MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2014
Released online by UNESCO about five days ago. From the UNESCO Web Site: “>The Right to Education Global Database is a unique portal designed to be a practical tool for monitoring, research and advocacy. It already hosts a library of over 1,000 official documents, including constitutions, legislation and policies on education from nations across the […]
From the UNC Library News and Events Blog A team of UNC students, including School of Information and Library Science (SILS) student Alison Blaine, has joined in the fight against the Ebola epidemic by helping to create ebolainliberia.org. This site, which launched earlier this month, was commissioned by Liberia’s Ministry of Information and Communication. It […]
Canada: Asa Kachan Named New Chief Librarian and CEO of Halifax Public Libraries
Awards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Productivity, Public Libraries
|From the Halifax Public Libraries: The comprehensive, cross-Canada search has ended. Åsa Kachan, currently an Assistant Vice-President at Dalhousie University, has been named the new Chief Librarian and Chief Executive Officer for the Halifax Public Libraries. With excitement and pride, Paul Bennett, the Chair of Halifax Regional Library Board, made the announcement at the Alderney […]
CLIR Shares Insights with Higher Ed Officials in White Paper on the “Changing Landscape of Library and Information Services”
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|A new 14 page white paper released online today by the Council on Library and Information Resources. Title The Changing Landscape of Library and Information Services: What Presidents, Provosts, and Finance Officers Need to Know 14 pages; PDF. Authors (For CLIR) Richard Holmgren Allegheny College Gene Spencer Ursinus College From News Release/Summary: Rapidly evolving digital […]
Singapore: New App Brings Self-Checkout Direct to End Users Smartphone, Simply Scan Barcode and Go
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users
|From Channel News Asia: The National Library Board (NLB) officially launched a new mobile application on Tuesday (Sep 23) that will allow visitors to use smartphones to borrow books, instead of queuing at a book borrowing station or using a library card. Library users can simply scan the library barcode found on the book using […]
1. eBooks: BiblioBoard partners with pioneering publishers to create comprehensive and affordable LGBTQ+ Offering for Libraries 2. Stanford Promises Not to Use Google Money for Privacy Research (via ProPublica) 3. Indianapolis Selected to Host DPLAfest 2015, April 17-18, 2015 4. A New Contest: The Mendeley Challenge for Librarians Launches 5. Now Live: Publishing Technology’s ingentaconnect […]
Off-Site Storage: “New Texas A&M-University of Texas Systems Joint Library Facility Proving Broadly Successful”
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|From TAMUtimes (Texas A&M University): The new library facility jointly operated by The Texas A&M University System and The University of Texas System — a cost-saving endeavor described as representing “unprecedented collaboration”— was designed to accommodate one million volumes with an option to expand to handle an additional two million volumes. As volumes pour in […]
Nature Publishing Group has just announced that the Nature Communications (a multidisciplinary science journal) will become the first Nature-branded open access only journal. Nature Communications has an Impact Factor of 10.742 according to the 2013 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition from Thomson Reuters. Nature Communications will only accept open access research submissions beginning on October […]
Just in time for Banned Books Week 2014 (now underway), Betsy Gomez at the wonderful Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has compiled an annotated list of 25 banned and challenged comics The complete list is available here. Also, don’t forget about the Banned Books Handbook and discussion guides that the CBLDF launched in June.
From the Government Printing Office: In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the release of the Warren Commission Report, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) makes the complete report and 26 hearing volumes available on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). The Commission was created by President Lyndon Johnson and chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren […]