MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2012
From an ACLU Announcement: …a compilation of over 100,000 pages of documents related to the Bush administration’s rendition, detention, and interrogation policies and practices. The database is our effort to provide meaningful public access to the primary documentation of torture and abuse during the years following September 11, 2001. The database is both simple and […]
From an Article by Library Journal Exec. Editor (News and Features, Michael Kelley): The San Mateo-based Califa Group, which is the largest library network in California, has made major strides in its project to create an ebook ownership model along the same lines as the Douglas County Libraries in Colorado. Califa has substantially increased its […]
Note: Takoma Park, MD borders the District of Columbia and Silver Spring, MD. From WJLA-TV: The purchase of upgraded computers for Takoma Park Library has sparked a debate about the community’s nuclear-free policy. About 130 communities nationwide have such an ordinance. But, Takoma Park is considered one of the most restrictive. Ellen Arnold-Robbins, the Takoma […]
From a News Release: On July 1, 2012 CRL will begin fiscal year 2012-13 with a historic high membership of 267 institutions. This includes the following new members: Boston College University of Nebraska Chicago Botanic Garden (Located in Glencoe, IL) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archive (Located in Cleveland) Read the Complete […]
New Research Paper: “How Fair Use Can Help Solve the Orphan Works Problem”
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|Title How Fair Use Can Help Solve the Orphan Works Problem (Draft Version) Author Jennifer M. Urban University of California, Berkeley – School of Law Source Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 27, 2012 UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper Abstract Many works that libraries, archives, and historical societies, among others, would like to digitize and […]
From the Bing Community Blog: Today we’re thrilled to announce the publication of our largest satellite release to date. In fact, this release is larger than all of our past Aerial releases combined! The latest Aerial release includes new Satellite imagery as well as Global Ortho photography. Both releases total 165 terabytes of new data […]
New Arizona Obscenity Law Cracks Down on Schools, Libraries
Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From The Arizona Republic: School and public libraries in Arizona have been filtering online content for years to protect minors from accessing obscene materials on their computers. A new state law, which goes into effect Aug. 1, establishes significant consequences for those entities that don’t have a strict policy against such materials. House Bill 2712 […]
This video describes the spatial and temporal mining possibilities to extract relevant resources about Pope Pius.
Conference Paper: If We Build it, Will They Come? — Understanding Reference Users in the Age of Texting
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, Patrons and Users
|This paper will be presented at the upcoming World Library and Information Congress, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly that will take Helsinki this August. Title If we build it, will they come? — Understanding reference users in the age of texting (9 pages; PDF) Author Lili Luo School of Library and Information Science San […]
New Issue Alert: The Code4Lib Journal (Issue 17) Now Online
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, New Issue, Patrons and Users
|Direct to Complete Full Text TOC Articles Include: Editorial Introduction Tim Lepczyk Tools for Reducing and Managing Link Rot in LibGuides Wilhelmina Randtke and Matthew D. Burrell Discovering Digital Library User Behavior with Google Analytics Kirk Hess Using Semantic Web Technologies to Collaboratively Collect and Share User-Generated Content in Order to Enrich the Presentation of […]