MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2014
Arizona State University Names James J. O’Donnell as University Librarian
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Open Access, School Libraries
|Note From Gary: “Congratulations to Jim O’Donnell and his wife (a longtime and important member of our profession and someone I consider both a mentor and friend, Ann Okerson) on the appointment to lead the ASU Library. From Arizona State University: Libraries have always bridged past and present, preserving and innovating. To lead ASU’s libraries […]
The following program aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation last week. With the huge amounts of information now available online, we take a look at how libraries are designing for the 21st century. Even though it’s still weeks from opening, the new Halifax Central Library is getting lots of attention. And not just because of […]
From the Seattle Public Library: Patrons of The Seattle Public Library can now see which e-books are currently available for immediate check out. E-books Now! is a new way to find and download e-books from the Library’s catalog. Patrons can search or browse the Library’s digital collection of items that are currently available, with no […]
From The Planetary Society: In 1964 and 1965, three camera-equipped spacecraft called Ranger crash-landed into the moon, giving scientists their first up-close look. The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 gently touched down in the Ocean of Storms in February 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to send home images from the surface. Four months later, the U.S. […]
From The Stanford Daily: Over the last decade, the University has seen a soaring interest in what is often referred to as the “Digital Humanities,” a term that has become more and more a part of the University’s lexicon. The Digital Humanities, as the University defines them, are a “collection of practices and approaches combining […]
UPDATE October 31 Which Monster Rules the Library? OCLC Research Declares a Winner The team at OCLC Research is four lists into a five list series data mining WorldCat to find out some interesting facts relating to Halloween and the records found in the the world’s largest bibliographic database. Here are direct links to the […]
From the U. of California Press: University of California Press is entering into the Open Access space with the launch of two new products: a mega journal focused on three core disciplines (life and biomedical sciences, ecology and environmental science, and social and behavioral sciences) and a monograph program designed to take advantage of rich, […]
The publisher prepared the infographic (below). It was first posted on Wiley’s Exchanges Blog earlier today.
The following approved for publication preprint is scheduled for publication in the September 2015 issue of College & Research Libraries. Title Mining and Analyzing Circulation and ILL Data for Informed Collection Development Authors Forrest E. Link The College of New Jersey Yuji Tosaka The College of New Jersey Cathy Weng The College of New Jersey […]
State of Indiana and Ancestry.com Partner to Digitize 13 Million Birth, Death, and Wedding Certificates
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, News
|From the Office of the Governor, State of Indiana: The State of Indiana, through the Indiana Commission on Public Records (State Archives) has entered into a contract with Ancestry.com to digitize and eventually post online more than 13 million birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage records for access by Hoosiers. These online historical records, those […]