Thursday, May 03, 2012
C&RL News – May 2012
C&RL News – May 2012 is now freely available online from The Association of College and Research Libraries
Book Grocer: 2-8 May, 2012
Book Grocer: 2-8 May, 2012 - The week ahead in literary London from the Londonist blog. #books #London
Cites & Insights 12:4 (May 2012)
Cites & Insights 12:4 (May 2012) is now available for downloading. Edited and published by Walt Crawford
Crossroads - May 2012
Crossroads: the newsletter of WebJuntion.org - May 2012 issue is now available
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Brill acquires Foreign Law Guide
Brill has announced that it has acquired all publication rights to the Foreign Law Guide. As of May 1, 2012, the Foreign Law Guide will be published under the Martinus Nijhoff imprint out of Brill's Boston office
Grant applications now being accepted for Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for the 2012 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program. The deadline for proposals is June 24, 2012. Grants will be awarded in December 2012 and provide one-, two- and three-year awards between US $5,000 to US $50,000 per year for a total of $100,000. The Elsevier Foundation will accept proposals from May 1 through June 24
Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles
Canadian Library Association releases CAP Toolkit
The federal government recently announced that it is cutting the Community Access Program (CAP). All CLA members are encouraged to contact their Members of Parliament to protest the cut and urge them to reconsider the value of the program. The CLA Member Toolkit for CAP provides you with a sample letter to send to your MP, details on requesting a meeting, key speaking points, and information on how to contact MPs
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
New book: Past or Portal? Enhancing Undergraduate Learning through Special Collections and Archives
ACRL has announced the publication of Past or Portal? Enhancing Undergraduate Learning through Special Collections and Archives, edited by Eleanor Mitchell, Peggy Seiden, and Suzy Taraba. In the age of ubiquitous access to information, library special collections and archives have received renewed attention through digitization projects designed to share collections with the world at large. Yet these materials also offer opportunities for student learning though direct engagement with rare or unique items. While special collections and archives have largely been used by advanced researchers and scholars, an increasing number of undergraduate courses are taking advantage of these materials as guides in the instructional processEBSCO announces 2012 MLA Annual Meeting grant recipients
The Medical Library Association has awarded grants sponsored by EBSCO to four librarians to assist with travel and conference-related expenses to attend the MLA Annual Meeting in Seattle, May 18-23, 2012. The awards of $1,000 each are presented annually to librarians who are early in their careers and currently employed in a health sciences library. This year's recipients are:
Aleta C. Embrey, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), Washington, D.C.
Aleshia C. Heckel, Herman M. Baker, MD Memorial Library, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Evansville, Ind.
Alisha H. Miles, Simon Schwob Medical Library, Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Columbus, Ga.
Jennifer S. Walker, Laupus Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
These librarians will be recognized at an awards luncheon that will be held on May 21, 2012, during the MLA Annual Meeting
Aleta C. Embrey, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), Washington, D.C.
Aleshia C. Heckel, Herman M. Baker, MD Memorial Library, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Evansville, Ind.
Alisha H. Miles, Simon Schwob Medical Library, Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Columbus, Ga.
Jennifer S. Walker, Laupus Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
These librarians will be recognized at an awards luncheon that will be held on May 21, 2012, during the MLA Annual Meeting
Sussex Library Tweetup (UK)
The inaugural Sussex library tweetup for librarians, shambrarians, library assistants and information ninjas of every stripe. A chance to meet some of the wonderful people working in our region, socialise and share ideas and experiences. Vegetarian food available until 9pm, free wifi. Non-tweeters welcome. - May 16 - Brighton, UK
UK Open Access Implementation Group
The aim of the UK Open Access Implementation Group is to add value to the work of the member organisations to increase the rate at which the outputs from UK research are available on OA terms. The approach is likely to be both strategic and practical, and will include the following activities:
Developing a compelling and realistic strategy for the implementation of Open Access in the UK, in the context of the wider ‘open’ environment, to support the UK’s evolution as a knowledge economy and the role of universities as organisations offering public value within that.
Ensuring that this strategy reflects the various priorities of universities and others, including research excellence, the support of innovation, and student satisfaction.
Where appropriate, supporting the development of policies that further the take-up of Open Access. This may include collecting evidence to inform such policies.
Sharing information about the plans and activities of member organisations and others, and coordinating these so far as is possible to support the take-up of Open Access.
Identifying what can be done for/by each of a range of stakeholder groups to promote the take-up of Open Access and, where possible and appropriate, specifying and supporting work to help them do it.
Acting as a steering group for such coordinated interventions, where they are undertaken
Providing accurate information about Open Access and the relevant work of its members to the sector and more widely.
The remit of the group does not include constraining or directing the work of any of its members. To achieve some of these objectives, the main group may need to work with task groups whose membership goes beyond that of the main group
Developing a compelling and realistic strategy for the implementation of Open Access in the UK, in the context of the wider ‘open’ environment, to support the UK’s evolution as a knowledge economy and the role of universities as organisations offering public value within that.
Ensuring that this strategy reflects the various priorities of universities and others, including research excellence, the support of innovation, and student satisfaction.
