Wednesday, January 09, 2008
New ACRL title: Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries
The Association of College and Research Libraries has announced Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries. Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries is a hybrid book and wiki presenting 12 case studies of significant applications of Library 2.0 in academic libraries. The publication details a wide range of applications of emerging technologies, such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, IM, RSS, XML, Web services, mashups and social computing
His Own Domain: Harold Pinter, A Life in Theatre
His Own Domain pays tribute to Harold Pinter's life in the theatre as an actor, director, and writer of some of the most significant and celebrated plays of the 20th century. This small display in the British Library's Sir John Ritblat Gallery features a range of unique manuscripts, letters, photographs, and sound recordings. The British Library acquired Harold Pinter's extensive archive in December 2007. 10 January to 13 April 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Institutional Repositories, Tout de Suite
Institutional Repositories, Tout de Suite, the latest Digital Scholarship publication by Charles W. Bailey, Jr., is designed to give the reader a very quick introduction to key aspects of institutional repositories and to foster further exploration of this topic though liberal use of relevant references to online documents and links to pertinent websites. It is under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License, and it can be freely used for any noncommercial purpose in accordance with the license
Digital Preservation Program adds new partners to preserve tate government digital information
Twenty-one states, working in four multistate demonstration projects, are joining the Library of Congress' National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program in an initiative to catalyze collaborative efforts to preserve important state government information in digital form
Peter Pan Week and the Big Time Rhyme
"Peter Pan Week - Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity's first ever activity for schools and youth groups, in partnership with Oxford University Press. Peter Pan Week is a fun, creative and educational way for young people (up to age 18) to learn all about literature, whilst helping children with some of the rarest and most complex illnesses, and going down in history by attempting a Guinness World Record"
Continuum and codeMantra announce partnership
"The Continuum International Publishing Group has announced the appointment of codeMantra as provider of digital conversion and distribution services...by the middle of 2008 they will have over 1,000 titles available through ebook vendors and have plans to double that figure in the succeeding six months. This partnership will enable Continuum to add considerable value, particularly to the academic community who will be able to access content that is timely, relevant and cost-effective"
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #117
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #117 - January 2 2008 is now available
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship - Fall 2007
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship - Number 52, Fall 2007 - is now available
Building Digital Libraries: A How-to-do-it Manual
Building Digital Libraries: A How-to-do-it Manual by Terry Reese and Kyle Banerjee is now avialble from Neal Schuman Publishers
Resource of the Month from Ovid - January 2008
"Each month, Ovid's Resource of the Month program allows you to "test drive" different products for free. This month's resource: PsycEXTRA
Podcast: A study of 'In Their Own Words'
"Listening to what learners themselves have to say about their learning is becoming more and more important to ensuring that they have access to the services and the technologies they need for their studies, their work and social lives. In this podcast, Philip Pothen looks at a publication - In Their Own Words - and research into student expectations which attempt to listen to what learners themselves have to say"
Carnival of the Infosciences #86
Carnival of the Infosciences #86 hosted by The Vital Library. Previous Carnivals can be found here
Monday, January 07, 2008
Scientology lawyers to sue over book
"Scientology lawyers are believed to be drawing up a lawsuit seeking GBP50m in compensation from the publishers of an unauthorised biography of Tom Cruise written by Princess Diana's biographer, Andrew Morton" - The Bookseller
Code4Lib 2008 schedule available
The third annual code4lib conference is now in the organizing phase, and will be held in Portland, Oregon at the Embassy Suites located in downtown Portland, February 25-28, 2008. Program schedule is now available
BioOne announces new agreement with Allen Press
"BioOne has announced that it has signed a new agreement with Allen Press, Inc. that will continue the organizations’ seven-year partnership and provide for a superior new online platform through a strategic alliance with Atypon Systems, Inc. Now entering its eighth year of operation, BioOne includes three full-text collections (two subscribed and one open access,) representing 143 publications from 102 not-for-profit society and institutional publishers"
Carol Tenopir wins LACASIS award
Dr. Carol Tenopir has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the Contribution to Information Science & Technology Award. CISTA is an annual award given by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society of Information Science & Technology to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of information science. Recipients are those individuals who are recognized by their colleagues as exceptional leaders whose dedication, commitment and vision inspire others, or whose singular contribution to the field of information science has been particularly significant
State of Mississippi chooses Credo to provide online reference to state-funded institutions
Credo Reference has announced its new agreement with the State of Mississippi. Credo is now partnering with the state's library consortium to provide all residents with online reference resources through their state-funded institutions. Credo's growing General Reference collection of 270 titles from 58 publishers will now be accessible in all 50 of Mississippi's public libraries and in its state-funded academic and educational institutions, including eight universities, 16 community colleges and all the K-12 public schools, as well as in the state's own office library
Library Hi Tech: Call for papers
Michael Seadle writes: "Library Hi Tech is now over a quarter century old and to celebrate we are planning a series of papers that looks at the last 25 Years of library technology to consider what we have learned and where we need to do more research. Articles can look at changes in particular institutions or can look at how particular technologies have changed how we think about our jobs as librarians. Articles should be scholarly in their approach and broad in their perspective. Articles for Library Hi Tech should be 4000-8000 words long and should follow the Emerald style guide. Library Hi Tech is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that is indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch and Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition. Those interested in contributing should submit a brief (300 word) abstract to Michael Seadle at: "seadle (at) ibi.hu-berlin.de'. Articles must be in English in their final form. The abstract may be in English, German, or French"
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