MORE 'NATIONAL-LIBRARIES' POSTS
From a NVIDIA Blog Post: For the past 500 years, the National Library of Sweden has collected virtually every word published in Swedish, from priceless medieval manuscripts to present-day pizza menus. Thanks to a centuries-old law that requires a copy of everything published in Swedish to be submitted to the library — also known as […]
NLM: “Next Phase of the NIH Preprint Pilot Launching Soon”
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From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: Last month, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) announced plans to extend its NIH Preprint Pilot in PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed beyond COVID-19 to encompass all preprints reporting on NIH-funded research. The second phase of the pilot, launching later this month, will include preprints supported by an NIH […]
BookNet Canada Releases Lists of the Most Circulated Books of 2022 in Canadian Public Libraries
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From a BookNet Canada Blog Post: What books did Canadian library patrons love in 2022? In this blog post, we share lists of the most circulated books in the Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Juvenile & Young Adult subject categories, both overall and from Canadian contributors. The following lists were created based on data from January 3, […]
Preprint: “Phase 1 of the NIH Preprint Pilot: Testing the Viability of Making Preprints Discoverable in PubMed Central and PubMed”
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The research article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on bioRxiv. Title Phase 1 of the NIH Preprint Pilot: Testing the Viability of Making Preprints Discoverable in PubMed Central and PubMed Authors Kathryn Funk National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Teresa Zayas-Cabán National Library of Medicine, National Institutes […]
From the NLM (National Library of Medicine) Technical Bulletin: On December 7, 2022, MEDLINE attained a major milestone when the 30 millionth journal citation was added to the database. This count includes citations created from the OLDMEDLINE project. This PubMed search retrieves the running count for MEDLINE, which is currently over 30 million citations: medline [sb] This PubMed search retrieves the […]
From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce proximity search capabilities have been added to PubMed. Users can now search for multiple terms appearing in any order within a specified distance of one another in the [Title] or [Title/Abstract] fields. How to Build a Proximity Search […]
Digital Collections: National Library of Norway Releases Thousands of Intimate Photographs of Jazz Greats
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From Jazzed: The Norwegian music journalist Randi Hultin (1926–2000) opened her home to many of the great jazz legends. She documented her life in the company of artists such as John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Count Basie in the form of tens of thousands of photographs – pictures which are now held in the National […]
Happy World Digital Preservation Day 2022! Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) Launches “Digital Preservation for Small Businesses: An Introductory Guide” & Releases New Revision of BitList of Digitally Endangered Species
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From the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC): Continuing the theme Data For All, For Good, Forever from another celebration – iPres 2022 – World Digital Preservation Day showcases how digital preservation enables digits to flourish. “Data For All, For Good, Forever is a chance to connect practitioners and supporters in celebrating the positive impact digital preservation has had across all parts […]
From the Library of Congress: The Kislak Family Foundation is donating $10 million to create a new exhibition at the Library of Congress that will share a fuller history of the early Americas, featuring the acclaimed Jay I. Kislak Collection of artifacts, paintings, maps, rare books and documents, the Library announced today. The new Kislak […]
The webinar recordings (video) embedded and linked below are made available by thel Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM). Partners in Public Health: Healthy People 2030 and the Role of Public Libraries in Promoting Health and Health Equity Part 1 Recorded October 6, 2022 From the Description Join NNLM and our guest speakers […]
