Jul 13, 2009

Library Journal - Library 2.0 According to an ALA panel titled "Libraries and Mobile Devices: Public Policy Considerations," libraries must adapt their services and address issues of licensing, privacy, and accessibility.... (Read More)

Jul 13, 2009

Library Journal - News & Features OCLC presented its pilot “Geek the Library” ad campaign to help public libraries raise support during downturn by tapping into people’s passion for their libraries…. (Read More)

Jul 13, 2009

LISNews - Comments the only way we can adapt faster is to charge an entry fee at the door. my budget gets approved 18 months before I get to spend the money: why so long? because of the way money is collected and distributed from taxes, I guess.the only way I can be more flexible in meeting the demands of "today's high-tech world" (*poof* -- (Read More)

Jul 13, 2009

ALA TechSource Blog More...The Mashup, where data from one or more sites is brought together to add value to the data on another site, is only four years old. Google Maps, the basis for so many of these was released in February 2005. The iconic early example being HousingMaps.com which brings together [mashes up] data from Craigslist.org and (Read More)

Jul 13, 2009

Library Journal News Libraries must adapt their services and address issues of licensing, privacy, and accessibility. (Read More)

Jul 14, 2009

LISNews - Comments This really is an interesting story. I blogged on it at "Tweet Censorship at the ALA Gangbang." I would be interested to know who shut down the original Twitter feed and why. -=-=-=- http://www.SafeLibraries.org http://safelibraries.blogspot.com/. (Read More)

Jul 14, 2009

ResourceShelf From the Post:On June 23, 2009, the U.S. National Library of Medicine® (NLM®) released DOCLINE 4.0. DOCLINE is the NLM automated interlibrary loan requesting system. The system provides nearly 3,000 health science libraries in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine® (NN/LM®), Canada, Mexico, and other selected intern (Read More)

Feb 25, 2009

Submitted by Nrc Cisti: Ground-breaking conference coming to Ottawa in June 2009. (Read More)

Nov 04, 2008

ResourceShelf A content integrity service for digital repositoriesWe present a “content integrity service” for long- lived digital documents, especially for objects stored in digital repositories. The goal of the service is to demonstrate that information in the repository is authentic and has not been unintentionally or mali (Read More)

Nov 03, 2008

ResourceShelf Writing for the profession: The experience of new professionalsThe purpose of this article is to explore barriers and motivators for new professionals who write and present for the professional literature. Authors from the ALIA New Librarians’ Symposium held in December 2006 in Sydney, Australia were surveyed about their ex (Read More)

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