Video: US National Archives shares rarely-seen slave petitions from DC Emancipation Act

In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the DC Emancipation Act, the National Archives has shared rarely seen original records pertaining to the Act, including petitions from slaves in Washington, DC. National Archives archivists Damani Davis and Robert Ellis, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholar Kenneth Winkle discuss the significance of these documents in the National Archives "Inside the Vaults" video short

ASLIB training course April to July 2012 (UK)

ASLIB has been providing training and development programmes for information professionals for almost 70 years in key aspects of information work. Here are the training courses for April to July 2012

Follett Software Company has released Destiny 10.1

Follett Software Company released Destiny 10.1 this week. Highlights of the 10.1 release include Destiny's integration with Titlewave and Aspen

EBSCO Publishing introduces a new addition to its collection of digital archives: The African American Historical Serials Collection

EBSCO Publishing has announced the release of the latest database in its Historic Digital Archive Collection, The African American Historical Serials Collection. Developed in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association, this digital collection includes African American periodicals, annuals and reports published from 1829-1922 including materials from African American religious organizations and social service agencies

Timbuktu librarians protect manuscripts from rebels

Malian scholars, librarians and ordinary citizens in the rebel-occupied city of Timbuktu are hiding away priceless ancient manuscripts to prevent them from being damaged or looted

HathiTrust Digital Library - Update on March 2012 Activities

HathiTrust Digital Library - Update on March 2012 Activities

Digital Curation at the University of Maine (USA)

Digital Curation at the University of Maine is a 2-year online certificate program due to launch in the fall of 2012

Texas Library Association Annual Conference 2012

Texas Library Association Annual Conference 2012 - April 17-20, 2001 - Houston, Texas, USA

Canadian Library Association dismayed at cancellation of Community Access Program

The Canadian Library Association believes that all Canadians, regardless of economic status or location, should have the ability to access information and services through broadband connection to the Internet, and should be able to access the assistance they need to become digitally literate. For many Canadians, especially those in remote and rural locations, this access has been provided since 1994 by the Community Access Program (CAP) funded by Industry Canada. CLA is dismayed at the cancellation of this program announced by the federal government on April 5, 2012. According to Industry Canada, the program has "outlived its usefulness" because 94% of Canadians now live in a community where broadband is available for purchase. Industry Canada is consequently planning on relying more on private‐sector household access than government‐funded public access. But with only 79% of Canadian households having an Internet connection, and 54% of households in the lowest income quartile, it is clear that community‐based Internet access is needed to supplement home access

DOAB - Directory of Open Access Books

The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB. Metadata will be harvestable in order to maximize dissemination, visibility and impact. Aggregators can integrate the records in their commercial services and libraries can integrate the directory into their online catalogues, helping scholars and students to discover the books. The directory will be open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books in Open Access and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these publications are in Open Access and meet academic standards

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - April 13, 2012

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Which Instrument?. "All you have to do in this brainteaser is say which instrument these musicians are or were most famous for playing. For example, if the musician is Elton John or Mozart, the answer would be the piano" Answers here.

1. Ringo Starr.
2. Sir Yehudi Menuhin.
3. Brian May (born 1947).
4. Jerry Lee Lewis.
5. Jacqueline du Pré.
6. Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
7. Colin Greenwood (of Radiohead).
8. Ravi Shankar.
9. Louis Armstrong.
10. Franz Liszt.

April 2012 DPLA update from John Palfrey

John Palfrey, Chair of the DPLA Steering Committee, recently gave a short video update that outlines the current state of the DPLA, provides an overview of some of the work that is currently being done, and gives some insight into the work that is yet to come. The DPLA is currently in the middle of a two-year planning phase, moving towards the launch of a full DPLA prototype by April 2013. Around the same time, it will move away from Harvard and the Berkman Center where it is currently based, potentially becoming an independent organization or merging with an existing institution

Information Days – EBSCO Tour 2012

EBSCO's 2012 Information Days are free to attend, with seminar programmes and group discussions about improving discoverability, open access, and justifying your spend against return on investment. These events provide librarians and information professionals with the ideal environment to develop strategies, learn new skills and tactics, and network with colleagues from other institutions as well as catching up with publishers and EBSCO representatives

Workshops:Increasing the usage of online resources (UK)

Are your usage stats as high as they could or should be? You are invited to join us at one of these lively, informative, interactive sessions. Half day or all day - your choice.

Where and when?

23 May UWE Bristol
24 May Plymouth Central Library
29 May Stockton Central Library
31 May Guildford Central Library

Who should attend?

