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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Wiley re-launches American Journal of Hematology
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the re-launch of American Journal of Hematology, the first-ever redesign of the journal since it was launched by Ananda Prasad, M.D., Founding Editor and Editor-in- Chief, more than 30 years ago. The re-launch coincides with the appointment of Carlo Brugnara, M.D., as Editor-in-Chief and will include over the course of 2007 the introduction of new editorial features, an updated cover and interior design, and an expanded editorial aims and scope
American Association of University Presses Open Access statement
"The core mission of university presses has always been to disseminate knowledge to the widest possible audience. Members of the AAUP have eagerly developed new ways of fulfilling that mission by making the best use of modern technology to cut costs and achieve even wider distribution of their publications than has been possible in the world of print, often in collaboration with libraries and scholarly societies. Prominent examples include Project MUSE, the History Cooperative, Cambridge Companions Online, Columbia's International Affairs Online, MIT's CogNet, Michigan's digitalculturebooks, Oxford Scholarship Online, and Virginia's Rotunda....more"
2008 IFLA/OCLC Fellowship applications
The deadline to apply for the 2008 IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program is approaching. Complete applications, which include a cover sheet, a résumé, an essay of 1,000 words or less about the applicant's professional plans and three letters of recommendation, must be submitted by Friday, March 16, 2007
2007 Kiriyama Prize finalists announced
Pacific Rim Voices has announced the 10 finalists for the 11th annual Kiriyama Prize. Two winners, one for fiction and one for nonfiction, will be named on March 27, 2007. The winners will share equally the US $30,000 cash award
National Library Workers Day
National Library Workers Day is a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers - April 17, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Xrefer adds Routledge award-winning titles
Xrefer has signed an agreement with Routledge to integrate eleven of their award-winning titles into the Xreferplus Ready-Reference collection
CURL in European collaboration to support the rich collections of UK Cathedral libraries
The Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL), the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) and the Cathedral Libraries and Archives Association (CLAA) have announced the conclusion of a major three-way arrangement that will increase the visibility of a number of historic collections to researchers worldwide. The three organisations have agreed to add the Hand Press Book database records of the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue to Copac, the freely available Web-based catalogue managed by MIMAS on behalf of CURL and the JISC
viaLibri adds translation capabilities
viaLibri, an internet resource site for book collectors and bibliophiles, has announced the addition of multi-lingual translation capabilities to its popular search engine for old and rare books. This new feature will allow its users to quickly translate the descriptions of books they have found when using the site. Fourteen language pairs are currently supported, including translation into English from French, German, Italian and Spanish
WorldCat Registry
"OCLC has launched the WorldCat Registry, a comprehensive directory for libraries and consortia, and the services they provide. The WorldCat Registry will help libraries and consortia manage and share data that define their organizations - such as institution type, location, URLs for electronic services, circulation statistics, and population served - through a single, authoritative Web platform"
PTO Direct
"PTO Direct is a free service provided by The Intellectual Project, LLC. PTO Direct was created by intellectual property professionals for intellectual property professionals and their clients. Its purpose is to provide an efficient way to search, gather and share relevant intellectual property record information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office"
ALA-APA Union wiki
ALA-APA, the Organization for the Advancement of Library Employees, has announced the creation of ALA-APA Union, a user-contributed wiki. This wiki is a resource both for current union members and for library professionals seeking information about joining or starting a union
The ACRL Virtual Conference
"Can't make it to Baltimore? You can still participate in the ACRL 13th National Conference online. The ACRL Virtual Conference, held completely online, will include live, interactive webcasts of select speakers, as well as text-based discussion boards, blogs, speaker materials and more. March 30-31, 2007"
Monday, February 26, 2007
Digital Futures: from digitization to delivery
King's College London has announced the Digital Futures 5-day training event. Led by experts of international renown, Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery - 21- 25 May 2007, London, UK
Career Development Group National Conference: Engaging Communities
