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From the Yale Daily News: Library staff knew Yale would bring a new University librarian to campus this academic year, but some were surprised to find their own roles in the library changed. For the first time in over 10 years, the library is undergoing a major reorganization of personnel in an effort to centralize […]
Title: How People Learn About Their Local Community ||| (PDF Version) by: Tom Rosenstiel, Amy Mitchell, Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Direct to Interactive Chart: What Sources Do People Rely on MOST For Information About… From the Report Overview: Contrary to much of the conventional understanding of how people […]
From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: The National Library of Medicine Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) has released an Enviro-Health Links page on Developing and Using Medicines for Children. In regards to medications, it is important to remember that children are not small adults. Developing and Using Medicines for Children provides links […]
New York Times: "Internet Ruffles Pricey Scholarly Journals"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Jobs, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, PLOS, Public Libraries, Publishing
|From a NY Times Article: Like newspapers and the music business, scholarly publishing has been drastically affected by the Internet. But the differences are as striking as the parallels. Unlike journalists, most academics are paid for research or teaching, not writing. Yet all academics need to publish their work — to share and validate their […]
UK: RLUK Appoints a new Unique and Distinctive Collections Project Manager
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Jobs, Libraries
|Cool job title! Interesting idea. From RLUK: RLUK has appointed Alison Cullingford, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Bradford, to the position of Unique and Distinctive Collections Project Manager. The aim of this specialised part-time role is to help maximise the potential of unique and distinctive collections (UDCs) in all formats held by RLUK […]
"Liquidator Donates Thousands of Borders Books to Chicago Public Schools"
Academic Libraries, Jobs, News, Publishing, School Libraries
|From the AnnArbor.com Northbrook, Il.-based Hilco Trading LLC announced today that it had donated “academic quality books” worth about $130,000 to Chicago schools. More than 8,000 books — which Hilco had to buy from the Borders estate — “were hand-selected” from the 399 stores Borders is closing as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation, […]
From Facebook: “Facebook Adds Erskine Bowles to Its Board of Directors” “Facebook announced today that Erskine Bowles, president emeritus of the 17-campus University of North Carolina (UNC) system and most recently co-chair of President Barack Obama’s bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, has joined the company’s board of directors.” [Clip] “Bowles, who was […]
You can find the complete compilation of facts and stats put together by the U.S. Census here. Have a great holiday. A Few Highlights 153.2 million Number of people 16 and older in the nation’s labor force in July 2011. 5.9 million The number of people who work from home. 11+ hours About 11 percent […]
The fastest growing private companies in America. Have generated revenue by March 31, 2007; Have generated at least $100,000 in revenue in 2007; Have generated at least $2 million in revenue in 2010; Be privately held, for profit, based in the U.S., and independent (not a subsidiary or division of another company). Direct to the […]
Here’s a timeline with milestones from the history of Apple (Reuters) See Also: iPod/iTunes History (via Apple) See Also: From January 6, 1998: “Apple Expects First Quarter Profits To Top $45 Million” (via The Wayback Machine) “We are thrilled that our new plans are beginning to work,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s Interim CEO. “While there […]