Library staff in all sectors responsible for marketing and usage of online resources. Sessions are run by Credo Reference, but are supplier-neutral. Some Credo-specific initiatives will be covered, but should be of general interest

Moray travel guide goes mobile (Scotland)

A mobile app travel guide has been developed in Moray in a project led by the National Library of Scotland. Local schools and community volunteers have worked with the Learning Team at NLS to develop 'Great Escapes Moray', now available free from the Apple App Store. The travel guide features 20 of the best things to see in the area

Campaigners urge council to shelve library plans (UK)

Campaigners have urged Brent council to put an immediate stop to plans to demolish a library after 5,000 people petitioned against it. The Keep Willesden Green group has asked Brent Council to stop the process which will see Willesden Green Library Centre demolished and rebuilt into a library and cultural hub. The group has pleaded with the authority to Stop, Listen and Reflect because it claims it has not properly listened to local people, thousands of whom are against the loss of the treasured building, part of which dates back to 1894

"Libraries Are Obsolete: An Oxford-Style Debate" (USA)

On Wednesday, April 18, Harvard Library Strategic Conversations will sponsor an Oxford-style debate on the role of libraries. The program will be held from 3 to 4:30pm in Piper Auditorium, at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, with a reception to follow. Oxford Union debates are similar in format to the British House of Commons, and are known for combining a degree of wit and whimsy with serious argumentation

Elsevier launches ClinicalKey

Elsevier has announced ClinicalKey, the next generation of online clinical information resources. ClinicalKey draws answers from the largest collection of clinical resources, covering every medical and surgical specialty - eliminating physicians' reliance on less accurate sources. ClinicalKey's content includes more than 700 textbooks and 400 top medical journals, providing the most current clinically relevant evidence-based answers, as well as expert commentary, MEDLINE abstracts and select third-party journals

Workshop: An Introduction to Art and Design Reference Resources (UK)

An Introduction to Art and Design Reference Resources - 1 May 2012 - The Art Library, Leeds Central Library, Leeds, UK - "A workshop for those new to the world of art librarianship, or those wishing to update their skills in art and design enquiry work. The day features presentations from leading art librarians, who will provide up-to-date information on the key print and electronic resources and strategies for effective research enquiry work"

The correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 19: 1871

Volume 19 of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, published today, is making the short but intensely revealing personal journal of Darwin's daughter, Henrietta, public for the first time. Written over the period March to July 1871, the year of the 28-old Henrietta's sudden marriage to a man she had known for less than three months, the journal introduces a confident, intelligent, reflective, and passionate young woman. To anyone who has only met her as the overly anxious hypochondriac aunt in Gwen Raverat's Period Piece, this Henrietta is unrecognisable

Help improve online search for humanities resources (UK)

The University of Sheffield is undertaking research with the intention of improving search within the humanities. The AHRC-funded project called 'Participating in Search Design: A Study of George Thomason's English Newsbooks' is a collaboration between the Humanities Research Institute and the departments of History (Professor Mike Braddick, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Arts and Humanities), English (Dr Marcus Nevitt) and Sociological Studies (Dr Bridgette Wessels)

Launch of new National Endowment for the Humanities website (USA)

The National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access has announced the launch of our completely redesigned NEH website. Besides easier access to applying for, and managing a grant, the new site will showcase featured projects, news about NEH staff, and NEH-funded online content that you can explore

1901 Scottish census now live on findmypast.co.uk

findmypast.co.uk has just published the 1901 Scottish census

Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles

International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

Revista Estudios Socio-Jurídicos

Bodleian and Vatican libraries to digitise ancient texts

The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana are announcing a new collaborative digitization project with the aim of opening up repositories of ancient texts and 1.5 million pages from their remarkable collections freely available online to researchers and the general public worldwide.

The initiative has been made possible by a £2 million award from the Polonsky Foundation. Dr Leonard Polonsky whose passion, interest and commitment is to democratize access to information, sees increasing digital access to these two library collections, among the greatest in the world, as a significant step in sharing the wealth of resources on a global scale.

Dr Polonsky, said: '21st-century technology provides the opportunity for collaborations between cultural institutions in the way they manage, disseminate and make available for research the information, knowledge and expertise they hold. I am pleased to support this exciting new project where the Bodleian Libraries and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana will make important collections accessible to scholars and the general public worldwide.'