"Information professionals instinctively want to reach people, to learn about and provide for their needs, to connect with those who don't yet use our services but could potentially benefit from them. The Career Development Group is holding a national cross-sectoral conference on 30th April 2007 on the theme of "engaging communities". The morning session offers a variety of presentations: Zoinul Abidin shares his experiences with developing the Whitechapel Idea Store; Brian Kelly (UKOLN) considers how Web 2.0 developments can help us to engage and build communities virtually; Cath Morgan from the University of Sussex offers an academic perspective; Helen Carpenter from the London Libraries Development Agency discusses engaging refugees and asylum seekers through the "Welcome to Your Library" project. Parallel afternoon sessions will explore further initiatives: speakers include Lynda Martin (Cambridgeshire Libraries) on partnerships with health, and Sue Wilkinson (HMP Birmingham) on engaging the prison community. Where better to explore this theme than in the conference rooms of the Jubilee Library, Brighton - an inspiring and innovative library building, just 2 years old, which has become a focal point for its local community. We look forward to welcoming you - whichever community you serve. This conference runs from 10.00 till 3.30 and represents excellent value for money at 50 pounds + VAT (CDG members) or 60 pounds + VAT (other delegates). Refreshments and buffet lunch included. Bookings/info: Amanda Quick, email@example.com, 01382 308858"
Five Weeks to a Social Library - Week 5
Five Weeks to a Social Library - Week 5 - Selling Social Software @ Your Library
Sunday, February 25, 2007
British Library Readers Group
"The British Library Readers Group is made up of academics, students, journalists, independent scholars, researchers and writers who are readers at the British Library. We have come together to meet one another and to represent readers to the administration and trustees of the British Library. Our aim is to seek constructive solutions to issues that have an impact upon our working lives in the library. The British Library exists to serve current and future readers. As the core stakeholder in the Library, we the readers feel that we have a role to play"
IA Summit 2007
"The Information Architecture Summit is a premier gathering place for information architects and for discussion about information architecture. Everyone who touches on IA is welcome to share and learn. Last year's IA Summit attracted over 500 attendees, including beginners, experienced IAs, and people in a range of related fields. The 2007 conference is the 8th IA Summit and will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada 22-26 March, 2007"
Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century
"Twelve presidential libraries, spanning the Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton administrations, have teamed up to create the Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century, a multimedia online archive launched February 15. Spearheaded by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, the collaborative effort presents interactive timelines of each president's life that include documents, diaries, maps, photo galleries, audio recordings, video clips, and classroom projects for teachers"
Broer Map Library
"The Broer Map Library is a growing collection of thousands of online historic maps from around the world. Our collection features several native language atlases (e.g. German maps of Germany) as well as historic road maps and topographical maps. We also have many military maps from different theaters of action such as unique maps of the Normandy, France area. A growing collection of our maps are viewable in Google Earth so you can compare the historic map with modern conditions"
LibLime to acquire Katipo Communications' Koha Division
LibLime has announced it will acquire the Koha Division of New Zealand-based Katipo Communications, Ltd
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Simmons College workshops
Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Office of Continuing Education is offering a number of online workshops for Spring 2007
A Blueprint for Excellence - Public Libraries 2008–2011
A consultation document, A Blueprint for Excellence – Public Libraries 2008–2011, published by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, marks the beginning of a process for improvement and innovation in England's public library service. Local authorities have responsibility for the delivery of the best possible public library service for their communities. The MLA campaigns for improved standards in libraries and will be working with key stakeholders over the next three months to deliver an action plan for change
WebJunction launches new site
OCLC's WebJunction project, an online community for library staff, has refreshed its site based on user input and feedback
Social Software and the Rural Library
Social Software and the Rural Library: Blogs, Wikis, IM, and more! How are these tools being used in libraries? What is the potential? What might the future hold? Webinar moderated by Brenda Hough, Technology Coordinator, Northeast Kansas Library System - February 28, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer - this week: Volcanoes. Answers here
