MORE POSTS FROM DECEMBER 2014
Now Available Online: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPRES 2014)
Conference Presentations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Preservation
|iPRES 2014 (11th International Conference on Digital Preservation) took place on October 6-10, 2014 in in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complete proceedings is now available online. The document was published by the State Library of Victoria (a co-presenter of the conference). The full text of the proceedings (385 pages; PDF) can be found and accessed on the […]
From the San Diego Union Tribune: A new $2 million donation to the Carlsbad library will help buy more books and other materials for its three branches, officials said. The gift, announced Monday, came from the Benson Family Trust. Russell and Betty Benson were Carlsbad residents who donated funds to nearly 20 nonprofits, including the […]
From The Brown Daily Herald: Following nearly three months of negotiations, unionized library workers unanimously agreed to the University’s proposed contract earlier this month, said Karen McAninch, business agent for the library workers’ union, United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island. The old contract expired Sept. 30 and was extended to allow for ongoing […]
Roundup of Public Library News From Around the U.S. and Canada (17 Reports From 14 States and 1 Province)
Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup
|Time for another roundup of public library news from around the U.S. and Canada. The 17 stories below were published online within the past two weeks (15 days to be precise). We hope you find this roundup both interesting and useful. Arkansas Fort Smith Library Relies On Cuts, Reserves In 2015 Budget (via Times Record) […]
Yesterday was the last time that our friends and neighbors at the National Library of Medicine updated their Key MEDLINE Indicators chart with FY 2014 indexing and usage numbers for MEDLINE/PubMed. The chart also includes data back to FY 2010. Charts with indicators data back to 1996 are also available. Below is the portion of […]
From the U.S. Census: By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation’s third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today. Florida’s population grew by 293,000 over this period, reaching 19.9 million. […]
Selected Peer-Reviewed Papers From “Faster, Smarter, Richer: Reshaping the Library Catalogue” (FSR 14)
Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Resources
|The selected papers, in English, are published in a special issue of JLIS.it (Italian Journal of Library of Information Science) Vol. 5, No. 2 (2014). Faster, Smarter, Richer: Reshaping the Library Catalogue” (FSR 14) took place on February 27-28, 2014 at the Vatican Library in Rome. The complete program is available here. Direct Links to […]
New Article: “Research Data Management and Libraries: Relationships, Activities, Drivers and Influences”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, PLOS, Preservation
|The following article was recently published by PLOS One. Title Research Data Management and Libraries: Relationships, Activities, Drivers and Influences Authors Stephen Pinfield University of Sheffield Andrew M. Cox University of Sheffield Jen Smith University of Sheffield Source PLOS One Published December 8, 2014 10.1371/journal.pone.0114734 Abstract The management of research data is now a major […]
Digitization: Recipients of 2014 EMC Heritage Trust Project Grants in Canada, UK, and India Announced
Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Funding, Lecture, News, Preservation
|From EMC: EMC Corporation today announced three organizations as grant recipients of the 2014 EMC Heritage Trust Project. The grants will support projects that practice and encourage the stewardship of cultural information in local communities in the UK, Canada and India. Founded in 2007, EMC’s Information Heritage Initiative program helps advance the conservation of information […]
In the UK: Complete Catalogue of Nearly 14,000 Simon & Schuster UK Ebooks Now Available to Libraries
|From The Bookseller: Simon & Schuster UK is to allow libraries to lend its full catalogue of nearly 14,000 e-book titles, effective immediately. Following what the publisher said was a “successful” pilot scheme, it is expanding access to its full catalogue of e-books to libraries nationwide in the UK. A similar programme is also being […]