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New from the Library of Congress: A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age
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|From LC: The Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control, as it examined technology for the future, wrote that the Library community’s data carrier, MARC, is “based on forty-year-old techniques for data management and is out of step with programming styles of today.” The Working Group called for a format that will “accommodate and […]
New: Director of U.S. Copyright Office Announces Priorities, Special Projects for Next Two Years
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|From a Summary: Register of Copyrights Maria A. Pallante today made public her office’s priorities and special projects through October, 2013. The paper articulates 17 priorities in the areas of copyright policy and administrative practice, as well as 10 new projects designed to improve the quality and efficiency of the U.S. Copyright Office’s services in […]
Illinois State University: Milner Library Receives CARLI Book Digitization Initiative, Internet Archive Will Handle Scanning
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|From Illinois St. University News: Illinois State University’s Milner Library is the recipient of a Book Digitization Initiative from the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). The initiative calls for digitizing the proceedings of The Teachers College Board 1950-65, Board of Regents 1968-1995, Board of Governors of the State of Illinois, Illinois […]
21st-Century Collections and the Urgency of Collaborative Action (Proceedings of the ARL-CNI Fall Forum)
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|The ARL-CNI Fall Forum took place on October 13–14, 2011 in Washington DC. Direct to Complete Proceedings Welcoming Remarks Winston Tabb, Johns Hopkins University Libraries and ARL President Carton Rogers, University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the ARL Transforming Research Libraries Steering CommitteeSession audio to come The World According to American […]
From the Administrator of the U.S. Courts: The federal judiciary’s digital video pilot, which started in July, now has posted some 70 videos of various courtroom proceedings in eight separate cases. In all, 14 federal trial courts* are participating in the three-year experiment. The pilot is limited to civil, not criminal, cases. No proceedings may […]
Now Available: Proceedings of the 159th ARL Membership Meeting
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|“Expanding Capacity and Partnerships in the Digital World.” The 159th ARL Membership Meeting took place in Washington DC on October 12–13, 2011 Twitter Hashtag: #ARL11fall Welcoming Remarks Carol A. Mandel, New York University, and ARL President Session audio to come Constructing Digital Research Collections Convener: Deanna Marcum, New York University Speakers: Charles J. Henry, Council […]
FCC Chairman Talks Libraries and Digital Literacy in Speech About Public-Private Broadband Adoption Initiative
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|The positive comments about libraries were made today by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski during a speech at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington DC. The speech was specifically about the Public-Private Broadband Adoption Initiative. You can watch the speech here as well as read comments by two FCC commissioners. You’ll also find a link to […]
Via FreeGovInfo.info and Speaker of the House John Boehner Blog: You can now visit HouseLive.gov from your mobile phone or tablet for live video streaming from the House of Representatives. …Anyone with a mobile device that has streaming capabilities now has access to video of what’s happening in Congress, as it happens. See Also: C-SPAN […]
Acquisitions: EBSCO Acquires Ergonomics Abstract from Taylor & Francis
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|From EBSCO Publishing: EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has acquired Ergonomics Abstracts from Taylor & Francis. The database is focused on ergonomics and human factors. Ergonomics Abstracts provides indexing for eBooks, journal articles and reference works in a variety of fields that will be of value to academic libraries and research institutes as well as ergonomists, health […]
New: Proceedings of the Journal Article Tag Suite Conference 2011+ Live Stream
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|Watch a Live Stream of the Journal Article Tag Suite Conference 2011 Conference Web Site Conference Program The 2011 conference is taking place today and tomorrow in Bethesda, MD. Full-Text conference papers and presentations are available online via the NCBI Bookshelf. Direct to Complete Table of Contents Monday, September 26, 2011 eDeposit for […]