MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2011
EU — Digital Agenda: only two social networking sites protect privacy of minors' profiles by default
|Digital Agenda: only two social networking sites protect privacy of minors’ profiles by default Only two social networking sites (Bebo and MySpace) tested on behalf of the European Commission have default settings to make minors’ profiles accessible only to their approved list of contacts and only 4 sites ensure minors can be contacted by default […]
From a New Zealand Herald Article: Deaf New Zealanders will have better access to the country’s third official language with the launch of a multimedia sign language dictionary. The online database contains about 4000 New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) signs, accompanied by line drawings and video clips to show how to produce each sign and […]
Internet Archive News: "In-Library eBook Lending Program Expands to 1,000 Libraries"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Wow, talk about an impressive growth rate! From 150 participants in February to 1000 in June. Congrats to Brewster K., Peter B., George O. and the entire IA team. Impressive work! From an Internet Archive Blog Post: [Saturday], the InternetArchive announced that the 1,000th library from 6 countries has joined its In-Library eBook Lending Program. […]
NY Times: "In Lean Times, Schools Squeeze Out Librarians"
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Reports, Resources, School Libraries
|“In Lean Times, Schools Squeeze Out Librarians” Source: NY Times Reports from: Pennsylvania Oregon Illinois New York City From the Article: In New York, as in districts across the country, many school officials said they had little choice but to eliminate librarians, having already reduced administrative staff, frozen wages, shed extracurricular activities and trimmed spending […]
Foodborne Illness Cost Calculator The Economic Research Service (ERS) estimates of the costs of illness and premature death for a number of foodborne illnesses have been used in regulatory cost-benefit and impact analyses. Like all cost estimates, the ERS estimates include assumptions about disease incidence, outcome severity, and the level of medical, productivity, and disutility […]
Title: “arXiv: Integrating disciplinary repositories with multiple partners and services” Speaker: Simeon Warner (Cornell) Event: Digital Repositories and Field-Specific Digital Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges Held During JCDL2011/Ottawa/Canada
1. Library Anywhere Adds QR Codes Superb idea Tim! 2. New on LibraryThing: “What Should You Borrow” Recommendation Feature Cool Idea Tim! 3. EBSCO Publishing Increases Access to Retro Indexes from H.W. Wilson 4. New IEEE Web Portal Provides Access to the Latest Developments in Life Sciences
Penn State U. Announces Civil War Archiving Project
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Open Access, Resources
|From a Penn State Live Story: A new project, “The People’s Contest: a Civil War Era Digital Archiving Project” aims to advance scholarship on the experiences of ordinary northerners during a period of extraordinary conflict, a lesser understood aspect of the Civil War era. The website chronicles Pennsylvania’s history from 1851, marked by the bloody […]
Now Available: EPA National Library Network Strategic Plan FY 2012-FY 2014
Associations and Organizations, Funding, Government Libraries, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Special Libraries
|From the EPA National Library Network Web Site: The EPA National Library Network Strategic Plan outlines a three-year strategy (Fiscal Years 2012-2014) for building on the Library Network’s successes and accomplishments to provide EPA employees and the public with convenient and timely access to environmental information. It lays out goals in four key areas: Network […]
An Associated Press article provides a guide to navigating to and using the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration database with bus carrier safety info.