Where appropriate, supporting the development of policies that further the take-up of Open Access. This may include collecting evidence to inform such policies.
Sharing information about the plans and activities of member organisations and others, and coordinating these so far as is possible to support the take-up of Open Access.
Identifying what can be done for/by each of a range of stakeholder groups to promote the take-up of Open Access and, where possible and appropriate, specifying and supporting work to help them do it.
Acting as a steering group for such coordinated interventions, where they are undertaken
Providing accurate information about Open Access and the relevant work of its members to the sector and more widely.
The remit of the group does not include constraining or directing the work of any of its members. To achieve some of these objectives, the main group may need to work with task groups whose membership goes beyond that of the main group
ebrary helps medical libraries acquire E-books strategically, launches new packs
ebrary®, a ProQuest business that has developed a new strategic approach to e-book acquisition based on three steps: Transition, Diversify, and Streamline™, has announced a solution specifically for medical libraries that includes new packs in Nursing & Allied Health, Medicine, and Psychology & Social Work. The new, discounted packs include essential e-books from publishers such as Informa Healthcare, F.A. Davis Company, and Oxford University Press that are purchased outright under a perpetual archive model. By combining the packs with other models including subscription, patron driven acquisition, and short-term loan, medical libraries can achieve the greatest return on their ebook investment
InSITE: A Current Awareness Service of Cornell Law Library - Vol. 17, No. 13, April 30, 2012
InSITE: A Current Awareness Service of Cornell Law Library - Vol. 17, No. 13, April 30, 2012 is now available. Contents:
Scout from Sunlight Labs
Scout is an alert system for the things you care about in state and national government. It covers Congress, regulations across the whole executive branch, and legislation in all 50 states
National Library of Medicine Classification - newly revised edition as of April 30, 2012
The online National Library of Medicine Classification has been issued in a newly revised edition as of April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
SAGE to begin publishing Foot & Ankle International
SAGE has been chosen by the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) to publish its journal, Foot & Ankle International, beginning in January 2013
Civil War Widows' Pension Digitization Project at the National Archives (USA)
The National Archives holds 1.28 million case files of pension applications from family members of deceased Civil War Union soldiers. A team of more than sixty volunteers, led by National Archives staff, is digitizing the files and placing them on line for researchers and the general public. The project recently completed case number 100,000. The files are a treasure trove of Civil War information
Oregon Chinese Disinterment Documents (USA)
Rare, once-lost historic records about pioneer Chinese immigrants to the Northwest have found a new life online. The digital archive is hosted by Oregon State University. A Chinese-American civic group hopes the document trove can help families locate ancestors gone missing early in the last century. This document collection includes names, dates and places where the remains of Chinese immigrant workers were systematically dug up across Oregon. This actually was a custom across the American West decades ago. Mostly bachelor Chinese laborers wished for their remains to be returned and reburied in their home villages. These documents show how the bones of more than 550 workers never quite made it home, mainly because of the outbreak of civil war in China in 1949
ILIG International Conference on Copyright (UK)
ILIG International Conference on Copyright: A dialogue between library and information professionals and the publishers - 24 May 2012 - London, UK
The Women’s Library is seeking a new home (UK)
On Wednesday 14 March, London Metropolitan University's Board of Governors announced that they will be seeking a new home, custodian or sponsor of The Women's Library's collections. If a new home is not found by the end of December 2012, the Library will move to opening hours of one day per week for a period of three years, with a further review at the end of that period. We will keep you informed of further developments, and we are in the process of contacting key stakeholders. If you have any suggestions of potential custodians, or any queries, please email us: moreinfo@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk
EBSCO Publishing enhances E-book offerings with 39 new Subject Sets
EBSCO Publishing has released 39 new e-book Subject Sets. These sets provide libraries with convenient ways to begin or expand their e-book collections with current, reputable content from leading publishers
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Linked Content Coalition
The Linked Content Coalition has a remit to work over the next 12 months on a cross-media project that will create the framework for a fully interoperable and fully connected standards-based communications infrastructure so that businesses and individuals can manage and communicate their rights more effectively online. Stakeholders from across the media sectors are now committed to start work although anyone with an interest is welcome to engage with the project at some level
CLIR Issues - Number 86, March/April 2012
CLIR Issues - Number 86, March/April 2012 - is now available from the Council on Library and Information Resources
Podcast: Digging for diamonds: hidden histories at The National Archives (UK)
From 'parachuting' to 'truffle-hunting', there are many ways to research at The National Archives. This talk focuses on the histories that are harder to find, from the voices of enslaved Africans to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities in the early 20th century, exploring the issues and problems involved, work being done to resolve them, and what still needs to be done to dig up those rare 'diamonds'. Jenni Orme has worked at The National Archives for four years through various roles in the Freedom of Information Unit before becoming a records specialist of diverse histories in the Advice and Records Knowledge Department
New book: Plans, Practices and Policies: Information Literacy and the Secondary School Library
Plans, Practices and Policies: Information Literacy and the Secondary School Library by Geoff Dubbe. Information literacy is most effective when library staff and teachers work together within a progressive curriculum context. This new guideline, completely revised and rewritten in the light of recent developments and government initiatives, takes an in-depth look at this essential area of work and collaboration. It provides clear guidance, strategies and a common sense approach to getting to grips with the curriculum, working with school colleagues and delivering these important skills to students. It also outlines the excellent I.L. work of two experienced school library practitionersScran Newsletter Summer 2012 (Scotland)
Scran Newsletter Summer 2012 is now available from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles
Magdeburger Journal zur Sicherheitsforschung
Olivar : Revista de Literatura y Cultura Españolas
Techne Series : Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A
Diaeta
IngenierÃa e Investigación
Ciencia del Suelo
Romanian Journal of Fiscal Policy
Avá : Revista de AntropologÃa
Ciberlegenda
Trajectoires
Acta Toxicológica Argentina
Argos
Bumi Lestari
Revista Chilena Antropologia
Escritos Contables y de Administración
International Journal of Networking and Computing
Acta Silvatica & Lignaria Hungarica
Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Olivar : Revista de Literatura y Cultura Españolas
Techne Series : Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A
Diaeta
IngenierÃa e Investigación
Ciencia del Suelo
Romanian Journal of Fiscal Policy
Avá : Revista de AntropologÃa
Ciberlegenda
Trajectoires
Acta Toxicológica Argentina
Argos
Bumi Lestari
Revista Chilena Antropologia
Escritos Contables y de Administración
International Journal of Networking and Computing
Acta Silvatica & Lignaria Hungarica
Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering
CLA announces the winner of the new CLA / Alan MacDonald Mentorship Award (Canada)
The Canadian Library Association / Association canadienne des bibliothèques has announced that the first recipient of the new CLA / Alan MacDonald Mentorship Award is Kae Elgie, Manager of Information Services, Region of Waterloo Library. This new award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to mentoring activities either within their workplace or in an association. Alan was a natural mentor. Always positive, always receptive to new ideas, always ready to see potential, he inspired those around him to strive for and realize their dreams. He was also a fierce champion of Canadian enterprise. As beneficiaries of Alan's spirit, the founders of the Canadian Electronic Library are proud to sponsor this award
Friday, April 27, 2012
Ancestry.com to acquire Archives.com
Ancestry.com has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Archives.com
National Library of Wales £1m war records project
Uncovering the hidden history behind an event like World War I usually means trawling through thousands of records at a library. But a £1m project underway in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, will make all that available at the click of a mouse. The National Library of Wales is busy digitising records into an online collection - BBC
Romania opens national library in communist-era building
Romania's new National Library has opened its doors in a monumental building in the capital city, more than 20 years after its foundations were laid under the communist regime
Online Information Conference 2012 (UK)
Online Information Conference 2012 - 20-21 November, 2012 - London, UK
U.S. International Trade Library available May 1, 2012
The U.S. International Trade Library: A Current and Historical Archive is coming to HeinOnline May 1, 2012. This new collection will bring together more than one million pages' worth of content, including USITC Publications Archive, Legislative Histories, CFR & U.S. Code Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade, Notable Publications, Scholarly Articles, and much more
CLA announces the recipient of the 2012 CLA Emerging Leader Award (Canada)
The Canadian Library Association / Association canadienne des bibliothèques has named Ms. Gillian Nowlan as the recipient of the 2012 CLA Emerging Leader Award. A liaison librarian at the University of Regina's Dr. John Archer Library, Ms. Nowlan has contributed to the library community at the provincial, national, and international level. Since graduating in 2010 from Dalhousie University's School of Information Studies, Ms. Nowlan has already built up an impressive record of giving back to the profession through her association work and showing leadership well beyond that expected of a first year librarian
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - April 27, 2012
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Purple. "All the answers to this week's brainteaser include the word "purple" or are connected with purple" Answers here.
1. Heavy rock group which contained at various times Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.
2. A heart-shaped purple tablet consisting mainly of amphetamine.
3. Handsome high-flying butterfly, with rusty black wings, lustrous in the male, and with seven white spots and a transverse white band.
4. Title of a song by Jimi Hendrix with references to the purple smoke used at landing zones in the Vietnam War.
5. Possibly Alice Walker's most famous book, for which she won the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, turned into a movie by Steven Spielberg.
6. In which television programme is the largest character Tinky Winky, who is purple and has a handbag?
7. The title of a 1985 Woody Allen film which starred Mia Farrow.
8. The title of a 1947 novel by H. E. Bates.
9. Nino Tempo is best known for his 1963 hit version of which song with April Stevens?
10. Complete this title of Zane Grey's most popular novel: "Riders of the Purple...".
1. Heavy rock group which contained at various times Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.
2. A heart-shaped purple tablet consisting mainly of amphetamine.
3. Handsome high-flying butterfly, with rusty black wings, lustrous in the male, and with seven white spots and a transverse white band.
4. Title of a song by Jimi Hendrix with references to the purple smoke used at landing zones in the Vietnam War.
5. Possibly Alice Walker's most famous book, for which she won the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, turned into a movie by Steven Spielberg.
6. In which television programme is the largest character Tinky Winky, who is purple and has a handbag?
7. The title of a 1985 Woody Allen film which starred Mia Farrow.
8. The title of a 1947 novel by H. E. Bates.
9. Nino Tempo is best known for his 1963 hit version of which song with April Stevens?
10. Complete this title of Zane Grey's most popular novel: "Riders of the Purple...".
Thursday, April 26, 2012
The British Library publishes 30 years of letters between Ted Hughes and critic Keith Sagar
The British Library is to publish the correspondence between Ted Hughes and Keith Sagar for the first time in the form of a new title, Poet and Critic: The Letters of Ted Hughes and Keith Sagar, on Thursday 3 May. The collection of letters, spanning from 1969 to Hughes's death in 1998, provides a new perspective on his life and work. The book contains all 144 letters from Hughes to Sagar, interspersed with extracts from Sagar's letters. It shows a unique dialogue between a writer and a critic. Hughes describes his creative process candidly and in great depth, offering exceptional insight into the poet at work. The correspondence also covers such topics as religion, education, hunting, Hughes's travels, and his relationship with Sylvia Plath
Serials Solutions announces Intota™ Development Partners
Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business unit, has announced the institutions that are collaborating with the company to develop Intota™, a Software-as-a-Service solution that supports the entire resource lifecycle for libraries, including selection, acquisition, cataloging, discovery, and fulfillment regardless of resource type. The six development partners reflect a broad spectrum of visionary institutions and academic research libraries; from public and private, community college and university, to single university and consortia systems. The development partners that have committed to collaborating with Serials Solutions include:
* Ball State University
* Johnson County Community College
* Marist College
* Oklahoma State University
* The State University of New York at Geneseo
* University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
* Ball State University
* Johnson County Community College
* Marist College
* Oklahoma State University
* The State University of New York at Geneseo
* University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
E-News for ARL Directors - April 2012
E-News for ARL Directors - April 2012 is now available online from the Association of Research Libraries
E-News for ARL Directors - March 2012
E-News for ARL Directors - March 2012 is now available online from the Association of Research Libraries
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Book Grocer: 25 April - 1 May, 2012
Book Grocer: 25 April - 1 May, 2012 - The week ahead in literary London from the Londonist blog. #books #London
Book Grocer: 18-24 April, 2012
Book Grocer: 18-24 April, 2012 - The week ahead in literary London from the Londonist blog. #books #London
Book Grocer: 11-17 April, 2012
Book Grocer: 11-17 April, 2012 - The week ahead in literary London from the Londonist blog. #books #London
Search new Boer War records on findmypast.co.uk
findmypast.co.uk has updated its Boer War collection with almost 10,000 new records. The major inclusions in this update are:
* The complete Queen's South Africa medal roll for the Coldstream Guards, Irish Guards, 1st battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and Rundles Scouts
* The Wepener clasp rolls for Royal Scots, Royal Engineers, Cape Mounted Rifles, Driscoll’s Scouts and the Kaffrarian Rifles
* The complete Queen's South Africa medal roll for the Coldstream Guards, Irish Guards, 1st battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and Rundles Scouts
* The Wepener clasp rolls for Royal Scots, Royal Engineers, Cape Mounted Rifles, Driscoll’s Scouts and the Kaffrarian Rifles
Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles
Acta Silvatica & Lignaria Hungarica
Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences
Software Engineering : an International Journal
Revista Estudos Hum(e)anos
Revista Estudos PolÃticos
Journal of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Estudios de Derecho
Estudos Teológicos
Journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences
Software Engineering : an International Journal
Revista Estudos Hum(e)anos
Revista Estudos PolÃticos
Journal of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Estudios de Derecho
Estudos Teológicos
Journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Call for Proposals for 2013 SPEC Survey Topics
The Association of Research Libraries is seeking proposals for 2013 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement of their management systems. Proposals for topics for the 2013 SPEC survey cycle are now being sought. Each year, ARL works with librarians in the US and Canada to develop six surveys of the ARL membership on "hot topics" related to research library policies and practices. (Survey authors do not need to work at an ARL member library, but only ARL libraries are surveyed.)
Oxford scholars find Shakespeare's 'co-author'
All's Well That Ends Well has another author as well as William Shakespeare, according to research from Oxford University academics. Thomas Middleton has been revealed as the most likely co-author, according to in-depth analysis of the play's vocabulary, rhyming, style and grammar. Professor Laurie Maguire says the latest literary research shows groups of writers working together on plays. "The picture that's emerging is of much more collaboration," said Prof Maguire. "We need to think of it more as a film studio with teams of writers." - BBC
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Harvard Library Open Metadata
The Harvard Library is committed to making as much of its metadata as possible available through open access in order to support learning and research, to disseminate knowledge and to foster innovation. Open access to metadata aligns with the university's established commitment to open access for scholarly communication
LexisNexis announces LexisNexis Digital Library
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has announced an agreement with OverDrive to create the LexisNexis Digital Library
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Part 3
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Part 3: Recommendations and Readings by Karen Smith-Yoshimura, OCLC Research and Rose Holley, National Library of Australia. This is the last in a series of three reports a from five countries produced as the result of our research in 2009 and 2010
New Chester wills and probate records published (UK)
findmypast.co.uk has just published approximately 113,000 new Chester wills and probate records for the period 1492-1911
Monday, April 23, 2012
LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #195
LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #195. "This week's episode ends up indirectly asking whatever happened to AGRICOLA as another audio news release from the United States Department of Agriculture makes it sound like it is being left behind. A news miscellany is also presented". Previous Podcasts/Programs can be found here
LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #194
LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #194. "This week's slightly delayed episode contains a piece of media criticism by Madam Producer and a news miscellany.". Previous Podcasts/Programs can be found here
Writing and using a preservation policy (UK)
Writing and using a preservation policy - Preservation Advisory Centre Training Day - Monday 11 June 2012 - British Library Centre for Conservation, London. A preservation policy provides a framework for thinking about the long-term aspects of collections management. This development day on preservation policies explains the purpose and benefits of a preservation policy, provides guidance on writing a policy for your organisation and gives examples of how policies are used by a number of different organisations
Titles from Springer collection cover wide range of disciplines on Apple’s iBookstore
Springer Science+Business Media now offers one of the largest scientific, technical and medical book collections on the iBookstore with more than 20,000 individual Springer titles. Cornerstone works in disciplines like mathematics, medicine and engineering are now available, along with selections in other fields such as business and economics. Titles include the Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology and the highly regarded book series Graduate Texts in Mathematics
M-Libraries Conference 2012 (UK)
The Fourth International m-libraries Conference - 24-26 September 2012 - The Open University, UK. Mobile technology has transformed so many aspects of our lives: how we work, how we communicate, how we study and how we play. Since the first successful M-libraries conference in 2007, libraries around the world have made huge advances in harnessing the technology to improve and enhance their services. The Fourth conference will bring together researchers, technical developers, managers and library practitioners to review achievements to date and consider the creative challenges and opportunities ahead
Great British icons bound for Tokyo
Two great literary icons - Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes - will come together in Tokyo this St George's Day, as part of a major showcase of British culture and education. Organised by the British Library, De Montfort University and the British Council, the three-day event (23-25 April 2012) will feature two major treasures from the British Library's collections - Shakespeare's First Folio and the original manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mystery 'The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter'
Sunday, April 22, 2012
New agreement brings academic video database to EBSCO Discovery Service
Mutual customers of EBSCO Discovery Service™ and the INTELECOM Online Resources Network® will soon benefit from a recent agreement between EBSCO Publishing and INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications. The agreement adds metadata for all videos from INTELECOM's academic video database to the Base Index of EDS and also allows mutual customers to access the full video database. With 3,500 video clips and growing, the INTELECOM Online Resources Network collections add a wealth of rich media to EBSCO Discovery Service. The INTELECOM Online Resources Network is a hosted and supported digital repository and subscription database of academic video clips - closed captioned and streamed on demand - for use in support of online, hybrid and face-to-face classes. The video collections offer academic students and teachers a comprehensive selection of video clips covering a range of key concepts and topics within an academic discipline
DREaM event 5 – conference Monday 9 July 2012 (UK)
DREaM event 5 – conference Monday 9 July 2012. Registrations are now open
Challenge, Change & Collaborate - the future for Subject Librarianship (UK)
Challenge, Change & Collaborate - the future for Subject Librarianship - 22 May, 2012 - The Kimberlin Library at De Montfort University, UK - If you are a Subject Librarian, someone who aspires to be one, or a Team Manager of a Subject Librarian this event may be relevant to you. Speakers for the day are Anthony Brewerton (Warwick), Ruth Stubbings (Loughborough), Alison Sharman (Huddersfield), Angela Donaldson (Nottingham Uni.) Nathan Rush (DMU) & Helen Curtis (Warwick)
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Directory of Open Access Journals - recently added titles
Identidade!
