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The New Issue (6.2) of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice is Now Available Online
Libraries, New Issue, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Reports
|Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (Vol. 6. No. 2) Direct to Complete Table-of-Contents Here are titles and links to the evidence summaries in this issue: Evidence Summaries Lack of Annual Reports Make it Difficult to Analyze Library Strategic Credibility Abstract PDF Kirsty Thomson 34-35 Users of Virtual Reference Are More Satisfied with the Service […]
"PressForward: A New Project Aims to Rethink Scholarly Communication For the Age of New Media Journalism"
Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, PLOS, Public Libraries, Publishing
|From the Nieman Journalism Lab Blog: Today, the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University launches PressForward, a new discovery portal and publishing platform for scholarship and intellectual discussion on the web. The big idea of PressForward is to create a digital-first alternative to the cumbersome mechanisms of traditional gatekeepers […]
New York Public Library & Bibliocommons Partner To Build a New Online Catalog; Test Version Now Available
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|Congrats to the entire Bibliocommons team in YYZ (Toronto). From a NYPL Announcement: The New York Public Library has partnered with Toronto-based software company Bibliocommons to completely transform its current online catalog, making it easier to discover the Library’s vast collections while also giving users the power to create reading lists, rate the latest books, […]
New Report: "Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2010-2011"
Associations and Organizations, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, Maps, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Public Libraries, Reports
|The overview and links to the complete report are below. We e want to call your attention to a few useful resources that might be useful but could be overlooked. 1. Statistical Summaries For All 50 States and the District of Columbia are Available HTML (Separate Document For Each State and DC) PDF (One PDF […]
ALA/ALSC Adds Several Sites To Superb "Web Sites for Kids" Collection
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Resources, Scholastic
|Here’s a List of ALL Sites just added to the collection. Additions Include: Weather Channel Kids – www.theweatherchannelkids.com/ GoGo News – www.gogonews.com/ My Young Child – http://myyoungchild.org/ Neil Gaiman’s MouseCircus – www.mousecircus.com/ Science of Baseball – www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/index.html Study Jams – http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm@ From ALA/ALSC (Association of Library Services for Children) Great Web Sites for Kids (GWS) […]
New: Review More Than 60 "Statements of Interest" Submitted For Digital Public Library of America "Beta Sprint"
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Preservation, Public Libraries, Resources
|Six weeks ago we posted info about the Digital Public Library of America [DPLA] project announcing plans for a “Beta Sprint” to “encourage the development of demonstrations of what such a service might look like.” The deadline to submit a “Statement of Interest” ended last week and now you can review the 60+ submissions on […]
New Policy Brief from ALA: "Confronting the Future: Strategic Visions for the 21st Century Public Library"
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Special Libraries
|From an ALA News E-Mail: The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy’s (OITP) latest policy brief breaks down the formidable challenges in store for libraries during the next few decades. The brief, “Confronting the Future: Strategic Visions for the 21st Century Public Library” [The policy brief] was written by OITP Fellow Roger […]
We hope this course includes material about a number of sources and initiatives that provide (or plan to provide) free access to court records. From an Announcement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: A pilot project aimed at having public libraries enhance the public’s knowledge and use of the federal judiciary’s Public Access […]
"New York Public Library Buys Timothy Leary’s Papers"
Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the NY Times: …Leary’s research, was in one of the 335 boxes of papers, videotapes, photographs and more that the New York Public Library is planning to announce that it has purchased from the Leary estate. The material documents the evolution of the tweedy middle-aged academic into a drug guru, international outlaw, gubernatorial candidate, […]
HathiTrust Publishes May 2011 Activities Update
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing, Resources
|Direct to Update ||| A PDF Version is Also Available A Few Highlights from the Report: “HathiTrust completed ingest of more than 47,000 volumes contributed by the University of Virginia in May.” “In May, the Communications Working Group continued planning for a HathiTrust Facebook presence, and made progress on the development of new HathiTrust promotional […]