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Now Online: Materials from Project Briefings at Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Fall 2011 Membership Meeting
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|The 2011 Fall Membership Meeting place about two weeks ago in Arlington, VA. You can find presentation handouts, slides, other materials on this page. Video of some sessions should be online in the next month. Below is an alphabetical list of the titles of the project updates. You can access links to slides and others […]
From the Palo Alto Daily News: When construction wraps up at the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center next year, its contents will be just as new. The Palo Alto Library Foundation presented the city council with a $1.9 million check Monday night to fill the renovated facility with brand-new “furnishings, fixtures and equipment.” “I […]
From the National Library of Sweden: The National Library has ended negotiations with OCLC, as the parties could not successfully come to terms on a contract. [Clip] Background Since 2006, the National Library has been negotiating with the OCLC on participation in WorldCat. A test contract was concluded in 2007 between the National Library and […]
Publishing: Neal-Schuman Will Become an ALA Publishing Imprint Later This Week
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|From an ALA News Release: American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael and Neal-Schuman President Patricia Glass Schuman today announced that on Dec. 23, 2011, Neal-Schuman Publishers will become part of ALA Publishing. Neal-Schuman Publishers, founded by John Vincent Neal and Patricia Glass Schuman in 1976, will continue to offer print and electronic publications under […]
Librarian Salaries: Association of Research Libraries Publishes 2010-2011 Salary Survey
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|From an ARL News Release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2010–2011, which analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in 125 ARL member libraries during 2010–2011. Data are reported for 10,037 professional staff in the 115 university ARL libraries and for 3,709 professional staff in the […]
Research Libraries: ARL Publishes 2009-2010 Statistics
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|From an ARL Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published ARL Statistics 2009–2010, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of the 125 ARL member libraries in 2009–2010. Of these, 115 were university libraries (18 in Canada and 107 in the US); the […]
From The Statesman Journal (Salem, OR): The hiring of Oregon’s new state librarian has unraveled with the resignation of a library official selected to move into the leadership post Jan. 1. Robert Hulshof-Schmidt, manager of the library’s Government Research Services division, was selected in October to succeed Jim Scheppke, who has said he plans to […]
The November 2011 HathiTrust Activity Update was released today. A PDF version is also available. Here are just a few highlight from the update: Boston College Joins HathiTrust New on HT Site: “Our Research Center” Expansion of “Buy a Copy” The “Buy a copy” option has now been expanded to include over 30,000 public domain […]
Cool! Harvard's Library Lab Adds 13 New Projects to Roster
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|From the Harvard University Library: A metadata repository for scholarship produced across the University, enhancing the HOLLIS catalog by including the holdings of the Harvard Film Archive, and an “awesome box” program enabling users to share their experiences of particularly helpful—or entertaining—library materials are among the 13 new projects and 5 continuing projects funded by […]
New Issue Online: College and Research Library News (C&RL News, December 2011)
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|C&RL News December 2011; 72 (11) Direct to Complete Table of Contents & Links to All Full Text Articles Selected Articles HML-IQ: Fresno State’s online library orientation game by Monica Fusich, Amanda Dinscore, Kimberley Smith, and Vang Vang Full Text Full Text (PDF) Get a clue: Partnering with student affairs on student-centered outreach by Lizz […]