1. Which volcanic mountain in Sicily is the highest active volcano in Europe?
2. Which volcanic island in Indonesia caused a tsunami killing 36,000 people when it erupted in 1883?
3. Which volcano buried the Roman town of Pompeii when it erupted in AD 79?
4. In which country is there a volcano called Popocatepetl?
5. Which volcanic peak in SW Washington, dormant since 1857, erupted in 1980?
6. There is an active volcano in Antarctica - true or false?
7. Who wrote the 1947 novel "Under the Volcano" about a British Consul in a city situated under two volcanoes?
8. Which volcanic island off southern Iceland emerged from the ocean in a fiery eruption in November 1963?
9. Which of the Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, was made two-thirds uninhabitable (including the capital Plymouth) by a huge volcanic eruption in 1997?
10. Name the largest of the Japanese Volcano Islands which was captured in 1945 by US forces. A photograph of the US flag being planted on its highest peak became a US symbol of the Pacific conflict.
1. Which volcanic mountain in Sicily is the highest active volcano in Europe?
2. Which volcanic island in Indonesia caused a tsunami killing 36,000 people when it erupted in 1883?
3. Which volcano buried the Roman town of Pompeii when it erupted in AD 79?
4. In which country is there a volcano called Popocatepetl?
5. Which volcanic peak in SW Washington, dormant since 1857, erupted in 1980?
6. There is an active volcano in Antarctica - true or false?
7. Who wrote the 1947 novel "Under the Volcano" about a British Consul in a city situated under two volcanoes?
8. Which volcanic island off southern Iceland emerged from the ocean in a fiery eruption in November 1963?
9. Which of the Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, was made two-thirds uninhabitable (including the capital Plymouth) by a huge volcanic eruption in 1997?
10. Name the largest of the Japanese Volcano Islands which was captured in 1945 by US forces. A photograph of the US flag being planted on its highest peak became a US symbol of the Pacific conflict.
Frontline Diplomacy
"Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training presents a window into the lives of American diplomats. Transcripts of interviews with U.S. diplomatic personnel capture their experiences, motivations, critiques, personal analyses, and private thoughts. These elements are crucial to understanding the full story of how a structure of stable relationships that maintained world peace and protected U.S. interests and values was built" - Library of Congress
The 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries - 10-13 December 2007 - Hanoi, Vietnam
English Ballad Archive, 1500-1800
"Dedicated to mounting online extant ballads published in English from 1500-1800, the English Department's Early Modern Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara has begun by archiving the over 1,800 ballads in the Samuel Pepys collection. Thanks go to the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for granting us unprecedented permission to archive their ballad holding. Additional thanks go to the NEH for generously awarding the EMC's proposal requesting $325,000 over the course of the next two years (2006-2008) to complete its Pepys Ballad Archive"
BBSLG Conference 2007
The 51st British Business School Librarians' Group Conference will explore the current diversity of user education delivery, focusing on the opportunities and challenges of new and emerging technologies and the business librarian's role as teacher and trainer - 27-29 June 2007 - Northampton, UK
John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award winner announced
Winston Tabb, Dean of University Libraries at John Hopkins University, is this year's recipient of the American Library Association International Relations Committee's John Ames/Humphry/OCLC/ Forest Press Award. OCLC/Forest Press donated the cash award of $1,000, which it is given to an individual for significant contribution to international librarianship
Support Teen Literature Day
The Young Adult Library Services Association is celebrating its first ever Support Teen Literature Day on April 19 as part of ALA's National Library Week celebration. Support Teen Literature Day will include an event with the Chicago Public Schools featuring local authors and the band High Strung. The event also will be the official launch of YALSA's 2007 Teen Read Week initiative, which will be celebrated October 14-20, 2007, with the theme "LOL @ your library."
