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Now Available: D-Lib Magazine (July/August 2011; 17.8)
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, New Issue, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Publishing, Reports, Resources
|Here are links to articles in the new issue of D-Lib (July/August 2011). The editorial, conference reports, and news/events section are available at the bottom of the table of contents. Articles Services for Academic Libraries in the New Era Article by Michalis Gerolimos, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece and Rania Konsta, Ionian University, […]
From Sea to Stress: USA.gov Adds Six Federal Government Mobile Apps to Their Directory
Data Files, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Reports
|1. National Ocean Service (Mobile Web) From NOAA Cost: Free A new mobile version of the National Ocean Service’s [part of NOAA] website delivers news, audio, video, Ocean Facts, and more straight to your smartphone. Includes local tides database. Direct to NOS Mobile Web Site 2. Release Mako From the National Marine Fisheries Service With […]
Cambridge University Press Announces Upcoming Release of an An Integrated eBook Platform University Publishing Online
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Publishing, Reports
|Full Text News Release: Cambridge University Press has announced that it will be launching a new integrated eBook and digital content platform for other academic publishers, called University Publishing Online. From October 2011, University Publishing Online will provide libraries with eBooks and related database products from a variety of academic publishers worldwide. Boydell & Brewer, […]
New: Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM) Online Resource
Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News
|From a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response: Chemical emergencies are high risk events that require first responders to quickly make a series of complex decisions to minimize the risk of injury to their patients and themselves. The tools in Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM) […]
Digital Preservation: GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) Provides Access To NOAA Collection
Data Files, Digital Preservation, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation
|From a GPO Announcement: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is providing permanent public access to the Coastal Zone Information Collection (CZIC) through the agency’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). In collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center, GPO is providing digital access to more than 5,000 coastal related documents. The […]
EDAC: Evidence Database on Aging Care Welcome to the Social Work Leadership Institute’s (SWLI) Evidence Database on Aging Care (EDAC). We created this online database to help scholars, policy analysts, and advocates stay on top of the latest research and innovations in aging care, including health care and social services. The evidence database is regularly […]
Internet Archive Canada Must Let 75% of Its Workforce Go
Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|Some unfortunate news to begin the weekend. Let’s hope new funding for IA Canada will allow the program to cancel the need to let workers go or if the staff decrease does happen proper funding returns ASAP. From a Toronto Star Article: If they had a million dollars, they’d buy more time. But a vast […]
Just Out: A Special Issue of NISO's Information Standards Quarterly Focuses on eBooks
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Direct to Full Text of Spring 2011 Issue (Vol. 23 No. 2) Table of Contents Full Text (PDF) From a NISO Announcement and Summary: ISQ Guest Content Editor, October Ivins of Ivins eContent Solutions has pulled together a broad range of perspectives on what is happening today with e-books and particularly with e-book standards. As […]
Just In From Ann Arbor: ProQuest today announced that Kurt Sanford will join the Company as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors on July 13, 2011. Mr. Sanford, a highly experienced information services executive, previously spent the past 14 years at LexisNexis, serving most recently as President, Global […]
AASL Announces 2011 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
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|From ALA: At the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced the 2011 Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning. In its third year, the list of websites honors the top 25 Internet sites for enhancing learning and curriculum development for school librarians and […]