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From Public Lending Right: Thrillers and crime novels by American writers dominate the Top 10 list of the Most Borrowed Titles from UK libraries, according to annual data released today by Public Lending Right (PLR) on the eve of National Libraries Day. The UK’s Most Borrowed Title of 2010/2011 was “The Lost Symbol” by Dan […]
From the UK’s Office of Government Digital Services: A few minutes ago we released the first phase of the beta test of GOV.UK – the next step on the journey towards a single domain for central government. As Mike Bracken, HMG Executive Director for Digital said, our aim is to deliver simpler, clearer, faster services for users […]
From the Transport for London Web Site: The new information tool identifies traffic hotspots and makes congestion easier to avoid. By simply visiting tfl.gov.uk/trafficnews, motorists can now gain a bird’s eye view of London’s traffic hotspots to see where traffic is building up and which areas to avoid. This includes access to a network of […]
New research from a Google/Ipsos Partnership. From a Google Mobile Ads Blog Post: Mobile devices are mainstream. In fact, according to our newest research more consumers in the US, UK, Germany, France and Japan use a mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone) than a computer (desktop or laptop). But our most significant findings centered on […]
CRL, CRKN, and JISC Form Partnership to Explore Challenges in Acquisition and Preservation of E-Resources
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|From the Centers for Research Libraries (CRL): Recently CRL collection development staff met with the senior leadership of two major national site licensing organizations: the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Joint Information Steering Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council, UK (JISC Collections). The meeting was to explore the special challenges of licensing and […]
From The Guardian: The heads of more than 4,000 public libraries across the UK have agreed to national digital standards, which include providing free internet access in every library, and the ability to join a library and renew and reserve items online. The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) said that National Digital Promise will set […]
From iTWire: The project is a collaboration between Coventry University, BT Heritage and The National Archive and aims to catalogue, digitise and develop a searchable online archive of almost half a million photographs, images, documents and correspondence. It is being funded with a grant from JISC (formerly the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee). [Clip] The […]
From The Guardian: Universities have raised almost £50m [approx. $77.15 million USD] from fining students for overdue library books in the past six years. Leeds University accrued the most money from overdue books, collecting more than £1.8m in fines for the six academic years from 2004/05. Manchester University, which collected almost £1.3m, came in second […]
A presentation by Jackie Dooley, OCLC Research and SAA Vice President/President-Elect. 36 Slides;.pptx. Dooley’s presentation took place at the RLUK Member’s Meeting on November 25, 2011 in London. Direct to Slides
Holocaust Archive to Open in Britain
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From the Jerusalem Post: The British public will soon be able to access digital records from the Holocaust containing 50 million digital records and covering 17.5 million people from the archive of the International Tracing Service (ITS). Available for the first time, the digital archive will be available free of charge at the Wiener Library […]