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From the Public Catalogue Foundation: Your Paintings is the first national online museum of all publicly owned oil paintings in the UK. It was launched in June of this year (2011) by the Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) and the BBC. Today it has been announced that a further 40,000 paintings have been uploaded to the […]
UK: Google Partners with Bloomsbury Public Library Online
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|From The Bookseller (UK): Google is partnering with Bloomsbury’s Public Library Online, sponsoring two of the digital library’s virtual bookshelves from January 2012 to February 2013. [Clip] Google copyright policy and communications management Simon Morrison said: “We have been talking to Bloomsbury for a little while. We’re sponsoring the two shelves because we share interests […]
From a JISC Summary of the Report: A multidisciplinary team led by Professor Rob Procter from The University of Manchester in a JISC funded study, found that instead, Twitter was a force for good – helping to mobilise the post-riot clean up. It is published today (8 December) in the Guardian newspaper as part of its Reading […]
The UK House of Commons and House of Lords Libraries publish and update a large amount of research briefings each day. Reports cover hundreds of topics both domestic and international and might remind you of the type of material that the Congressional Research Service provides. This page provides access to thousands of reports. Entries can […]
From a Panlibu Blog Post Overview by Mark Travis: In this issue we look at shared services in detail and consider what the path to a successful library shared service will look like (p. 4-5). The groundbreaking tri-borough plan between three London councils (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the London Borough of Hammersmith & […]
From a JISC Announcement: Martyn Harrow, Director of Information Services at Cardiff University, has been appointed as Head of JISC for a fixed term of 9-18 months from 1 February 2012. Martyn will succeed Dr Malcolm Read who retires as Head of JISC in January 2012 after 18 years in post. Martyn will see the […]
Recently released report from the UK’s RIN (Research Information Network): From Summary/News Release: Research supervisors can play a crucial role in the effective imparting of relevant skills, knowledge and understanding. But in reality, they often are not able, well-equipped or even predisposed to play such a role. RIN’s Mind the Skills Gap report pointed to […]
List of .gov.uk domain names The UK Government manages the .gov.uk domain name registry in order to signify digital services that are part of the administration of the state, so that they can be identified as authoritative and trustworthy. The rules governing which organisations are eligible to register .gov.uk domain names and those names that […]
From a JISC Announcement: JISC will be investing £5.6 million in 24 projects across 30 universities and cultural heritage organisations to bring selected archives out of the vaults and onto computer screens, specifically with the aim of creating resources for wide educational use. These archives will be publicly accessible too which means citizens scientists, school […]
New: A Blog For "Unique And Distinctive Collections Project" From RLUK
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|Direct to New Blog: Unique and Distinctive Collections: A Research Libraries UK Project From the RLUK Web Site: This project aims to maximise the potential of unique and distinctive collections (UDCs) in RLUK libraries. Traditionally known as special collections, UDCs are common and prominent features of large research libraries and have helped define their identities […]