MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2013
It’s always interesting to review this list but make sure to be clear on the methodology. The ranking was determined by compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since June 1, 2012, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents. Amazon.com’s Top 20 […]
Bibliographic Management: Thomson Reuters Launches Free Online Version of EndNote
Data Files, Elsevier, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|It appears the bibliographic management wars are heating up. As you know, a couple of weeks ago Elsevier acquired Mendeley. Today, news from Thomson Reuters about a New EndNote Tool: EndNote Basic includes storage for two gigabytes of attachments and 50,000 references, as well as the top 20+ most frequently used styles. In addition, there […]
Akamai released their Q4 2012 State of the Internet Report today and it’s loaded with Internet statistics. Here are Some Highlights From the Q4 2012 Report: Internet Size Nearly 700 million unique IPv4 addresses from 240 countries/regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform – 4.2 percent more than in the third quarter of 2012 and 13 […]
From a Verizon News Release: The “Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report” reveals that large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012. Taking the top spot for all breaches in the 2013 report is financially motived cybercrime (75 percent), with state-affiliated espionage campaigns claiming the No. 2 spot (20 percent). Breaches […]
Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Daniel Caron and Professor Eric Mechoulan, University of Montreal spoke Harvard’s Berkman Center earlier today. From the MediaBerkman Blog: In order to secure our future, we need to know how to organize our past. If we want to preserve accessibility to valuable information about legal, political, social, and cultural discourses […]
On April 4, 2013 we posted, “Pequot Library Has 100% of Their Public Funding Cut, Might Be Forced to Close”. Now, an update with some good news. From News 12 Connecticut: Town of Fairfield officials have agreed to restore funding to the Pequot Library. At a meeting Monday night, officials voted 42 to 2 to […]
From EOD: The eBooks on Demand (EOD) project of the EOD Network is one of three projects selected to receive the 2013 American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects. The EOD Library Network aims to digitise the public domain books on users’ request. [Clip] The Citation will be presented on July […]
From the Institute for Museum and Library Services: The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced the recipients of the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries for service to the community and celebrates institutions that make a difference for […]
From EPSI Platform (European Public Sector Information Platform): The World Wide Web Foundation promotes building a global directory of open data references and related information resources. The Open Data Directory (ODD) will host a variety of resources, such as: use cases, case studies, stories and anecdotes, methodologies, strategies, business cases, papers, reports, articles, blog posts, training […]
Reference: Canadian Government Launches Expenditure Database
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Patrons and Users, Resources
|From the Treasury Board of Canada: The tool gives Canadians a quick picture of how taxpayer dollars are spent and allows Parliamentarians to better analyse government expenditures. [Clip] The database allows users to search for spending information in three categories: by Authorities and Expenditures, which compares the amount of funding that was authorized to what […]