NISO Forum: Library Resource Management Systems: New Challenges, New Opportunities

NISO Forum: Library Resource Management Systems: New Challenges, New Opportunities - October 8-9, 2009 - Metro Meeting Center, Boston, MA, USA

Edinburgh University Press 2010 journal prices

2010 journal prices from Edinburgh University Press are now available

Bobcatsss 2010 symposium

The 18th Bobcatsss symposium will be held in Parma on 25-27 January 2010. The topic is "Bridging the digital divide: libraries providing access for all?" Bobcatsss is an annual conference organized by and for students in librarianship and information science coming from Europe and countries all over the world: This year the organizers are the universities of Parma and Manchester, in collaboration with those of Milan and Liverpool

Not Museum Pieces – The Role of Archivists and Librarians in Museums

The London Museum Librarians and Archivists Group 2009 Conference: Not Museum Pieces: the Role of Archivists and Librarians in Museums to be held 10 September 2009, The National Gallery, London, UK

Library of Congress now on Facebook

The Library of Congress now has a "page" on Facebook

SAGE 2010 journals price list

SAGE 2010 journals pricing now available

Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 - Call For Participation

Call For Participation: Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 - Berkman Center for Internet & Society / Harvard University (with additional support from the NEXA center at the Politecnico di Torino and iCommons). "The Free Culture 2009 research workshop builds on the enthusiasm generated by the First Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free Culture which took place during the 2008 iSummit in Sapporo, Japan. It presents a unique opportunity for scholars whose work contributes to the promotion, study or criticism of an emerging Free Culture, to engage with a multidisciplinary group of academic peers and practitioners, identify the most important research opportunities and challenges, and attempt to chart the future of Free Culture". Submission of short essays: August 9, 2009. Notification of acceptance: August 23, 2009. Event: October 23, 2009

Biblio Tech Review - June/July 2009

The June/July 2009 issue of Biblio Tech Review is now available. This issue includes:

* Two West Coast (US) Public Library Systems Choose Bibliotheca Products
* Tech Logic Introduces Media Passport
* Coutts Launches New Version of OASIS
* ebrary Announces New COUNTER-compliant Usage Reports

Springer launches SpringerImages

Springer Science+Business Media has launched SpringerImages, a growing collection that now includes over 1.5 million scientific images, tables, charts and graphs, spanning all scientific subject areas. SpringerImages includes the high-quality image collection from Images.MD, as well as images from Springer journals and books, including Open Access content. The database contains photos, graphs, histograms, tables and figures, and is available by subscription to libraries and research institutions. Subscribe to the RSS Feed

Knowledge Dashboard chosen by Russia's largest academic consortium

"The Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that NEICON, Russia's largest academic consortium, will be the first organization to have access to the new Nanotechnology Knowledge Dashboard. The Knowledge Dashboard, developed in partnership with Collexis, is a custom data mining solution for the research community that merges Thomson Reuters Web of Science® data and the Collexis Knowledge Dashboard functionalities"

SAGE signs an agreement with Lyrasis to offer its entire electronic journal and reference portfolio to member libraries

SAGE has announced that, for the first time, SAGE's entire electronic journal and reference portfolio is available to members of Lyrasis, the new membership organization created earlier this year from the merger of two well-established regional library networks: PALINET and SOLINET

Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles

Collaborative Librarianship

Journal of Transnational American Studies

Global Health Governance

European Respiratory Review

Oslo Studies in Language

Revista de Stiinte Politice

International Journal of Forestry Research

Scientific Findings in a digital world: What is the genuine article?

Scientific Findings in a digital world: What is the genuine article? A discussion with John Wilbanks - 22 July 2009, 18.00 to 20.30, at the British Library, London, UK. John Wilbanks is Executive Director of Science Commons and Vice President of Creative Commons: not-for-profit organisations which aim to enhance the flow of scientific knowledge to accelerate innovation. His career has spanned the humanities, politics and science working both as advocate and entrepreneur

Branford Boase Award 2009 winner announced

The winner of the tenth Branford Boase Award is The Traitor Game, written by Bridget Collins and edited by Emma Matthewson from the publishers Bloomsbury. The announcement was made to a packed audience on the 9th July 2009 at an award ceremony held at Walker Books in London, UK

2009 Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture (UK)

The 2009 Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture will be given by Michael Rosen. Entitled What is children's poetry for? : towards a new, but child-specific, 'Apologie for Poetrie' (Sir Philip Sidney, 1595) it will be held at 5.00pm on 10 September, at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Fictional Characters. Test your knowledge of the English language by trying to answer these questions about the meanings of words. Answers here.

1. Which writer created the character Bilbo Baggins?
2. Name the heroine of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", who falls in love with Darcy.
3. Which 1851 book by Herman Melville includes a character called Queequeg?
4. In Kingsley Amis's "Lucky Jim", what was the surname of Jim, the struggling university lecturer of the title?
5. Which novel by Charles Dickens includes the character Little Nell?
6. Which 1951 novel features a rebellious 16-year-old called Holden Caulfield?
7. Name one of the two children - a brother and sister - who are the young governess's two charges at Bly in Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw".
8. Which author created the character Professor Timofey Pnin in his 1957 novel "Pnin"?
9. What are the names of the two "merry wives" in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?
10. Claudia Hampton is a character in which 1987 novel by Penelope Lively?

