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Sarah Kessler and Emily Caufield at Mashable have done an impressive job putting together a helpful infographic that allows you to quickly determine and compare key features on five social networking platforms. The infographic might make a useful training handout and/or link to share. Direct to Infographic The Platforms Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Tumblr The […]
From EBSCO: Employees at EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) in Ipswich, Massachusetts wondering whether to invest in an electric car have a new incentive. EBSCO has installed two Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at the company’s downtown headquarters—the very first commercial-grade charging stations in Ipswich. The charging stations will allow employees driving plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and […]
UCLA Library Acquires LA Unified School District Historical Archive
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Reports, School Libraries
|From the UCLA Newsroom The UCLA Library has entered into an agreement to acquire the historical records of the Los Angeles Unified School District, one of the most important public education enterprises in the nation. Covering more than 100 years of Southern California public education and civic life, this extensive archive documents major aspects of district […]
Full Text of NLM Announcement: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) wants to warn you about an Internet scam that uses the NLM name. The fraud involves scammers claiming to represent the NLM. They are promising employment with MedlinePlus if victims send money to them. The scammers say that the money will be used to […]
From a Creative Commons Blog Post by Timothy Vollmer: We’re pleased to see the launch of The Public Domain Review. The Review is a website with weekly updates in which scholars, writers, artists, librarians and others present an interesting or curious work (including films, photographs, texts and audio) from the public domain and write short […]
From the Yahoo Blog: The new search results page sports a neatly tiled look, with each image equally sized, then becoming larger when you hover over one. In addition to displaying the images from the web, the new Image Search includes three new category tabs to better categorize and present the images that interest you: […]
From the Twitter Blog: 1. The first new feature offers a simple way to see what’s happening on Twitter in relation to you. Just click on the new tab with your @username, and you’ll be able to see which of your Tweets are Favorites, plus the latest Retweets (of your Tweets), Tweets directed to you, […]
From the LC News Release: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Philip Levine as the Library’s 18th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2011-2012. Levine will take up his duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season with a reading of his work at the Coolidge Auditorium on […]
New Research Guide From the Library of Congress: "Amateur Poetry Anthologies: A Guide to Finding Your Published Poems"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Publishing, Resources
|From the Web Guide: Publishers of such amateur poetry anthologies typically run regular poetry contests publicized in newspapers, magazines, and on the Web. Almost every poem submitted to these contests is declared a “semifinalist” or “winner” and accepted for publication in a forthcoming anthology of winning poems. People are usually encouraged by the publisher to […]
Executive Summary: ARL Spec Kit 323: Socializing New Hires
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Reports
|ARL Spec Kit 323: Socializing New Hires has been released and is available for purchase. The table of contents and an executive summary are available for free. From an ARL Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Socializing New Hires, SPEC Kit 323, which investigates the progress made in ARL member organizations to […]