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National Competition Selects 12 Libraries and Museums to Build Innovative Learning Labs for Teens
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|From IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) and MacArthur Foundation: Today, the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the first 12 winners of a national competition to build 21st Century learning labs in museums and libraries around the country. The winners—four museums and […]
Reports and Prepared Testimony From SOPA (Stop Online Privacy) House Judiciary Committee Hearing & Additional Resources
Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Reports
|UPDATE: Archived Video of U.S. House Judiciary Committee SOPA Hearing (Recorded on November 16, 2011) The video runs about 3.5 hours. Reports from the Hearing Register of Copyrights: without SOPA, copyright “will ultimately fail” (via Ars Technica) Lawmakers Skeptical of Criticisms of Antipiracy Bill (via National Journal) By Juliana Gruenwald House Members Voice Piracy-Bill Support […]
The 2011 Fortune 500 and Social Media Adoption: Have America’s Largest Companies Reached a Social Media Plateau? Fortune Magazine annually compiles a list of America’s largest corporations, aptly named the “Fortune 500” given their size and wealth. Due to the hugely influential role that these companies play in the business world, studying their usage of […]
From The NY Times: On a recent Saturday afternoon in Humboldt Park, a small band of volunteers scrambled to put the finishing touches on their library’s new home — the sixth in as many years for the Read/Write Library, Chicago’s largest depository of grass-roots printed materials. Formerly known as the Chicago Underground Library, Read/Write rejects […]
Now Online: Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Webcast Now Available
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries
|From ACRL Insider: The archive recording of the November 9, 2011, introductory webcast on the newly revised Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (SLHE) is now freely available on the ACRL website. Presented by Patricia Iannuzzi, chair of the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Task Force, the webcast provided an overview of the […]
EMC Heritage Trust Project Grant to Help Library Digitize and Preserve Largest Collection of Canadian Company Annual Reports
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Preservation, Reports, Resources
|From the Morning Post Exchange: The C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library, part of The University of Western Ontario Libraries, was one of eight organizations worldwide receiving an EMC Heritage Trust Project grant through the company’s Information Heritage Initiative program. Through the initiative, EMC has donated more than $20 million to date to help advance the preservation […]
Cindy Hilsheimer Elected to OCLC Board of Trustees, Replaces Dave Lauer
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership
|From OCLC: Cindy Hilsheimer, principal and founder of an executive search firm based in Columbus, Ohio, has been elected to serve on the OCLC Board of Trustees. Ms. Hilsheimer is principal and founder of SC search consultants, llc (SC), an executive search firm established in 1999. SC performs retained executive search for publicly traded, privately […]
ProQuest Names New Executive Team and Organizes Into Six Business Units
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From the Press Release: ProQuest has organized into strategic business units designed to provide strong, clear focus on customer needs. Chief Executive Officer Kurt Sanford, a highly experienced information services executive, joined the company in July and created the new, agile structure consisting of six business units, led by seasoned, proven executives. … Rod Gauvin, […]
Library Copyright Alliance Writes Letter to House Judiciary Committee Regarding Stop Online Piracy Act
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|LCA Writes Letter to House Judiciary Committee Regarding SOPA (PDF) I write on behalf the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), consisting of three major library associations—the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries—that collectively represent over 139,000 libraries in the United States employing over 350,000 librarians and […]
From IFLA: New Webpages on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From an International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Announcement: “IFLA has created a new set of webpages, dedicated to one of the most important policy issues which IFLA is currently dealing with — the issue of copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries. Copyright exceptions enable libraries to preserve and make available works. In many […]