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Feed: LIBRARY STUFF
The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development
Skip Prichard named OCLC President and CEO
17-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “Skip Prichard, an experienced senior executive in the information services market, has been named the next OCLC President and CEO. Mr. Prichard has led multi-national organizations that serve libraries across the full spectrum of library services and content needs. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Ingram Content Group Inc., which provides a broad [...]Leave a Comment
James L. Hilton will return to U-M as dean of libraries
17-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “James L. Hilton, a professor and higher education administrator nationally recognized as an advocate for collaboration between academics and technology, will return to the campus where he began his academic career, as U-Ms dean of libraries and university librarian. Hilton also was appointed as a professor, with tenure, in the School of Information. His appointments [...]Leave a Comment
Credo Releases 12 New and Updated Perpetual Access and Subscription Collections
16-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, today announced that it has launched 12 new and updated Subject and Publisher Collections, adding to the more than 75 collections currently available for perpetual purchase or subscription.” (via Credo Reference)Leave a Comment
Publisher Threatens Librarian With $1 Billion Lawsuit
16-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “A scholarly publisher has issued a warning to Jeffrey Beall, a librarian who writes about what he calls “predatory” practices in the scholarly publishing industry, threatening him with a $1 billion lawsuit for his blog posts criticizing the company. Beall is an academic librarian at the University of Colorado; he writes about the journal industry [...]Leave a Comment
GPO in the Top 10 List of Original Catalogers in the World
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) was recently named one of the top 10 original catalogers in the world in OCLC’s Annual Report for FY12. During that period, GPO added 17,310 new records for U.S. Government information products to WorldCat, a database of bibliographic information built continuously by libraries around the world and OCLC. As [...]Leave a Comment
Copyright Clearance Center Joins Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing and Open Access (OA) solutions, has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), which offers a forum for bringing together the entire Open Access community. “As traditional and new publishers gather and create standards around Open Access publishing, it’s increasingly important [...]Leave a Comment
Announcing the Scholarly Kitchen Podcast
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “Today, the menu of the Scholarly Kitchen is expanding with the launch of our podcast, which is being edited and managed by Stewart Wills, whose Side Dishes you have likely become familiar with via his excellent Twitter feed.” (via The Scholarly Kitchen)Leave a Comment
4 New Preprints from CRL
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News 1) Faculty Usage of Library Tools in a Learning Management System 2) Invoking the User from Data to Design 3) YouTube Has Changed Everything”? Music Faculty, Librarians, and Their Use and Perceptions of YouTube 4) Student Involvement for Student Success: Student Staff in the Learning CommonsLeave a Comment
A Librarian’s Response to ‘What’s a Library?’
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “The paint on my worn out ol’ library soapbox is getting rather chipped these days, but I’m about to get back up on it, my friends. Brace yourselves. (The soapbox should probably brace itself too, poor thing.) There are two recent library-related articles on HuffPo to which I’d like to draw your attention. The first [...]Leave a Comment
Library adopts policy on behavior, bills counties
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “The Kilbourn Public Library Board of Trustees approved a public behavior policy and billing by the South Central Library System of four counties for $22,269 for use of the library at its monthly meeting May 9. The public behavior policy is to “preserve a reasonably quiet atmosphere where library patrons may use library services and [...]Leave a Comment
Conn. bill would study library access to e-books
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “Lawmakers are calling for a study of the availability of e-books to Connecticut public libraries. The state House of Representatives voted Tuesday 143-0 to pass a bill requiring the commissioner of consumer protection to report to the General Assembly on the issue by Feb 1. The bill, which originally called on publishers to offer e-books [...]Leave a Comment
Stolen US historical documents returned to owners
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “At a table in the library of the Maryland Historical Society, an investigator with the National Archives pulls file folder after file folder from a cardboard box and hands them to library director Patricia Dockman Anderson. An FBI agent sits nearby. Item No. 451: an invitation to meet Vice President Hubert Humphrey in Hawaii in [...]Leave a Comment
Dom Giordano: A little sense is overdue at the Library
15-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “BEN FRANKLIN was one of our greatest visionaries and the founder of the first public library in America. I wonder what Franklin would think of the “visionaries” now running the Free Library of Philadelphia. The Library is asking the city of Philadelphia to restore a 20 percent funding cut, while, through a new policy, it [...]Leave a Comment
Library Copyright Alliance Applauds Introduction of Unlocking Technology Act
14-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) applauds the introduction on May 9, 2013, of H.R 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013, by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Jared Polis (D-CO). The bill guarantees that legitimate uses of digital works and technologies will not run afoul of copyright law, even [...]Leave a Comment
Open Access Movement Continues to Gain Steam
14-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “From the tragic death of (Internet activist and digital wunderkind) Aaron Swartz to a recent CU-Boulder faculty resolution, new federal funding agency policy directives from the White House, and extensive international media coverage, the movement to provide open access to research and scholarship continues to build momentum and evolve at a rapid pace. via Colorado [...]Leave a Comment
The Library’s Future Is Not an Open Book
14-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “Talk about imposing: the ceremonial stone stair leading to bronze gates and carved doors; the frieze of inspiring names and the vaulted hall that seems the very definition of hallowed. And the books, bound portals opening to anywhere imaginable, available to all comers. In cities across the nation, the central public library came into being [...]Leave a Comment
Brooklyn Public Library rolling in the overdue fines — but $250M in repairs await
14-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “Here’s some overdue news: The Brooklyn Public Library hauled in a whopping $1.9 million in fines last year — but it’s just a petty cash for a system needing $250 million in restoration work.The fines represent a 20% jump from the $1.5 million hauled in 2008 — and include a big boost from an online [...]Leave a Comment
New Release of Lexis for Microsoft Office Now Integrates with Lexis Advance Content and Expands Functionality
13-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “NEW YORK, LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that its industry-leading legal drafting solution, Lexis® for Microsoft® Office now integrates with Lexis Advance®. With the advanced features, functionality and content of Lexis Advance, Lexis for Microsoft Office now offers users even more options to quickly surface relevant [...]Leave a Comment
Our New Home Page, Search-dominance, and NYPL’s Goals
13-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “I’m truly pleased to announce the launch of NYPL’s new home page! It has more and better feature items for us to share great NYPL activities and materials with you, and a new book recommender tool that we’re really excited about. This new design–which we will continue to improve–builds off of a history of Web [...]Leave a Comment
No censorship: Northville Schools refuse to remove Anne Frank from reading list
13-May-13 By: Steven M. Cohen
Posted in News “After a careful deliberation by a review committee, Northville Public School’s officials have chosen not remove the book “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl – The Definitive Edition” from the middle school reading options. In a letter to the community, Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services Robert Behnke indicated removing the book would amount [...]Leave a Comment
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