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"Ontario's history goes digital"
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
From an Article in the Ottawa Citizen: An article about the Knowledge Ontario’s Community Digitization Project (CDP). The CDP is the result of a $15-million grant from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture to the Southern Ontario Library Services and Ontario Library Services North. The project began in August 2009 after Our Ontario, the […]
From an ACRL Announcement: Text acrl2011 to 66746, or visit www.acrl.mobi, to access our mobile conference schedule, complete with session and exhibitor information. Create your personalized mobile schedule and access from your phone during the conference. Want to stay in the know on sessions and events in Philly? Text acrlerts to 66746 to receive free […]
Japan–Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Energy Resources
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Maps, News, Profiles, Reports
We will continue to update this collection as new resource are discovered and/or events warrant. UPDATE (3/18/2011): Publications Nature Magazine Magazine Scientific American World Nuclear News Organizations Center for International Disaster Information USAID Business GE Reports (General Electric) UPDATE (3/15/2011): Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami – Mar 2011 From ReliefWeb, UN Nations Office for the Coordination […]
New Internet Resources Guide: "Resources For Your Rhymes: Sites For Slam/Spoken Word/Performance Poetry"
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Resources
“Resources For Your Rhymes: Sites For Slam/Spoken Word/Performance Poetry” appears in the March 2011 (72.3) issue of College & Research Library News. The extensive list of resource was compiled and written by Maureen Perry, a reference librarian at University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College. Resources are organized into six categories: + Dictionaries/glossaries/terminology resources + Recording […]
"Two Major University Press E-book Initiatives Announce Merger"
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Publishing
From the Announcement: Two major university press e-book initiatives—Project MUSE Editions (PME) and the University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC)—have joined forces. The result of this merger—the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC)—will launch January 1, 2012. [Clip] The partnership allows e-books from an anticipated 60-70 university presses and non-profit scholarly presses—representing as many as 30,000 frontlist […]
Research Libraries: ARL Releases Report on Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Publishing
From an Association for Research Libraries Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to announced the release of “Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers: Options for ARL Libraries.” This report is the summary of a project funded by ARL to investigate how research libraries might provide support to print-only publishers in order to […]
American Library Association Announces That Two New Member Task Forces Will Look At E-Book Marketplace Issues
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, Publishing
Here’s the Full Text of an American Library Association Announcement (via ALA’s District Dispatch): Recent action from the publishing world in the e-book marketplace has re-ignited interest and sparked many questions from librarians, publishers, vendors, and readers. Two ALA member task forces – the presidential task force on Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC) and […]
The 2011 SLA Annual Conference is scheduled to take place in Philadelphia, PA from June 12-15. Tom Friedman and James Kane are the keynote speakers. Conference Homepage New: 2011 Conference Digital Preliminary Program From the SLA Blog: With the digital conference preview program you can: Search events and sessions (look for links to the online […]
New Report: "Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses"
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Elsevier, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
“Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses” was published by the Association of American University Presses. From the AAUP Web Site: This report a) identifies elements of the current scholarly publishing systems that are worth protecting and retaining throughout this and future periods of transition; b) explores business models of existing projects which […]
Social Media and the Health System As early as 1960, Sidney Garfield, MD, the co-founder of Kaiser Permanente (KP), foresaw how computers would become powerful tools to help patients. It is in his maverick spirit that we examine the potential for social media to be powerful tools to help our patients today. Social media, or […]
