MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2011
A Formal Launch Announcement From an InTechWeb Blog Post: In November last year, the Open Access Map was presented as an emerging measuring tool for Open Access as a standalone discipline which is experiencing dramatic growth. On June, 23, at the OAI7 conference on Innovation in Scholarly Communication, Alma Swan from OASIS announced the launching […]
"Three Biomedical Funders to Launch Open Access Journal"
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|Update: Here’s the Official News Release First issue expected one year from now (Summer 2012). From ScienceInsider: Three heavyweight, nongovernmental funders of science announced today that they are launching a free online biology journal aimed at publishing the very best papers within a few weeks of submission. But few confirmed details are available about the […]
From Library and Archives Canada Cost: Free Direct to Database Web Site The Canadian Feature Film Database is based on the printed Index (Canadian Feature Film Index) begun in 1972. The Database based on the Index: compiles the principal credits of every Canadian feature film from 1913 to 2009 establishes a list of Canadian feature […]
Academic Publisher Steps Up Efforts to Stop Piracy of Its Online Products Now on sale in some online marketplaces: cheap, illegal access to SciFinder, an extensive database of scholarly articles and information about chemical compounds run by a division of the American Chemical Society. The sellers are pirates, hawking stolen or leaked SciFinder account information […]
ALA Conference Report: "Ebooks: New Strategy Required, Now"
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|Heather McCormack from Library Journal reports and comments on the “The Future Is Now!: Ebooks and Their Increasing Impact on Library Services,” session that took place at ALA 2011 on Saturday. Direct to Heather’s Blog Post Four panelists spoke in succession: Bob Bocher, Library Technology Consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Division for […]
Not much here for seasoned users but this guide will be very helpful in getting new users (journalists and just about everyone else) familiar with Twitter has to offer. Direct to Twitter For Newsrooms (#TfN) The Guide Begins By Stating: We want to make our tools easier to use so you can focus on your […]
From a New Report by Kristen Purcell, Pew Internet & American Life Project: Overview: “The percent of U.S. adults with an e-book reader doubled from 6% to 12% between November 2010 and May 2011. Hispanic adults, adults younger than age 65, college graduates and those living in households with incomes of at least $75,000 are […]
The Spencer Library at the University of Kansas has digitized and made a collection Sandborn Maps for 241 Kansas towns and cities covering a period from 1883 through the 1930s available online (free). From a KU Libraries Announcement: The Sanborn Map Company, of Pelham, New York, began surveying the business districts of cities and towns […]
From an Oxford University Press Blog Post by Dennis Barron: The Supreme Court is using dictionaries to interpret the Constitution. Both conservative justices, who believe the Constitution means today exactly what the Framers meant in the 18th century, and liberal ones, who see the Constitution as a living, breathing document changing with the times, are […]
New For Educators, Students, and Families: PBS Launches New Platform Loaded With Video, Audio, and Other Resources
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|Worth noting is that this resource includes material for PreK-Undergrad Level (Grade 16). You’ll need to register (less than a minute to complete) but all of the content is free for educators, students, and families. A premium service will go live this Fall. From a PBS News Release: PBS and WGBH, and their producing partners […]