MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2015
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization. From a Freedom House News Release/Highlights: Internet freedom around the world declined for the fifth consecutive year in 2015 as more governments censored information of public interest while also expanding surveillance and cracking down on privacy tools, according to Freedom on the Net 2015, released today by Freedom […]
A new searchable resource from Corporate Research Project/Good Jobs First. From the CRP “Dirt Diggers” Blog Post by Phil Mattera, Research Director and the Director of the Corporate Research Project: Violation Tracker, the first national database on corporate crime, has arrived. [Clip] Violation Tracker, a database that in its initial form covers all environmental, health […]
From Wichita to Tuscaloosa: Dr. Donald Gilstrap Named Dean of Libraries at the University of Alabama
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|From the University of Alabama: Dr. Donald L. Gilstrap, dean and professor of University Libraries at Wichita State University, has been named dean of the University Libraries at The University of Alabama. The appointment is effective Jan. 4, 2016, said Dr. Kevin Whitaker, UA’s interim provost, in making the announcement. Gilstrap has 20 years of […]
Released by OECD on October 26, 2015. Free to download (PDF and/or EPUB) and/or read online. Also available for purchase and via OECD Library. Environment at a Glance 2015 updates key environmental indicators and relevant socio-economic and sectoral indicators to track OECD country progress on major environmental issues and inform policy development and evaluation. This […]
Special Collections: A Roundup of 17 Recent Acquisitions by Libraries in US, Canada, and UK
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|All of the announcements linked below were released in the past 30 days. We hope you find this roundup useful. Boston University chosen to house former mayor’s archives (via Fox Boston) British Library Acquires D’Oyly Carte Archive Duke University: Franklin Research Center Acquires Robert A. Hill Collection/Marcus Garvey Papers Project Records Columbia and Barnard celebrate […]
From PM: Eighteen journals are confirmed to join MUSE in 2016. All new journals will be part of the Premium Collection and two of the titles, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs and World Policy Journal will also join the Social Sciences Collection. Direct to Complete List of New Titles Coming to Project Muse See Also: […]
From Emerald Publishing Group: Emerald Group Publishing has become the first scholarly publisher to sign up to an innovative new pilot service from Kudos and Research Media that will help the research community extend the visibility and impact of published articles. The new pilot service will see Kudos’s publisher partners – such as Emerald – sponsor the creation by Research […]
From UMass Amherst Libraries: Massachusetts residents can now check out resources from the UMass Amherst Libraries online and pick them up at their local library. With the advent of the Commonwealth Catalog all Bay State residents can borrow materials from the largest public research library in New England, directly through their local library. New libraries […]
Exciting! American Archive of Public Broadcasting Launches With 7,000 Items Available to Stream Online
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|Note: Some very exciting news about a project we’ve been following for a few years and have posted about many times. Links to several background posts are found below today’s news. What’s new today is that along with a formal launch is that some streaming content (approx. 7,000 items with more to come) is available […]
U.S. Copyright Office Will Publish Final Rule on DMCA Exemptions Tomorrow, Full Text Copy Available Now
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|UPDATE 3: Analysis of the Final Rule by Krista Cox, Director of Public Policy, Association of Research Libraries UPDATE 2: Statement by Library Copyright Alliance (ACRL, ALA, ARL) UPDATE 1: Introduction to the Copyright Office Recommendations Can Be Found Here (8 pages; PDF via U.S. Copyright Office) The U.S. Copyright office received more than 40,000 […]