Bibliography From Digital Scholarship: E-science and Academic Libraries Bibliography
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing, Reports
|Another excellent bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. at Digital Scholarship. From the Publication Announcement: Digital Scholarship has released the E-science and Academic Libraries Bibliography. It includes English-language articles, books, editorials, and technical reports that are useful in understanding the broad role of academic libraries in e-science efforts. The scope of this brief selective bibliography […]
"A Joint Venture to Create Federal Science Agency Repositories" by Miriam Drake
Archives and Special Collections, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Preservation
|From an Info Today NewsBreak by Miriam Drake: The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and Information International Associates (IIa) formed a joint venture to develop an institutional repository (IR) service for federal agencies. The institutional repositories are collections of digital scientific and technical information documents and other content. The repository will be hosted by NTIS […]