MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2014
ALA’s Financial Assistance for Library & Information Studies (FALIS) Directory Now Searchable Online
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, School Libraries
|On ALA Connect, Jenny Levine Writes: We’re excited to announce that you can now search the 800+ awards listed in the Financial Assistance for Library & Information Studies (FALIS) Directory in the Opportunities Exchange in ALA Connect. The FALIS Directory is maintained by ALA’s Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR). All of the awards can now be searched by type […]
OverDrive Will Make Transactional Pricing Available With New Streaming Video Content From Warner Brothers
Awards, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|OverDrive has announced that transactional pricing (what they call pay-per-checkout) will be available for hundreds of streaming video titles from Warner Brothers. This is the first time that OverDrive has offered content using this pricing model. The deal with Warner Brothers was formally announced yesterday. Other distributors of content to the public library market including Hoopla, Freading, […]
Partnerships: Columbus Metropolitan Library & Columbus State Community College To Broaden Student Access
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|A public library/academic library partnership. We like! From CML: Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) and Columbus State Community College (CSCC) are broadening a partnership that will provide additional resources for CSCC students at all 21 CML locations. Earlier this month, all public computers throughout CML’s 21 library locations – roughly 800 PCs – have been equipped […]
Recommended Practice on Demand Driven Acquisition of Monographs Published by NISO
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Reports
|News from the National Information Standards Organization: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of a new recommended practice, Demand Driven Acquisition of Monographs (NISO RP‑20‑2014). Demand driven acquisition (DDA), also referred to as patron-driven acquisition, is a method used by libraries for collection development where monographs are purchased at their point of […]
The following full text report was published in June by the News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra, Australia. Title Feeling Better Connected: Academics’ Use of Social Media Author Deborah Lupton University of Canberra Source News & Media Research Centre University of Canberra, Australia. Abstract This report outlines findings from an international online survey of […]
The following full text article appears in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, (Vol. 36, No. 3) and is currently being made available at no charge, Taylor and Francis . Title Student Use of Social Media: When Should the University Intervene? Author John Rowe Curtin University, Australia Source Journal of Higher Education Policy […]
From the Video Blurb (via Stanford University Libraries/YouTube): This video is a tour of the first production exhibit built with Spotlight. It features digitized maps of Africa. Spotlight is plugin of Blacklight, a popular open source solution for building library discovery environments. Spotlight enables librarians, faculty and others to build customized online exhibits using a […]
News Roundup: Items From IOP, ARL, SAGE, CHORUS, ProQuest, Follett, and Others
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Data Files, EBSCO, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Publishing, Roundup, School Libraries
|1. Scholarly Publishing: Five IOP Journals to End Print Run, Will Switch to Electronic Only Transition will take effect with 2015 subscription year. 2. Nominations Now Open for 2014 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award 3. Debut Issue of SHARE (SHared Access Research Ecosystem) Monthly E-Newsletter Now Online Published by ARL. 4. SAGE launches resource of […]
From the Associated Press: The American Bar Association says it’s ethical for lawyers to scour online for publicly available musings of citizens called for jury service – and even jurors in deliberations. But the ABA does warn lawyers against actively “following” or “friending” jurors or otherwise invading their private Internet areas. [Clip] The ABA’s ethics […]
Reference: Census Bureau Emergency Management Mapping Tool Adds Improvements
Dashboards, Data Files, Management and Leadership, Maps, News, Patrons and Users, Reports
|From the U.S. Census: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released updates to the OnTheMap for Emergency Management tool. The public data tool provides an intuitive Web-based interface for viewing the potential effects of disasters on the U.S. workforce and population. Users can easily retrieve reports containing detailed workforce, population and housing characteristics for hurricanes, floods, […]