MORE POSTS FROM JANUARY 2017
From a Statement Posted on the NASIG Blog: While our focus as a membership organization is “to advance and transform the management of information resources,” we cannot forget that this work is done by individual people who are experiencing a multitude of emotions right now, and therefore we must also do what we can to ensure […]
News Roundup
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Roundup
|1. University of Texas Libraries Launch Texas Data Repository, Powered by Dataverse ||| Learn More About the Repository, Read: “Building the Data Environment”/Meet Jessica Trelogan, Data Management Coordinator (via TexLibris Blog) ||| Direct to Texas Data Repository 2. Digital Library Federation Introduces New and Improved Digitization Cost Calculator 3. Open Access Books: Knowledge Unlatched Shares Plans For 2017 4. […]
UPDATED March 7, 2017 American Library Association Adds Name to Coalition Letter to Keep the Net Neutral ||| Direct to Full Text Letter (8 pages; PDF) From The Verge: In an early move as head of the agency, the new chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, circulated a plan to close the door on some […]
The 2016 report was released yesterday by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania. From the Abstract: The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania conducts research on the role policy institutes play in governments and civil societies around the […]
From the TPL Blog: The Toronto Public Library Ebook Dashboard* shows you which books are being placed on hold and checked out right now, along with running totals for the numbers of checkouts and holds today, this month, this year, and since we started using OverDrive in 2007. Read the Complete Blog Post Direct to Toronto […]
New today from Against the Grain! There are currently seven episodes available with plans to add more regularly. Initial offerings are the audio recordings from the plenary presentations at
Creative Commons Shares Response to LC’s “Expertise Needed by the Register of Copyrights” Survey
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|On December 16, 2016 the Library of Congress asked for public input on what expertise is needed by the Register of Copyrights. The deadline for responses to the survey is next Tuesday (January 31, 2017). Yesterday, Creative Commons shared their responses to survey questions in this blog post. Here are three sentences that highlight what’s […]
On Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 26, 2017) the former FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, spoke with Harvard Law School Professor Susan Crawford at a public event titled, “US Communications at a Crossroads.” The Wheeler/Crawford conversation was held at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. A video recording of the event is now […]
From designboom: The former site of France’s national library has reopened after years of renovation work by architects bruno gaudin and virginie brégal. located at rue de richelieu in paris, the historic complex houses the collections and reading rooms of the manuscripts department, the maps and plans branch, the coins, medals and antiques bureau, and […]
Video: OCLC’s Lorcan Dempsey on “The Library in the Life of the User: Two Collection Directions”
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Profiles
|Video and slides of a October 2016 presentation by Lorcan Dempsey are embedded below. The presentation was given at “The Transformation of Academic Library Collecting, A Symposium Inspired by Dan C. Hazen.” More video and materials from this event can be accessed here. About the Presentation The Library in the Life of the User: Two […]