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Winners of the 2010 Federal Library of the Year, Federal Librarian of the Year, and Federal Library Technician of the Year Announced
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|From a FLICC/Library of Congress Announcement: The Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) has announced the winners of its national awards for federal librarianship, which recognize the many innovative ways that federal libraries, librarians and library technicians fulfill the information demands of government, business and scholarly communities, and the American public. FLICC will honor […]
From the NISO Web Site: The National Information Standards Organization announces the availability of RFID in U.S. Libraries (NISO RP-6-201x) for a thirty day public comment period, beginning immediately and ending on June 9, 2011. This revision of the 2008 Recommended Practice recommends a set of practices and procedures to ensure interoperability among U.S. RFID […]
Event: June 5th In Richmond, CA: The Internet Archive Will Have an Open-House and Launch Their "Physical Archive" Facility
Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation
|At the end of January we shared a link to a story about the Internet Archive purchasing a 45,000-square-foot building and the large yard next door at 2512 and 2514 Florida Ave. in Richmond, CA. If you’re in the SF Bay Area on Sunday, June 5th you might want to head to Richmond (about 30 […]
What’s Behind Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Takeover of Skype? Rumors that Facebook or Cisco would buy Skype were proven wrong on Tuesday when Microsoft struck an $8.5 billion deal — its largest ever — to acquire the online voice and video chat service. Most analysts have welcomed the takeover as a shrewd move on the grounds […]
From the Seattle Times: Microsoft is buying Internet phone company Skype for $8.5 billion. The cash acquisition, announced Tuesday morning, will give Microsoft a significant consumer brand online, access to 170 million people who use Skype for free or cheap calls, and Skype’s phone and video calling software, which runs on the Web and Internet-connected […]
"BuddyPress, Libraries and Higher Education: An Interview with Kenley Neufeld and Michael Stephens"
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|Neufeld and Stephens chat with Kyle Jones, the co-author along with Polly-Alida Farrington of the latest issue of Library Technology Reports titled, “Using WordPress as a Library Content Management System.” You can access a free chapter of LTR here and purchase a print or e-book copy at the ALA Store. Here’s One Exchange From the […]
Direct to Survey Results (Interactive List) The Wall Street Journal CEO Compensation Study was conducted by Hay Group, a management-consulting firm. The study analyzes CEO pay from the biggest 350 U.S. public companies by revenue that filed their definitive proxy statements between May 1, 2010, and April 30, 2011.
UPDATE: Today’s Event is Now Accessible in the C-SPAN Video Library The “Future of the Congressional Research Service” discussion sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation that’s scheduled for this afternoon (May 9th) will air live on C-SPAN. The program will begin at 2pm EDST/11am PDST and run for 90 minutes. You can find a link to […]
Research Paper: "How Journal Rankings Can Suppress Interdisciplinarity. The Case of Innovation Studies in Business and Management"
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|“How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinarity. The case of innovation studies in business and management” (via arXiv) by: Ismael Rafols, Loet Leydesdorff, Alice O’Hare, Paul Nightingale, Andy Stirling From the Abstract: While interdisciplinary research (IDR) is valued as a means of encouraging scientific breakthroughs, innovation and socially relevant science, it is also widely perceived as […]
One mobile app (all smartphones, now download required) and one iPhone app. Both resources are free and are being made available by the Department of Veterans Affairs. From the Mobile Gov Blog: National Resource Directory The National Resource Directory is a mobile optimized website that connects wounded warriors, service members, veterans, and their families with […]