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Google News & New Resources Roundup (Late August/Early September 2011)
Data Files, Digital Preservation, Interviews, Maps, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Publishing, Resources, Roundup
|Google Roundup (Late August/Early September 2011) Note: Items in this roundup were published between August 16, 2011 and September 6, 2011. 1. [Oops!]: “Closed, Says Google, but Shops’ Signs Say Open” (via NY Times) 2. See Also: Google Aims to Close Google Maps Loophole (via PC World) 3. “Google Customer Support Surprise: Phone Reps Handling […]
Here’s How IFLA Summarizes the Report: A major focus for IFLA in 2010 was the integration of our many activities into longer term 2010–2015 strategic planning. We now work more effectively across the organisation and can better apply the extensive knowledge and expertise within our membership to our external relations and advocacy. It also meant […]
From Kansas Public Radio: A portion of Kansas photographer Joseph J. Pennell’s work has been converted from glass negatives to digital images for the public to view. About 6,000 of Pennell’s more than 30,000 images are now available through the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas. They can be viewed on the library’s […]
From a New Pew Internet Report by Kathryn Zickuhr and Aaron Smith: More than a quarter (28%) of all American adults use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities: 28% of cell owners use phones to get directions or recommendations […]
New e-Print: "Beyond the Boundaries of Open, Closed and Pirate Archives: Lessons from a Hybrid Approach"
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, News
|A new e-Print via arXiv Full Text: “Beyond the Boundaries of Open, Closed and Pirate Archives: Lessons from a Hybrid Approach” (44 Pages; PDF) Authors: Prodromos Tsiavos (London School of Economics, UK), Petros Stefaneas (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) The creation of open archives i.e. archives where access is regulated by open licensing models (content, […]
From the LATimes.com Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer, is testing a new website design. The new look is a pretty big shift away from the blue-and-white, image-heavy look that Amazon has used for years. The royal-blue bar across the top and the light-blue “all departments” menu box running down the left of Amazon.com are gone […]
From the Association of European Research Libraries Blog: The first phase of ingestion of content has finally begun in Europeana Libraries It is now 8 months since the kick-off of the Europeana Libraries project and the first of the 5 million digital objects to be collected via Europeana Libraries have begun to be ingested. Between […]
From a University of Kansas Story: New research by a team of researchers at the KU School of Business demonstrates that online ticker searches – for example, “XOM” for Exxon Mobil – can predict abnormal stock returns and trading volumes during the subsequent week. The research also shows that highly volatile stocks will be more […]
Baltimore Metro: "Libraries Invite Patrons to Have a Coffee, Stay a While"
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From the Baltimore Sun: When Howard County unveils its new 63,000-square-foot library in December, patrons will be welcomed into a high-tech facility with a computer classroom and a historical center. Officials also plan a garden that they envision will be charming enough for weddings. Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library system will this month open its […]
Article: "Publish-or-Perish: Peer Review and the Corruption of Science"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Journal Articles, News, Publishing
|From a Column Article by David Colquhounin in The Guardian: So what can be done about scientific publishing? The only service the publishers provide is to arrange for reviews and to print the journals. And for this they charge an exorbitant fee, a racket George Monbiot rightly calls “pure rentier capitalism”. There is an alternative: […]