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New Conference Paper: “US Libraries as Publishers: Status and Concerns”
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Journal Articles, Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing, Special Libraries
The following paper will be presented this August at the 2015 IFLA Annual Meeting/World Library Information Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Title US Libraries as Publishers: Status and Concerns Authors Heather Lea Moulaison University of Missouri Chris Le Beau University of Missouri Source IFLA Web Site Abstract Although there are successful instances of library […]
BiblioBoard and Minitex Partner on Minnesota-Based Independent Publisher E-Collection
| Academic Libraries, Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup, Special Libraries
BiblioBoard’s new multi-year partnership with Minitex (a network of academic, public, state government, and special libraries in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota) was announced in a media release from the company earlier today. The Minitex independent publisher e-collection (books and other materials by area authors) will be the fourth statewide ebook project that BiblioBoard. […]
Special Libraries: Army’s Largest Technical Library Collaborates to Define its 21st Century Future
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Reports, Special Libraries
From the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Public Affairs: Redstone Scientific Information Center, or RSIC, is a unique, national asset containing a collection of specialized materials including technical reports, contractor reports, technical memorandums, informational briefs, special reports, and conference papers open to all government employees and contractors at Redstone […]
Official: EBSCO Acquires YBP
| Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Resources, Special Libraries
UPDATE 4:45 PM: Coverage from Meredith Schwartz at Library Journal UPDATE 2:45 PM: We’ve added links to comments from ProQuest re:GOBI at the bottom of this post. Here’s the official announcement from EBSCO about today’s acquisition of YBP Library Services. More to come on infoDOCKET and on Library Journal. From EBSCO: EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) […]
New Article: “Salaries of Special Librarians in the United States”
| Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Special Libraries
The following full text article, authored by two people well-known throughout the library community, appears in the June 2014 issue (Vol.40, No.2) of IFLA Journal from the International Federation of Library Associations. Title Salaries of Special Librarians in the United States Authors James Matarazzo Simmons College Toby Pearlstein Bain & Company, Inc. Source IFLA Journal […]
North Carolina and Massachusetts: More Interesting Statewide Ebook Partnerships Involving BiblioBoard
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Publishing, School Libraries, Special Libraries
Last week we pointed out a new and very interesting partnership between the State Library of Arizona and BiblioBoard. The two organizations will work together to obtain content, which the State Library will own and BiblioLabs will host. In addition to hosting commercially available eBooks about Arizona, BiblioBoard will include a self-publishing module for local […]
Slide Presentation & Video: The Current State of Reference, Results From the SAGE Global Survey
| Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Special Libraries, Video Recordings
UPDATED March 27, 2014 Video Recording of Presentation — On Thursday, the Special Libraries Association (SLA) held a webinar that featured Elisabeth Leonard, Market Research Analyst at SAGE. Leonard presented more findings from a survey of libraries about the current state of reference. This specific presentation focused on reference budgets and perceptions of reference services by various […]
Results From “Makerspaces in Libraries” Study Released
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Special Libraries
John Burke is the director of the Gardner-Harvey Library located on the Middletown, OH campus of Miami University and during October and November he conducted a web-based survey about makerspaces in libraries. Burke solicited for respondents from 12 electronic discussion lists, Twitter, and one Facebook group. 143 librarians responded to the survey. You can review the questions that were asked here. Today, findings from the survey became […]
ProQuest Research Companion: A New Interactive Digital Literacy Tool
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News from ProQuest today about the formal release of their Research Companion tool. The complete news release is below. First, a few thoughts. Intro Thoughts Digital/information literacy is a major issue (if not the most important issue, very close to it) for the library community. Itneeds to be addressed on a constant and consistent basis […]
From SirsiDynix: SirsiDynix today announced the acquisition of EOS International, a California-based technology company [based in Carlsbad] that develops solutions for legal, government, corporate, medical, and other special library customers. [Clip] Because of their unique focus on special libraries, the EOS products and services will continue to be developed and maintained as currently constituted. There […]
