MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2013
Here’s a recently published (late Jan. 2013) advisory about e-reader lending from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The document looks at federal disability laws and the August 2012 settlement between the National Federation of the Blind and Sacramento Public Library Authority regarding ebook readers. The document is also available Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction […]
We will likely learn more on Thursday when Barnes & Noble is set to report their latest quarterly earnings report. The New York Times reports that the company has already warned that losses in the Nook Division “will be greater than the year before and that the unit’s revenue for all of fiscal 2013 would be far […]
Oxford Dictionaries Online has just released a list with some of the new words added in a February 2013 update. Sample of Words From February 2013 Update appletini Baggy Green biosimilar blootered braggadocious burrata cane corso cruft dumbphone feature-complete flexitarian FOSS friend zone hump day metabolic syndrome omnium range anxiety schlumpy sillage social sharing SSD touchless […]
Guggenheim Museum Receives Grant to Plan an E-Repository
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|From the Guggenheim Foundation: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) recently awarded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives a grant to begin work to establish an electronic records repository. Starting in early 2013, the 18-month project will develop a comprehensive plan to create and manage a repository of electronic records related to the […]
From The Republican (Springfield, MA): Now that drawings of the $13.4 million West Springfield Public Library building project have been unveiled, the group running the WestSide Story $2 million capital campaign for the project is kicking its efforts into high gear. [Clip] The project will consist of work on the oldest part of the library, […]
From The Collegian: (Student Newspaper at Fresno St. University) Since its remodel in 2009, The Henry Madden Library has had 4,262,955 students, faculty, and community members walk through its doors, but few of those people know all that it has to offer. “I wasn’t exposed to any of the services,” said Michelle Moua, a second-year […]
From The Times of Trenton:
Here’s an update to an infoDOCKET post from Jan. 17, 2013 titled, “West Virginia Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of Public Library Funding”. From WCHS Radio: The Kanawha County Board of Education no longer has to give a portion of its budget to the Kanawha County Public Library. Kanawha County [Charleston, WV area] and eight […]
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: Standing before a seated group on the top floor of a library, her library, Corinne Hill offered a cold eulogy. “A library that clerks these huge warehouses of stuff with that musty smell where you were always just a ‘Shhhh’ away from getting in trouble?” Hill started. “Absolutely that […]
According to a new report from The Chronicle of Higher Education, the U.S. DOJ will not be filing a comment with a friend of the court brief in the Georgia State University copyright case. The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to file an amicus curiae brief in a high-profile copyright case involving Georgia […]