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Full Text of Statement by LC, NAL, and NLM Execs Endorsing Recommendations for Implementation of New RDA
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|From an Announcement: The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and the Library of Congress (LC) announce an agreement regarding the implementation of RDA (Resource Description and Access), new cataloging rules published in June 2010 to replace […]
From a National Library of Medicine Announcement: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and three other institutions in Maryland are forming a new partnership. They will work together to enhance the training of librarians and improve the public’s access to, and understanding of, health information. Representatives from the National Library of Medicine; the Health and […]
From a White House Blog Post: As the President points out in this video, our government doesn’t need a website dedicated to foresters who play the fiddle. We also don’t need multiple sites dealing with invasive plants (here and here). And I‘m pretty sure the website dedicated to the Centennial of Flight can come down… particularly […]
Direct to Database (via Chicago’s Data Portal 2.0) From the Chicago Tribune: [The database contains a list] of more than 34,200 workers the public can sort by department, name and dollar amount. Making the highest salary is newly confirmed Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy at $260,004. Making the least — at $1 — is Mark Angelson. […]
From a PayScale Announcement: PayScale [has released] its Technology Company Salary and Job Satisfaction Report. Using PayScale.com’s extensive database, the company examined the characteristics of the following large/well-known tech companies (excluding retail workers): Amazon, Apple, Dell, Facebook, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel and Microsoft. These characteristics include: Job Details: common jobs, typical pay, typical pay premium […]
U.S. Census Bureau — Visualizing Data with OnTheMap for Emergency Management
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|Visualizing Data with OnTheMap for Emergency Management The Census Bureau released OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0 today, the beginning of the 2011 hurricane season. Version 2.0 adds floods and wildfires to hurricanes which was released last year. OnTheMap for Emergency Management is a public data tool that provides unique detail on the workforce, for U.S. […]
From an International Telecommunications Union News Release: The report, entitled Broadband: A Platform for Progress, argues: “To optimize the benefits to society, broadband should be coordinated on a countrywide basis, promoting facilities-based competition and with policies encouraging service providers to offer access on fair market terms…efforts should be coordinated across all sectors of industry, administration […]
By now you very likely know that Steve Jobs took part in the keynote presentation at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference today in San Francisco. This is where Apple makes announcements of what’s soon to come from the company. Today’s announcements were about iOS, OSX and iCloud. No new hardware was introduced. 1. iOS 5 […]
From Springer: With over 5,000 up-to-date job listings available at launch, the Springer network of job sites is a comprehensive recruitment solution for leading global employers across the healthcare and life science industry. With the unique Springer audience already working within the industry, recruiters are able to reduce hiring costs as well as effort and […]
Maria Pallante Appointed 12th Register of Copyrights
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|From an LC News Release: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Maria A. Pallante as the 12th Register of Copyrights and director of the United States Copyright Office, effective today. Pallante served as the Acting Register for the past five months, following the retirement of Marybeth Peters on December 31, 2010. In announcing […]