MORE 'GOVERNMENT-LIBRARIES' POSTS
New Report: Cost Benefit Study of FEDLINK Services For Comparison to Other Acquisition Sources
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|This 16 page report was posted last week on the FEDLINK web site. From the Executive Summary and Intro: From Fiscal Year 2000 to Fiscal Year 2011, federal government agencies spent an estimated $5.9 billion—nearly $500 million annually—on print publications, electronic databases, information retrieval, and other commodities that can be collectively described as an “information […]
eBooks: ebrary Adds Thousands of Titles to Government Complete Collection, Adds Military Packs
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Elsevier, Government Libraries, Libraries, News, Publishing
|To help government libraries acquire e-books more strategically, ebrary has added thousands of relevant e-books across acquisition models. [Clip] Government Complete, ebrary’s affordable subscription database, has been updated with thousands of new e-books from renowned publishers such as American Water Works Association, Cardiotext Publishing, and Urban Institute Press. The database now includes a growing selection […]
Revised Report: How Much Money Does the U.S. Federal Government Spend on Info Products and Services?
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Government Libraries, Libraries, Resources
|Many answers (with actual numbers) in the recently revised report embedded below. Title: Federal Government Strategic Sourcing Of Information Products And Services A Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Under an Agreement with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK), Library of Congress Revised: April 2012 From the Preface: This report […]
Congratulations to all of the winners! From the FEDLINK Announcement: The Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) has announced the winners of its national awards for federal librarianship, which recognize the many innovative ways that federal libraries, librarians and library technicians fulfill the information demands of government, business and scholarly communities and the American public. […]
105 Jobs Will Be Cut At Library and Archives Canada
Archives and Special Collections, Government Libraries, Jobs, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports
|UPDATE (May 2, 2012): Canadian Library Association Dismayed by Impact of Budget Cuts on Federal Libraries Over the weekend and for the second time in April we posted about the elimination of a Canadian government program providing public access to the Internet (often via public libraries). Today, news of more cuts and this time the involve […]
Article: "An Overview of Web Archiving"
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Government Libraries, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation
|Title An Overview of Web Archiving Author Jinfang Niu University of South Florida Source D-Lib Magazine (March/April 2012) Volume 18, Number 3/4 Abstract This overview is a study of the methods used at a variety of universities, and international government libraries and archives, to select, acquire, describe and access web resources for their archives. Creating […]
Library of Congress: Roberta Shaffer Appointed Associate Librarian for Library Services
Government Libraries, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership
|Roberta Shaffer is replacing Deanna Marcum as Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress. In December, we learned that Marcum was leaving LC to become Managing Director, Ithaka S+R. From the LC Announcement: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Roberta I. Shaffer as associate librarian for Library Services. The appointment […]
ebrary Announces Downloading Options (iOS, Kindle, Other Devices) & Results of Offline Reading Survey
Government Libraries, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From an ebrary News Release: ebrary today announced the ability to download e-books onto multiple devices including the Kindle, iPad, iPhone, laptops and other devices. Additionally, the company announced a dedicated mobile application is in development and slated to ship later this year. Downloading capabilities will be available at no extra cost to academic, corporate, […]
New Directory: Library Census Maps 1,000 Federal Libraries
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Government Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Maps, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Resources
|From a Library of Congress Announcement: Profiles of U.S. federal libraries from around the world are now available online. Presented dynamically with an interactive mapping tool, the Federal Library Directory displays geographic and collections data from more than 1,000 libraries. This publicly available dataset identifies members of the federal library and information center community and […]
Happy Anniversary! From the USDA Blog: As far back as 1902, a national U.S. Forest Service library formed with the transfer of 3,000 books from the Department of Agriculture library. It grew steadily over the years providing a range of services to research customers. Gradually interest grew in expanding service to other Forest Service employees […]