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National Library Week: Free Access To A Number of ProQuest Resources
| Gale, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
Happy National Library Week! ProQuest has made a number of databases open access through Saturday as part of the National Library Week celebration. Here’s a list of those databases: History and Genealogy ProQuest Civil War Era, 1840-1865 ProQuest African American Heritage ebrary Resources Public Library Complete (Access to 24,700 eBooks) School Collection (registration required) Reference and […]
Happy National Library Week!
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, National Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing
National Library Week 2011 is Underway! INFOdocket wishes everyone a wonderful NLW 2011! We will be sharing NLW and library/librarian related resources throughout the week. We will begin with the following items: Video: National Library Week Honorary Chairman John Grisham Talks Shares Some Library and Librarians Stories Video: Quotes About Libraries A Searchable Database of […]
HathiTrust Has Posted Their March, 2011 Activities Update
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Reports
Access the complete update here. A PDF version is also available. Topics Include: TRAC Certification Open Webinar IMLS Quality Grant You’ll also read about HT developing a print holdings database. Here’s a part of the post: HathiTrust has been working to design and populate a database of information representing the print holdings of all partner […]
Mike Shatzkin Comments on "Libraries Don't Make Sense Anymore" Comment/Article
| Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
Yesterday, we posted a link to an article in Canada’s Globe and Mail about comments made by publishing industry consultant and pundit, Mike Shatzkin. The title of the G&M article is, “Mike Shatzkin in Montreal: Libraries Don’t Make Sense Anymore.” Along with the link we also asked some questions and shared some reactions and ruminations […]
California: "Web Down at Two Libraries For Two Weeks: Staff Working Out Internet Security Wrinkle"
| Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
What happens if the computers go offline not for an hour or a day? How about 14 days? At the Santa Cruz [CA} Public Library two branches have been offline for more than two weeks! Question. Should how to prepare and handle technology failures become a topic you see discussed at conferences? Should it become […]
The Globe and Mail: "Mike Shatzkin in Montreal: Libraries Don't Make Sense Anymore"
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Special Libraries
As is usually the case Mike Shatzkin, a well respected person in the publishing world and someone who you should know about and read, spoke in Montreal and during his speech did include some comments about libraries. ***Before sharing a few thoughts what was reported about the speech we realize that a good portion of […]
From an Article in the Des Moines Register: Thousands of dollars in operating and administrative costs could be saved if more public library services in the Des Moines metro area were consolidated, backers of the idea say. Polk County has more than a dozen public library systems with annual budgets that total more than $17 […]
From the AP (via The Idaho Statesman) ‘ Legislation to require library computers to use filtering software to block content deemed offensive to minors has cleared the Idaho Legislature. [Clip] The measure was amended since first introduced in the 2011 session and now gives more libraries flexibility in blocking content and deciding when filters should […]
Audio: Listen Online: NPR Airs Story About the Future of Libraries in the eBook Age
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, National Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing
The report by Lynn Neary runs six minutes and aired (or is airing) on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” A text summary is also available. Of course, the big issues coming from HarperCollins/OverDrive (aka #hcod) story are the focus of the story. The report includes comments from: ***Eli Neiberger, Director for IT and Production at the […]
"Ruling Spurs Effort to Form Digital Public Library"
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
From a New York Times Article by Miguel Helft: The lofty effort, the Digital Public Library of America, counts a long list of heavyweights among its supporters, including librarians from major universities and officials from the National Archives and the Library of Congress. Some of the nation’s largest philanthropic foundations have said they were interested […]
