MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2015
From the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: Bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2015, fell 12 percent when compared to bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2014, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. June 2015 bankruptcy filings totaled 879,736 compared to the […]
New for Android. Already available for iOS. Access to the app is free. From the Centers for Disease Control: FastStats, the mobile app by The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), is now available for Android mobile devices. With your Android phone or tablet, you can now access health statistics for more than 100 health […]
In the past 24 hours videos of presentations from the 2015 Society of Scholarly Publishers Annual Meeting (SSP) have started to become available on the SSP YouTube Channel. As we post this item (Noon on Tuesday, July 29th) more than 110 videos are available with the remainder coming very soon. The 2015 SSP Annual Meeting […]
A new background video from the Smithsonian Institution’s Digitization Program Office. The 3D model of the 1903 Wright Flyer (seen in the video) can be accessed and manipulated here. About the Video Learn how 3D technologies were used to digitally document the 1903 Wight Flyer in amazing detail for education, outreach, and research See Also: […]
Conference Paper: “Development of a Cross Institutional Digital Repository”
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access
|The following paper (8 pages; PDF) will be presented this August at the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress (WLIC 2015) in Cape Town, South Africa. Title Development of a Cross Institutional Digital Repository Author Maggie Farrell Dean of Libraries, Clemson University (Formerly at University of Wyoming) Source IFLA Library […]
Digital Humanities: Emory Digital Scholarship Center Launches Belfast Group Poetry Networks Interactive Resource
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|The following resource went live earlier this month and includes a number of data visualization tools. From Emory University in Atlanta: A new website called Belfast Group Poetry Networks will make it easier to understand the connections between Irish writers, particularly members of the mid-1960s Belfast Group, using open-source software created by the Emory Center […]
From the The Columbus Dispatch: In the past 10 years, the number of librarians, or full-time equivalents, in Ohio public schools has dropped by 43 percent, from 1,628 in the 2004-05 school year to 923 in the 2013-14 year, according to the Ohio Department of Education. [Clip] Many school districts are replacing licensed librarians with […]
New Online: U.S. State Department Releases “2015 Trafficking in Persons” Report
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|From the State Department Web Site: The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is also the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law […]
The British Library and National Library of Israel Announce Partnership to Digitize Hebrew Manuscripts
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|From a Joint Announcement: As part of the National Library of Israel’s International Digital Library of Hebrew Manuscripts initiative, the National Library of Israel (Jerusalem) and the British Library (London) are pleased to announce the signing of a partnership agreement providing for the digitization of at least 860 Hebrew manuscripts from the British Library’s collection, […]
DC Public Library’s Fabrication Lab and Studio Lab Featured in New Article
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|The Labs at DC Public Library are discussed (as well as two other lab spaces in the DC metro) in a new 1700 word article in Washington City Paper titled, “At the D.C. Public Library, You Can Laser Cut, 3-D Print, and Record Music for Free.” From the Article DCPL staffers visited the Cleveland Public […]