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Academic/Research Libraries: ACRL Publishes and Posts 2010 Environmental Scan
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Reports, School Libraries
|From ACRL Insider: Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee produces an environmental scan of higher education, including developments with the potential for continuing on impact academic libraries. The 2010 environmental scan provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state of academic and research […]
USDA’s Animal Care Program Enhances Searchable Database to Provide the Public with Greater Access to Animal Welfare Information The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has developed an expanded and improved search engine that provides greater access to information about USDA licensees and registrants regulated under the Animal Welfare Act […]
Searchable database: Merced County Library fines total $135k If all library fines owed to the Merced County Library were paid, head librarian Jacqueline Merriam probably wouldn’t be working on plans for drastic cuts to the organization’s budget. Merced County library patrons owe $135,511 in fines and fees for overdue books and materials borrowed from the […]
Montreal: "Revolutionary Book Scanner Makes Its Debut at McGill Library"
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From a News Release: The McGill University Library has “gone digital” with five entry level book2net Spirit book scanners and one larger, more sophisticated Book2Net Kiosk device. In place as of one year ago, the Book2Net Kiosk is stationed in McGill’s Rare Books and Special Collections department. Up until recently, this was the only book […]
Via WRCB: Tennessee is turning to modern technology to trace the state’s history. On Wednesday the Tennessee Department of State announced an interactive map of events during the Civil War, using the state’s geographic information system or GIS. The first of its kind in the nation, the Tennessee Civil War Geographic Information System (GIS) Survey shows […]
Full Text of Statement by LC, NAL, and NLM Execs Endorsing Recommendations for Implementation of New RDA
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, Resources
|From an Announcement: The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and the Library of Congress (LC) announce an agreement regarding the implementation of RDA (Resource Description and Access), new cataloging rules published in June 2010 to replace […]
From the bitly Blog: Since launching in December of 2009, our bitly Pro whitelabel service has grown to power over 10,000 custom short domains, including but by no means limited to gat.es (The Gates Foundation), diddy.it, (Diddy), dalaila.ma (His Holiness the Dalai Lama), and cart.mn (South Park Studios). To make our whitelabel service available to as many […]
Henry Kissinger Will Donate His Papers to Yale
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From the AP: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who helped steer Vietnam war policy, will donate his collection of some one million documents and objects covering his life as a diplomat, teacher and private citizen to Yale University. Yale President Richard Levin said Wednesday the collection will enhance Yale’s archives of 20th century […]
This very useful resource will be of interest to many groups of researchers. Christof Galli from Duke U. Libraries is the person who maintains the dbase. It’s made clear the the 670+ NGO’s (Non-Government Organizations), “Primarily reflects the research interests of Duke researchers and students.” A few facets to focus results are available next to […]
From the Digital Curation Centre Blog: We’re often asked where data can be deposited, so it’s great to be able to announce an international list of data repositories initiated by DataCite. The list notes what subject areas the repositories support and outlines any restrictions on data access, licence agreements and identifiers used. From the List: […]