The World Almanac E-Newsletter - November 2007

The World Almanac E-Newsletter - Volume 07, Number 11 - November 2007 is now available

CBMI-2008

CBMI-2008: Sixth International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing - 18-20 June 2008 - London, UK

Top Ten New Librarians revealed

Love Libraries has revealed the winners of its Top Ten New Librarians competition. Launched in June 2007, the competition aimed to find and celebrate ten librarians who have worked in public libraries for less than three years and are transforming the service with their creativity, commitment and enthusiasm

2007 National Medal for Museum and Library Service

"Five museums and five libraries have been selected for the 2007 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the United States' highest honor for the extraordinary public service provided by these institutions, announced Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. In keeping with the 2007 name change to the National Medal for Museum and Library Service (previously known as the National Award), recipient institutions will be awarded a newly-minted medal in recognition of their extraordinary civic, educational, economic, environmental, and social contributions. Each organization will also be honored in a special ceremony in Washington, D.C., and receive a $10,000 award"

Publishing Trade Awards 2007

The winners of this year's Publishing Trade Awards were announced by the Welsh Books Council at an Awards Dinner in Aberystwyth. The Awards ceremony was held at the National Library of Wales as part of the Library's centenary celebrations

Prix Goncourt winner announced

"France's most prestigious literary award, the Prix Goncourt, was awarded to Gilles Leroy for 'Alabama Song', a fictional autobiography of F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife Zelda"

2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist

The longlist for 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been announced

SAGE donates to the Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media

SAGE Publications has announced that it is supporting the newly formed Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media by making a substantial donation of $100,000. The fellowship is being created in memory of Peter Lyman, former university librarian and professor emeritus of the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, who died recently of brain cancer

The Bazaar

"The Bazaar is a community portal for people who want to use, exchange and share Open Source Software and resources to support learning. Exchanging materials, networking with others and testing all kinds of Open Source Software tools and applications can be done through the forum, the wikis and the blogsystem, but also via the Stalls which are put on to the Bazaar website.

Fourth Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication

Fourth Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication - 21-23 April 2008 - Lund, Sweden

This Week in LibraryBlogLand

This Week in LibraryBlogLand - week ending November 4, 2007

Au Courant

Au Courant: Paul Courant's blog about libraries, economics, public policy. and other stuff. Paul N. Courant is the University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan. He is also Harold G. Shapiro Professor, Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Economics, Professor of Information, and Faculty Associate in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan

vizNET

"vizNET (a UK National Visualization Network) a collaboration between a number of visualization centres in the UK has been established to share knowledge, communicate best practice between application domains, provide training and support to researchers in visualization. vizNET is in the process of establishing a Visualization Support Network spanning the UK Academic Research Community. vizNET will offer technical guidance to new users (entry level visualization) to advanced users (expert visualization users). Consolidating the strengths of major visualization centres and groups across the UK will help the UK to realize the full potential of emerging visualization techniques and resources at a National and Regional level. vizNET is funded by the JISC Support of Research Committee"

LAMA selects Emerging Leaders

Shorlette Ammons-Stephens, Wayne County Public Library, Goldsboro, NC, and Reese Evenson, Jefferson County Public Library, Arvada, Colo., have been selected as the 2008 Emerging Leaders sponsored by the Library Administration and Management Association, a division of the American Library Association

Wiley titles to Safari Books Online in December 2007

"Safari Books Online has announced an agreement with John Wiley & Sons to include selected Wiley business and technology titles in the Safari Library. A leading publisher for the technical, business and academic communities worldwide, Wiley brings a selection of top technology and business titles to Safari, such as the For Dummies series, the comprehensive Bible series of computer titles, and best sellers in the business category. The Wiley titles will complement Safari's robust collection of developer, product management and business books. The first Wiley titles are scheduled to appear on Safari Books Online in December 2007"

New independent bookshop for London

"Former Waterstone's booksellers Tim West and Simon Key have named their new Wood Green indie, The Big Green Bookshop. West and Key decided to open a shop in North London after Waterstone's closed down its shop in Wood Green. The pair ran a competition in Wood Green to name the bookshop, and sent competition forms to all the local schools. They received about 500 entries and "after heated debate and a few pints", the winning name was selected. "The choice made people come up with new ideas and concepts for the shop and has given the shop a brand," said Key. The shop is planned to open at the beginning of December"

Guardian and Observer Digital Archive

Guardian and Observer Digital Archive - "This archive will eventually contain the digital reproduction of every page, article and advert published in the Guardian (since 1821) and the Observer (since 1791 - the oldest Sunday paper in the world). For this launch the archive covers the period of 1821-1975 for the Guardian and 1900-1975 for the Observer as we are still working on digitising the remaining material. From early 2008 onwards the entire archive up to 2003 will be available - more than 1.2m pages covering all major historic events over 212 years as reported at the time. This is the first time a UK national newspaper's print archive has been available through its website"

Call for papers: Forbidden Fruit: The censorship of literature and information for young people

This two-day conference offers an opportunity for practitioners from libraries, information services and education, researchers from a range of disciples, publishers, authors and policymakers from all sectors interested in to meet, network and share experiences. Forbidden Fruit will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people - 19-20 June 2008 - Southport, UK

Mark Twain Project Online

"Mark Twain Project Online applies innovative technology to more than four decades' worth of archival research by expert editors at the Mark Twain Project. It offers unfettered, intuitive access to reliable texts, accurate and exhaustive notes, and the most recently discovered letters and documents. Its ultimate purpose is to produce a digital critical edition, fully annotated, of everything Mark Twain wrote. MTPO is a collaboration between the Mark Twain Papers and Project of The Bancroft Library, the California Digital Library, and the University of California Press"

November is Native American Heritage Month

"The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans"