MORE 'ACADEMIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
New: Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|Prepared by Prudence Adler (ARL), Jonathan Band (policybandwidth), Brandon Butler (ARL) Direct to Full Text (17 pages; PDF) From the Intro: The resource packet on legal and policy issues concerning orphan works provides general information concerning orphan works, the University of Michigan’s Orphan Works Project, an FAQ, and a legal memorandum by Jonathan Band, policybandwidth, […]
Center for Research Libraries Joins Borrow Direct
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From the Announcement: The Center for Research Libraries has joined Borrow Direct, a patron-initiated, rapid book request and delivery system. Borrow Direct now provides access to the collections of Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania libraries, as well as the holdings of the Center for Research Libraries. This new partnership […]
Another New Experimental Resource from OCLC Research: ArchiveGrid
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Reports
|From a HangingTogether Blog Post by Jim Michalko: Those of you in the archive or research library world may be familiar with ArchiveGrid®, a database and discovery service that grew out of RLG’s Archival Resources service which leveraged all the collection level descriptions in the union catalog and aggregated the encoded finding aids that institutions […]
New Article: "A Different Question of Open Access: Is There a Public Access Right to Academic Libraries in the United States and Canada?"
Academic Libraries, Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
|From the Abstract: Providing public access to libraries is a public service, but is it a right? This paper explores participation in depository programs, public university status, and public funding as possible bases for this right. It examines relevant cases and finds that courts respect the right of academic libraries to determine their own policies. […]
Authors Guild, Australian Society of Authors, Quebec Writers Union Sue Five U.S. Universities
Academic Libraries, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From an Authors Guild News Release: The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Écrivaines et des Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ), and eight individual authors have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court against HathiTrust, the University of Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, and Cornell University. […]
Film & Television: 'Peyton Place' Finds a Home at the USC Libraries
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News
|From the Announcement: The USC Libraries recently acquired the personal archives of television writer, director, and producer Walter Doniger. Doniger is the creator of Peyton Place, a long-running late-night soap opera that aired on ABC from 1964 to 1969. His archives, recently featured in an article by Dan Knapp on the USC News website, document […]
"Liquidator Donates Thousands of Borders Books to Chicago Public Schools"
Academic Libraries, Jobs, News, Publishing, School Libraries
|From the AnnArbor.com Northbrook, Il.-based Hilco Trading LLC announced today that it had donated “academic quality books” worth about $130,000 to Chicago schools. More than 8,000 books — which Hilco had to buy from the Borders estate — “were hand-selected” from the 399 stores Borders is closing as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation, […]
Now Available: C&RL News (September 2011, 72.8)
Academic Libraries, Awards, Libraries, News, Preservation, Reports
|College and Research Library News (C&RL News) Direct to Complete Table Of Contents (September 2011, Vol. 72. No. 8) Selected Articles “In the spirit of Benjamin Franklin: 13 virtues of the next-gen librarian” by Andy Burkhardt, Catherine R. Johnson, and Carissa Tomlinson Full Text Full Text (PDF) “Teaching with graduate instructors: Tips for a successful partnership” by Kacy […]
Online Database: IUPUI Library, Indianapolis Recorder Partnership Puts 106 Years of Black History Online
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing, Resources
|From Indiana University: A digitization project of the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, done in collaboration with the nationally recognized Indianapolis Recordernewspaper, makes available online 106 years of black history. Indianapolis Recorder Publisher Emeritus Carolene Mays granted IUPUI University Library copyright permission to create a comprehensive online archive of the Recorder. The full-text […]
From the New Mexico Daily Lobo: Despite stores such as Borders and Newsland closing up shop, UNM’s Zimmerman Library still has plenty of chapters left in an increasingly digital world. UNM Libraries associate dean Nancy Dennis said that 1.8 million people visited UNM’s four libraries last year, and Zimmerman topped the list. “We’re already seeing […]