MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2013
From South African Press Agency (via eNCA): Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched Myanmar’s first mobile library Saturday to highlight her policy of spreading education in the country. [Clip] The 1991 Nobel peace laureate won a parliamentary seat in Kawhmu in the 2012 by-election after nearly 15 years under house arrest. [Clip] “As the […]
From The Dallas Morning News: Dallas City Hall’s neglect of the public libraries is a civic embarrassment. It’s a wonder that city leaders profess world-class ambitions even as funding for the library system is lower than a decade ago. Hours remain curtailed from the 2008 economic nose dive, and laid-off employees have not been restored. […]
New Report: Challenges to Library Resources and Policies in Publicly Funded Canadian Libraries in 2012
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|The 28 page 2012 edition of Challenges to Library Resources and Policies in Publicly Funded Canadian Libraries was released (includes lists with all challenged titles) earlier today by the Canadian Library Association. Highlights Below From This CLA News Release. For the first time since this research began,DVDs outnumbered books in the formats of library materials […]
From Art Daily: As a repository of wide-ranging, international collections, original field notes and archival data from roughly 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is committed to open, global, digital access for scholars and the public. [Clip] Launched in January 2012, the online Collections Database has gradually expanded […]
The following is the full text of a Letter to the Harvard Community by Provost Alan Garber: Dear Members of the Harvard Library Community, I write to announce that Helen Shenton has decided to move on from the role of executive director of the Harvard Library in August 2013. Since her recruitment to Harvard in […]
From the South Bend Tribune: The former director of the Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library allegedly mishandled tens of thousands of dollars, cutting himself unauthorized paychecks and spending public funds on personal dining and travel. In a report obtained by The Tribune, state auditors said Scott Klingerman, a former library board member who served as interim director […]
From The Seattle Times: Mayoral Candidate Peter Steinbrueck has called out Mayor Mike McGinn for recommending a $1 million reduction to the 2013 library budget in the executive’s supplemental budget. The mayor’s office was quick to respond that it is not cutting any programs, services, hours or collections. Rather, said spokesman Robert Cruickshank, it’s redirecting some savings the city found after discovering […]
Video: Two Book Expo American Conference Panels on Current and Future Publishing Trends and Issues
|At the BEA 2013 (Book Expo America) conference that took place at the end of May there were two panels that were recorded by C-SPAN and available via the superb C-SPAN Video Library (basically everything that has ever aired on C-SPAN) that might be of interest to some of you. Along with the video a […]
WLIC 2013 Paper: “Born.Digital@British.Library: Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing a Digital Collection Development Strategy”
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Publishing, Reports
|Here’s the fifth selection in our series featuring papers that will be presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2013 next month in Singapore. Our first four selections are linked at the bottom of this post. Today’s Selection (#5) Title Born.Digital@British.Library: The Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing a Digital Collection Development Strategy Authors Caroline […]
From the Wikipedia Tech Blog: Wikipedia’s quality content is built by ordinary people all over the world watching and editing articles every day. Anyone with a computer can edit, but with over 15% of our users accessing Wikipedia on mobile devices and growing, the Wikimedia Foundation had to do more to let anyone with Internet access contribute to […]