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From the British Library: Over 10,000 English-speakers have contributed to an audio map of the many ways in which the language is spoken today. The recordings, which will enter the permanent collections of the British Library, were made as part of the Library’s acclaimed exhibition Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices, which runs until 3 […]
The Sunshine Week 2011 web site is accessible here Sunshine Week Info via Twitter Sunshine Week Info via Facebook Sunshine Week 2011
From the Microsoft Research Community Blog: Project Emporia, a second FUSE Labs project being featured during TechFest 2011, has received a bit of interest in recent months. Debuting on Dec. 7 during the Neural Information Processing Systems Conference, the technology found its way into people’s hands a month later, when it was launched as an […]
E-Book Lending Takes Off
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
E-Book Lending Takes Off Electronic-book lending isn’t just for friends anymore. In the past few months, online clubs with such names as BookLending.com and Lendle.me have proliferated. The sites, some of which have gathered thousands of users, allow strangers to borrow and lend e-books for Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc.’s Nook free. […]
From an IDC Announcement: According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker, 10.1 million media tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10) – more than double the 4.5 million shipped in the third quarter. Apple’s share came down from 93% in 3Q10 to 73% in 4Q10, […]
Japan–Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Energy Resources
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Maps, News, Profiles, Reports
We will continue to update this collection as new resource are discovered and/or events warrant. UPDATE (3/18/2011): Publications Nature Magazine Magazine Scientific American World Nuclear News Organizations Center for International Disaster Information USAID Business GE Reports (General Electric) UPDATE (3/15/2011): Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami – Mar 2011 From ReliefWeb, UN Nations Office for the Coordination […]
Thanks to Joe Hodnicki from the Law Librarian Blog for alerting us to the new LISVendor.info wiki that was founded and managed by Sarah Glassmeyer. Joe shares a few thoughts about the new wiki here. Sarah has posted the backstory about the birth of LISVendor.info wiki on her personal web site. She has also posted […]
NOAA — New Website Tracks Coastal, Ocean Investments and Successes by State
| Funding, Jobs, Management and Leadership, Maps, News, Patrons and Users
New Website Tracks Coastal, Ocean Investments and Successes by State NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) has launched a new interactive web page that shows the scope of coastal program investments and successes in NOAA’s 34 partner states and territories. Using the latest GIS/web technology, OCRM in Your State lets users click […]
At the end of August, 2010 Schipol Airport in Amsterdam opened a library for travelers. More info (with pictures ) via USA Today and Radio Netherlands. Today, Ralph Jennings from the IDG News Service reports on the opening of a library at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. From the Article: The e-library at Taiwan Taoyuan […]
The SaferProducts.gov database that has been making news during the past few weeks is now live online. Submit and/or search product safety reports. From the News Release Today, the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) goes live with the SaferProducts.gov database mandated by Congress, as part of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. Beginning […]
