(10 January 2014) CAUL has published a list of resources describing projects, publications and websites on library data and text mining. Peruse it here. If the value and impact of university libraries is more your thing, there’s a list for that too describing conferences, projects, publications, websites and websites. Click here to view.
(9 January 2014) Have you got a library cat? The OEDB.org blog reports that there are 300 living resident library cats throughout the world the majority of whom are United States residents. Among them are Baker and Taylor in a Nevada library and Pages in Kansas. These library cats have job titles and job descriptions…
(9 January 2014) Futuregov.asia reports that Korea’s digitized national treasures are accessible through the new Korea National Heritage Online portal. Run by the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), it brings together information collected from existing subsidiary websites and also has 1.8 million new pieces of data on the national heritage. Read the Futuregov.asia article by Medha Basu…
(8 January 2014) Libraries and universities with proprietary audio and video collections can now preserve and provide access to these information resources through a new service from ProQuest. ProQuest Video Preservation and Discovery Service (VPDS) is a continuum of services designed to make video and audio content (to which the library has rights) fully discoverable. VPDS…
(8 January 2014) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced a new partnership with startup technology company Knode to provide customized research expertise portals to learned societies and other academic organizations worldwide. Designed to foster innovation and collaboration, Knode’s expertise profiling system compiles a “research signature” for users based on their publication history, patents, clinical…
(8 January 2014) The 14th Library of Congress National Book Festival will take place Saturday, 30 August 2014 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., with new and exciting offerings – including evening events – in addition to the familiar author talks, book-signings and family and children’s activities. The Festival has been…
(9 January 2013) Have you got a problem with chirping mobile phones in the library and loud conversations? Then take a look at the acoustic phone booths installed in the library of the University of Technology Sydney. No longer will you have to listen to Ted and Alice decide which movie to see tonight. The…
(7 January 2014) Think you’ve got a stressful job? You might have says The Wall Street Journal especially if you’re a soldier, public-relations executive, newspaper reporter, or airline pilot. Those are among the most stressful careers for 2014, according to a new ranking from job-search website CareerCast.com. Librarians are on the list too. But which one…
The 7th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2014) will be held on 9-11 July 2014 at the Shanghai Library. The conference is organized by the Shanghai Library & Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai, and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and Shanghai Society for Scientific and Technical Information. The theme…
(6 January 2014) In 2013, NCL revised its assessment criteria and methods and then conducted assessments of 502 public libraries in Taiwan. The process encompassed self assessment and external assessment. Top performing libraries were honoured with awards. Read about the assessment process here.
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