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We know many of you are always on the lookout for examples of how companies, governments, etc. handle the use of social media/social media in the workplace. A week ago the UK government published a 29 page (PDF) document, Social Media Guidance For Civil Servants that might be of interest. Here’s a brief summary of […]
History: New Digital Archive Marks 75 Anniversary of Child Refugees Coming to UK
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Reports, Resources
|From the University of Warwick: Archives of material about child refugees evacuated to the UK to escape the Spanish Civil War 75 years ago have gone online at the University of Warwick, as part of the largest English-language digital collection on the conflict. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of around 4,000 […]
From the Bowker Announcement: British children aged 10 and under are reading e-books, but on laptops rather than designated devices like the Amazon Kindle. Once they turn 11, they embrace the Kindle as their most widely used device for e-book consumption. These insights are courtesy of Bowker Market Research’s Understanding the Digital Consumer project, an […]
A new report released by the Carnegie UK Trust. From the News Release The Trust argues that public libraries can’t stand still in a changing world. Library services and buildings need to respond to the challenges and opportunities of reduced public spending, the digital age, and changes in lifestyles. Primary Materials Full Text Report (72 […]
From a British Council Announcement: Over 120 films providing fascinating snapshots of the UK’s cultural, sporting, industrial and political heritage have been launched online to the public thanks to funding from Google and the British Council. The films are from the British Council’s own film archive which dates back to late 1939 – and give […]
From a UK Web Archive Blog Post: Search results are now grouped by domain, making it easier to immediately see which websites contain references to the search term(s) and easily identifying the context in which the search term appears. For domain results we group URLs by date. This eliminates duplicate entries in results but still […]
From a Commentary in The Guardian: Volunteers can bring much to libraries, but the fact they are replacing paid staff shows how much de-skilling has taken place. Surrey Libraries Action Movement (Slam) is celebrating after the high court ruled that Surrey county council’s plan to replace trained librarians with a volunteer-only service in 10 of […]
UK: First Openly-Available Public Libraries Contact Database Now Available from Collections Trust
Data Files, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources
|From a Collections Trust Announcement: The UK’s first openly-available public libraries contact database has gone live as a result of a major data development project initiated by the Collections Trust, a not-for profit organisation which promotes excellence in collections and adds value for their users. The information is freely available on the Government’s data.gov.uk database. […]
From the BBC: An Isle of Man-based e-gaming firm has come forward with funding to secure the future of the Manx library service. Pokerstars, which has headquarters in Onchan, will fund the family and mobile service for the next three years. [Clip] The funds, which will be donated through the Manx Education Foundation (MEF), will […]
UK: New Website for the Archives Sector Launched
Archives and Special Collections, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users
|From the National Archives (UK): Our new Archives sector website has launched today, providing guidance and information for everyone who works with or within archives. The website brings together strategic and practical resources for archives across the country to develop their collections and services and improve the experience of their users. It provides a place for […]