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- Librarians & Publishers Celebrate Advances in Digital Media at Digipalooza '08
- Hundreds of leading public librarians from 40 states and 3 countries will assemble in downtown Cleveland on July 24-27, 2008, for OverDrive's international user conference Digipalooza '08 ( www.Digipalooza.com ). The biennial event is a unique blend of education and networking, designed to inform librarians about DRM-free MP3 downloads, the...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- GPO's ask a librarian.(industry news)(United States. Government Printing Office)(Brief article)
- The U.S. Government Printing Office GPO, with the University of Illinois --Chicago UIC and federal depository libraries around the country, now provide online reference service to the American public. This free, web-based Ask a Librarian service will give the public an opportunity to ask librarians questions...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Prize-winning author sheds novel light on historic mystery
- ADELAIDE, Australia AFP — Australian author Geraldine Brooks admits her latest book, with its drunken priest, gambling rabbi and Muslim librarian, is "rather like the set-up of a very bad joke." But the Pulitzer prize-winning writer has tackled the decidedly unfunny subjects of war, genocide and religious intolerance in...
- Research articles 2008-04-11
- From stereopticon to Google: technology and school library standards.
- ROM STEREOPTICON SLIDES OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY TO ELECTRONIC DIGITIZATION OF THE 21ST CENTURY, THE SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS HISTORICALLY LED SCHOOL EFFORTS TO PROVIDE THE LATEST EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS, Increased and improved access to progressively advanced technologies...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Anniversary of Cubas Black Spring.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-19 March 2008-US Department of State: Anniversary of Cubas Black SpringC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18032008 Press Statement Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman Washington, DC -- Five years ago today, the Cuban government began a week-long roundup of human rights advocates, independent...
- Research articles 2008-03-19
- Four for the air and the sea: NOAA librarians took different paths to the profession
- The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration is a small agency within the mammoth federal government. Yet every aspect of this organization affects the daily life of virtually every American: weather forecasting service, coastal protection monitoring, atmospheric studies, and management of marine resources. Founded in 1970, NOAA is a collection...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Syracuse Researchers Link Higher Test Scores with Certified Librarians in Schools
- SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- New York state schools with certified librarians have higher scores on average on the fourth-grade English Language Arts ELA test than those who don't, according to the findings of researchers at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies iSchool. Preliminary findings of research conducted by iSchool professor...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- An alternative vision of librarianship: James Danky and the sociocultural politics of collection development
- ABSTRACT The work of James P. Danky, longtime librarian at the Wisconsin Historical Society, is situated within the intellectual context of collection-development practices. Danky's belief in the value of alternative periodicals--and the lengths that he went to identify and acquire them--may be interpreted as a rejection of increasingly mechanical...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- On the cusp of change: from art teacher to info pro, her career has changed—and changed with the times
- Patricia O'Brien Libutti, a retired member, has been surprised by the accolades she received in the past year. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In April, the SLA Education Division gave her the Anne Galler Award for Professional Excellence. The award celebrates an individual who "has demonstrated professional excellence in the field...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Koelling, Holly, ed. Best Books for Young Adults
- KOELLING, Holly, ed. Best books for young adults. (3rd ed.) American Library Association. 346p. bibliogs, index. 978-0-8389-3569-9. $42.00. (members $3750.) JSA There is an analysis of the Best Books for Young Adults lists, especially in the past ten years. A 50-page chapter addresses Current Trends in Teen Publishing and...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- The Library of Congress announced that Laura E.Campbell, associate librarian for strategic initiatives and CIO for LC, is the recipient of the 2007 EMC Information Leadership Award from the Computerworld Honors Program.(noted & quoted: people * librar
- The Library of Congress announced that Laura E.Campbell, associate librarian for strategic initiatives and CIO for LC, is the recipient of the 2007 EMC Information Leadership Award from the Computerworld Honors Program. Sponsored by EMC, an information infrastructure developer, the award recognizes individuals and organizations that...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Former UC Berkeley librarian dies
- BERKELEY -- Former UC Berkeley librarian Peter Lyman, an expert in online and educational technologies, died Monday of brain cancer at his Berkeley home. He was 66. Lyman, who also taught in the university's School of Information, had studied how children use digital media in their everyday...
- Research articles 2007-07-06
- College libraries putting 10 million books online.(News)
- Byline: Tara Malone and Kiran Sood tmalone@@dailyherald.com ksood@@dailyherald.com Angling to reach students where they increasingly are - online - a dozen universities Wednesday unveiled plans to digitize up to 10 million library books. Billed as one of the most...
- Research articles 2007-06-07
- Copyright training in the corporate world: employee mistakes can lead to infringement. Infringement can lead to lawsuits. Lawsuits can cost millions. A little education can save a lot of trouble
- "Wait, you mean I can't just take an article off the Internet and email it? But I thought anything on the Internet is public?" "If someone emails me an article then it's OK for me to send it to someone else, right?" "I thought if we have a...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- ALA announced that Kitty Pope, executive director of the Alliance Library System, and the international collaborative group of librarians working on the Alliance Second Life Library are the 2007 recipients of the ALA/Information Today Library of the Futur
- ALA announced that Kitty Pope, executive director of the Alliance Library System, and the international collaborative group of librarians working on the Alliance Second Life Library are the 2007 recipients of the ALA/Information Today Library of the Future Award. The award, consisting of $1,500 and a...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Eric Bana to star in 'Time Traveler's Wife'
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Australian actor Eric Bana is to star in a movie adaptation of Audrey Niffnegger's novel "The Time Traveler's Wife," it was reported on Wednesday. Bana, the star of "Munich" and "The Hulk," will play a Chicago librarian who is affected by a gene that causes...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- Caught in the middle of the format wars: with technologies changing quickly and standards being adopted slowly, how is a fiscally prudent librarian supposed to decide which media to buy?(online treasures)
- In last month's column on digitization and preservation, I noted that some people are concerned that the digital documents currently being created for preservation purposes may actually be inaccessible in the future if the hardware and software needed to view them are no longer available. This...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- ACRL announced that James G. Neal won the 2007 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award.(Association of College and Research Libraries)(Brief article)
- ACRL announced that James G. Neal won the 2007 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. The award, which consists of cash and a citation, recognizes an academic librarian who has made significant contributions in library automation or management and has made notable improvements in library services or...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- MLA announced that it has been awarded an $80,000 grant from Elsevier to train librarians on the African, Asian, and Latin American continents.(noted & quoted: people * libraries * awards * promotions)(Medical Library Association, Reed Elsevier N.V.)(
- MLA announced that it has been awarded an $80,000 grant from Elsevier to train librarians on the African, Asian, and Latin American continents. This is a joint program co-sponsored by Librarians Without Borders, a global initiative of MLA and Elsevier. The grant is for 2007 HINARI/AGORA/OARE...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- SLA seeks study on EPA library cutbacks: letter to Senate committee reinforces concern about closed libraries and lost access to environmental information, archived since 1971
- Plans to slash services at the Environmental Protection Agency's 27 libraries could threaten public health and safety by hindering environmental research. With that warning, SLA has urged the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to review the EPA's intentions carefully and to encourage the agency to develop a realistic...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
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