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A New Preprint from Information Technology and Libraries: "Graphs in Libraries: A Primer"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Resources
|“Graphs in Libraries: A Primer” by James E. Powell, Daniel Alcazar, Matthew Hopkins, Robert Olendorf, Tamara M. McMahon, Amber Wu, Linn Collins From the Abstract: Whenever librarians use Semantic Web services and standards for representing data, they also generate graphs, whether they intend to or not. Graphs are a new data model for libraries and […]
"Justice Stephen Breyer Swears-in Susan Hildreth as New Director of IMLS"
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|From an Institute of Museum and Library Services News Release: On February 24, 2011, the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, administered a ceremonial oath of office to Susan H. Hildreth, the new Director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services before a gathering of library and […]
From the Kirtas Web Site: [France-based] i2S announces that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire a majority interest in Kirtas Technologies Inc, based in Rochester, New York, USA. The world leader in robotic bound-document digitization systems, Kirtas will complement the i2s Scanning unit product line, its distribution network, its customer profile […]
Roundup: What's the Mainstream Press Writing About the HarperCollins Story?
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|UPDATED (Saturday, March 4, 2011): + “Publisher puts new limits on library e-books” (via Chicago Tribune) “This strikes at the heart of what we do,” said Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey, who described electronic media as the new virtual library. “With limited financial resources affecting all libraries across America, people are asking, ‘Why would […]
Digitial Public Library of America Workshop #1: Notes, Commentary and Other Materials
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|The two-day meeting took place on Monday and Tuesday at Harvard University + Digital Public Library of America Meeting-Session Notes Notes by John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. + Session #4 + Session #2 + Session #3 + Session #1 […]
Study shows medical professionals write inappropriate tweets Three percent of the tweets composed by self-identified medical practitioners are unprofessional and may violate privacy laws, a recent study conducted by a professor at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences found. Types of unprofessional behavior identified in the tweets included profanity, sexually explicit material, discriminatory statements, […]
New: "2011 Report on Link Rot"
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Reports, Resources
|From a Free Government Information Blog Post by J,A, Jacobs: How reliable are those URLs in your OPAC? The Chesapeake Project Legal Information Archive which harvests and preserves relevant digital information from the web, has been producing reports on “link rot” for several years. They define link rot as “a URL that no longer provides direct […]
Access to Information: U.S. Supreme Court hands down a win for FOIA in decision
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From an ALA News Release: Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the case of the FCC vs. AT&T, deciding that corporations do not have the right of personal privacy to prevent the disclosure of documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). At issue in […]
Antitrust: Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the e-book publishing sector The European Commission can confirm that on 1 March 2011 Commission officials initiated unannounced inspections at the premises of companies that are active in the e-book (electronic or digital books) publishing sector in several Member States. The Commission has reason to believe that the companies […]
From a Text Intro by Jessica Dolcourt (via CNET) Google points to a software update error that caused thousands of Gmail users to lose e-mail, contacts, and folders last Sunday, but for the unfortunates who were affected by the glitch, any explanation for an emptier inbox is cold comfort. Thankfully, there are ways to save […]