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From an ASI Announcement: The American Society for Indexing (ASI) is a nonprofit, professional membership organization promoting excellence in the indexing of books, journals and other information sources in print and electronic media. To meet our goal of keeping members up to date on advances in indexing technology we recently formed the ASI Digital Trends […]
Educational Resources: PBS LearningMedia to Offer Schools Initial Access to U.S. Department of Education’s Learning Registry
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, School Libraries
|From PBS: In a move that brings vast digital educational resources together for teachers to use in the classroom, content shared through the U.S. Department of Education’s Learning Registry will be accessible for free through PBS LearningMedia. An expansive collection of resources, including photos, video, and audio files from federal organizations like NASA, the Library […]
Open Access Publishing: Editorial Team Announced for eLife, New Open Access Journal
Associations and Organizations, News, Open Access, PLOS, Publishing
|From a Howard Hughes Medical Institute News Release The senior editorial team is today announced for eLife, the new top-tier, open-access research journal to be launched next year with the support of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust. The senior editorial team is comprised of internationally-renowned, active researchers […]
UNESCO's Global Open Access Portal Now Online
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|From the News Release: The Global Open Access Portal (GOAP) presents a snapshot of the status of Open Access (OA) to scientific information around the world. For countries that have been more successful in implementing Open Access, the portal highlights critical success factors and aspects of the enabling environment. For countries and regions that are […]
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities Explores Expansion of 'Social Network for the Dead'
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, News
|A research project From the U. of Virgina (Where IATH is Based): To demonstrate the capabilities of a new digital humanities tool that maps the records and social networks of important historical figures, Daniel Pitti of the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities likes to start with Vannevar Bush, a forefather […]
From IFLA: The Working Group on Guidelines for Subject Access by National Bibliographic Agencies is pleased to submit the final version of the Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies for approval by the Sections on Bibliography and Classification and Indexing. Read the Guidelines (Full Text, PDF) Additional Background
IMLS Seeks Input on Proposed Framework for Digitally Inclusive Communities
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership
|From the Institute for Museum and Library Services: The Institute of Museum and Library Services, working together with the International City and County Management Association and the University of Washington Information School, is seeking public input on its proposed framework for Building Digitally Inclusive Communities. The framework is intended to help community leaders convene community discussions […]
ACRL Posts Letter to GPO re: Multistate Depository Libraries
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Preservation
|The full text of a letter dated November 2, 2011 from Joyce L. Ogburn, ACRL President to William Boarman, Public Printer of the United States and Mary Alice Baish, Superintendent of Documents is now posted on the ACRL Insider blog. Before sharing the full text of the letter, Ogburn writes: We recognize that there are […]
New Preprint: Library Use of Web-Based Research Guides
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Resources
|Title: Library Use of Web-based Research Guides Authors: Jimmy Ghaphery (VCU Libraries) and Erin White (VCU Libraries) Source: ITAL: Information Technology and Libraries From the Introduction: This paper describes the ways in which libraries are currently implementing and managing web- based research guides (aka Pathfinders, LibGuides, Subject Guides, etc.) by examining two sets of data […]
ARL Endorses the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
|From the Association of Research Libraries: On November 1, 2011, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined over 300 organizations and institutions to endorse the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. In a letter to Dr. Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society, Winston Tabb, ARL President and […]