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From an Article By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News A new internet platform has been launched today to rescue cultural heritage sites on the verge of being irremediably lost, said Global Heritage Fund, a California-based nonprofit organization that focuses on historical preservation. Called Global Heritage Network (GHN), the platform is the first early warning and threat […]
Government: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Launches iPhone/Pad/Touch App
|From the App Store Info Page: The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Official App will keep you informed of all his most recent news, opinion editorials and floor statements. It will also give you on-the-go access to the social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. Additional features include: – Subcommittee […]
eBook Partnerships: Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) and Two Colorado Libraries Announce Project
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|From a Colorado Independent Publishers Association Announcement: We are pleased to announce a partnership between the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) and two Colorado libraries: the Red Rocks Community College Library and the Douglas County Libraries. By June of 2011, the Red Rocks Community College and the Douglas County Libraries will not only offer eBooks […]
Upcoming Events: Newly Created University Press Content Consortium Featured in March 23 Webinar
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|From Info Posted on the NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) Web Site: NFAIS is pleased to announce that Dean Smith, Director of Project Muse, Johns Hopkins University Press, has been added as a speaker to the NFAIS-sponsored webinar on March 23rd to address the creation of the University Press Content Consortium. The new consortium was […]
From a JoinTogether.org Web Page: Trying to keep up with alcohol policy changes in your state or to compare policy changes across multiple states through 2009? The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) is the resource for you. Sponsored by The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health and […]
From an Information Today NewsBreak from Marydee Ojala: The February 2011 release of the new platform considerably expands its capabilities. Searches can now be conducted in 69 databases, containing 200 million documents, across nine subject areas: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Chemistry, Energy & Environment, Engineering & Technology, Food & Agriculture, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical, and Telecommunications […]
The March/April 2011 Issue of D-Lib is Now Online
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports, Scholastic, School Libraries
|D-Lib (Volume 17, Number 3/4) Direct to Table-of-Contents Articles Discovering the Information Needs of Humanists When Planning an Institutional Repository Article by David Seaman, Dartmouth College Library Abstract: Through in-person interviews with humanities faculty members, this study examines what information needs are expressed by humanities scholars that an institutional repository (IR) can address. It also asks […]
From a Nieman Journalism Lab Post by Justin Ellis Under the PBS umbrella you’ll find news shows like PBS Newshour,Frontline, and Nightly Business Report, among others, all producing content that lives primarily on air and on individual websites. While video clips and stories are pulled into PBS.org, that site’s primary function is not to be a news source […]
NHK (Japan’s sole public broadcaster) is offering a feed of their 24×7 English language coverage via NHK World. You can access NHK World from several services/sites including: 1. The NHK World Web Site 2. Via a FREE NHK iPhone/iPad/iTouch App 3. Via Livestation (Along with Feeds from Other Broadcasters and Organizations) Here’s a direct link […]
Video: "An Interview with Robert Darnton on the Digital Public Library of America"
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|Randall Stephens, Professor of History at Eastern Nazarene College and Editor of The Historical Society blog talks with the Director of the Harvard University Library, Professor Robert Darnton, about the Digital Public Library of America that’s in the currently in the planning stages. The video interview (in two segments) runs about 20 minutes. In a […]