MORE 'ACADEMIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
From OCLC (aka Straight Out of Dublin): The OCLC Board of Trustees will engage OCLC members in the process to select a successor to Jay Jordan, who plans to retire as OCLC President and CEO at the end of June 2012. Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees, and Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries, […]
University of Virginia's New "Libra" Digital Repository Debuts
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
|From a UVa Announcement: Libra, a new digital repository, is designed to archive U.Va. faculty articles and scholarship from any discipline in a searchable database, said Martha Sites, deputy university librarian. The service will also host student theses and dissertations, as well as research data sets. “It provides a way for scholars to ensure the […]
From RLUK: New figures from RLUK university members have challenged the tired stereotype of academic libraries as being quiet, dusty, and increasingly empty. Figures for 2009/10 (the latest for which full data are available) show that there were over 35 million visits to RLUK’s 23 UK university member libraries. This represented an increase of 10% […]
Archives/Digital Preservation: "Kate Wittenberg Appointed Portico Managing Director"
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Jobs, Libraries, News, Preservation, Publishing
|From an ITHAKA Announcement: ITHAKA is pleased to announce that Kate Wittenberg has been appointed the new Managing Director of Portico, effective September 1. Eileen Fenton, who successfully led Portico since its founding in 2002, will work closely with Kate over the coming weeks as Kate transitions fully into her new role and concludes projects […]
Archives: "University of Illinois at Chicago Plans Internet Portal to 14 Chicago Institutions"
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From a UIC News Release: The University of Illinois at Chicago Library is leading a project to plan a portal to the historical collections of 14 museums, universities and libraries that make up the Chicago Collections Consortium. The portal will offer a one-click search of the special collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the […]
New: Library User Experience, SPEC Kit 322
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Patrons and Users
|SPEC Kit 322 kit was just released by the Association of Research Libraries. The full text report is fee-based but and an executive summary and the table of contents is available at no charge. From ARL: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Library User Experience, SPEC Kit 322, which explores recent and planned user […]
Archived Webcast and a New Q&A Document: "New Roles for Research Libraries: Digital Curation for Preservation"
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation, Video Recordings
|The webcast was recorded on April April 7, 2011 and made available om YouTube the following week. Panelists: Martha Anderson (LC/NDIIPP), Jeremy York (HathiTrust), Oya Rieger (Cornell), Trisha Cruse (California Digital Library) Along with the video, there is now a 4 pages PDF that provides answers to questions that were asked during the program but […]
Transcript: "Library Spaces for the Scholarship Process" and Skills For a Digital Librarian
Academic Libraries, Interviews, Libraries, News, Podcasts, Profiles
|Interview Transcript and Link to Complete Podcast. Gerry Baynes speaks with Gary Strong, University Librarian at UCLA. Here’s the opening exchange. From EDUCAUSE (46.4): Gerry Baynes: One of the elements planned for the space being redesigned at the UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library is a research commons for digital scholarship. Can you describe this […]
NYU Libraries, UIUC and UCSD Developing Next-Generation Archives Management System with Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From NYU: New York University has been awarded a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a partnership in developing the software that integrates Archon and the Archivists’ Toolkit (AT) into an open-source, next-generation archives management system. The integrated product—known by the working title ArchivesSpace—will incorporate the best features and functions of Archon […]
New Issue Alert: The Code4Lib Journal (14) is Now Available Online
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Preservation, Frontiers, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, New Issue, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|Released on July 25, 2011. Issue 14 contains 11 articles/books reviews/editorials. Here are abstracts and links. All articles are full text and free. Editorial Introduction: Prioritizing the Future, Collaborating in the Present, and Archiving the Past by Timothy M. McGeary This is an exciting time for libraries and technology, and libraries have the opportunity now […]