JISC Netskills previews animations for Web 2.0 beginners

"Busy lecturers, researchers and administrators need look no further for straightforward advice on using Web 2.0 technologies, as JISC Netskills previews the first in a series of short, snappy Web2Practice animations. The first five of eight animations, covering social media1, podcasting, RSS feeds, collaborative writing and microblogging are now available online. These animations adopt a fast and easy approach to understanding how new technologies can enhance everyday working practice and will be followed by the rest of the set in early August 2009." - This is about RSS:

Manchester Middle English Manuscripts Conference

To celebrate the completion of the In the Bygynning project and the launch of the Manchester Middle English Digital Library, the John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester is hosting a major academic conference on 17-18 September 2009. The Manchester Middle English Manuscripts Conference will consider the Rylands collection within the wider context of other corpora of ME manuscripts, and explore the potential of digitisation to enable novel methods and new avenues of scholarly enquiry. Keynote speaker Professor Julia Boffey of Queen Mary University, London, will open the conference with a public lecture on the evening of Thursday 17th September. Other speakers include Professor Wendy Scase (Birmingham), Prof. Tony Edwards (De Montfort University) and Professor John Thompson (Queen’s, Belfast). The conference will be of interest to medieval historians, students of Middle English literature, linguists, codicologists, historians of the book, archivists and manuscript curators.

Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource

The Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource gives free access to over 3000 images related to the works of artists belonging to one of the most important British art movement, including founding members William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais as well as material from the broader context. The Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource was funded by the JISC Digitisation programme and created by the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Research Library Issues issue 264

The Association of Research Libraries has released issue 264 of Research Library Issues. This issue features ARL's recent statement encouraging members to refrain from signing nondisclosure clauses, an article outlining the case for regulating Google and the proposed Book Rights Registry, the results of an ARL survey of learning and research spaces in member libraries, and more

E-News for ARL Directors July 9, 2009

E-News for ARL Directors, July 9, 2009 is now available online

CLPE Poetry Award winner 2009

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education Poetry Award winner 2009 is John Agard for The Young Inferno, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura, Published by Frances Lincoln

The American Sociological Association partners with SAGE to publish its journals

SAGE has announced that it has signed an agreement to partner with the American Sociological Association to publish eight of its journals beginning in 2010 and 2012. The journals are American Sociological Review, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Psychology Quarterly, Sociology of Education, and Teaching Sociology (all to be published by SAGE in 2010); and Sociological Methodology and Sociological Theory (published by SAGE beginning in 2012)

July 2009 Early Reviewer books at LibraryThing

The July 2009 batch of Early Reviewer books is now available at LibraryThing. There are 1662 copies of 63 books available this month

IFLA Information Literacy Section newsletter - July 2009

The July 2009 issue of the IFLA Information Literacy Section newsletter is now available online

Oxford University Press announces Summer Book Sale

"Oxford University Press has announced the launch of its Summer Book Sale. There are over 900 titles to choose from, all at 50% off or 75% off the normal price. Offer ends 14 August 2009"

A Day in the Life...at Cardiff University Library, Wales

"With over 500 staff providing library, IT and media services, Information Services' people have varied and busy working lives. These Day in the Life features will give you a taste of what some of our library staff do... a chronicle in Cardiff University's 125th anniversary year, of the range and depth of modern library work, from archives to databases, and from training students to managing GBP1m budgets for information resources"

Enhanced Editions for the iPhone

Enhanced Editions makes ebooks for the iPhone

JISC helps to bring Islamic resources online for the first time

"Two of the oldest known copies of the Qur'an are now available to researchers and scholars across the world. The two Qur'ans, one of which may date from the 7th century A.D, are part of the priceless Mingana Collection, which is housed by the University of Birmingham. The University's Special Collections department has painstakingly digitised more than 10,000 pages from the collection. As well as the Qur'ans the documents now online include unique illustrated manuscripts from the 16th century and early Arabic poetry. The project has been generously supported by JISC and The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust"

JSTOR Showcase

"JSTOR Showcase - an experimental place for JSTOR and our research partners to demonstrate and get feedback on new and interesting ways to explore and utilize the information in our collections"

Semanti

"Semanti lets you stop searching and start finding the pages you want. It's a simple browser add-on that lets you save your favorite pages to your personal web and improves your search by harnessing your Facebook social network. It enhances and improves the way you search so you get better results with your existing search engine - Google, Yahoo! or Bing. And you can use it from any computer that has the free Semanti add-on installed

Infotoday Blog at ALA 2009

The Infotoday Blog will begin reporting from ALA 2009 on July 11. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed

2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress

2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress - 10-15 August 2010 - Göteborg, Sweden

Authors at 2009 National Book Festival (USA)

