MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2016
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Working With Illinois State Library to Digitize Government Documents
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library: Working with the Illinois State Library, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Library is actively digitizing State of Illinois publications. As part of its broader digitization efforts, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was approached by its partners to contribute published documents of Illinois’ state government for digitization. […]
Association of American Publishers Reports Revenues Up for Childrens/YA, Down For Professional Publishers in February 2016
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News, Publishing, Reports
|New statistics released today by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). From the News Release: NOTE: Publisher net revenue is tracked monthly by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and includes sales data from more than 1,200 publishers (#AAPStats). Figures represent publishers’ net revenue for the U.S. (i.e. what publishers sell to bookstores, direct to consumer, […]
1. Albany Law School to Offer Masters Degree in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy (via Albany Biz Journal) 2. Good News! Encyclopaedia Britannica Adopts HTTPS Encryption 3. Ingram Academic Services Launches for University Presses, Academic Publishers 4. Chart: Google Still Dominates the World Search Ad Market (via eMarketer) 5. Amazon and UK Government Aim for the Sky with […]
From NJ.com: The public library in Orange was raided by federal agents Thursday morning, several sources confirmed to NJ Advance Media. The federal officers apparently went into the library with subpoenas, and emerged with documents and at least one computer, the sources said. It is unclear what prompted the raid. “The City of Orange Township is […]
Digital Preservation: “Library of Congress to Preserve DNC Host Committee’s Digital, Social Platforms”
Digital Preservation, Interviews, Libraries, News, Preservation, Profiles
|From the Philadelphia Business Journal: When the Democratic National Convention Host Committee tapped Annie Heckenberger to lead its digital and social media department, she agreed to spend more than 12 months creating a mobile- and dekstop-friendly website, and accounts for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more, only to have the creations disappear after the convention leaves […]
LYRASIS Awarded $850,000 Grant From Mellon Foundation to Continue Support for CollectionSpace
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users
|From a LYRASIS Announcement: LYRASIS, a nationwide leader in the development and provision of technology and content solutions for archives, libraries and museums, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $850,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support ongoing development and sustainability planning for CollectionSpace, an open source collections management tool for […]
From The Herald Times (Bloomington, Indiana): Laurie Antolovic was worried about finishing Indiana University’s massive digitization initiative on time. The Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative that Antolovic directs calls for saving 280,000 of IU’s most significant audio and video recordings by converting them from analog to digital format in time for the university’s bicentennial celebration […]
News Roundup
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Roundup
|1. A Look at Books Scheduled to be Published by ACRL + Books in the ACRL Pipeline (2016-2017) Source: ACRL Non-Serial Publications Report—2016 Annual Meeting 2. CRC Press Unveils Enhanced Web Version of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 3. Tennessee State Library & Archives Adds Digital Collection of Family Histories “…first significant digital-only collection to be housed […]
From the U.S. Energy Information Administration: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is now providing hourly electricity operating data, including actual and forecast demand, net generation, and the power flowing between electric systems. EIA’s new U.S. Electric System Operating Data tool provides nearly real-time demand data, plus analysis and visualizations of hourly, daily, and weekly electricity […]
From the Office of Financial Research (OFR), U.S. Treasury: The OFR [recently] released launched the U.S. Money Market Fund Monitor, an online charting tool to help users take a closer look at the portfolios of U.S. money market funds. To develop the tool, the OFR analyzed more than 4 million records of data about the holdings of […]