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Conference Paper: Digitization to Avoid Intellectual Content Loss From Natural Disasters (World Digital Library)
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|The following paper will be presented this August at the 2015 IFLA Annual Meeting/World Library Information Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Title Digitization to Avoid Intellectual Content Loss From Natural Disasters Authors Jeanne Drewes Library of Congress Alan Haley Library of Congress Sandra Bostian Library of Congress Eve Ferguson Library of Congress Source IFLA […]
From UCLA: A student sits at a table across from her friends. She is reading a colorful manga and losing track of time as she becomes absorbed in the story. After finishing one volume, she eagerly returns to the bookshelf to pick up the next and returns to her seat. It’s a scene that would […]
Embedded below is a 13 minute video review of new developments with ERIC (Education Resource Information Clearinghouse), a key research tool for education-related topics and issues. The video is a version of the update that ERIC shared/is sharing the 2015 SLA and ALA annual conferences. See Also: Call for Feedback: Proposed Changes to How ERIC […]
From the Free Ebook Foundation Launch Announcement: Two projects that have been building towards a sustainable ecosystem for free ebooks have joined together in a new non-profit corporation. The Free Ebook Foundation envisions a world where ebooks will be funded, distributed and maintained for the benefit of all, by coordinating the efforts and resources of […]
From the Knight Foundation Blog: Today we are happy to share that we will run a second challenge focused on library innovation in 2016, and we would like your thoughts to help shape the challenge around the future needs and opportunities for libraries. Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter using the hashtag #newschallenge […]
Mellon Foundation Awards Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) 24-Month, $1.5 Million Operating Grant
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|From CLIR: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has received a 24-month, $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support general operations starting July 2015. “We are, as always, very grateful for the Mellon Foundation’s generous support of CLIR,” said CLIR Board Chairman David Gift. “The alignment of Mellon’s mission with […]
ALA Releases National Policy Agenda for Libraries
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|ALA’s Policy Agenda for Libraries was released today as the 2015 ALA Annual Conference gets underway in San Francisco. The full text document is available here. A four page executive summary is also available. A foreword to the agenda written by Deborah Jacobs from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was also published. Policy goals […]
News Roundup
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|1. SirsiDynix and Zepheira Announce New Details of Strategic Partnership 2. Digital Public Library of America makes push to serve all 50 states by 2017 with $3.4 million from the Sloan and Knight foundations 3. Baker & Taylor and collectionHQ Extend ESP – Evidence-based Selection Planning – to More Public Libraries 4. Coming in September: […]
From U.S. State Department: Mandated by Congress, the Human Rights Reports help inform U.S. government policy and foreign assistance. They are also a reference for other governments, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, legal professionals, scholars, interested citizens, and journalists. Direct to All Resources (Incl. Global Overview, Country-by-Country Reports) Direct to Key Human Rights Events 2014/Summary Direct […]
ARL Signs Onto TOP Guidelines to Improve Research and Publishing Practices
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|From an Announcement Posted on the ARL Web Site by Judy Ruttenberg (Association of Research Libraries) and Sara Bowman (Center for Open Science): Today in Science, the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Committee has published the TOP Guidelines, a set of author guidelines that journals can adopt to enhance the transparency of the research they […]