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Academic Libraries: DePaul University Appoints Scott Walter As University Librarian
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
|From the News Release: DePaul University has appointed Scott Walter as university librarian. Walter currently serves as associate university librarian for services and associate dean of libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Walter also holds faculty appointments as professor of library administration and professor of library and information science and has held affiliate […]
New Issue Alert: The February 2012 Issue of C&RL News is Now Online
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, New Issue, News, Open Access
|Direct to Complete Table of Contents and Full Text Article February 2012, (73.2) Articles Include (Not a Complete List): The approachable reference desk: How Norwich University Kreitzbert Library’s desk got a new look by Deborah Ahlers and Heidi Steiner MetaWHAT?: Training access services staff to partner in digital projects metadata creation by Kristy L. Dixon […]
From a Publisher’s Weekly Article by Andrew Albanese: Never has a price increase been such good news for libraries. At a meeting with ALA leaders this week in New York, Random House officials said the “terms of sale” for Random House e-books to libraries will change, with a price increase coming. But the publisher reiterated […]
From the Announcement: Amigos Library Services, a leading library membership organization based in Dallas, and the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC), a similar St. Louis-based library membership organization, today announced that they have entered into a working agreement to explore merging operations. If the organizations merge, Amigos will be the largest library consortium west of […]
New from NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services). Comments about the draft are welcome. Please submit to NFAIS by March 16, 2012. From the NFAIS Web Site: NFAIS believes that discovery services have the potential to provide ease of information discovery, access, and use, benefiting not only its member organizations, but also the global […]
ALA's Committee on Accreditation Announces Recent Actions
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, School Libraries
|The following actions were made at the ALA Midwinter 2012 Conference in Dallas. From an ALA Announcement: Continued accreditation status was granted to the following programs: Master of Library and Information Science offered by the University of California, Los Angeles. Master of Science offered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Master of Library and […]
Info About Recently Adopted ALA Resolution on Publishers and Practices that Discriminate Against Library Users
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|The resolution discussed below was adopted at the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. From ALA: In a resolution adopted by the Council of the American Library Association (ALA), it has been resolved that the ALA: 1. Opposes any discriminatory policies of publishers and distributors which adversely impact access to content by library users. 2. […]
Infotrieve Launches New Features for Mobile Library
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Dashboards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users
|From a Company Announcement: Mobile Library’s new features include: an enhanced search interface with additional flexibility for ranking results, and the addition of an auto-complete feature; new functionality in the Personal & Shared Library Suite including a dashboard showing recent changes to the library, discussion pages in each library for general comments, user creation and […]
New Issue Alert: IFLA Journal (37.4) Now Available Online, Free
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, New Issue, Patrons and Users, Resources
|Direct to Full Text (82 pages; PDF) Articles Include: + ‘‘As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it’’ + 65+: Engaging underserved patrons – a success story! + Key skills and competencies of a new generation of LIS professionals + Finding film resources: Challenges of formats, policies and […]
From The Library of Congress: "The Non-Profit Sector in the United States: A Guide to Selected Information Sources"
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, Resources
|Provided by Business Reference Services at The Library of Congress. Mykhailo Kryvoruchko, Edmund Muskie Fellow, Summer 2011 Carolyn Larson and Gulnar Nagashybayeva, Editors, September 2011 Direct To Document: The Non-Profit Sector in the United States: A Guide to Selected Information Sources This guide focuses on selected print and electronic resources related to the non-profit sector […]