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A New CCC Podcast: A Conversation With Elsevier VP Rafael Sidi About Their Apps Ecosystem
Data Files, Elsevier, Management and Leadership, Podcasts, Publishing, Resources
|From a Beyond the Book Podcast Program Blurb: As publisher of nearly 2,000 journals spanning the scientific, technical and medical (STM) communities, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students, and health and information professionals worldwide. In 2011, however, Elsevier’s customers are also its collaborators, thanks to a revolutionary view of application development. “We don’t […]
Conf. Paper: "Public Performance Rights Management in Academic Libraries"
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users
|This paper will be presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly on August 17, 2011. Title: “Public Performance Rights Management in Academic Libraries” Author: Laura Jenenmann; George Mason University Libraries, Fairfax, VA From the Abstract: This paper will provide an overview of public performance rights for using […]
The August Issue of the NDIIPP Digital Preservation Newsletter is Now Online
Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Preservation, Resources
|Direct to Newsletter (2 pages; PDF) Articles in this Issue Include: Making It Work: A recap of the July 2011 NDSA/NDIIPP Partners Meeting A compilation of blog posts on “The Signal” about Library of Congress web archiving projects, processes and data management A summary of the Uniform Law Commission’s approval of the Uniform Electronic Legal […]
From JISC: The importance of good data management has increased in profile over the past 18 months due to the Government’s open data campaign, academic research being misinterpreted and the future research excellence framework. JISC’s Rebecca O’Brien chats to Professor David De Roure, Professor of e-Researchat the University of Oxford e-Research Centre and the UK’s […]
Access to Information: "EPA Publishes Rule to Improve Reporting of Chemical Information"
Data Files, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, News
|From Enviro-News: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is increasing the type and amount of information it collects on commercial chemicals from chemical manufacturers, allowing the agency to better identify and manage potential risks to Americans’ health and the environment. The improved rule, known as the chemical data reporting rule (CDR), also requires that companies submit […]
FDLP=Federal Depository Library Program Direct to Full Text From a Column by Mary Alice Baish, Superintendent of Documents: Welcome to the inaugural issue of the FDLP Connection: A monthly newsletter featuring insights from the FDL community. It was an honor to be appointed Superintendent of Documents by our new Public Printer, Bill Boarman, in January. […]
Montreal: "Jewish Public Library Turns a Page"
Awards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|From the Montreal Gazette: The [Jewish Public] Library has been many things to many people since Yiddish-speaking immigrants founded it 97 years ago as a place to learn, to read and borrow books, gather to discuss them and meet their authors. Along the way it has grown considerably, developed a thriving children’s library, assumed an […]
Social Media: Federal Agencies Need Policies and Procedures for Managing and Protecting Information They Access and Disseminate Federal agencies increasingly use recently developed Internet technologies that allow individuals or groups to create, organize, comment on, and share online content. The use of these social media services– including popular Web sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube– […]
Two Articles From New Issue IFLA's IT Div. Newsletter: "RFID—the Successor of the Barcode" & "Re-inventing the OPAC as a metadata hub"
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, New Issue, News
|The Following Articles Appear in the July 2011 Issue of the IFLA Information Technology Section Newsletter. Direct to Complete Issue (12 Pages; PDF) 1. “RFID—the Successor of the Barcode” (Found of Page 5 of PDF) by Leif Andresen A smooth and straightforward check-in/check-out process for books is key to the library business, and RFID can […]
From the DuraSpace Web Site: The not-for-profit DuraSpace organization announced that it will develop a hosted, cloud-based data storage and management service aimed at meeting the specific needs of working scientists and researchers. The new service, an expansion of DuraSpace’s popular DuraCloud data management and archiving service, is being funded through a grant from the […]