MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2017
From The Architects Newspaper: Publicly accessible data maps on New York’s buildings is nothing new, however, an easy-to-navigate three dimensional one is. While Google Maps and others provide accurate visuals, the “Manhattan Skyscraper Explorer,” developed by Raluca Nicola, allows users to navigate with ease by sorting buildings into 25-year segments. As a result, it is easy […]
Two Dead, Four Hospitalized in Shooting at a New Mexico Public Library
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|Update: Statement: ALA Offers Support to Clovis-Culver Public Library in Wake of Shooting Update: Two Library Employees Killed in Shooting (via Eastern New Mexico New) Family and friends said Krissie Carter and Wanda Walters, both library employees, were killed. Two men and two women were injured. Three of the injured were flown to hospitals out […]
From the FinELib Consortium Blog: Elsevier has approached academic institutions and researchers in Finland. The letter states Elsevier’s view on the negotiations between the FinELib consortium and Elsevier. These negotiations regarding online access to scholarly journals and open access publishing have been ongoing since 2016. Unfortunately, there has been no breakthrough in the negotiations. The crucial issues […]
From UC Berkeley Library: “This [cost of course materials] is something that every major university is grappling with,” says Rachael Samberg, scholarly communication officer at the University Library at UC Berkeley, who is directing a cross-campus effort to provide students with free and openly available course materials starting this fall. The pilot programs, with support from […]
Full Text of a Statement From the American Library Association (ALA): In the wake of historic flooding fueled by Hurricane Harvey, the American Library Association (ALA) and the library community continue their commitment to disaster relief efforts within the Gulf Coast Region. “Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who is being affected by Hurricane Harvey […]
The following lecture was recorded earlier this month on C-SPAN. The complete program can be streamed (free) via the C-SPAN Video Library. Docent Tom Hoban talked about the Library of Congress Jefferson Building, including the designers, construction, and decoration throughout its halls. This was part of U.S. Capitol Historical Society’s annual summer lecture series. The […]
1. Q&A with Gerald Beasley, New University Librarian at Cornell 2. New Milestones for Open Access Policies at MIT 3. KnowledgeArc Releases CollectionPress WordPress DSpace Plugin 4. Australia: National Archives to relocate to Old Parliament House… (via Canberra Times) 5. IM Publications to Preserve e-Journals with Portico
Research Article: “The Unbearable Emptiness of Tweeting—About Journal Articles”
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|The following article was recently published by PLoS ONE. Title The Unbearable Emptiness of Tweeting—About Journal Articles Authors Nicolas Robinson-Garcia Universitat Politècnica de València Rodrigo Costas Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University Kimberley Isett Georgia Tech Julia Melkers Georgia Tech Diana Hicks Georgia Tech Source PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183551 DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183551 Abstract Enthusiasm […]
From The Globe and Mail: Hidden inside a simple brown case at the University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library was a rare silver and gold embroidered Roman Missal. The liturgical book was designed in 1716 for the chapel of a wealthy Venetian family, the thread’s silver colour now a dull grey and the […]
From the U.S. Census: The number of people enrolled in America’s schools reached 77.2 million in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Since 1996, total school enrollment has grown 9.9 percent. Enrollment in kindergarten through eighth grade has not significantly changed during the past decade, increasing from 36.1 million in 2006 to 36.6 million […]