MORE 'ACADEMIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
A New Bibliography From Digital Scholarship: E-science and Academic Libraries Bibliography
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing, Reports
|Another excellent bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. at Digital Scholarship. From the Publication Announcement: Digital Scholarship has released the E-science and Academic Libraries Bibliography. It includes English-language articles, books, editorials, and technical reports that are useful in understanding the broad role of academic libraries in e-science efforts. The scope of this brief selective bibliography […]
Content Discovery: Cornell University Library Selects Summon
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users
|From a Summon Announcement: Serials Solutions today announced that Cornell University Library is adopting the Summo service. By utilizing the Summon application program interface (API), Cornell University will integrate the web-scale discovery service’s search functionality with other library applications and learning management systems. This will enable Cornell University to provide greater exposure to the full […]
ARL Announces 2011-2012 Board of Directors
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News
|From an ARL News Release Washington, DC—Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University, began a one-year term as President of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on October 13, 2011, during the ARL Membership Meeting in Washington, DC. He succeeds Carol A. Mandel, Dean of the Division of Libraries, New […]
Greater Western Library Alliance Strongly Supports ARL’s Position On Recent USGPO Decisions
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation
|From a Web Post: The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) joins the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in advocating for the reversal of several recent decisions regarding the future of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). GWLA members emphatically believe that the future of the FDLP lies in collaborative projects, including shared and multi-state regionals, […]
Letter: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries Strongly Supports ARL’s Position on Recent GPO Decisions
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|ASERL Strongly Supports ARL’s Position on Recent GPO Decisions (1 page; PDF) From the Letter: ASERL members support free and open public access to information contained in FDLP collections. ASERL believes that the future of the FDLP lies in collaborative projects, including shared and multi-state Regionals and new models for digitization and preservation, such as […]
Cornell University: Library Digitization Projects Span Multiple Millennia (From 17th C. Japanese Woodblocks to Hip Hop)
Academic Libraries, Awards, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, News
|From the Cornell Chronicle: Cornell University Library and the College of Arts and Sciences have awarded six new grants to create new digital content of enduring value. Treasures ranging from Bronx-born hip-hop posters to ancient Greek and Roman coins will hit the Web in the near future as part of the Grants Program for Digital […]
University of Miami Joins HathiTrust & Slide Decks from Two Recent HT Presentations
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|New HT Member From the University of Miami Libraries Web Site: The University of Miami has become a member of HathiTrust (www.hathitrust.org), a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in an extraordinary digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. William Walker, Dean and University Librarian, […]
"RIP Stanza: Casualty of iOS 5" & Stanza's Death as a Lesson for the Digital Public Library of America
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|From CNET Australia: With the roll-out of iOS 5, users of the free Stanza app for e-reading are discovering that their app no longer works — and it’s doubtful that it will get an update. [Clip] But the worst part is that this was a known problem back in April, when iOS 5 beta testers […]
University of Arizona: "Library Looks to Expand e-book Offerings"
Academic Libraries, Journal Articles, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From the Arizona Daily Wildcat: The UA Main Library prefers e-books to paper when it comes to adopting more resources for students. After receiving feedback from students and conducting loophole assessments at the end of each school year, the library staff has seen requests for more electronic material. As a result, a policy was created […]
ARL Releases Statement on Recent USGPO Decisions Concerning the FDLP
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users
|From an ARL Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a statement calling upon the US Government Printing Office (GPO) to reverse its recent, troubling decisions concerning the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). ARL asked that GPO approve the University of Minnesota Libraries as the regional for the State of Michigan once it is […]