MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2013
From Ohio.com/Akron Beacon Journal: The Cuyahoga Falls Library’s former deputy fiscal officer is accused of embezzling nearly $350,000. Theresa M. Karm, 54, of Tallmadge, made an initial appearance before Stow Municipal Court Judge Kim Hoover on one count each of theft and theft in office. Both are felonies of the third degree. If convicted, Karm […]
Conference Paper: “UDC in Action” (Universal Decimal Classification)
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|The following paper (accepted for publication) was posted on the arXiv site last week. Title UDC in Action Authors Richard Smiraglia School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA Andrea Scharnhorst Data Archiving and Networked Services, Royal Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences Almila Akdag Salah University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cheng Gao Dalian, China Source […]
Cambridge University Library Receives $1.2 Million Dollar Gift From Milstein Foundation
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|From Cambridge University: The gift from the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation will enable the University Library to reimagine the way in which it displays its collections in both the physical and online worlds. Officially named yesterday evening [6/20/2013] by Mr Howard P. Milstein, Chairman of the New York Private Bank and Trust, who visited […]
University of Utah: Alberta Comer Named New Dean of Marriott Library
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|From the University of Utah: The University of Utah has named Alberta Davis Comer as dean and director of the J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian effective August 19, 2013. Comer holds a master of library science degree from Indiana University-Bloomington and has served as dean and associate dean of library services at Cunningham […]
From the Gmail Blog: Today we’re retiring the old version and excited to be bringing the new Google Groups to everyone. If you haven’t tried Groups in a while you’ll notice improved options for managing your groups and long time users may be surprised by all the features we have added along the way. One of the […]
From a Bing Blog Announcement: Starting later this year, Bing For Schools will offer schools in the U.S. the option to tailor the Bing experience for K-12 students by removing all advertisements from search results, enhancing privacy protections and the filtering of adult content, and adding specialized learning features to enhance digital literacy. The program is completely […]
More Than One Million Articles Accessed via JSTOR’s Free “Register & Read” Program Since 2012 Launch
|From JSTOR: JSTOR announced today that more than one million articles have now been accessed by individuals participating in its free program, Register & Read. [Clip] JSTOR introduced Register & Read [in March 2012], [this] program that provides free, online-reading access to the complete archives of more than 1,300 journals to anyone who registers for […]
UCLA Student Group Simul8 Develops Apps for UCLA Library
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|From the The Daily Bruin (UCLA): Between the lines upon lines of code recent computer science graduate Christina Fries writes, she sees her own creativity. Each complete segment is an expression of her knowledge and artistry, a sentiment she discovered in part through her work with Simul8, a student group employed by the UCLA Library […]
From Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Land: Google has quietly dropped another search operator, the tilde (i.e. ~) search operator. Google Operating System blog noticed the lack of support for the tilde operator over the weekend. Reportedly, Dan Russell, a Search Research Scientist at Google, confirmed Google dropped the feature. Dan said the feature was […]
From IP Watch: A breakthrough was reached over the weekend in the World Intellectual Property Organization negotiations to provide more access to visually impaired people, according to participating sources. Agreement appears to have been struck on the controversial issue of restrictions to the exceptions to copyright that the treaty is proposing to establish. A revised […]