MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2014
American Museum of Natural History Unveils New Database With 7,000 Digitized Items (Images, Illustrations, Drawings & More)
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Open Access
|New online from the Research Library at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. More digitized content will be added moving forward. The database is free to access and search. From the AMNH Blog: [The Digital Special Collection database presently includes] 7,000 archival photographs, rare book illustrations, drawings, notes, letters, and Museum memorabilia […]
Video: University of Utah’s Rick Anderson Speaks at Smithsonian Institution About Open Access Publishing
Archives and Special Collections, Lecture, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing, Video Recordings
|An important and highly respected voice in both the library and publishing communities, Rick Anderson, Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections in the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) visited the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. on March 10th where he gave an excellent presentation about open access publishing. A video recording of Anderson’s talk […]
From Nielsen: As of Q1 2014, for the first time, a majority of Americans of all age groups own smartphones. In fact, 51 percent of adults over the age of 55 now own smartphones, up 10 percent from Q1 2013, driving the growth in smartphone penetration to seven out of 10 Americans overall (70%). And […]
New Full Text Article: “Impact of Public Domain Resources on Public Libraries in the United States”
|Here’s a forthcoming full text article scheduled to appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Note: Isn’t the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science a fee-based/paywalled publication? Yes, it is. However, the team at SAGE is making the full text (HTML and PDF) of the article available to infoDOCKET readers […]
In the past 24 hours there have been reports from the New York Times, Wall St. Journal, and others that the FCC was planning to reverse their policies regarding the open Internet. The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that it would propose new rules that allow companies like Disney, Google or Netflix to pay Internet […]
From the Iowa City Press-Citizen: School library staff in the Iowa City Community School District are considering ways to address changes that will come with staffing reductions next year. [Clip] Leaders plan to reduce elementary teacher-librarian staffing hours to see a savings of $88,000 and high school teacher-librarian staffing hours to see a savings of […]
Congratulations to the 2014 Recipients! The 2014 winners of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services are: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N.Y. Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Ill. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind. Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, Las Vegas, Nev. Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Mo. […]
A new 12 page report from the U.S. Census: Young Adult Voting: An Analysis of Presidential Elections, 1964-2012. Voting rates among young adults fell to 38.0 percent in 2012 from 44.3 percent in 2008 following increases in two consecutive presidential elections (2008 and 2004), according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report on age and voting […]
From Today’s Announcement: NEJM Group has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in the Portico archive. Through its participation in Portico, NEJM Group is ensuring that NEJM content will remain accessible for future researchers, scholars, and students. First published in 1812, the New England Journal of Medicine is an essential, […]
National Library of Ireland Releases New Collection of 10,500 Digitized Historic Images, Powered by VuFind
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|From Silicon Republic: The National Library of Ireland (NLI) is continuing the push towards greater digitisation of its enormous collection with the launch of a new catalogue of 10,500 historic images. [Clip] This new release means brings the online archive’s image total to 63,000 items that tell the story of Ireland and are now freely […]