(1 August 2014) Kenneth Varnum and his hand-picked team of contributors look ahead over the most important technologies likely to impact library services over the next five years. This book from Facet Publishing shows library technology staff and administrators where to invest time and money to receive the greatest benefits. Details here.
(1 August 2014) The University of California San Diego Library seeks applications from highly motivated, innovative, and proactive library professionals to join the UC San Diego Library as subject librarian for Chinese Studies. Deadline is 31 August 2014. Job description and application details are here.
(30 July 2014) The eLending environment for libraries around the world continues to change at a rapid pace. In 2012, IFLA released its Background Paper on eLending, which formed the basis for the production of the IFLA Principles for Library eLending, the third revision of which was issued at the World Library & Information Congress…
(29 July 2014) A year ago today, the bipartisan IT Pricing Inquiry concluded that Australians do pay more for their music, movies and IT products. This ‘Australia tax’ they concluded, was not explained by additional staffing costs or warranty obligations, but primarily by deliberate market segmentation, enforced with geoblocks on digital content. And Australians are…
(29 July 2014) Venture capital (VC) is a relatively recent and rapidly growing phenomenon in emerging countries, especially Asia. Economic development in both developed and emerging countries increasingly depends on VC financing, but research on this subject has been scant; and what work has been done has been misunderstood within the context of emerging countries.…
(29 July 2014) The Southeast Asia Library Group’s annual meeting took place on 27-28 June in Frankfurt, Germany, in collaboration with Goethe University Library. There were participants from nine countries. Eleven papers were presented covering various areas of Southeast Asian librarianship, including manuscript studies and conservation, special collections and the use of primary sources, old…
(28 July 2014, Canberra) The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the peak body for libraries, has expressed concern regarding a media report about the potential for department libraries in the public service to be outsourced. The Canberra Times has today published a story online: ‘Government librarians urged to lobby for jobs in face of…
(28 July 2014) There’s a lot of discussion about the importance of metadata in libraries, publishing and bookselling, but confusion remains about what it is and how to do it well. Renée Register a metadata evangelist, explains metadata in 5 easy steps. Digitalbookworld.com is the place to go for metadata enlightenment.
(28 July 2014) The latest release of new STN delivers three new full text patent databases. Providing coverage for the Republic of Korea, KRFULL is the first STN database available exclusively on the new STN platform. Other new databases include AUPATFULL (Australia) and GBFULL (United Kingdom). Additional highlights in the July release include: Enhanced precision and coverage…
(29 July 2014) CINDAS LLC provides critically evaluated materials properties databases for thermal, mechanical, electrical, physical and other properties of various materials including aerospace alloys. It offers Web-based applications for searching and comparing continually updated data. There are about 5,000 materials and over 50,000 data curves in the Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database (TPMD), over…
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