Driven by the same vision of opening up their collections, the two institutions have recently established a partnership brokered by the Bodleian's Centre for the Study of the Book. The digitization project builds on the existing relationship between the two institutions

2013 ACRL ALA Annual Conference program proposals due May 1

ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups, and individual members to consider submitting a program proposal for the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Proposals are due May 1, 2012

NPR Library wins the ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award

The American Library Association has named the Artemis training project from the NPR library the 2012 winner of the ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award. This award is presented annually to a library that demonstrates innovative planning and development of patron training programs about information technology in a library setting. The Artemis project is a training program developed by Katie Daugert and Lauren Sin to teach NPR staff how to use a new internal database for audio archives and transcripts

Frances Henne Award goes to Alisa Auchmoedy-Finck

Alisa Auchmoedy-Finck, school librarian at the Marbletown Elementary School in Stone Ridge, N.Y., is the 2012 recipient of the American Association of School Librarian's (AASL) Frances Henne Award. Established in 1986, the $1,250 award, sponsored by ABC-CLIO, recognizes a school librarian with five years or less experience who demonstrates leadership qualities with students, teachers and administrators. As the award recipient, Auchmoedy-Finck has the opportunity to attend her first ALA Annual Conference

The newspaper giant who went down with the Titanic - Conference at the British Library to mark centenary of the death of W.T. Stead

When William Stead died on the maiden voyage of the Titanic in April 1912, he was one of the most famous Englishmen on board. In the 1880s, at a time of revolution in mass culture and print technology, he helped invent the modern tabloid, publishing a series of hugely influential campaigns when editor of The Pall Mall Gazette. The British Library, in association with Birkbeck College and the University of Birmingham, is to host a two-day conference exploring Stead's life, work and legacy. W.T. Stead: A Centenary Conference for a Newspaper Revolutionary, runs 16 -17 April 2012 and will feature more than 40 speakers from around the world

A new video takes you inside the Titanic-related records in the National Archives (USA)

As the archival repository for the records for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the National Archives at New York City holds records in the admiralty case files related to Titanic, specifically the petition filed by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, as the owner of Titanic, for limitation of liability. Among the documents are depositions of surviving passengers, blueprints of the ship, claims of loss and photographs. Often in the first person, they tell the story of the sinking in dramatic detail. In this video National Archives archivist Bonnie Sauer, public programs specialist Dorothy Dougherty, education specialist Christopher Zarr, education technician Sara Pasquerello, and volunteer William Roaka talk about their favorite Titanic documents in the holdings. The documents are available to the public in New York City, and many can also be viewed on the National Archives' online research system, ARC

The EBSCOhost Collection Manager

The EBSCOhost Collection Manager can be used to search or browse for e-books and audiobooks by title, author, publisher and more or make selections from the Subject Sets or Featured Collections created by EBSCO's collection development experts. ECM can also help libraries create and manage lists of titles they want to expose to patron drive acquisition, manage deposits and determine which ownership models to apply to the various e-books and audiobooks in their collection

Five years on: major conference on libraries and the Semantic Web - 27 April 2012

April 2012 marks the fifth anniversary of the Data Model Meeting at the British Library, London attended by participants interested in the fit between RDA: Resource Description and Access and the models used in other metadata communities, especially those working in the Semantic Web environment. This meeting, informally known as the "London Meeting", has proved to be a critical point in the trajectory of libraries from the traditional data view to linked data and the Semantic Web. DCMI-UK in cooperation with DCMI International as well as others will co-sponsor a one-day seminar on Friday 27 April 2012 to describe progress since 2007, mark the anniversary, and look to further collaboration in the future.

The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository is The World Bank's official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. Through the OKR, The World Bank collects, disseminates, and permanently preserves its intellectual output in digital form. The OKR is interoperable with other repositories and supports optimal discoverability and re-usability of the content by complying with Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) standards and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The World Bank's new Open Access Policy (effective July 1, 2012), and the OKR will both improve access to those who regularly use World Bank research outputs and knowledge products as well as increase the range of people who can now access Bank content—from governments and civil society organizations (CSOs), to students and the general public

The University of Delaware Library joins HathiTrust

The University of Delaware Library has become one of the newest members of the HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in an extraordinary digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. The University of Delaware Library plans to contribute public domain volumes digitized through in-house projects to the HathiTrust

World Library and Information Congress : 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly (Finland)

The World Library and Information Congress 2012, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, will take place on 11-17 August 2012 at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland

Win a bookmobile visit from the San Francisco Public Library (USA)

To properly celebrate National Bookmobile Day next week, the San Francisco Public Library has put together an online contest that ends with a big prize. National Bookmobile Day is next Wednesday and the SFPL has launched an online scavenger hunt starting Friday, which continues through April 16, according to library spokeswoman Michelle Jeffers. The contest will feature the library's "Green Bookmobile" - the latest addition to the fleet of four other roving libraries. Throughout the contest the library will post a photograph on its homepage with visual clues of the vehicle's location at one of six iconic San Francisco landmarks. Guesses as to where the mobile library is hanging out in the city can be submitted once per day. For every correct answer, patrons will be entered into a drawing to win a two-hour visit from the bookmobile at the location of their choice

Meeting: Libraries Rebound: Embracing Mission, Maximizing Impact (USA)

Libraries Rebound: Embracing Mission, Maximizing Impact - Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners - 5 and 6 June 2012 - Hyatt at The Bellevue, Philadelphia, PA, USA

The Power of Open

The world has experienced an explosion of openness. From individual artists opening their creations for input from others, to governments requiring publicly funded works be available to the public, both the spirit and practice of sharing is gaining momentum and producing results. Creative Commons began providing licenses for the open sharing of content only a decade ago. Now more than 400 million CC-licensed works are available on the Internet, from music and photos, to research findings and entire college courses. Creative Commons created the legal and technical infrastructure that allows effective sharing of knowledge, art and data by individuals, organizations and governments. More importantly, millions of creators took advantage of that infrastructure to share work that enriches the global commons for all humanity. The Power of Open collects the stories of those creators. Some are like ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative news organization that uses CC while partnering with the world’s largest media companies. Others like nomadic filmmaker Vincent Moon use CC licensing as an essential element of a lifestyle of openness in pursuit of creativity. The breadth of uses is as great as the creativity of the individuals and organizations choosing to open their content, art and ideas to the rest of the world

IOM3 and Maney launch virtual journal on energy materials

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in conjunction with Maney Publishing has announced the launch of Energy Materials - an online only ‘virtual journal' covering current research on materials for energy generation and storage drawn from the Institute's peer reviewed journals. Appearing quarterly, Energy Materials will draw together a selection of the latest research papers, and specially commissioned issues on a particular theme from Materials Research Innovations

SeaCity Museum - Southampton, UK

The new museum - based in the West Wing of the Civic Centre - is located within Southampton's Cultural Quarter within easy access of the railway station and city centre car parking and close to the city centre parks. The site, owned by Southampton City Council, became available when Hampshire Police moved to a purpose-built venue in March 2011 (the Magistrates' Courts having been vacated in 2002). The overall aspiration was to deliver a museum with an estimated capital cost of £15million for the first phase of the project. Phase 1 of the development contains three main exhibitions:

1. Gateway to the World
2. Southampton’s Titanic Story
3. Titanic the Legend

There are 2 permanent galleries for exhibitions 1 & 2. A special exhibitions gallery, in the new extension, is used in year one for an exhibition curated in-house entitled Titanic the Legend. There will be a programme of special exhibitions from year 2 onwards

The new INFOdocket

Gary Price writes: INFOdocket has gotten a makeover, but that's not all - today marks the beginning of a partnership with Library Journal. As it has been in the past, INFOdocket will continue to be the place to find hand-picked news, reports, and links related to the hot library and publishing topics of the day. But now it will also serve as something of a first-pass site, providing context and coverage that will feed into the full reporting coming from the LJ News team

SciTech Publishing acquired by The IET

Institution of Engineering and Technology has acquired the full publication list of electromagnetics engineering specialist, SciTech Publishing

The March of Time® at Alexander Street Press

From 1935-1967, American theatergoers and television watchers were witness to Time Inc.'s unique and controversial newsreel series, The March of Time®. Now, for the first time, this groundbreaking series is available in online streaming video in a single, cross-searchable collection designed specifically to meet the needs of researchers, teaching faculty, and students. The newsreels have been restored to their original luster by HBO Archives, allowing viewers to experience these historic newsreels as audiences did in earlier decades. This release contains 413 video titles totaling 115 hours of film

West Vancouver Memorial Library Historical Photograph Collection (Canada)

The digital.westvanlibrary.ca site contains photographs and documents that catalogue West Vancouver's growth and development from its beginnings to the bustling and prosperous community it is today. West Vancouver Memorial Library is digitizing approximately 5,000 local history items to share online

200,000 Titanic-related records are published online

More than 200,000 records relating to the Titanic have been published online to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking on 15 April. The documents provide information about survivors and the 1,500 people who died, including a number of wills and hundreds of coroner inquest files. The collection has been gathered by the subscription-based family history website Ancestry.co.uk. However, access to the Titanic records collection is free until 31 May 2012

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #193

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #193. "This week's episode is most definitely NOT an April Fool's Day prank like last week's. We discuss an operational matter about the possibility of a live show in the English community of Liverpool and go through a news miscellany". Previous Podcasts/Programs can be found here

Florida International University announces acquisition of important Cuban genealogy collection

Soon, anyone tracing his or her Cuban or Spanish roots will have access to unique research materials, many available for the first time ever and only at Florida International University. FIU Libraries has acquired a collection of thousands of books, handwritten and typed letters, photos and other primary documents relating to Cuba and Cuban genealogy, collected over four decades by Felix Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza. Hurtado loved books so much that he amassed a collection of over 5,000 volumes, many of them relating to the genealogy of his native Cuba. "This is an extraordinary addition to our collection," said Laura Probst, FIU Dean of Libraries. "We are proud to be the custodians of this rich collection of the family and cultural history of Cuba and its diaspora. Our long-term vision is to create a public Center for Cuban Genealogy, but need support from the community to make this a reality."

Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles

Sitientibus. Série Ciências Biológicas

Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology

State of America's Libraries Report 2012

State of America's Libraries Report 2012 - As the national economy continues to struggle toward recovery from the Great Recession, 2011 was a year of grim headlines. The federal Library of Congress lost about 9% of its budget and 10% of its workforce. Detroit, a city in fiscal crisis, agonized all year over how many library branches to close. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed a budget that would eliminate 268 currently vacant positions and lay off almost 300 from the library system. (After he was met by hundreds of protesters of all ages, including a group of fist-pumping preschoolers, the mayor backtracked…somewhat.) The Huffington Post took note of it all and started a series in November headlined Libraries in Crisis. But there was good news as well. The Troy (Mich.) Public Library was saved from closing permanently after some 58% of voters, who had rejected two similar measures in the past few years, approved a five-year operating millage. In Los Angeles, voters in March approved by 63% a measure to increase dedicated spending for the Los Angeles Public Library system by $50 million over the next few years without raising taxes, allowing reinstated full-time hours for 73 branches. And even some good humor emerged: The Gilpin County (Colo.) Public Library put up a roadside sign advertising - Free coffee, Internet, notary, phone, smiles, restrooms, and ideas‖ to all who entered

A Free Web Toolkit for the Modern Library - a MMIT conference workshop promo video (UK)

Here’s a promo video for Andy Tattersall and Claire Beecroft's ScHARR Workshop: "A free web toolkit for the modern library". In the workshop, Andy and Claire will introduce delegates to a variety of tried and tested web 2.0 tools which offer real value to LIS professionals. This workshop is part of the MmIT National Conference 2012: Reduced budgets? Increased impact! Tools and technologies for an effective library and information service being held on Tuesday 17th April 2012 at the University of Sheffield

British Library acquires original manuscript of Benjamin Britten’s 'Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra'

The British Library has acquired the draft score of 'The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra', one of the most famous compositions of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). Completed on New Year's Eve 1945, this original manuscript charts the composer's earliest ideas for what has become one of the most frequently performed pieces by any British composer. Britten subsequently wrote out a full orchestral score, after which no further use was made of the draft, which he gave to a friend. It remained completely unknown until last year

Mobile library cuts to hit elderly and rural dwellers (UK)

Nearly a third of local authorities have reduced or cancelled their mobile library service in the last year, according to statistics obtained by The Daily Telegraph. The cuts are having a disproportionate effect on the elderly and people in remote communities, who rely on the library vans for their reading material. Prominent writers have condemned the cutbacks, with Joanne Harris, author of novels including Chocolat and Blue Eyed Boy, describing reduced access to books as a "dangerous thing". She said that mobile libraries play an essential role in many communities, and their loss will hit people least likely to embrace alternatives ways of reading, such as via ebooks. According to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), 28 per cent of the 174 library authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have reduced the number of mobile library vehicles that they operate over the last year

National Park Service launches Civil War website (USA)

As part of its commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial and coinciding with events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh, the National Park Service has launched a Civil War themed website that provides an overview of the war, with special emphasis on the Civil War sites administered and preserved by the National Park Service

ALCTS webinar: Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs

Digital photos are fragile and require special care to keep them accessible. But preserving any kind of digital information is a new concept that most people have little experience with. Technologies change over time and become obsolete, making it difficult to access older digital photos. Learn about the nature of the problem and hear about some simple, practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital photos safe - April 26, 2012

ProQuest celebrates National Library Week in the U.S. with free resources

ProQuest is celebrating America's National Library Week with a rich assortment of goodies for libraries and their patrons. Each day from April 8 through 14, the company will open some of its most popular databases found exclusively through library web sites and help librarians fine-tune their marketing with free access to promotional tools and demographic data on book lovers. Plus, the company is sponsoring a sweepstakes that can earn cash prizes for libraries

One-Pager - library website template

One-Pager is a library website template that allows your patrons to find what they want

E-Books 101 – PLA Webinar

E-Books 101: A Look at Devices, Platforms, and Training Ideas - April 17, 2012 - 1:00 p.m. Central

The National Archives and Arts Council England announce partnership (UK)

The National Archives and Arts Council England have announced a new partnership that will benefit archives, museums, libraries and the people who use them

New titles in PubMed Central

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Translational Psychiatry

Nephron Extra

Journal of Prenatal Medicine

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research

The Korean Journal of Hepatology

Nutrition & Diabetes

American Journal of Blood Research

2012 CILIPS Annual Conference: Libraries Enriching Society

2012 CILIPS Annual Conference: Libraries Enriching Society - 11 Jun 2012 - Dundee, Scotland

Above the Fold - March 21, 2012

Above the Fold is a Web-based newsletter published by OCLC Research. It has been developed to serve a broad international readership from libraries, archives and museums - March 21, 2012 - Vol. 5, No. 12 now available

Geofacets from Elsevier

Geofacets is a web-based research tool that offers access to an extensive database of georeferenced geological maps. With intuitive features designed for geoscientists working in upstream oil and gas exploration, it enables users to efficiently and confidently assess a region or basin's geologic characteristics and potential – so they can drive better business outcomes and recommendations

"Community-run libraries are part of the degradation of the service" - (UK)

Sophia Deboick of The Guardian writes - "Volunteers can bring much to libraries, but the fact they are replacing paid staff shows how much de-skilling has taken place"

Gloucestershire library cuts of £1.8m agreed by council (UK)

Protesters have been ejected from a meeting called to agree £1.8m of cuts to the library service in Gloucestershire. The campaigners were escorted from the council chamber to a cry of "shame on you" as the new proposals were agreed by the county council. About 12 members of the public attended the cabinet meeting at Shire Hall. The council will continue to run 31 libraries but seven will lose funding and be run by local communities. James Beecher, from Stroud Against the Cuts and the main heckler in the meeting, said: "Sixteen thousand people signed a petition against these proposals the first time round, they've barely changed despite all the comments that people have made. I'm disgusted with what's happened"

Green Libraries Conference 2012 (UK)

Coventry University Library is hosting a one-day Green Libraries Conference on 13th of June 2012. With six different speakers from a range of institutions, the day provides an excellent opportunity to engage in the green agenda, to find out about projects and initiatives at other institutions and to network with colleagues who have in interest in green matters. Although the focus of the day is predominantly HE based, we welcome delegates from all areas of the Library and Information sector

Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference 2012 (USA)

Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference 2012 - October 18-20, 2012 - Keystone, Colorado, USA

New York Public Library to digitize Washington, Thoreau and Twain

Letters written by George Washington, Henry David Thoreau's pencil-drawn map of Walden Pond and Mark Twain's manuscript of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" are among the items from the New York Public Library's American collections that will soon be digitized and made available to the public online, the library has announced

The Global Information Technology Report 2012

Over the past decade, The Global Information Technology Report series, has become the most comprehensive and respected international assessment of the preparedness of economies to leverage the networked economy. This research provides a unique platform for public-private dialogue on best policies and for determining what actions will further national ICT readiness and innovation potential. Through the evolved methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), The Global Information Technology Report 2012 measures the extent to which 142 economies take advantage of ICT and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. This year, Sweden tops the rankings, followed by Singapore and Finland

Virtual International Authority File service transitions to OCLC

VIAF (Virtual International Authority File), a project that virtually combines multiple name authority files into a single name authority service, has transitioned to become an OCLC service. OCLC will continue to make VIAF openly accessible and will also work to incorporate VIAF into various OCLC services

Journal of Digital Humanities - first issue

Journal of Digital Humanities - Vol. 1, No. 1 Winter 2011 - The Journal of Digital Humanities is a comprehensive, peer-reviewed, open access journal that features the best scholarship, tools, and conversations produced by the digital humanities community in the previous quarter

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - April 6, 2012

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: France. "France is said to be the most visited country in the world. How much do you know about France and the French? Test your knowledge with this brainteaser" Answers here.

1. Paris, the capital of France, is situated on which river?
2. Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is in which Paris museum?
3. In 1965, a road tunnel was opened from Chamonix in France to Courmayeur in Italy - under which mountain (the highest mountain in the Alps)?
4. What are the three colours on the French flag?
5. In which region of France does true champagne come from: the northwest, the northeast, or the southeast?
6. Which famous French singer was born Edith Giovanna Gassion and adopted a name which meant a "little sparrow"?
7. Which large island in the Mediterranean is an offshore province of France?
8. Which 1980 musical was based on an 1862 novel by Victor Hugo?
9. In 1998, France became world champions by beating which country's team in the soccer World Cup at the Stade de France?
10. In 1898, which French novelist aroused interest in the Dreyfus Case by writing a letter beginning "J'accuse"?

Nature Publishing Group releases linked data platform

Nature Publishing Group has joined the linked data community by opening up access to its publication data via a linked data platform

Crossroads - April 2012

Crossroads: the newsletter of WebJuntion.org - April 2012 issue is now available

Findmypast.co.uk launches new Titanic records

Family history website findmypast.co.uk has published two new sets of records, which include information about the passengers and crew aboard the Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage. The Maritime birth, marriage and death records and White Star Line Officers' books are both available from today. Debra Chatfield, family historian at findmypast.co.uk, said: "These fantastic new additions to findmypast.co.uk will be of immense value not only to people with ancestors who were employed at sea, but also to anyone who has been struggling to find a record of an ancestor’s birth, marriage or death. There has never been a single centralised register of births, marriages and deaths at sea, so many of the names listed in these records will not appear in the information already available online."

Library Trends - Winter 2012

Library Trends Volume 60, Number 3, Winter 2012 is now available. Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press

Brill is now a participant in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal

Brill has announced its participation in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal, a new service built in response to demand from the UK HE community

April 2012 batch of Early Reviewer books is up at LibraryThing

The April 2012 batch of Early Reviewer books is now available at LibraryThing. There are 2202 copies of 73 books available this month

National Poetry Month - United States and Canada

National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry first introduced in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. It is celebrated every April in the United States and (since 1999) in Canada as well. Since 2000 Great Britain has celebrated a National Poetry Month each October

First Monday - April 2012

First Monday - Volume 17, Number 4, 2 April 2012 now available. First Monday is a Great Cities Initiative of the University of Illinois at Chicago University Library, USA

Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles

Bolivian Studies Journal

Nutrición Clínica y Dietética Hospitalaria

Revista de Estudos AntiUtilitaristas e PosColoniais

Journal of Applied Technology in Environmental Sanitation

Transcontinentales : Sociétés, Idéologies, Système Mondial

C&RL News – April 2012

C&RL News – April 2012 is now freely available online from The Association of College and Research Libraries

ManeyTrack

Maney Publishing has launched its customised production tracking system, ManeyTrack. ManeyTrack is a comprehensive web-based system which handles the tracking, information, and reporting elements of the journal production process. It has been developed in collaboration with MPS Limited. The system was custom-built after an extensive search showed that there was no off-the-shelf solution available that fully met Maney's needs, as identified from a comprehensive workflow analysis

Book Grocer: 4-10 April, 2012

Book Grocer: 4-10 April, 2012 - The week ahead in literary London from the Londonist blog. #books #London

FreePint Newsletter 348

FreePint Newsletter 348 - 5 April 2012 now available

Meet me @ the Library – Gale celebrates National Library Week with fun giveaways and free access to resources

Gale, part of Cengage Learning, is celebrating National Library Week, April 8–14, by encouraging library advocacy in local communities across the country. To help drive awareness at the local level, and to support the American Library Association theme, You Belong @ the Library, Gale will be offering limited edition bumper magnets with the tag line: Meet me @ the Library, to the first 100 libraries to visit and "like" the Gale Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/GaleCengage). In addition, Gale is offering free access to dozens of its online resources, such as Powerspeak Languages, Career Transitions and the In Context products, to U.S. and Canadian customers via its trial program site - http://www.galetrials.com

UK Public Libraries contact information

Contact information for 4,040 UK Public Library branches with unique identifiers. Includes branch-name, postal address, main telephone, email and web address where known. Published 14th March 2012 by Collections Trust in association with ACE, SCL, CILIP, UKOnline, BBC

Library of Congress acquires Lee Strasberg collection

The Library of Congress has acquired the initial portion of the personal papers of the American director, producer, actor and acting teacher Lee Strasberg (1901-1982), internationally known for his development of method acting in the Stanislavsky tradition, which deeply influenced performance in American theater and film. The collection has come to the Library as a generous donation by Strasberg's widow, Anna Strasberg of New York City, who noted that she joins son Adam Strasberg in making this gift to the Library of Congress

MLA '12 Annual Meeting and Exhibition (Medical Library Association)

MLA's annual meeting is an opportunity to present and discuss papers, posters, applied research, and important issues in health sciences information management. The event gives MLA members and affiliated professionals a chance to share ideas, hear from experts, see the latest products, network, and socialize. Mark your calendar for May 18–23, 2012, in Seattle, WA