Thursday, February 22, 2007
British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 Release One
Ancestry.co.uk in partnership with The National Archives has launched online the first phase of the War Office (WO) service and pension records collections for approximately 2.5 million British soldiers who served from 1914 through to 1920. Known as the WO363 British Army Service Records and WO364 British Army Pension Records, the collections will be released in a number of phases, starting with the early pension records. The online resource will provide vital details for family history researchers, military enthusiasts and family members wishing to learn more about the military service and experience of their ancestors
Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 148
Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 148 - March 2007 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt University, is now available
Springer Science+Business Media acquires complete journal program from Transaction Publishers
"In a move that will significantly expand its social sciences offering, Springer Science+Business Media has acquired twenty-nine journals from Transaction Publishers in an asset deal. The titles, including the flagship journal Society, are at the forefront of contemporary thought in established disciplines such as political science, history, sociology, anthropology, and psychology"
African-American Historical Records Collection
"In celebration of Black History Month, Ancestry.com has announced the launch of the largest collection of African-American family history records available and searchable online. The collection, which represents the 19th and early 20th centuries, features more than 55 million black family history records that collectively dispel the common misconception that very few historical records were kept for African-Americans and that tracing African-American ancestry is virtually impossible"
Knowledge Exchange
"The Knowledge Exchange multinational licensing tender proposal is published as a "Request for Information" in the European Union's "competitive dialogue" tender process on 14 February 2007. Knowledge Exchange is a co-operative initiative between four European organisations engaged in facilitating the use and development of ICT infrastructure for higher education and research"
Freedom to Read Week
Freedom to Read Week - "Freedom to read can never be taken for granted. Even in Canada, a free country by world standards, books and magazines are banned at the border. Books are removed from the shelves in Canadian libraries, schools and bookstores every day. Free speech on the Internet is under attack. Few of these stories make headlines, but they affect the right of Canadians to decide for themselves what they choose to read" - February 25-March 3, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Biblio Tech Review - February 2007
The January 2007 issue of Biblio Tech Review is now available
Emerald acquires EuroMed Journal of Business
Emerald Group Publishing has acquired the EuroMed Journal of Business to complement the stable of eight titles already in its international business portfolio. The journal will feature new research papers from and about the European and Mediterranean region, focusing on all aspects of business, including marketing, new product development, taxation, business process reengineering, international banking, CRM, retailing, advertising and logistics
DialogClassic Web
DialogClassic Web "is designed for information professionals who want to use the sophisticated search capabilities offered by Dialog Command Language with the added versatility of a Web-based environment. All DialogClassic Web features are browser-based, eliminating the need to install software"
International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media
International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media - March 26-28, 2007 - Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
A double-first at the Bodleian library as US woman takes over
From The Independent - " One of the last remaining bastions of male domination has come crumbling down as one of the oldest libraries in Europe prepares to get to grips with the demands of the 21st century. For more than 400 years, the Bodleian library - the main research library at the University of Oxford and the second largest in the UK after the British library - has had a man at the helm. It has also never been run by anyone born outside these shores. But both of those taboos have been broken this week, with the accession of Sarah Thomas to the post of librarian"
Nature Network
Nature Network "is the online meeting place for you and fellow scientists to gather, talk and find out about the latest scientific news and events. Science is an international endeavor and deserves a global stage for discussion. Scientists can also benefit from interactions at the local level. That's why you'll see an increasing number of local city hubs on Nature Network, starting with Boston and London"
LC Subject Headings in Spanish
LC Subject Headings in Spanish - "This a preliminary Spanish-English/English-Spanish list of subject headings. Please use it with caution! Much of the data has not yet been checked thoroughly and some of it not at all. As of January 2007 headings from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) have been included along with the two original sources. One these is an English-Spanish list of headings and subdivisions under development at the Queens Borough Public Library. The other is a set of bibliographic records from the catalog of the San Francisco Public Library. These records contain subject headings in both languages and certain patterns made it possible to match Spanish to English with a fair degree of accuracy. Most of the errors in matching were removed through a manual review"
ALCTS announces its 2007 pre-conferences
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association, has announced its 2007 pre-conference line-up for the ALA Annual Conference in Washington. On June 21 and 22, ALCTS offers two two-day workshops in the continuing series on basic cataloging from ALCTS and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
RSS Feeds for LCSH and LCC Weekly Lists
Beginning with Weekly List 1 for 2007, the Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly Lists and Library of Congress Classification Weekly Lists are now available as free RSS feeds
Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online
Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online by Meredith Farkas with foreword by Roy Tennant - "Here is the first book to explore the growing phenomenon of social software and how these technologies can be applied in libraries. Social software lets libraries show a human face online, helping them communicate, educate, and interact with their communities. This nuts-and-bolts guide provides librarians with the information and skills necessary to implement the most popular and effective social software technologies: blogs, RSS, wikis, social networking software, screencasting, photo-sharing, podcasting, instant messaging, gaming, and more. Success stories and interviews highlight these tools' ease-of-use—and tremendous impact. Novice readers will find ample descriptions and advice on using each technology, while veteran users of social software will discover new applications and approaches"
This Week in LibraryBlogLand
This Week in LibraryBlogLand - week ending February 18, 2007
Shortlist for the 2007 CILIP / LiS Libraries Change Lives Award announced
Three schemes are in the running for the 2007 CILIP/LiS Libraries Change Lives Award:
* A bibliotherapy project in East Ayrshire providing alternative treatment for people with depression and mild mental health problems
* A scheme in Leeds providing loans of large print fiction books for partially sighted children in the classroom so that they can read books alongside their peers in mainstream schools
* A UK-wide project developing the role of public libraries in supporting refugees and asylum seekers to promote social inclusion and build self esteem, where two library services (in Leicester and in the London Borough of Camden) have set up work placements for refugees.
The winner of the award will be announced by Roger McGough, OBE, on 18 April 2007 at the Library + information Show (LiS), NEC, Birmingham, UK
* A bibliotherapy project in East Ayrshire providing alternative treatment for people with depression and mild mental health problems
* A scheme in Leeds providing loans of large print fiction books for partially sighted children in the classroom so that they can read books alongside their peers in mainstream schools
* A UK-wide project developing the role of public libraries in supporting refugees and asylum seekers to promote social inclusion and build self esteem, where two library services (in Leicester and in the London Borough of Camden) have set up work placements for refugees.
The winner of the award will be announced by Roger McGough, OBE, on 18 April 2007 at the Library + information Show (LiS), NEC, Birmingham, UK
LLRX.com February 12, 2007 update
LLRX.com February 12, 2007 update is now online. LLRX.com is a unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing and administrative professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools, since 1996
Monday, February 19, 2007
New home page for British Library
"Our new home page incorporates a much improved search of our web resources. It is the result of extensive user research and technical development over the last year. We were aware that some users had been finding it difficult to find the British Library web content that best met their needs. Using the new search box means that users can see results from our four most important web resources together on the same page."
One query will now search:
10,000 web pages on our collections and services
13 million catalogue records (Integrated Catalogue)
90,000 pictures and sounds from our Collect Britain website
9 million articles from 20,000 top journals (British Library Direct)
One query will now search:
10,000 web pages on our collections and services
13 million catalogue records (Integrated Catalogue)
90,000 pictures and sounds from our Collect Britain website
9 million articles from 20,000 top journals (British Library Direct)
Emerald offers web training to customers
Emerald Group Publishing has announced that their English speaking database customers can now register online to request individually tailored training sessions. Using WebEx technology, the online training session will offer customers a complete journey through all the features and resources of the Emerald database
The 2007 Ex Libris Users North America (ELUNA) conference - June 5-8, 2007 - South Dakota, USA
Saturday, February 17, 2007
DigCCurr2007 program available
Program now available for DigCCurr2007 - An International Symposium on Digital Curation - Focus: "What Digital Curators Do and What They Need to Know?" - April 18-20, 2007 - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The 2nd International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Peer Reviewing - July 12-15, 2007 – Orlando, Florida, USA
Canadian Government Documents and Information on the Web
Canadian Government Documents and Information on the Web with Jeff Moon - On-line Course beginning February 19, 2007 - Developed for the Education Institute by Ontario College and University Library Association, a division of Ontario Library Association
School for Scanning
School for Scanning: A conference for staff and administrators of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations, as well as corporate archivists and information technology professionals, who seek to create, manage, and preserve digital assets - May 1–3, 2007 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Friday, February 16, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer - this week: General Knowledge. Answers here
1. In the 1997 film "Titanic", which actor played Jack who fell in love with Rose (Kate Winslet)?
2. Is a pint more or less than a litre?
3. What is the highest mountain in Japan?
4. What is the square root of sixteen?
5. Who wrote the 1969 novel "The Godfather" which was made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972?
6. What is a "billet-doux"?
7. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol "H"?
