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Roundup: A Selection of Papers to Be Presented at the IFLA (World Library and Information Congress) Next Week
Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup, School Libraries
|The World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA* General Conference and Assembly takes place next week in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For the past month we’ve been selecting a few of the papers that will be delivered at the conference that we think will be of interest to INFOdocket readers. There are many more […]
The following technology will be of interest to all. You might not use it today but the technology itself is what’s important. Science and math info pros might want to start using and demonstrating its availability via Wolfram|Alpha. From a Blog Post by Stephen Wolfram Two weeks ago we made a major announcement: building […]
Picture This: A New Blog From the Print and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress Debuts
|From the Debut Post on the Picture This Blog: The Picture This blog invites you to share our love of pictures and the stories they can tell. You’ll see special images that caught our eye and also learn about entire collections as we explore the vast holdings of the Prints and Photographs Division at the […]
BookLamp, a "Pandora Like" Book Recommendation Service Set to Go Live Next Week
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|BookLamp.org has announced that their service will go live next Tuesday (August 16, 2011). It will actually be a relaunch of the service after five years of, “hard work and research,” according to a post in a BookLamp forum. We first learned about BookLamp back in 2008 and three weeks ago the organization received some […]
1. Share Your Favorite Books with Literary Circles on Google+ (via Inside Google Books) This new feature allows you to tell friends what you’re reading, invite them to read them book, and share comments. It does not provide an interactive reading experience or allow you to easily share highlighted passages but we wouldn’t be at […]
New Report About Public Libraries In the UK: "Report on Future Libraries"
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|The report focuses on public libraries in the UK. Title: Report on Future Libraries: Change, options and how to get there (36 pages; PDF) Sources: Local Government Group and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council From a Summary: The publication, ‘Future Libraries: Change, options and how to get there’, comes one year after the launch […]
Three New Mobile Apps from U.S. Government Organizations
Associations and Organizations, Maps, News, Podcasts, Resources
|1. FBI Child ID (iOS Only, Free) The free FBI Child ID app provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about your child so that it’s literally right at hand if your child goes missing. You can show the pictures and provide physical identifiers such as height and weight to security […]
Digitization Projects: "ProQuest Uncovers More Treasures from European Rare Book Libraries"
Digital Preservation, Libraries, National Libraries, Publishing, Resources
|From ProQuest: Debuting now are the first installment of digitized books from the National Library of the Netherlands and further content from the National Central Library of Florence. The number of digitized books — now more than 6,500 — will grow rapidly throughout the balance of 2011 and into 2012 as more libraries join the […]
Direct to Video: “Here’s What Normal People Really Think Of Google (via Business Insider) We’ve said it many times and we will say it again, although Google+ has been successful (very successful) to this point with early adopters and tech geeks, it in no way reflects what the non-geek user (aka “the masses”) think or […]
Here’s yet another example of how quickly bad info can spread. Once it’s posted (and if seen) the person posting it (regardless of intent) looses control. If a person or company does not respond quickly and completely the rumor can continue to spread making the actual, correct info a larger challenge to disseminate and get […]