Center for Copyright Information

The Center for Copyright Information was formed as part of a collaborative effort between U.S. content creators in the movie and music industries and leading IPSs to help educate the public and deter copyright infringement and offer information about legal content options and protecting personal computers from unintentional file sharing through P2P networks. CCI Member companies and associations include the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. and its members, the Recording Industry Association of America and its members as well as 5 major ISPs - AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon. Also Independent Film and Television Alliance and American Association of Independent Music (the major associations which represent independent film and music producers) are represented via their association with the MPAA and RIAA. CCI will also benefit from an Advisory Board of consumer advocates, privacy and education specialists and technical experts

Facet Publishing release Information Literacy Beyond Library 2.0

Information Literacy Beyond Library 2.0 is the follow-up to the best-selling Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0, described by the Higher Education Academy as "absolutely essential reading for all library and information practitioners who should read it to improve our libraries". The new book, edited by Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, picks up where Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0 left off. In the last three years the information environment has changed dramatically, becoming increasingly dominated by the social and the mobile. This new book asks where we are now, what is the same and what has changed, and, most crucially, how do we as information professionals respond to the new information literacy and become a central part of the revolution itself?

New journals from Inderscience Publishers

African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development

International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics

International Journal of Social Network Mining

International Journal of Strategic Engineering Asset Management

International Journal of Technology Policy and Law

Maney Journal of the Month - April 2012 - Journal of Field Archaeology

From 1st April to 15th May 2012 Maney is offering free access to all content in the Journal of Field Archaeology from the last 3 years

The US 1940 census records released today

The 1940 census records were released by the US National Archives April 2, 2012, and brought online through a partnership with Archives.com. This website allows you full access to the 1940 census images, in addition to 1940 census maps and descriptions

Discovery - the National Archives' new catalogue (UK)

This year we will be replacing our current Catalogue and DocumentsOnline service with Discovery. Discovery is The National Archives' new catalogue, providing a new way to explore our collections. Discovery is much more than a replacement for the current Catalogue, as it has been designed to host, search and display the many different databases and datasets held at The National Archives. By doing so it provides a more robust and integrated system to manage current and future data and storage needs, along with a consistent and seamless user experience

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #192

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #192. "This week's episode is a bit unconventional yet posted early on April 1st.". Previous Podcasts/Programs can be found here

Information Today - April 2012 issues

The April 2012 issues of Computers in Libraries, Information Today, and Searcher, are now available

Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles

Law, Crime & History

Zdravniski Vestnik

Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences

New from Bodleian Library Publishing - A Dance Through Time: Images of Western Social Dancing from the Middle Ages to Modern Times

From medieval dances of courtship and celebration to Strictly Come Dancing and hip hop, this richly illustrated book encompasses 700 years of social dance. A knees-up at a country fair, a pair of dancing ogres, children round a maypole, ballroom champions, decadent masquerade, and celebrations at Piccadilly Circus on VE day all feature in this enchanting survey of dance illustration through the centuries. What do these vibrant, often elegant and sometimes irreverent images reveal to us about the history of social dancing and changing attitudes towards the dance floor? Jeremy Barlow shows how over the centuries, artists and illustrators have represented dance in a stylized and often humorous manner, with curved, flowing lines for the gracious dancer and angular postures for the uncouth, rustic, or exhibitionistic performer. He also reveals how artists have responded in imaginative ways to the challenge of how to convey a sense of the dancer's movement through a frozen moment in print. A central theme is the age-old tension between decorum and licence on the dance floor, a tension that culminated in the advent of jive and untutored vitality of rock'n' roll. Not ‘strictly ballroom’, Victor Silvester's first-hand account of the jitterbug craze in the 1940s concluded that, 'All lifts, throws and other exaggerated movements should be entirely eliminated. These movements are acrobatics, which is not dancing, and quite unsuitable for the ballroom.' The book draws on a wide range of materials in the Bodleian Library, including fourteenth-century manuscripts, satirical prints, dance cards, and invitations to balls. Each image is carefully analysed for what it can reveal to us about behavioural codes and satirical intent, providing an unusual insight into the social history and imagery of dance

Kathleen Hegarty named 2012 winner of ASCLA Execptional Service Award

The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) will posthumously honor Kathleen Hegarty, Boston Public Library (retired), with the 2012 ASCLA Exceptional Service Award. The ASCLA Exceptional Service Award is a citation presented to recognize exceptional service to patients, to the homebound, to people of all ages who live in group homes or residences and to inmates, as well as to recognize professional leadership, effective interpretation of programs, pioneering activity and significant research of experimental projects. Hegarty was notified of winning the award prior to her death on Jan. 28, 2012

11th Southern African Online Information Meeting 2012

11th Southern African Online Information Meeting (SAOIM) - Innovation in an age of limits - 5 to 8 June 2012 - Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa