MORE 'ACADEMIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
National Library of South Africa & 15 South African Academic Libraries Choose WorldCat Local
Academic Libraries, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|Via Library Technology Guides: The National Library of South Africa and 15 of the country’s most prestigious academic institutions choose WorldCat Local OCLC and Sabinet, OCLC’s partner in South Africa, have signed an agreement to provide WorldCat Local, OCLC’s discovery service, as a single point of access and delivery of electronic, print and digital resources […]
"Building arXiv’s Self-Sustaining Future", Simons Foundation Awards arXiv $60,000 Planning Grant
Academic Libraries, Awards, Funding, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
|From the Cornell University Library: Thanks to a generous award from the Simons Foundation, Cornell University Library will take a major step toward building a permanent governance model for arXiv, the free scientific repository that has revolutionized the way scientists share information. The Simons Foundation, which is based in New York City, has provided a […]
Slide Presentation: The LIBER Open Access Projects by Wouter Schallier, Executive Director of LIBER
|The LIBER Open Access projects – Los proyectos Open Access de LIBER 25 Slide Presentation by Wouter Schallier Executive Director of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) Mr. Schallier gave the presentation on October 25, 2011 in Peru. Direct to Slides (via Slideshare)
A New SPEC Kit from ARL: "Digital Preservation"
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Preservation, Resources
|The complete kit is fee-based (ordering info). An executive summary and the table of contents are available online for free. From a SPEC Kit #325 Summary: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Digital Preservation, SPEC Kit 325, which explores the strategies that ARL member institutions use to protect evolving research collections and the […]
Academic Libraries "Texas A&M Libraries Promote Use of Open Access Journals"
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
|From The Battalion Online (Texas A&M University): In addition to requiring that authors transfer all their copyrights away, publishers collect heavy tolls from high prices on textbooks and journal subscriptions, said outreach librarian Gail Clement with Texas A&M University Libraries. Clement said that the $1 per year increase in the library student fee just covers […]
From The Daily Iowan: University of Iowa students reportedly want to see a more “student-friendly” space at the UI Main Library. So UI officials are developing a $14.6 million project to create that atmosphere. The renovation would include more study rooms, an expanded Food for Thought Café, remodeled restrooms, and a Madison Street entrance in […]
Illinois State University: Milner Library Receives CARLI Book Digitization Initiative, Internet Archive Will Handle Scanning
Academic Libraries, Conference Presentations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News
|From Illinois St. University News: Illinois State University’s Milner Library is the recipient of a Book Digitization Initiative from the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). The initiative calls for digitizing the proceedings of The Teachers College Board 1950-65, Board of Regents 1968-1995, Board of Governors of the State of Illinois, Illinois […]
Milestones: Unversity of North Dakota: "UND’s Library Evolves With Students' Needs"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries
|From INFORUM (Fargo-Grand Forks, ND): The Chester Fritz Library, dedicated Oct. 13, 1961, marks its 50th anniversary. “We have the largest physical book collection in the state, and in the region, for that matter,” said Wilbur Stolt, library director since 2000. The Chester Fritz’s shelves are home to roughly 1.4 million pieces of print material. […]
21st-Century Collections and the Urgency of Collaborative Action (Proceedings of the ARL-CNI Fall Forum)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Conference Presentations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|The ARL-CNI Fall Forum took place on October 13–14, 2011 in Washington DC. Direct to Complete Proceedings Welcoming Remarks Winston Tabb, Johns Hopkins University Libraries and ARL President Carton Rogers, University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the ARL Transforming Research Libraries Steering CommitteeSession audio to come The World According to American […]
New: A Blog For "Unique And Distinctive Collections Project" From RLUK
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Maps
|Direct to New Blog: Unique and Distinctive Collections: A Research Libraries UK Project From the RLUK Web Site: This project aims to maximise the potential of unique and distinctive collections (UDCs) in RLUK libraries. Traditionally known as special collections, UDCs are common and prominent features of large research libraries and have helped define their identities […]