MORE POSTS FROM 2015
1. Virginia Library Association Announces First Annual Graphic Novel Diversity Awards (via The Beat) ||| Additional Details via VLA 2. Barack Obama Foundation Issues RFP to Seven Potential Architects for the Future Presidential Center
The 2014 annual report was released online today by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Direct to Full Text Report (20 pages; PDF) See Also: Archive of IFLA Annual Reports
New ALA Report: “After Access: Libraries and Digital Empowerment: Building Digitally Inclusive Communities”
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From the American Library Association: A new report explores the ways in which libraries throughout the nation are leading the way in building digitally inclusive communities that support individual opportunity and community progress. Titled After Access: Libraries & Digital Empowerment: Building Digitally Inclusive Communities, the paper shares research, resources and expert conversations gathered from a […]
From Nature.com: The World Spider Catalog, launched last year, now contains complete taxonomic data for almost 46,000 validated spider species and an embedded collection of 13,000 references. Spiders are the most species-rich terrestrial invertebrate group after insects. Direct to Full Text Article Direct to The World Spider Catalog
U.S. Federal Court Libraries Deal With Cuts and New Tech, Funding Increase Unlikely
Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From a Judiciary News (published by U.S.Courts) Article: Funding for library spaces, subscription and purchase budgets, and staff positions all have faced sharp cuts. The changes have been driven by new information technologies, which have reduced the need for books and enabled judges and law clerks to do more online research. Judge William Terrell Hodges, […]
Research Paper: “Quantifying Orphaned Annotations in Hypothes.is”
Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|The following paper was recently shared on arXiv. It’s an extended version of a paper presented at the 19th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries. Title Quantifying Orphaned Annotations in Hypothes.is Authors Mohamed Aturban Old Dominion University Michael L. Nelson Old Dominion University Michele C. Weigle Old Dominion University Source arXiv Abstract […]
From the World Health Organization (WHO): Since 2011, the WHO e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA) has provided more than 1 million users with evidence-informed guidance and related information for nutrition interventions. Though the reach of eLENA continues to expand through a steady increase in the number of website users, there is a recognized […]
Arkansas North Little Rock Libraries To Add Hours After ’14 Cuts (ArkansasOnline) California Proposal to Name North Branch Library After Michelle Obama Stirs Debate (via Long Beach Post) and Should North Long Beach Library Be Named For First Lady? Don’t Ask Us (via Long Beach Press-Telegram) California Yolo County Libraries Get Faster Internet Access (via […]
New Preprint: “Leading by Example? ALA Division Publications, Open Access, and Sustainability”
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|The following approved for publication preprint is scheduled for final publication in the September 1, 2016 issue of College and Research Libraries (C&RL). Title Leading by Example? ALA Division Publications, Open Access, and Sustainability Authors Nathan Hall Virginal Tech Sara Arnold-Garza Towson University Regina Gong Lansing Community College Yasmeen Shorish James Madison University Source via […]
By adding an average of 281 people per day during the last year, North Carolina’s population crossed the 10 million mark, making the state the ninth in that category, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today. North Carolina’s population gain over the July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2015, period ranked it […]