(5 March 2013) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and and Stanford University Libraries are cataloging roughly 15,000 software titles from the early days of microcomputing, an effort that will make the collection more broadly useful to social scientists and other researchers. The undertaking is aimed at expanding the National Software Reference Library…
In celebration of the 113th Public Library Day on March 9, and with the aim of raising public librarians’ awareness on copyright, the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) – Research and Publications Division in partnership with the Korean Copyright Commission will conduct a Panel Discussion on “The Librarians in the World of Copyright” on…
(7 March 2013) The Digital Preservation Coalition is offering members a preview of its latest Technology Watch Report ‘Web Archiving’. This report is aimed at anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge of web archiving before they embark on a web archiving initiative. It will appeal mainly to organizations or individuals who are relatively new…
(Ann Arbor, MI., 5 March 2013) Truven Health Analytics™, formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, today announced a new, integrated Patient Education, Consumer Engagement and outbound Consumer Marketing content solution for hospitals and health systems. The Complete Patient Engagement Bundle, featuring Micromedex® Patient Education and A.D.A.M. SmartEngage™ from Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX), delivers evidence-based Patient…
(London, United Kingdom 6 March 2013) The Research4Life partnership announced today a case study competition to recognize the role of librarians and library staff in building the research capacities of scientists, doctors and policymakers and helping to boost research output within their institutions. Since 2001, the Research4Life initiative has developed into a partnership of over…
Starting now, independent comic book and graphic novel creators can build a worldwide following and profit from their work. Through a portal called comiXology Submit, from comiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform, independent creators simply need to upload their comic book and graphic novels for approval at no cost. ComiXology does the rest, from transforming…
(Baltimore, MD 5 March 2013) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of maintenance revisions of two widely used standards: The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (ANSI/NISO Z39.85-2012) and The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol (ANSI/NISO Z39.93-2013). Both standards were revised to make very minor updates. The Dublin Core standard defines…
(27 February 2013) Yu Hsiao-ming, Director of National Central Library Special Collections Division as well as Deputy Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, was voted by the Librarian Eminent Contribution Evaluation Committee to be the recipient of the 2012 Ministry of Education Outstanding Librarian Award. The Committee recognized that Director Yu Hsiao-ming enhanced considerably…
(5 March 2013) The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) today filed reply comments (PDF) with the US Copyright Office in response to the office’s October 22, 2012, Notice of Inquiry (NOI) about the current state of play with orphan works and mass digitization. LCA reviewed the comments filed to date and concluded that “the significant diversity…
3-9 March 2013 is Read an eBook Week to educate and inform the public about the pleasures and advantages of reading electronically. Authors, publishers, vendors, the media and readers world-wide are welcome to join in the effort. The Read an E-Book Website is here http://www.ebookweek.com/About/origins.html to inspire and encourage all of us to grab an…
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