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DigitalLiteracy.gov Launches and We're Disappointed (Things Can Only Get Better)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
|Earlier today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (part of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce) launched its DigitalLiteracy.gov portal. You can read about the site here. This is a great idea and an important resource that either the government or some organization that deals with information access should have developed years ago. We’re glad the […]
An article by Laura Miller published on Salon.com: Public libraries across the nation and the globe now face drastic funding cuts from politicians and administrators who often claim that they’re obsolete. For months, Britain has been rumbling with protests against plans to close as many as 400 local branches. Earlier this year, Gov. Jerry Brown […]
"BuddyPress, Libraries and Higher Education: An Interview with Kenley Neufeld and Michael Stephens"
Associations and Organizations, Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Profiles, Public Libraries, Reports
|Neufeld and Stephens chat with Kyle Jones, the co-author along with Polly-Alida Farrington of the latest issue of Library Technology Reports titled, “Using WordPress as a Library Content Management System.” You can access a free chapter of LTR here and purchase a print or e-book copy at the ALA Store. Here’s One Exchange From the […]
"Ann Arbor Library Acquires Lending, Sharing and Copying Rights to Creative Commons Music Catalog"
|From a Boing Boing Post by Cory Doctorow: The Ann Arbor, MI library has bought a bulk license to the Magnatune catalog of Creative Commons licensed music; the license fee of $10,000/year goes to Magnatune and the musicians, and gives the library’s patrons the right to listen, download and copy the music. Libraries are one […]
From an NBC Bay Area Report: [Last] Friday, BART [Bay Area Rapid Transit] riders passing through the Millbrae BART station will be able to check out one of 800 books from an automated library, a transit spokesman said. The book checkout system, called “Library-a-Go-Go,” will be the first of its kind to be installed at […]
Full Text of Prelim. Announcement (by John Palfrey) The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Steering Committee is pleased to announce a “Beta Sprint” to encourage the development of demonstrations of what such a service might look like. Most likely, any DPLA design would enable the indexing of and access to a wide range of content, which […]
"National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Regional Medical Library Contracts Awarded"
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|Selected by National Library of Medicine Contracts Run Through 2016 Eight Libraries Act as Regional Medical Libraries All Libraries Affiliated With a University The NN/LM consists of the eight competitively selected Regional Medical Libraries, and over 6,000 health sciences and public libraries. Since its original authorization by Congress in the 1965 Medical Library Assistance Act, […]
An article by Becky Yerak appearing in the Chicago Tribune offers several examples of QR Codes being used in a variety of locations including libraries. The Chicago-based Public Library Association last month held its first QR-codes webinar, and more than 200 industry practitioners nationwide listened in. Now “we’re getting requests to do a second webinar so […]
New Online Digital Archive: "JDC Releases Over 500,000 Searchable Holocaust-Era Names And Historic Photo Collections"
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources
|UPDATED (10/17/2012) Miles of Documents Online (via WSJ) Since the documents went online, people have used the collection to discover relatives they thought had died during World War II had actually survived, and the family members reunited, said Linda Levi, the archive director at the JDC. “This accessibility is critical,” she said, noting that similar […]
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