Protestantismo em Revista
Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Frontier Research
Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
BMGN : Low Countries Historical Review
International Journal of Engineering
Educacao & Linguagem
Academic Research International
Journal of Animal Production
Revista Ambiente Contábil
Debreceni Mu"szaki Közlemények
Portularia : Revista de Trabajo Social
Journal of Tourism and Peace Research
Voz y Escritura : Revista de Estudios Literarios
Information Technology and Libraries
Revue Roumaine de Géographie
Professions & Professionalism
Science of Dance
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Engineering
Revista Ciencias Biomédicas
Journal of Singularities
International Journal of AgriScience
Protestantismo em Revista
Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Frontier Research
Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
BMGN : Low Countries Historical Review
International Journal of Engineering
Educacao & Linguagem
Academic Research International
Journal of Animal Production
Revista Ambiente Contábil
Debreceni Mu"szaki Közlemények
Portularia : Revista de Trabajo Social
Journal of Tourism and Peace Research
Voz y Escritura : Revista de Estudios Literarios
Information Technology and Libraries
Revue Roumaine de Géographie
Professions & Professionalism
Science of Dance
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Engineering
Revista Ciencias Biomédicas
Journal of Singularities
International Journal of AgriScience
OCLC and Credo Reference extend partnership
OCLC and Credo Reference have announced a special collaboration project aimed to increase collection visibility and usage with library users. Credo Topic Pages will now be enhanced with WorldCat results to show local library materials alongside other timely, relevant Web materials. With this new project, libraries that are both OCLC members and Credo customers will receive Credo Topic Pages at no charge for an introductory period. These libraries - along with current Topic Pages subscribers - will show WorldCat results from libraries worldwide that relate to the topic being searched. Libraries can have their results customized to show only local library holdings in WorldCat, as well as other customizations such as branding and deep links back to their catalog through this special project
Boulder Public Library now offering MP3 downloads via Freegal (USA)
The Boulder Public Library has announced it is now participating in a program that will allow library cardholders to download MP3 music files from a database that includes hundreds of thousands of songs. The program - Freegal Music - was designed especially for libraries and gives users access to Sony Music Entertainment's entire catalogue, which includes hundreds of thousands of songs from more than 100 genres. Any Boulder County resident with a valid Boulder Public Library card can download up to three songs a week and can keep those songs forever
New online collection and book features rare garden images (Library of Congress)
The Library of Congress has released online the digital images of a rare collection of more than 1,000 hand-colored, glass-plate lantern slides of American gardens taken a century ago by one of the first professional female photographers to achieve international prominence, Frances Benjamin Johnston. A selection of 250 color images can be seen in a new book by house and garden historian Sam Watters titled "Gardens for a Beautiful America, 1895-1935: Photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston." The book, in its preface, is described as "sumptuous and scholarly," providing "a time machine and a magic carpet capable of transporting us back to a lost, golden age in the development of the American garden." The Library is unveiling the online images as a complement to the book, which was published this month by Acanthus Press in association with the Library
Friday, April 20, 2012
Microsoft Academic Search
Microsoft Academic Search is a free academic search engine developed by Microsoft Research, which also serves as a test-bed for many research ideas in Data Mining, Named Entity Extraction and Disambiguation, Data Visualization, etc. As a research prototype, the coverage of MAS is still very limited in certain domains. Microsoft Academic Search provides many innovative ways to explore academic publications, authors, conferences, journals, organizations and keywords, connecting millions of scholars, students, librarians, and other users
LOCKSS program receives Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
The LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) Program at Stanford University has been awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The two-year grant accelerates work on new ways to gather and preserve the kinds of dynamic and diverse digital content that 21st century scholarship demands
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - April 20, 2012
The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Drinks. "This week's brainteaser is about drinks of various kinds" Answers here.
1. Cider is usually a fizzy beverage made from which fruit?
2. Chianti is a wine produced in which country: France, Spain or Italy?
3. Darjeeling and Lapsang are kinds of which drink?
4. Use the name of a drink to fill the gap in this title of a 1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie: "____ Galore".
5. Which fortified wine was originally made around Jerez de la Frontera in S Spain?
6. What name is given to coffee made by forcing steam or boiling water through ground coffee beans?
7. Which drink was invented by Dr John Pemberton in the 1880s: a mixture of sugar, water, coca extracts, kola nut and caffeine?
8. Complete this quotation from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" with a word for a drink: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and...?"
9. Which drink, originating in Portugal, has four basic styles: white, tawny, ruby, and vintage?
10. Who wrote the Coffee Cantata in the 1730s?
1. Cider is usually a fizzy beverage made from which fruit?
2. Chianti is a wine produced in which country: France, Spain or Italy?
3. Darjeeling and Lapsang are kinds of which drink?
4. Use the name of a drink to fill the gap in this title of a 1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie: "____ Galore".
5. Which fortified wine was originally made around Jerez de la Frontera in S Spain?
6. What name is given to coffee made by forcing steam or boiling water through ground coffee beans?
7. Which drink was invented by Dr John Pemberton in the 1880s: a mixture of sugar, water, coca extracts, kola nut and caffeine?
8. Complete this quotation from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" with a word for a drink: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and...?"
