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From the BL Web Site: This is our strategy for the next four years. Last year we launched our 2020 vision, our 10-year vision, following 12 months of extensive and wide-ranging research and consultation. In today’s climate of significant technological change, it highlights what are likely to be the key trends and opportunities over the […]
New from GAO: National Archives: Framework Governing Use of Presidential Library Facilities and Staff
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|From the Summary of a New GAO Report: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) operates presidential libraries for all of the former U.S. presidents since Herbert Hoover. These libraries received over 2.4 million visits in 2009, including researchers, public program attendees, and museum visitors. Each library is associated with a private foundation, which raised […]
From a Blog Post by Steve Potash, CEO of OverDrive: Since Friday, we’ve heard directly from many library partners about the new eBook licensing terms instituted by HarperCollins. As an initial step, here is what OverDrive is doing about it. [Our Emphasis] Beginning March 7, we are making changes in the eBook ordering process. HarperCollins […]
From a ReliefWeb News Release: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation released today [May 28, 2011] at the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference a landmark publication examining how technology is reshaping the information landscape in which aid groups respond to sudden onset emergencies. […]
Social media not so hot on the Hill Rep. John Culberson has had it with all the noise on Twitter. “There’s a lot of trolls on Twitter,” the Texas Republican told POLITICO. “I just got to the point that I was sick and tired of it.” And he’s not the only one on Capitol Hill […]
Introducing the Classroom Economist The economic education team of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank has developed a new online resource for teachers. Each quarter, beginning with first quarter 2011, the Classroom Economist will present information on selected economic topics for teachers to use in the classroom with their students or for professional development. The site […]
The E-Book User's Bill of Rights
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|The eBook User’s Bill of Rights is a statement of the basic freedoms that should be granted to all eBook users. The eBook User’s Bill of Rights Every eBook user should have the following rights: the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitations the right to access eBooks on any […]
From an Article in the Detroit Free Press: Facing what leaders call an unprecedented fiscal crisis, the 23-branch system plans to reduce its staff by 20%, or 83 employees, at the end of March. Library officials also are weighing branch closures and fewer hours of operation. [Clip] While library visits increased 16% over the past […]
by Ingmar Weber and Alejandro Jaimes, Yahoo Research From the Abstract: We analyze a large query log of 2.3 million anonymous registered users from a web-scale U.S. search engine in order to jointly analyze their on-line behavior in terms of who they might be (demographics), what they search for (query topics), and how they search […]
"Rare Historical Resources Now Online From West Texas Digital Archives"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, Open Access, Resources
|From a DuraSpace Blog Post: The West Texas Digital Archives, an online digital repository of significant historical materials belonging to the members of the Abilene Library Consortium (ALC), is now available online at http://wtda.alc.org/. This virtual collection of more than 44,000 preserves and provides access to valuable historical resources previously unavailable to the general public. […]