MORE POSTS FROM NOVEMBER 2017
Milestones: Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) Reports Open References at Crossref Exceed 50%
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Conference Presentations, Data Files, Journal Articles, News, Reports
|From the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) Blog: The analyses show that, of 956,050,193 references from journal articles stored at Crossref, 486,041,671 (50.84%) are now in the category “Open”, and are freely available for third parties to download and use for any purpose. This is a significant milestone for the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC, […]
UPDATE December 3, 2017 Plan to Remove Books at IUP Libraries Prompts Debate, Petition (via The Indiana Gazette) — Original Post (November 24, 2017) From The Indiana Gazette: “Forty-eight percent of the collection has not been checked out in the past 20 years,” said Michelle Fryling, IUP’s [Indiana University of Pennsylvania] executive director of communications and […]
From The Scotsman: A new web archive from National Records of Scotland will preserve key official websites to make them available for future generations. [Clip] The new Web Continuity Service from National Records of Scotland (NRS) will archive and make available snapshots of the websites of organisations who already deposit records with NRS, including the […]
From Europeana Pro: In the summer of 2017, almost 1,000 European museums, libraries, archives and other heritage institutions filled out the fourth ENUMERATE survey to help us chart current trends in digitisation of European heritage collections. The ENUMERATE project started off in 2009 as NUMERIC, and grew into a series of biennial research efforts. Last year, the […]
1. In the UK: Neil Gaiman Leads Authors Demanding Action to Halt Decline of School Libraries (via The Guardian) ||| Read the Full Text of the Letter Discussed in Article (via CILIP) 2. In Canada: Library Cuts Teach Students Wrong Lesson About Literacy, Parent Says (via CBC) 3. In Australia: University Professors Fired For Forcing Students to […]
Special Events: “Star Wars Day: The Library Strikes Back” Coming Soon to the Calgary Public Library
|From the CPL: On Saturday, December 2, three Calgary Public Library locations will be transformed for Star Wars Day: The Library Strikes Back. This fun one-day event — a free all-ages celebration of all things Star Wars — is your chance to celebrate the upcoming launch of the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Come complete […]
Report From the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA) World Conference
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Management and Leadership, News
|From the BBC Research Blog: The International Federation of Television Archives, FIAT/IFTA, celebrated 40 years 1977-2017 at the recent Annual World Conference 2017 in Mexico City hosted by the Fonoteca Nacional (Mexican National Sound Archive), TVUNAM (Television Station of the National Autonomous University of Mexico ) and SPR (The Public Broadcasting System of the Mexican […]
Happy Anniversary! Here’s a small portion of an impressive post sharing some public library history from one of the world’s greatest cities. From the Toronto Reference Library Blog/Toronto Public Library: This month we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Toronto Public Library’s largest branch, Toronto Reference Library. Over the past 40 years, TRL has undergone some […]
FTC Halts the Deceptive Practices of Academic Journal Publishers
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Journal Articles, News, Publishing
|From the Federal Trade Commission: A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction requested by the Federal Trade Commission, temporarily halting the deceptive practices of academic journal publishers charged by the agency with making false claims about their journals and academic conferences, and hiding their publishing fees, which were up to several thousand dollars. The preliminary injunction […]
From the OpenCorporates Blog: It’s fairly common to think of companies as the trademarks, logos and product names we interact with daily, rather than as legal entities. For example, while lots of people will recognise the brand Nestlé, fewer will know the full company name – Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. In many cases, brand […]