Thursday, December 30, 2004
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Professional Writing for Librarians - ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum Course - January 24-February 25, 2005, May 9-June 10, 2005, October 17-November 18, 2005
The National Library and Documentation Services Board (NLDSB) of Sri Lanka seeks assistance from the international community and especially from the IFLA members to reconstruct/repair the damaged libraries and the restoration of the damaged books and other library material
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
A number of International libraries have committed to putting their digitized books in open-access archives, starting with one at the Internet Archive. This approach will ensure permanent and public access to our published heritage. Anyone with an Internet connection will have access to these collections and the growing set of tools to make use of them. In this way we are getting closer to the goal of Universal Access to All Knowledge
Monday, December 27, 2004
BeSpacific.com by Sabrina Pacifici, has been named the winner of Dennis Kennedy's 2004 Legal Blogging Awards
Friday, December 24, 2004
This week's Friday Brain-Teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of The New Year. Answers here.
1. The Millennium Bug was a crisis that faced computer users at the end of which year?
2. A survey in 1997 showed that the two most popular New Year's resolutions were to give up smoking and...what else?
3. In Scotland, what is the name for New Year's Eve?
4. The author of the 1951 book "The Catcher in the Rye" was born on 1 January, 1919. What is his name?
5. The Jewish New Year usually falls in one of which two months?
6. After 1752, England used the Gregorian calendar. What was the name of the calendar that preceded it?
7. First foot (or first-footer) is a name in Scotland for which person?
8. January is named after the Roman god of doors, gates and new beginnings. What was this god's name?
9. "La Saint-Sylvestre" is the French name for which day around the end of the year?
10. Grandmaster Flash, one of the originators of hip-hop, was born on 1 January, 1958 - in which part of the West Indies?
1. The Millennium Bug was a crisis that faced computer users at the end of which year?
2. A survey in 1997 showed that the two most popular New Year's resolutions were to give up smoking and...what else?
3. In Scotland, what is the name for New Year's Eve?
4. The author of the 1951 book "The Catcher in the Rye" was born on 1 January, 1919. What is his name?
5. The Jewish New Year usually falls in one of which two months?
6. After 1752, England used the Gregorian calendar. What was the name of the calendar that preceded it?
7. First foot (or first-footer) is a name in Scotland for which person?
8. January is named after the Roman god of doors, gates and new beginnings. What was this god's name?
9. "La Saint-Sylvestre" is the French name for which day around the end of the year?
10. Grandmaster Flash, one of the originators of hip-hop, was born on 1 January, 1958 - in which part of the West Indies?
Framework for the Future Digital Citizenship Workshop Series 2005 - Increasing access, take up and engagement with ICT through the People's Network
Call for Papers: E-learning discussion group - World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council - Libraries: A voyage of discovery - August 14-18 2005, Oslo, Norway
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Endeavor Information Systems has released details of collaboration with Scopus, the world’s largest abstracting and indexing database, to provide OpenURL-enabled linking capabilities. In 2004, Endeavor has been supporting nearly 50 worldwide libraries trialing a version of Scopus enhanced with LinkFinderPlus linking capabilities
Library and Information Statistics Tables 2004 for The United Kingdom. The main purpose of these statistics is to give a broad overall perspective of the library and information scene in the UK. The base year is 2002-03, except where stated otherwise
The Fourth Annual Texas A&M Workshop in the History of Books and Printing - May 22-27, 2005 - Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University
The December 2004 edition of EDINA Newsline is now available. EDINA offers the UK tertiary education and research community net-worked access to a library of data, information and research resources. All EDINA services are free of charge at the point of use
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Geosphere is The Geological Society of America's ambitious entry into electronic publication. The primary goal of this effort is to address the clear and growing need for timely publication of research results, data, software, and educational developments in ways that cannot be addressed by traditional formats
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