MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2015
New Reference Resource: HistoricPlacesLA Catalogues Over 25,000 of L.A.’s Most Significant Buildings and Sites
Data Files, Management and Leadership, Preservation, Resources
|HistoricPlacesLA was formally launched today and runs on open source software discussed below. From a Post on the The Getty’s Iris Blog by Ken Bernstein: As the head of the City of Los Angeles’s historic preservation program, I’m amazed that I still sometimes get puzzled questions from people who think L.A. has no past. “Historic […]
New Research Article: “Bridges and Barriers: Factors Influencing a Culture of Assessment in Academic Libraries”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Reports, Resources
|The following full text article is published in the just released issue (March 2015) of College and Research Libraries. Title Bridges and Barriers: Factors Influencing a Culture of Assessment in Academic Libraries Authors Meredith Gorran Farkas Portland Community College Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe University of Illinois Amy Harris Houk University of North Carolina Source College and […]
The following full text paper was recently published by PLOS One. Title Is There a Relationship between Research Sponsorship and Publication Impact? An Analysis of Funding Acknowledgments in Nanotechnology Papers Authors Jue Wang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Philip Shapira Georgia Institute of Technology Manchester Business School, UK Source PLOS One 10(2): e0117727 February 19, 2015 […]
LIS Education: H.W. Wilson Foundation Renews Scholarship Grants With Commitment OF $870,000 to ALA Accredited LIS Programs
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Funding, Libraries, News
|Thanks to H.W. Wilson Foundation Vice President & Secretary and Dean and Professor Emeritus of Simmons College SLIS for alerting us to this news. From the H.W. Wilson Foundation: The Board of Directors of the H.W. Wilson Foundation has announced the continuation of its support of education in library and information science with a new […]
Article: Persistent, Global Identity for Scientists via ORCID & ORCID Pilot Project Reports From the UK
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Reports
|Here’s a recently posted full text article (13 pages; PDF) about ORCID that might be of interest to some infoDOCKET readers. Below the article is a link to the final report of the JISC-ARMA-ORCID Pilot Project along with project reports from two UK universities. Title Persistent, Global Identity for Scientists via ORCID Authors August E. […]
Congratulations to the 15 libraries and 15 museums announced as finalists today! From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 30 finalists for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to the community. For 21 years, […]
Video: A Helpful Introduction to Key Fair Use Concepts by Google Copyright Attorney, Fred von Lohmann
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Resources
|Fair Use Week 2015 coordinated by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is now underway. A number of events are taking place this week and they’re listed on the Fair Use Week calendar with additional news and useful resources available on the FairUseWeek.org web site. Here are two videos and a new infographic commissioned by […]
U.S. History: University of Rochester Libraries Begin Providing Online Access to Rare Collection of Susan B. Anthony Letters
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation
|From the University of Rochester: It’s not every day that a library acquires a collection of materials so rare and significant that researchers from around the world are interested in studying it. But that’s exactly what happened at the University of Rochester in the summer of 2014, when the River Campus Libraries purchased a large […]
From KWGS Radio: A state House budget subcommittee asked cultural agencies Monday how they’re preparing for another year of cuts. [Clip] Oklahoma Department of Libraries Director Susan McVey told the subcommittee she has to spend money on certain things in order to get more than $2 million in federal dollars. “And that’s what we use […]
From the OLAC Blog: The Online Audiovisual Catalogers Cataloging and Policy Committee (OLAC CAPC) is pleased to announce the publication of two Best Practice Guides – “Best Practices for Streaming Media Using RDA and MARC21” and “Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21.” Full Text Guides “Best Practices for Streaming […]