MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2016
News Roundup (Items from LOCKSS, DPLA, Zepheira, New Brave Ad-Blocking Browser, and More))
Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Roundup
|1. Milestone: LOCKSS Software Now Preserving Over 1000 “Long Tail” Journal Publishers 2. Site Creates Unauthorized Searchable Database of Info of Jacksonville State University Students, Faculty (Via Office Of Inadequate Security Blog) 3. Agenda For DPLAFest 2016 (April 14-15, 2016 in Washington DC) Now Available 4. Milestone: Library of Congress Veterans History Project Archives 100,000th […]
Personal Digital Preservation: DC Public Library Opens “Memory Lab”
Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Public Libraries
|The new lab formally opened about a week ago. From the DCPL: Not sure what to do with your old home movies, audiocassettes or slides? The DC Public Library’s new Memory Lab can help. [It’s a] space designed to help the public digitize and preserve videotapes, photographs and other family keepsakes. Located in the Library’s […]
The following article was recently published by PLOS One. Title Open Access Meets Discoverability: Citations to Articles Posted to Academia.edu Authors Yuri Niyazov Academia.edu Carl Vogel Polynumeral Richard Price Academia.edu Ben Lund Academia.edu David Judd Academia.edu Adnan Akil Academia.edu Michael Mortonson Academia.edu Josh Schwartzman Academia.edu Max Shron Polynumeral Source PLOS ONE February 17, 2016 Abstract […]
Getty Research Institute Releases Getty’s Scholars’ Workspace, an Open-Source Humanities Research Tool
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users
|From the Getty Research Institute: Today the Getty Research Institute announced the release of the Getty Scholars’ Workspace, a free downloadable tool designed specifically for collaborative humanities research. [Clip] The Getty Scholars’ Workspace is an online environment designed to support collaborative art-historical and humanities research, where research teams can examine digital surrogates, build bibliographies, translate […]
From the GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has partnered with the Library of Congress (LOC) to make bill status information in XML format available through GPO’s Bulk Data repository on govinfo for the 113th and 114th Congresses. Bill status information, which is created by LOC and Congress, describes the activities and status steps […]
President Obama Will Nominate Dr. Carla Hayden as Next Librarian of Congress
Academic Libraries, Awards, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|An excellent selection. If approved, Hayden will be the: First Female Librarian of Congress First Minority Librarian of Congress Only the Third Librarian of Congress Who is a Librarian Given the political mood here in DC, it will be interesting to watch and see if this nomination is held up and/or becomes a political football. […]
From the Federal Depository Library Program/GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office is pleased to share The National Plan for Access to U.S. Government Information with Federal depository libraries, the broader library community, and the public at large. This is the framework for moving forward in the digital age, meeting our challenges, and achieving our vision […]
Open eBooks Initiative Launches Service to Benefit Students in Need
Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Note: For background on the Open eBooks initiative see our post from April 30, 2015 when the project was announced by President Obama. From Today’s Announcement (via DPLA): Open eBooks, a new initiative and e-reader app that will make thousands of popular, top-selling eBooks available to children in need for free, is launching today. First […]
Monograph by Ann Okerson and Alex Holzman Wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
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|Note From Gary Price: Congratulations, well-done, and kudos to our friend, colleague, and mentor, Ann Okerson and her co-author Alex Holzman on the wonderful news posted below. Hooray! A link to the award-winning monograph is found at the bottom of this post. From ALCTS (Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ): Ann Okerson (Photo […]
From the U.S. Copyright Office NewsNet: The U.S. Copyright Office today released The Making Available Right in the United States: A Report of the Register of Copyrights. The Report follows a multi-year study to review and assess the application of the “making available” right under U.S. copyright law. Two international treaties—collectively known as the WIPO […]