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Copyright/Piracy: Full Text of Letter from Library Copyright Alliance in Support of OPEN Act Draft
|ON A RELATED NOTE: SOPA: Judiciary Committee schedules markup of online piracy bill for Thursday (via The Hill) Here’s the full text of a new letter written by ARL’s Brandon Butler (on behalf of the LCA) re: the draft of the OPEN Act (Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act) that was released last […]
Who Are You? New International Identifier (ISNI) Connects the Right Person With the Right Credentials
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
|Very exciting and great to see the wonderful and useful Virtual International Authority File (developed by OCLC Research) being used to power a service MANY have desired for a very long time. Here’s the Full Text of a ProQuest Announcement: More than 45 million people “like” Stefani Germanotta’s Facebook page and a similar number count […]
Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award Winners Announced
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|Congrats to the winners and those nominated! From ALA: Yesterday, 10 librarians were recognized for service to their communities, schools and campuses as winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. More than 1,700 library patrons nationwide nominated a librarian. The 10 award recipients are: Venetia V. Demson […]
Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, at ARL talks SOPA with CNN’s Brian Todd. Direct to Video Interview (via ARL Policy) Congrats and Kudos Brandon! See Also: Copyright/Piracy: Wyden, Issa Release Alternate Anti-Piracy Bill, But Hollywood’s Not Biting (December 8, 2011)
Wyden, Issa Release Alternate Anti-Piracy Bill, But Hollywood’s Not Biting (via The Wrap) With support for current proposed anti-piracy legislation waning, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released on Thursday a compromise proposal that would likely receive the endorsement of the tech community. The proposed legislation — which targets advertisers […]
Cool! Harvard's Library Lab Adds 13 New Projects to Roster
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Resources, School Libraries
|From the Harvard University Library: A metadata repository for scholarship produced across the University, enhancing the HOLLIS catalog by including the holdings of the Harvard Film Archive, and an “awesome box” program enabling users to share their experiences of particularly helpful—or entertaining—library materials are among the 13 new projects and 5 continuing projects funded by […]
Deanna Marcum Named Managing Director, Ithaka S+R
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|From ITHAKA: Dr. Deanna Marcum has accepted the position of Managing Director, Ithaka S+R, effective January 1, 2012. Deanna will lead this growing not-for-profit service, which provides research and strategic consulting services that help transform scholarship and teaching. Dr. Marcum brings a background of extraordinary accomplishment to her new role. She joins Ithaka S+R from […]
From the ACRL Insider Blog: ALA has created a community within ALA Connect so that ALA members from any interested unit or division can discuss the issues surrounding the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). This is a way toward aiding the ALA in reaching consensus on the future of the FDLP or at the very least, […]
New Issue Online: College and Research Library News (C&RL News, December 2011)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, New Issue, News, Open Access, Reports
|C&RL News December 2011; 72 (11) Direct to Complete Table of Contents & Links to All Full Text Articles Selected Articles HML-IQ: Fresno State’s online library orientation game by Monica Fusich, Amanda Dinscore, Kimberley Smith, and Vang Vang Full Text Full Text (PDF) Get a clue: Partnering with student affairs on student-centered outreach by Lizz […]
Humanities and Social Science Content From OpenEdition Will Be Searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, Journal Articles, Open Access, Publishing
|From EBSCO, via PR Web: Content from the French open access publishing platform openedition.org (OpenEdition) will be searchable through EBSCO Discovery Service from EBSCO Publishing. OpenEdition is made up of three community publishing platforms dedicated to the humanities and social sciences. The complementary platforms represent a complete electronic publishing system dedicated to promoting research and […]