"Bestselling authors David Baldacci, John Grisham, John Irving, Julia Alvarez, Judy Blume, Ken Burns, Gwen Ifill and Jodi Picoult - as well as celebrity chef Paula Deen - will be among scores of authors and illustrators presenting at the 2009 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress. Now in its ninth year, this popular event celebrating the joys of reading and lifelong literacy will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009,on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th Streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (rain or shine). The event, for which the Honorary Chairs are President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, is free and open to the public. More than 120,000 people attended the festival last year"

Pubmatch

"Pubmatch is a social network for international publishing community. Find book publishers, authors and literary agents from all around the world"

The London Book Fair 2010

The London Book Fair 2010 will be held at Earls Court on 19-21 April 2010. "The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Taking place every spring in the world's premier publishing and cultural capital it is a unique opportunity to hear from authors, enjoy the vibrant atmosphere and explore innovations shaping the publishing world of the future. The London Book Fair brings you direct access to customers, content and emerging markets". Follow the LBF on Twitter and Facebook

Lost page of American history found at The National Archives (UK)

"A rare print of America's Declaration of Independence has been found among files at The National Archives at Kew. Printed on 4 July 1776, the Dunlap print is one of only 26 known copies in the world and is named after John Dunlap, the printer whose name is at the bottom of each copy. The last discovered Dunlap Declaration, found at a flea market in 1989, sold at auction in 2000 for $8.14million. The newly discovered print was found, hidden among correspondence from American colonists intercepted by the British in the 18th century, by an American carrying out research at The National Archives."

New ProQuest platform for 2010

"Coming in 2010, ProQuest, CSA Illumina, and selected Chadwyck-Healey products will be available on the new platform at launch, and all ProQuest products will migrate to the new platform over time."

First Monday - July 2009

First Monday - Volume 14, Number 7, 6 July 2009 now available

Suckling's History and Antiquities of Suffolk

Volume 1 of Suckling's 'History and Antiquities' is now live. This is the first of the two volumes of the Reverend Suckling's projected History of the county that were completed in the 1840s. They describe three and a half hundreds in the north-east of the county. Volume 2 will be added in the next few weeks - British History Online

A Vision of Britain Through Time

"The JISC-funded A Vision of Britain Through Time website has launched, giving e-access, often for the first time, to over two centuries' worth of facts, figures, surveys, maps, election results and travel writing showing how 15,000 UK places have changed. The changing story of Britain's towns and villages can be explored in new depth online, which unites more than 200 years worth of official documents, maps and travel stories. The site has been created with funding from JISC as part of a programme to offer a wider audience free access to academic research and resources"

The Frankfurt Book Fair 2009

The Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 will take place from 14 to 18 October. China will be the Guest of Honour

Search Pad (BETA) from Yahoo!

"Search Pad is a note-taking application that automatically tracks and organizes sites you find on Yahoo! Search to help you complete important tasks such as buying a car or planning a trip"

The Open Library upgraded

The Open Library has upgraded to new software. Improvements include readable URLs, better default cover images, an improved type system and more APIs for developers, including the RESTful API. Featuring 23,285,112 books (including 1,064,822 with full-text)

Socrata

"An open government dataset, readily accessible over the internet, in a form that maximizes comprehension, interactivity, participation, and sharing, delivered at a fraction of the cost of today's data download sites. At Socrata, they call it social data discovery, and they've engineered a comprehensive suite of Web solutions for delivering social data discovery on government data sites around the world"

Cites & Insights 9:9 (August 2009)

Cites & Insights 9:9 (August 2009) is now available for downloading

LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #79

LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #79. "In light of news received on July 5th, the planned program order was delayed until July 13th. LISTen #79 is the penultimate episode of LISTen perhaps. This brief episode outlines what is going on and why LISTen may well join Tech for Techies in returning to the Twilight Zone on July 13th. It is anticipated that the grand finale that is planned to be LISTen #80 (unless things change) will include after-action reports about Anime Expo and more". Previous Podcasts can be found here

2008 Country Reports now available (IFLA)

2008 Country Reports now available from IFLA. "Read about changes in national copyright legislation, lobby & educational activities, law cases, and strategic plans for the future"

CILIP Training Directory 2009 - Autumn update

The CILIP Training Directory 2009 - Autumn update is now available

Codex Sinaiticus - The world's oldest bible reunited online

"A remarkable collaboration between institutions in the UK, Germany, Egypt, and Russia has succeeded in reuniting virtually more than 800 pages and fragments from the world's oldest surviving Christian bible, Codex Sinaiticus. For the first time, people around the world will be able to explore high resolution digital images of all the extant pages of the fourth-century book, which was written in Greek on parchment leaves by several scribes and had its text revised and corrected over the course of the following centuries"

Biblioscape 8 now available

"Biblioscape is designed to help researchers collect and manage bibliographic data, take notes while doing research, and generate citations and bibliographies for publication. Biblioscape Professional can compile your notes into a final draft with a table of contents and an index. Biblioscape Librarian can be used to manage a small library. You can use Biblioscape to manage all your research information" - Version 8 is now available