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OverDrive Will Make Transactional Pricing Available With New Streaming Video Content From Warner Brothers
Awards, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|OverDrive has announced that transactional pricing (what they call pay-per-checkout) will be available for hundreds of streaming video titles from Warner Brothers. This is the first time that OverDrive has offered content using this pricing model. The deal with Warner Brothers was formally announced yesterday. Other distributors of content to the public library market including Hoopla, Freading, […]
Report Provides an In-Depth Look at U.S. Federal Government Spending on Information Products and Services
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, EBSCO, Elsevier, Government Libraries, Libraries, Maps, News
|Recently, a revised edition (April 2014) of the Federal Government Strategic Sourcing Of Information Products And Services report was made available online. A full text copy is also embedded below. The document runs 60 pages and was published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under an agreement with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK). […]
Canadian Library Association Releases Statement on Federal Government Library Consolidation and Closure
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Government Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation, Reports
|Here are Several Selected Paragraphs from the Complete CLA Statement (Full Text is Approx 1400 words): The Canadian Library Association (CLA), the national voice for Canada’s library communities, is troubled about budget cuts to Library and Archives Canada and federal government library services. There has been much public debate and discussion about these reductions and […]
Milestones: IMLS Announces 20th Anniversary of National Medal for Museum and Library Service Program
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Government Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced the 20th Anniversary of its National Medal for Museum and Library Service program, the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries for service to the community. In the last twenty years, the Institute of Museum and […]
Two More Reports on Canadian Government Library Closings (Including List of Closed Libraries)
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Reports
|Two reports including a list of Canadian government library closings since 2012. Note: This Article Includes a List of Canadian Government Libraries Closed Since 2012 From Post Media News/Canada.com: When Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration library closed its doors in the fall of 2012, head librarian Charlene Elgee wasn’t just worried about the loss of her job. […]
Canada: “Dismantling of Fishery Library ‘Like a Book Burning,’ Say Scientists”
Archives and Special Collections, Government Libraries, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, News, Reports
|Note: Along with the story (1500+ words) that we highlight below the article also includes a sidebar with info about 13 Canadian government libraries either consolidated or closed during 2012 and 2013. From The Tyee (Published in British Columbia): Last week the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which is closing five of its seven libraries, […]
FEDLINK Announces Winners of 2012 Librarianship Awards
Academic Libraries, Awards, Government Libraries, Libraries, News
|Congrats to all of the winners! The complete LC announcement is here. It includes info about each of the winners. The Winners Library/Info Centers Large Library/Information Center (with a staff of 11 or more federal and/or contract employees): Research Library, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Small Library/Information Center (with a staff of 10 […]
Just Released: “2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries: Pushing Boundaries: Mobility, Community, Accessibility”
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Elsevier, Government Libraries, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|Kudos to Marie Kaddell at Government Info Pro for once again putting together another wonderful edition of the 298 page report that’s sponsored by LexisNexis. By the way, don’t let the title fool you. It’s likely that some of the articles will be of interest to all info pros. Here’s a very small sample of […]
New Report: Cost Benefit Study of FEDLINK Services For Comparison to Other Acquisition Sources
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|This 16 page report was posted last week on the FEDLINK web site. From the Executive Summary and Intro: From Fiscal Year 2000 to Fiscal Year 2011, federal government agencies spent an estimated $5.9 billion—nearly $500 million annually—on print publications, electronic databases, information retrieval, and other commodities that can be collectively described as an “information […]
eBooks: ebrary Adds Thousands of Titles to Government Complete Collection, Adds Military Packs
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Elsevier, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Publishing
|To help government libraries acquire e-books more strategically, ebrary has added thousands of relevant e-books across acquisition models. [Clip] Government Complete, ebrary’s affordable subscription database, has been updated with thousands of new e-books from renowned publishers such as American Water Works Association, Cardiotext Publishing, and Urban Institute Press. The database now includes a growing selection […]