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From The Library of Congress: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Mary B. Mazanec as director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The appointment of Mazanec, who has served since April 2011 as CRS acting director, is effective immediately. [Clip] Before joining CRS, Mazanec worked from 2002 to 2010 with the U.S. Department […]
From a TR Announcement: The new organizational structure and leadership it will adopt as of January 1, 2012. This new, integrated structure aligns our business with our key customer segments and will consist of the following business units: Financial & Risk: David Craig, president Legal: Mike Suchsland, president Intellectual Property & Science: Chris Kibarian, president […]
In Praise of Librarians and Archivists: Appreciating the Colleagues Who Make Professors’ Jobs Easier
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Jobs, Libraries
|Thanks to Professor Mark Cheathem, Associate Professor of History, Cumberland University for some very kind words about librarians and archivists. Via His Post on the Readex Blog: Working with academic librarians and archivists has opened my eyes to some of the challenges that they face. At the risk of being accused of finger wagging, one […]
From an iPass Blog Post: In this quarter’s iPass Mobile Workforce Report, released today, we found that 95 percent of mobile workers have smartphones, and 91 percent use them for work– a 26 percent rise compared to 2010. But the big news is 8 percent –the number of mobile employees with provisioned smartphones has declined […]
Full Text of a Letter from OMB Watch and Sunlight Foundation to U.S. Senate. We are writing to urge you to protect funding for the Electronic Government Fund at the General Services Administration in H.R. 2354, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. As currently written, H.R. 2354 would not provide adequate […]
From a Summary/Announcement: This annual feature includes the Editors’ Picks for the Top 100 Books of the Year and Top 10 lists in more than two dozen categories, from Literature & Fiction to Children’s Picture Books to the new category Kindle Singles. Set of All Lists: www.amazon.com/bestbooks2011. List: Top 10 Editors’Picks for the Year 1. […]
From a JISC Announcement: Martyn Harrow, Director of Information Services at Cardiff University, has been appointed as Head of JISC for a fixed term of 9-18 months from 1 February 2012. Martyn will succeed Dr Malcolm Read who retires as Head of JISC in January 2012 after 18 years in post. Martyn will see the […]
From a Chicago Sun-Times Article: The mayor’s decision to restore $1 million he cut from graffiti removal and vacant lot cleaning and $3.3 million cut from Chicago Public Libraries did please aldermen, however. Instead of laying off 284 employees, libraries would fire 184; and Monday and Friday morning closings would not apply during the 19 […]
Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy 2011 (PDF) From press release (PDF): The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) today released its 2011 study on the economic contributions of the copyright industries. Among key findings, in 2010 the U.S. industries most dependent on copyright protection: Added over $930 billion in value to the U.S. economy, almost […]
Update: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to close two physical libraries (via FreeGovInfo) From a SpaceRef Post: “NASA Internal Memo: Goddard Libraries Transition to Electronic Services” From: GSFC-Communications Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:20 AM To: GSFC-DL-ALL Subject: Goddard Libraries Transition to Electronic Services Colleagues: Beginning January 1, 2012, the NASA Goddard libraries at Greenbelt […]