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From Indiana University: Indiana University’s Lilly Library, home to significant rare-book collections and literary artifacts, will reopen in August after wrapping up a full-scale renovation that reimagined the iconic facility’s interior to meet the needs of modern scholars. Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie rededicated the internationally renowned Lilly Library to service in the university’s […]
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Awards $552,905 for Recordings at Risk
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|From a CLIR Announcement: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced the award of nearly $553,000 to fund 17 Recordings at Risk projects. This eighth cohort of recipients will build on the work of the 110 previously funded projects, which have already digitally preserved more than 17,400 at-risk audio or visual recordings. […]
From an Information Today Interview with Heather Joseph by Dave Shumaker: Here’s one exchange from the conversation. Dave Shumaker: It’s interesting that so much of your work has been identified with open access, but your [Miles Conrad Award] lecture wasn’t really about access. You made a point of that, and you used the phrase “open […]
Association of American Publishers Announces Subject Category Winners of 2021 Prose Awards
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|From AAP: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today unveiled 45 Subject Category Winners for the 2021 PROSE Awards honoring the best scholarly works published in 2020. A panel of 23 judges selected these winners from a total of 130 Finalists from an overall pool of 595 entries for this year’s PROSE Awards competition. “These […]
Association of American Publishers (AAP) Announces Finalists For 2021 Prose Awards
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|From an AAP Announcement: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today unveiled finalists for the 45thannual Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Awards, honoring scholarly works published in 2020, comprising a total of 130 finalists across 44 subject categories. Since 1976, the Association of American Publishers’ annual PROSE Awards have recognized publishers who produce books, journals, reference […]
Boston Public Library Announces Repairing America Initiative to “Help Bridge Gaps That Divide America”
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|From the Boston Public Library: The Boston Public Library today announced the Repairing America initiative, pledging to use its 2021 programming and services to help bridge gaps that divide America. The library is focusing its institutional priorities on finding ways to help Americans become more resilient and able to face and recover from the challenges […]
Princeton University Library Unveils a Digital Gallery Documenting Albert Einstein’s Relationship with the University, Princeton University Press, and the Institute for Advanced Study
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|From the Princeton University Library: Almost 100 years ago, Albert Einstein roamed the hallways and classrooms of Princeton University. Now, his time spent at the University is documented in a Digital Princeton University Library (DPUL) gallery. The gallery features three photo sets that describe Einstein’s relationship with the University, Princeton University Press, and the Institute […]
SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph Will Be Recipient of NISO’s 2021 Miles Conrad Award
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|Ed. Note: A big congrats to infoDOCKET friend Heather Joseph! Kudos to NISO on the selection. From NISO: National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announced that Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), will be the recipient of the 2021 Miles Conrad Award, a lifetime achievement award for those […]
IFLA ARL Webinar Recording: “Innovative and Expanded Academic Library Services: the Ripple Begins Locally”
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|The webinar recording embedded below took place on November 12, 2020 as part of the IFLA Academic and Research Libraries section 2020 webinar series. From the Description: COVID 19 and its resurgence through the second wave has enthused academic libraries to expand or reimage services. The acceleration of innovation, expansion and reimagination of services demonstrates […]
Newark Public Library’s Philip Roth Collection Will Give Intimate Glimpse Into His Research and Writing Process
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|From NJ.com Philip Roth scribbled his unabashed criticisms and analysis along the margins of some of the 7,000 books in his personal collection that he donated to the Newark Public Library after his death in 2018. It’s given Nadine Sergejeff, who is cataloging the books for a special collections exhibit, an intimate glimpse into the […]