Saturday, July 31, 2004
The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition report was produced for OCLC's worldwide membership to examine the significant issues and trends impacting OCLC, libraries, museums, archives and other allied organizations, both now and in the future
The Alliance Library System and the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center have announced Audio E-Book Expo: Exploring Digital Books and Content - October 29, 2004
Ariadne - Issue 40 - July 2004 - is now available - Ariadne is targeted principally at information science professionals in academia, and also to interested lay people both in and beyond the Higher Education community. Its main geographic focus is the UK, but it is widely read in the US and worldwide
Friday, July 30, 2004
This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of Successors . Answers here:
1. Which queen succeeded her uncle William IV as the British monarch in 1837?
2. In 1975, who succeeded Edward Heath as leader of the British Conservative Party?
3. Who became President of the United States in 1963 when John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
4. Who succeeded his grandfather as Prince of Monaco in 1949, and married actress Grace Kelly in 1956?
5. In the year 1040, who became King of the Scots, succeeding Duncan whom he killed in battle?
6. Who succeeded De Gaulle as French president in 1969?
7. Which emperor of Japan was succeeded in 1989 by his son Akihito?
8. Who became King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1936 after the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII?
9. Who succeeded Binyamin Netanyahu as the leader of the Likud party in Israel in the year 2000?
10. Who succeeded Wordsworth as the British poet laureate in 1850?
1. Which queen succeeded her uncle William IV as the British monarch in 1837?
2. In 1975, who succeeded Edward Heath as leader of the British Conservative Party?
3. Who became President of the United States in 1963 when John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
4. Who succeeded his grandfather as Prince of Monaco in 1949, and married actress Grace Kelly in 1956?
5. In the year 1040, who became King of the Scots, succeeding Duncan whom he killed in battle?
6. Who succeeded De Gaulle as French president in 1969?
7. Which emperor of Japan was succeeded in 1989 by his son Akihito?
8. Who became King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1936 after the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII?
9. Who succeeded Binyamin Netanyahu as the leader of the Likud party in Israel in the year 2000?
10. Who succeeded Wordsworth as the British poet laureate in 1850?
NISO's newest publication is Understanding Metadata: a general introduction to metadata, that includes an overview of leading metadata contenders and examples of practical applications
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) 27th Edition in 5 volumes. Now includes Free Floating Subdivisions. Price is 295UK Pounds including free delivery to the UK and EU
The Registry of Digital Masters is intended to assist with access to digital materials as well as to provide a tool to help librarians reduce duplication of digitization and preservation efforts. The Registry is available through OCLC WorldCat and is based on the DLF Digital Registry documents and MARC 21
A new national initiative, The Research Libraries Network (RLN), is set to transform the way research information is collected, organised, preserved and accessed across the UK. The RLN will bring together the UK's four higher education funding bodies, the British Library, the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales and the eight members of Research Councils UK to develop the UK's first national framework aimed at addressing the information needs of researchers
Brill Academic Publishers 2005 journal prices are now available for all Brill, VSP and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers' journals
Electric Connections 2004 - 26 August 2004 - University of Stirling - Funded by the Scottish Library & Information Council and backed by the Confederation of Scottish Mini-Cooperatives
Thursday, July 29, 2004
ECHOLOT-2004 - Audiovisual Heritage: Culturology, Archiving, New Technologies. Papers, presentations, discussions, technologies demonstrations, workshops, tutorials - The State Tretyakov Gallery - December, 1-2, 2004 - Moscow, Russia
The UK North East Museums Libraries & Archives Council is looking for someone to undertake a piece of work researching examples of 'progression' in libraries, museums and archives in the North East. This will take place during the period August to November 2004. Tenders should be submitted by 12:00 noon on 27 August 2004
The LEADERS Toolkit is a generic toolset that enables the creation of an online environment which integrates EAD finding aids and EAC authority records with TEI transcripts and digitised images of archival material suitable to a wide variety of archives. The LEADERS Toolkit was developed with the aid of a grant from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Board to the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London. The toolkit software was developed and is supported by BookMARC of Coimbra, Portugal
The Association of College and Research Librarians (ACRL) has announced that it is seeking nominations for 2005 awards recognizing outstanding achievement in academic librarianship. Nominations and supporting materials for most awards must be submitted by December 3, 2004
Tales from the Terminal Room is a free, monthly electronic newsletter covering reviews and comparisons of information sources, updates on business information resources, and dealing with technical and access problems - Edited by Karen Blakeman, Published by RBA Information Services
Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 118 - August 2004 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt University, is now available
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