LearningTimes - January 2008 newsletter

LearningTimes - January 2008 newsletter is now available

Training courses from King's Digital Consultancy Services, UK

King's Digital Consultancy Services, UK, has announced its training courses for February to June 2008

Credo Reference adds Edinburgh University Press as a publishing partner

redo Reference has signed an agreement with Edinburgh University Press to integrate its first title into the Credo General Reference collection. With this new agreement, Credo Reference will now provide its users with the full text of The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, edited by Simon Glendinning

LibGuides community members

LibGuides, mentioned here last June, now has 95 community members

CACUL Conference Grant

CACUL, The Canadian Association of College and University Libraries, has announced that up to 4 grants of up to $1,000 each will be awarded to attend this year's annual Canadian Library Association Conference. Grants are intended for new librarians graduating from a Canadian library school, recent graduates who are unemployed or employed in a contract position, or a library technician. Deadline is March 31, 2008

Facet Publishing 2008 catalogue

CILIP's publishing arm, Facet Publishing, has launched its 2008 catalogue

The NoWAL (North West Academic Libraries) General Programme 2008

The NoWAL (North West Academic Libraries) General Programme for February-June 2008 is now available. The NoWAL programme of staff training and development offers extensive opportunities for professional and personal development. The main aim of the programme is to support and develop the abilities required of library and related staff to deliver existing and future services to users

SirsiDynix StaffWeb for K-12 Libraries

SirsiDynix has announced the availability of SirsiDynix StaffWeb for K-12 Libraries, a new, easy-to-use software solution that enables school librarians and media specialists to carry out primary circulation, cataloging, reporting and administration tasks and transactions using only a standard Web browser

Longwoods Publishing RSS feeds

Longwoods Publishing, of Toronto, Canada, has a number of RSS feeds

NetLibrary to offer Blackstone eAudiobooks through subscription

NetLibrary, OCLC's platform for eContent, will offer downloadable eAudiobooks from Blackstone Audio through subscription as well as its current purchase program beginning March 3, 2008

OCLC acquires EZproxy authentication and access software

EZproxy, the leading software solution for serving library patrons remotely, has been acquired by OCLC from Useful Utilities of Peoria, Arizona

JISC infoNet launches new resources

"JISC infoNet has launched a suite of linked resources designed to support institutions run projects to support their educational mission. As the maturity of project management grows within the sector, it increasingly talks about Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (or 'P3M' for short). Each aspect fulfils a different function and requires a different skill set. But effective management of all three is essential if organisations are to run projects that help them achieve their missions and contribute to organisational growth. The set of linked 'infoKits' looks at each element of P3M in turn and suggests some tools and techniques to help you succeed"

British Library celebrates awards success in 2007

"The British Library won an unprecedented number of awards in 2007. Colleagues and departments across the Library, including Human Resources, Web Services, Business, Publishing and Corporate Communications, were all recognised for their varied contributions to the research community"

Booklist Online RSS feeds

Booklist Online, from the American Library Association, has a number of RSS feeds, which can be found in the left column of the website

Red Room

Red Room - Showcasing esteemed and new writers and building a community between authors and readers in order to connect people with their favorite authors and authors with their readers

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Blue. Answers here.

1. "Big Blue" is a nickname for which computer company?
2. Which creature, with "blue" in its name, is generally considered to be the largest living animal?
3. The "Blue Peter" is a flag flown on a ship when it is about to do what?
4. "Blue berets" is the name by which the military members of which kind of operation are often described?
5. "Ol' Blue Eyes" was a nickname for which popular US singer?
6. In skiing, is a "blue run" an easy run or a difficult one?
7. The famous Blue Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I, is in which country?
8. Which 1968 cartoon film incuded bizarre malevolent ogres called the Blue Meanies?
9. What was the title of the 1924 composition for piano and orchestra by George Gershwin with "blue" in the title?
10. "Bluenose" is an informal word for a native or inhabitant of which country?

ProQuest Central

ProQuest has announced that it will be launching ProQuest Central. The new database will serve as the foundational research collection for academic libraries. ProQuest Central will offer more than 11,000 titles (8,000 in full text) and more than 160 subject areas covering core academic disciplines

CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences

"CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is the first in a series of CSA Illustrata databases of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature. CSA employs what it calls 'deep indexing' to categorize data, variables and other content represented in tables, maps, photographs and other figures"

Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation

Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation by Marshall Breeding. An original publication of Library Technology Guides. It will not appear in any print publication

Librarians' Internet Index - New This Week

Librarians' Internet Index - New This Week - January 10, 2008