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Webcast Now Available: "FDsys Helps GPO Provide Access to Federal Digital Publications"
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|From a National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program/Library of Congress Announcement: “It’s like an all-you-can eat buffet, but all the options are healthy for you,” said Kate Zwaard, the Government Printing Office’s Lead Program Planner for Digital Preservation, in a visit to the Library of Congress on November 16, 2010. Zwaard was talking about […]
From The Guardian: Hundreds of episodes of Desert Island Discs are to be made available online, settling a long-running broadcasting dispute almost 70 years after the show first aired. [The archive will go live in April.] The BBC archive, spanning the last 10 years of famous castaways – 500 Desert Island Discs episodes – will […]
From a Blog Post by Mark Power (Author of the Briefing Paper) With the growth and constant shift in the mobile space institutions could be forgiven for feeling a little lost as to how to best tackle the issue of delivering content and/or services that are optimised for mobile devices. Apple, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone…app […]
An HTML version of the book is free online. PDF and hard copy copy versions are also available for a fee. By: Tom Heath, Talis and Christian Bizer , Freie Universität Berlin Published by: Morgan & Claypool From the Abstract: The World Wide Web has enabled the creation of a global information space comprising linked […]
New street level crime website proves popular The latest set of street level crime and anti-social behaviour data, alongside updated local policing information, is now available to view. The new information gives the public the power to look back and see the crimes and incidents of anti-social behaviour that have happened on or near their […]
Gates Foundation Releases Study on Potential Benefits of State Research & Education Networks For Libraries
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|From an ALA Announcement: A new study commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation explores potential benefits of state research and education (R&E) networks for libraries. Titled “Connections, Capacity, Community,” the report was developed in response to national investments in state and regional fiber networks through the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Currently, there […]
From an OCLC Developer’s Network Post by Library Web Chic: VIAF, the Virtual International Authority File, keeps on improving. In fact, OCLC Research staff just installed an update to VIAF recently. On 18 Feb 2011, to be exact. As of that update, VIAF now contains: 18.4 million source records 14.5 million VIAF clusters 6.2 million […]
Congratulations to Karen Coyle! Recipient of 2011 ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
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|UPDATE: The full text of the report mentioned below is available online (free). Direct to: Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata (January, 2010) Congrats and Kudos to Karen! From an ALA Announcement: The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Outstanding Publication Award recipient for 2011 is Karen Coyle for her “Understanding the […]
Update: International Labour Org. Expands Online Dbase to Include New Data on 17 Economic Sectors"
|From an International Labour Organization Announcement: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has expanded its online database of labour market statistics to include information disaggregated by sector of the economy. Data are available for 17 sectors in 54 countries according to their national classifications, ranging from agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and construction to trade or transport, among […]
UK — Media and Information sites thrive in popularity as consumers seek the 'real world' on the web
|Media and Information sites thrive in popularity as consumers seek the ‘real world’ on the web In Jan 2004, nine media companies featured in the UK’s 50 most-popular brands online. By January 2011, the number had risen to 16, with the growth principally coming from TV broadcasters (ITV, Channel 4 and Sky) and national newspapers […]