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From the Announcement: Amigos Library Services, a leading library membership organization based in Dallas, and the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC), a similar St. Louis-based library membership organization, today announced that they have entered into a working agreement to explore merging operations. If the organizations merge, Amigos will be the largest library consortium west of […]
From the Associated Press: The Library of Congress and France’s national audio-visual archive announced plans Wednesday to exchange up to 500 hours of digitized film and TV shows that reflect how the United States and France have portrayed each other in media. The agreement between the world’s largest library in Washington and the French Institut […]
Released today by RLUK (Research Libraries UK). From the RLUK Web Site: RLUK has published a major report by Mary Auckland on the changing needs of researchers and the effect on the subject/liaison role within libraries. As research activities evolve, research support must evolve with them. RLUK has been keen to determine what the new […]
ALA's Committee on Accreditation Announces Recent Actions
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, School Libraries
|The following actions were made at the ALA Midwinter 2012 Conference in Dallas. From an ALA Announcement: Continued accreditation status was granted to the following programs: Master of Library and Information Science offered by the University of California, Los Angeles. Master of Science offered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Master of Library and […]
OverDrive: "New Library e-Catalogs Offer Expanded Selection"
Interviews, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Publishing
|Note: We knew this was coming but we’ve yet to see a news release from OverDrive with today’s news. Why not? Are there more details available? Did they brief members of the library press? We’ve asked OverDrive for a comment. From the Associated Press: OverDrive Inc., a major e-distributor for libraries, announced today the launch […]
Title: Digital Image Tagging: A Case Study with Seventh Grade Students (14 pages; PDF) Author: Zorana Ercegovac, Drexel University, USA Source: School Libraries Worldwide (Vol. 18, No. 1; January 2012) Abstract: Results of this exploratory study suggested engaging students in digital image tagging can have analytical and educational importance. The study was designed to gauge […]
CRL, CRKN, and JISC Form Partnership to Explore Challenges in Acquisition and Preservation of E-Resources
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|From the Centers for Research Libraries (CRL): Recently CRL collection development staff met with the senior leadership of two major national site licensing organizations: the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Joint Information Steering Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council, UK (JISC Collections). The meeting was to explore the special challenges of licensing and […]
From the ALA Washington Office Digital Dispatch: The American Library Association commends the First Family for its service to a school library on Martin Luther King Day. On Monday January 16, President Obama and the First Lady helped build bookshelves, paint the walls, and construct a reading corner for students in the Browne Education Center’s […]
From The Guardian: The heads of more than 4,000 public libraries across the UK have agreed to national digital standards, which include providing free internet access in every library, and the ability to join a library and renew and reserve items online. The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) said that National Digital Promise will set […]
Cooperative Management: 28 Libraries Have Selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services Since July 1st
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership
|UPDATE (Jan. 18, 2011): University of Delaware Library joins OCLC WorldShare community System will be live by Summer, 2013. The U. of Delaware Library is the first ARL member to utilize WorldShare Management Services. From OCLC: Since July 1, 2011, 28 libraries have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services. [Clip] In 2010, OCLC announced that it […]