9. Which drink, originating in Portugal, has four basic styles: white, tawny, ruby, and vintage?
10. Who wrote the Coffee Cantata in the 1730s?
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Podcast: An introduction to the first tranche of colonial administration records released at The National Archives (UK)
The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to transfer and begin releasing colonial administration records, referred to as the 'migrated archives' between April 2012 and November 2013, in accordance with the published timeline on the FCO website. The collection will form record series FCO 141: Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives. The records cover a wide range of subject matter relating to colonial administration. The material reflects events in the territories generally pre-independence and Her Majesty's Government's views at the time. Following the release of the first tranche of records on 18 April, Principal Records Specialist Dr Edward Hampshire discusses the origins of the 'migrated archives' and explains how to get the most out of your research
Chronicle: BBC Northern Ireland's television news from the 1960s and 1970s
In partnership, the BBC, British Universities Film and Video Council and JISC have announced the launch of Chronicle, a project to make BBC Northern Ireland's television news from the 1960s and 1970s available to the academic community online. The audio-visual archives of the BBC contain a wealth of material gathered since it was founded in the 1920s, but they remain largely inaccessible, held on film or videotape and managed to serve the needs of programme-makers within the BBC. Chronicle makes part of that archive available to UK higher and further education by digitising news and current affairs programmes from the BBC Northern Ireland's vaults. This gives teachers, students and researchers the chance to explore and immerse themselves in the events over an important period (1963-1976) of Northern Ireland's history, delivering a rich and contextual experience from a political, historical and cultural perspective
12,000 new Birmingham burial records to search (UK)
You can now search 12,000 new burial records for Handsworth Cemetery, Birmingham on findmypast.co.uk. This latest addition to our Handsworth Cemetery records collection brings the total amount of records to 74,623. The records span the period 1909 to 2010 and will be a real help to anyone with Birmingham ancestors
ACRL Digital Humanities Discussion Group
ACRL Digital Humanities Discussion Group - To provide a venue for ACRL members to meet and share ideas related to Digital Humanities and the role of librarians in this emerging discipline
2012 Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award announced by the Canadian Library Association
The Canadian Library Association / Association canadienne des bibliothèques has announced that the 2012 CLA Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award is being presented to Ken Roberts of Hamilton Public Library. The CLA Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award is generously sponsored by ProQuest
Titanic Calling: Display / Lecture / Publication (UK)
The Bodleian Libraries mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic with a series of outreach activities including a display, a lecture and a newly-released publication. Drawing on the Marconi Archives of Wireless Communications held in the Bodleian Library, both the display and the book capture the unfolding drama as recorded in the unique radio operators' logs and messages between the ship and shore wireless stations involved. Wireless telegraphy was a relatively new technology in 1912. The Titanic was equipped with the most powerful equipment available, enabling it to communicate over several hundreds of miles. Wireless communications was crucial to the saving lives during this tragic event on the night on 14/15 April 1912, but its efficacy was not without controversyWebJunction Montana
WebJunction is a learning community designed exclusively for libraries. Through WebJunction, Montana library staff will have direct access to technology training offered by the Montana State Library. Due to the fact that our funding for this project is one-time-only and limited in scope, initial WebJunction Montana content and resources will focus on technology-related subjects that assist library staff in supporting their public access computers. Library staff will also be able to access training and informational materials from numerous BTOP community partners including the Supreme Court of Montana Self-Help Law Program, the Montana Department of Labor & Industry and more
Participate in upcoming Virtual Library Legislative Day (USA)
Next week on April 23 and 24, hundreds of library supporters from all across the country will convene in Washington DC for National Library Legislative Day. They will be briefed on legislative issues affecting libraries and will meet with their Members of Congress to discuss them.
Publishing Technology and CNPIEC launch largest digital gateway in China
Publishing Technology and CNPIEC, the China National Publications Import and Export Corporation, are unveiling the Digital Gateway, the most significant digital publishing platform ever launched for Chinese libraries, in a special ceremony at the London Book Fair
Poetry Parnarsuss
The world's poets are coming to London - meet them, hear them and celebrate with them at Southbank Centre. There are over 100 free events, activities and workshops happening every day throughout the festival. The world's most exciting poets, rappers, spoken word artists, singers and storytellers are gathering for this huge event that will make history as the largest poetry festival ever staged in the UK
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Gale's Nineteenth Century Collections Online arrives at academic institutions worldwide
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the availability of Nineteenth Century Collections Online, a groundbreaking multi-year global digitization and publishing program. Nineteenth Century Collections Online brings together rare primary source materials - monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, photographs and more - from the "long" nineteenth century (1789-1914) and beyond. British Politics and Society and European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection - the first two of four Archives for 2012 - are now available to customers
43 more Open Access and subscription Journals added to JournalTOCs
Roddy MacLeod has added 43 more Open Access journals to JournalTOCs, where you can find the latest Tables of Contents from over 18,500 scholarly journals, including over 3,800 Open Access journals
British Library acquires the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book
Monday, April 16, 2012
Call for applicants: Paul Evan Peters Fellowship for Information Studies
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) announces the 2012 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship. Applications due no later than May 10, 2012. The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor and perpetuate the memory of CNI's founding executive director. The fellowship is awarded every two years to a student pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, the information sciences, or a closely related field, who demonstrates intellectual and personal qualities consistent with those of Paul Evan Peters
Research Data Curation Bibliography
The Research Data Curation Bibliography includes selected English-language articles and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions
Sunday, April 15, 2012
European Film Gateway
The EFG Portal gives you quick access to hundreds of thousands of film historical documents as preserved in European film archives and cinémathèques: photos, posters, programmes, periodicals, censorship documents, rare feature and documentary films, newsreels and other materials. Targeted at scientific researchers and the interested public alike, the EFG offers a look at and behind the scenes of filmmaking in Europe from the early days until today
Mat McRae receives AASL Distinguished School Administrators Award
Mat McRae, principal of Swan Valley high school in Saginaw, Mich., is the 2012 recipient of the American Association of School Librarian's (AASL) Distinguished School Administrators Award. McRae was nominated by school librarian Kay Wejrowski
The Caldecott Medal 75th anniversary (USA)
Join the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) in celebrating 75 years of distinguished picture books! The Caldecott Medal was established in 1937 and first awarded in 1938 by the American Library Association (ALA). Now, in 2012 through 2013, the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) division of ALA has prepared a slew of special Caldecott-related events and activities to include everyone in the celebration
New multimedia tools help museums, libraries support 21st century skills (USA)
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has revamped the web page for its Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative. Museums and libraries visiting the page will now be able to access practitioner videos, a PowerPoint presentation, an updated resource list, and a toolkit that will help them organize 21st century skills workshops in their communities. These new resources join IMLS's 2009 report and self assessment tool already in wide use. The 21st Century Skills initiative is intended to assist museums and libraries as they leverage their resources to help individuals of all ages acquire such critical skills as critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, communication, and collaboration. Combining strengths in traditional and digital learning, libraries and museums are well positioned to build the skills Americans need today
eLife - digital publication
eLife is a researcher-led digital publication for outstanding work, a platform to maximise the reach and influence of new findings and a showcase for new approaches for the presentation and assessment of research
Manuscripts for Our Mutual Friend and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde return to London for the first time in over a century for Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands
The manuscripts for two of Britain's most celebrated literary works are to be on show in England for the first time as part of the British Library's next major exhibition, Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands. On loan from the Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, neither manuscript has been in England for over 100 years, but both reveal stories about their makers. The two manuscripts, Dickens's Our Mutual Friend and Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, will be on display in this summer's major literary exhibition, from 11 May to 25 September, to demonstrate strong connections between literature and place
Library and Archives Canada - Titanic images now on Flickr
Library and Archives Canada has announced that a new set of images documenting the sinking of the Titanic is now available on Flickr
Walker Memorial Library, Maine, is getting made over, from the outside in
The historic Walker Memorial Library is getting made over, from the outside in. The Walker Memorial Library's exterior was restored last year. Today's ceremony kicks off a campaign to raise funds for restoring the interior. The Walker Memorial Library was designed by Frederick Tompson, who also designed the Castle in the Park at Deering Oaks in Portland. Renovations last year restored the exterior of the Queen Anne-style building, saving it from the brink of being beyond repair. Now, the interior of the 118-year-old library, which has suffered extensive water damage because of the structural deterioration, is ready to be redone. A ceremony at 11 a.m. today will serve as a celebration of the recent renovations and kick off a campaign to raise $500,000 for the improvements to the building's interior, including the restoration of stained glass windows and wainscotting. The money would also pay for new furnishings, so the original portion of the library could serve its intended purpose - to be enjoyed by the public, said library director Karen Valley. Built in 1894, the library was designed by Frederick Tompson, who was the architect for the Castle in the Park at Deering Oaks in Portland and the Portland Armory, which is now the Portland Regency HotelIreland's National Library publish James Joyce manuscripts online amid copyright dispute
The National Library of Ireland has made available for the first time James Joyce's manuscripts for free to the public via the Library's online catalogue. The online publication coincides with a book set publication of the same manuscripts that are being sold for hundreds of Euro. The Irish Times reports on the publication of Joyce's collection, and the factors that have played into the Library's early announcement of the project. The decision to announce the online version of the Joyce manuscripts was made after a Joycean scholar published the material in editions priced at up to €250. Joycean scholar Danis Rose has published Joyce's material ranging in prices from €75 and €250, or up to €800 for an entire set. Rose has claimed he is now the copyright holder in the EU of these manuscripts according to The Irish Times
Nixon Grand Jury Records now available through HeinOnline
In November, the National Archives released the complete Nixon Grand Jury Records to the public, and they are now available through HeinOnline. These records are now available in both HeinOnline's U.S. Presidential Library and World Trials Library. The records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force collection, including transcripts of President Nixon's grand jury testimony of June 23-24, 1975, and associated material are availableSaturday, April 14, 2012
Podcast: United Kingdom Archives Discovery forum 2012 keynote talk
This is the keynote talk delivered by Bill Thompson at the United Kingdom Archives Discovery (UKAD) 2012 forum. The network is a collaborative group of archives and other information professionals, of which The National Archives is part, who are working towards opening up data in order to promote the use of archives. The forum is an opportunity for archivists and information professionals to hear and share some of the latest thinking around online access to archives and archives data and share ideas around making archives more accessible through online development
OverDrive to preview library eBook data at London Book Fair
OverDrive will announce at the London Book Fair, April 16-18, the first of a series of "Big Data" reports analyzing billions of eBook impressions and other data collected from across its network of 18,000 public and school libraries. Data from OverDrive's global library network to be made available to participating libraries and publishers includes information about eBook and digital audiobook title circulation, book demand and holds as well as web traffic and general demographics. OverDrive's data reports were developed in compliance with library privacy policies and do not include any identifying user information
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