MORE POSTS FROM MARCH 2016
New Ithaka Issue Brief: Deanna Marcum on “Library Leadership for the Digital Age”
Awards, Lecture, Libraries, Management and Leadership, New Issue, News, Patrons and Users
|Here’s a new issue brief by Ithaka S+R Managing Director, Deanna Marcum. The brief contains highlights of a lecture Marcum gave when she was awarded the Miles Conrad Award at the annual meeting of the National Federation of Advanced Information Systems (NFAIS) annual meeting in February. From the Brief: Libraries are also challenged in a […]
From a Joint Announcement: Esri and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service announce the publication of Engagement Portfolio, a gallery of maps and apps that gives everyone access to US forestry data. The portfolio of maps and analysis tools opens the Forest Service’s rich content to a broad spectrum of users, engaging everyone […]
News Roundup
Awards, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News, Roundup
|1. Florida Council of State University Libraries Joins NFAIS & NFAIS Elects New Board of Directors Leadership for 2016-2017 2. Qatar National Library (QNL) Signs with Zepheira to Bring Collections to the Web 3. Library Journal and NoveList Announce the LibraryAware Community Award Recipients 4. Plum Analytics Releases PlumX™ Funding Opportunities 5. Rebecca Bryant, Ph.D […]
Funding: Mellon Foundation Awards $1.5 Million To Vanderbilt For New Center For Digital Humanities
|From Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University has received a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a new Center for Digital Humanities. The trans-institutional initiative will further Vanderbilt’s commitment to becoming a national hub of innovative digital humanities scholarship. [Clip] In addition to the three-year Mellon grant, the center […]
From Arutz Sheva News: The cornerstone laying ceremony at the new National Library will take place next Tuesday, yet design images were released to the public on Monday. [Clip] Construction of the library is estimated to last four years with plans to open its doors to the public in 2020. The new library will be […]
The following white paper was published earlier this month. Title Measuring Research Outputs Through Bibliometrics Source University of Waterloo (Canada) Working Group on Bibliometrics March 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/10012/10323 Abstract This White Paper provides a high-level review of issues relevant to understanding bibliometrics, and practical recommendations for how to appropriately use these measures. This is not a […]
From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): The USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC) recently completed and launched a new and improved interface, making USGS data more accessible and discoverable for users. The USGS SDC is a searchable public data catalog for more than 7,000 USGS data assets and 20 USGS collections. [Clip] The SDC serves as […]
The following article (accepted for publication, preprint) will be published in the March 2017 issue of College & Research Libraries (C&RL). Title The Language of Information Literacy: Do Students Understand? Authors Gayle Schaub Grand Valley State University Cara Cadena Grand Valley State University Patricia Bravender Grand Valley State University Christopher Kierkus Grand Valley State University […]
Public Library News Roundup (Reports From Alberta, British Columbia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ontario, and Rhode Island)
Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup
|1. Alberta: New Branch of Edmonton Public Library Opens in Strip Mall (via CBC) 2. British Columbia: Vancouver Public Library Prepares to Move Forward On Three-Year Strategic Plan (via The Georgia Straight) 3. Iowa: Budget Cuts Force Cedar Rapids Public Library to Reduce Hours (via The Gazette) 3. Massachusetts: $78m Boston Public Library Renovation Nears […]
From the NY Public Library Blog: The New York Public Library is pleased to announce the launch of Photographers’ Identities Catalog (PIC) (PIC), a collection of biographical data for over 115,000 photographers, studios, manufacturers, dealers, and others involved in the production of photographs. PIC is world-wide in scope and spans the the entire history of […]