(Washington, 20 June 2013) Despite research on the importance of reading with children from a young age, few parents in the United States with kids age eight and younger are engaged in nightly reading, according to a new survey from Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Macy’s. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, finds that only…
(4 September 2013) ARL invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. The program’s centerpiece is a rigorously tested web survey paired with training that…
(China Daily, 26 August 2103) The China Daily reports that passengers on Shanghai’s Metro Line 2 will be able to select a book at one station and return it to any of the other stations with customized bookshelves. Readers do not have to pay a deposit or any rent for the books and magazines they…
(20 August 2013, World Library and Information Congress in Singapore) The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) today announced that its successful Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) programme will be expanded through a series of convenings and projects at the regional level in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean. These…
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) have announced a Joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication. Rapid changes in technology and associated shifts in research and scholarly…
Social media has fundamentally changed the contract between institutions and their public. Today, people expect a conversation, not a one-way diatribe. That, combined with the speed of the Internet, changes the game for many companies in anticipating, managing and ultimately avoiding an “instant crisis.” What’s an “instant crisis”? Think back to when Verizon added a…
Do you wear spectacles and knit your own cardigans? Are books your most favourite thing in the entire world? Do you shush noisy patrons? If you’ve answered yes, meet your doppelganger, the Lego Librarian. If you take her home, don’t forget the lego bricks, after all she’ll need a designer library to shelter in. And…
You might think that microform has gone the way of the dinosaurs now that we have digital storage and search. Far from it. Microform remains the archival medium of choice. Whether it’s theses, architectural drawings, wallpaper or newspapers, microform is your guarantee that your content will still be useable 500 years from now with proper…
(24 July 2013, Dundee, Scotland) Alexander Street Press has forged a milestone agreement with the University of Dundee in Scotland that establishes the publisher as a key resource for evidence-based acquisition of library materials. Beginning this month, patrons of the University of Dundee’s library will have unlimited access to Alexander Street Press’s complete suite of…
(15 July 2013) In 2015 the Frankfurt Book Fair will present “the vibrant literature, talents and the rich culture of one of the most populous and ‘young’ countries in the world, of which only little is known in Germany”, says Director of Frankfurt Book Fair, Juergen Boos. Indonesia will follow Brazil (after Finland in 2014)…
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