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Conf. Paper: "Public Performance Rights Management in Academic Libraries"
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users
This paper will be presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly on August 17, 2011. Title: “Public Performance Rights Management in Academic Libraries” Author: Laura Jenenmann; George Mason University Libraries, Fairfax, VA From the Abstract: This paper will provide an overview of public performance rights for using […]
UNESCO is Now Contributing Movies, Podcast, and Documents to iTunes University
| Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Lecture, News, Podcasts, Reports
From a UNESCO Announcement: By joining iTunes U, a dedicated area of the iTunes Store that offers free audio and video content from leading educational institutions, UNESCO is reinforcing its efforts to reach out to young men and women around the world, providing multilingual audio, visual and printed materials in education, sciences, culture and communication. […]
TransitView went live last week and provides real time and scheduled transport data for buses and street cars. Direct to TransitView TransitView also includes a link to TrainView for regional rail info. From TheTransitWire: Customers without smart phones can request schedule information — but not real-time locations — via text message. According to The Inquirer, […]
New: Streaming Audio: National Library of Spain (BNE) Begins Adding Historic Recordings to Hispanic Digital Library
| Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, Resources
More than 650 recordings now available to stream. More than 6500 have already been digitized. From a Mechanically Translated via Revista de Arte – Logopress: [The first release] corresponds to a selection of those produced between 1924 and 1943, covering all musical genres (operas, sonatas, paso dobles, tangos, operettas, popular songs, fox-trot), edited by some […]
The National Jukebox launch announcement was made today by the Librarian of Congress, James Billington and singer/songwriter, Harry Connick, Jr. The National Jukebox is Now Live at: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ Fast Facts: At Launch Jukebox Contains 10,000 recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925. “Recordings in the Jukebox were issued on record […]
From the LC Announcement: The controversial release of the first recording of contemporary stand-up comedy, the country music hit that divided American women, and an innovative television theme song are among the sound recordings that have been selected for preservation by the Library of Congress. Today, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named 25 new […]
From the News Release: Amazon.com today announced the launch of Amazon Cloud Drive (www.amazon.com/clouddrive), Amazon Cloud Player for Web (www.amazon.com/cloudplayer) and Amazon Cloud Player for Android (www.amazon.com/cloudplayerandroid). Together, these services enable customers to securely store music in the cloud and play it on any Android phone, Android tablet, Mac or PC, wherever they are. Customers […]
New Internet Resources Guide: "Resources For Your Rhymes: Sites For Slam/Spoken Word/Performance Poetry"
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Resources
“Resources For Your Rhymes: Sites For Slam/Spoken Word/Performance Poetry” appears in the March 2011 (72.3) issue of College & Research Library News. The extensive list of resource was compiled and written by Maureen Perry, a reference librarian at University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College. Resources are organized into six categories: + Dictionaries/glossaries/terminology resources + Recording […]
Audio: "Should the Library of Congress Become a National Digital Hard-Drive?"
| Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Preservation
Jeff Young from The Chronicle of Higher Education talks with Martha Anderson the director of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIPP) at the Library of Congress. From a Text Blurb: The nation’s library now archives all public Twitter messages – what’s next? The Tech Therapy team talks with Martha Anderson, director of […]
New Online Resource from NLM: "The Public Health Film Goes to War" Showcases Rare WWII Movies
| Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News
From a National Library of Medicine Announcement: The National Library of Medicine [NLM] has created a new online resource, “The Public Health Film Goes to War” (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/digicolls/phfgtw/index.html). The site features 18 rare films on public health in wartime from the Library’s Historical Audiovisual collections, housed in the History of Medicine Division (HMD). The individual titles […]
