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From a FDLP (Federal Depostitory Library News) Article: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Library of Congress (LOC) recently received approval from the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) to proceed on two collaborative efforts. One project involves the digitization of some of our nation’s most important legal and legislative documents and the other […]
A blog post and infographic with facts and stats about photographs (who uploads them, who tags them, etc.) on Facebook. The post and infographic come from Pixable, a photo management service for online photos. The company says they have more than one million users. Here are just a few of the stats you’ll find: Women […]
As many of you have probably heard by now Borders Books filed for bankruptcy (Chapter 11) today. In addition to a couple of overview articles at the bottom of this post, here are links to a new web site and several documents: Borders Reorganization Web Site Some of the Material Online as of Today + […]
From the Abstract of a Law Library Journal Article (Vol. 103 no.1): [Laura] Justiss conducted a survey of law firm librarians in 2010 that identified electronic research database alternatives to LexisNexis and Westlaw and ranked them by subscription frequency. The survey also generated information regarding suggested or mandated legal research policies in law firms for […]
From the Muse News (February, 2011) MUSE just added back issues for six more titles. Five of the six now have their complete run in MUSE, meaning that subscribers to those titles have access to Vol. 1, iss. /no. 1 through the most recent issue of the journal. All archival content is made available to […]
This full text report comes from comScore. The 2010 Mobile Year in Review is a free download but you’ll need to register to get the link to the document. comScore presents the inaugural Mobile Year in Review report, a look at the top trends in mobile throughout 2010 and their implications for the coming year. […]
Recently Released: The AFRO-American Newspapers Online Archive, Over One Million Articles Available (Free)
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|From an AFRO-American Newspapers Announcement: The AFRO-American Newspapers, one of the nation’s oldest news organizations dedicated to covering the African American community, has created a comprehensive collection of over a million articles that captures the African American experience in business, civil rights, education, health, law, and sports beginning in the late 19th century. Google partnered […]
The Tools of Change for Publishing Conference is taking place this week in NYC and on Tuesday, Ingram’s CEO, Skip Prichard, spoke at the event. What is the conference all about? Driven by the Internet, technology is fundamentally transforming publishing. Creation, development, production, distribution, and consumption have all been touched by the changes and challenges […]
From Jordan Times Article: Over a half-century since opening its doors to the public, the capital’s oldest library is now overlooked by most residents, according to citizens and library staff, and is struggling to find its role in the digital age. With a new modernisation plan designed to win back Amman residents, library curators hope […]
This glossary (free) and list of materials (free) are part of the new Taxonomy Guide (fee-based) from the iSchool Institute at the University of Toronto. From SemanticWeb.com The iSchool Institute goes on to explain that The Taxonomy Guide is both a reference resource and a learning tool “designed to help you master the concepts, relationships […]