8. Which country had "Papa Doc" Duvalier as its president from 1957 to 1971?
9. Which children's book by Kenneth Grahame was originally called "The Mole and the Water-Rat"?
10. Is Alexander McQueen famous as a singer, a fashion designer, or a painter?
1. In the 1997 film "Titanic", which actor played Jack who fell in love with Rose (Kate Winslet)?
2. Is a pint more or less than a litre?
3. What is the highest mountain in Japan?
4. What is the square root of sixteen?
5. Who wrote the 1969 novel "The Godfather" which was made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972?
6. What is a "billet-doux"?
7. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol "H"?
8. Which country had "Papa Doc" Duvalier as its president from 1957 to 1971?
9. Which children's book by Kenneth Grahame was originally called "The Mole and the Water-Rat"?
10. Is Alexander McQueen famous as a singer, a fashion designer, or a painter?
2007 iPRES Conference
The International Conference on the Digital Preservation, iPRES 2007, will be held during October 11-12, 2007, at the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Call for papers for the 7th International Web Archiving Workshop
IWAW will take place the 23rd June, in Canada. The workshop will provide a cross domain overview on active research and practice in all domains concerned with the acquisition, maintenance and preservation of digital objects for long-term access, with a particular focus on web archiving and studies on effective usage of this type of archives
iPED Conference 2007
iPED Conference 2007: Researching Academic Futures - 10-11 September 2007 - Coventry University, UK
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship - Winter 2007
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship - Number 49, Winter 2007 - is now available
Worldwide petition on open access delivered to European Commission
A petition calling on the European Commission to adopt polices to guarantee free public access to research results was delivered today to Janez Potocnik, EU Commissioner for Science and Research. Nobel laureates Peter Agre, Martinus Veltman, and Harold Varmus, and Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, are among the more than 20,000 concerned researchers, senior academics, lecturers, librarians, and citizens from across and around the world who have signed the petition
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Ontario Library Association Superconference presentations
Presentations and handouts from the 2007 Ontario Library Association Superconference are now available online
Lyell Collection - Geological Society of London
"To mark its 200th anniversary in 2007, the Geological Society of London is launching a completely new electronic publishing service. Available from May 2007 the Society's new online Lyell Collection - whose creation has been made possible by the generosity of our Bicentennial platinum sponsors BP and Shell - will feature the full content of its wholly owned journals, Special Publications and key book series. This completely new service will be available to the Earth science community worldwide, with the support of Schlumberger"
Romantic Novel of the Year Award shortlist
The shortlist for Romantic Novel of the Year Award has been announced
FreePint Newsletter 224
FreePint Newsletter 224 - 15 February, 2007 - now available
"Redesigned for 2006, this interactive mapping application makes it easy to find many places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and demographic data for those places. To find a specific place of interest, users can click and zoom in on a map of Canada or they can search by place name, street name, street intersection or postal code. GeoSearch will display the appropriate map showing boundaries and other features. As of March 13, 2007 (official release of the 2006 Census population and dwelling counts), GeoSearch2006 will automatically display population and dwelling counts for selected areas, and show what kind of geographic area it is and its relationship to other geographic areas. New functionality for 2006 includes links to 2006 Census reference maps and community profile tables, and a thematic mapping option for selected census topics (for selected levels of geography)"
Dawn of a New Era by Roy Tennant
Dawn of a New Era by Roy Tennant for Library Journal, February 15, 2007 - "On September 5, 2006, over 250 libraries in the Georgia consortium, PINES, began using a next-generation integrated library system (ILS) they wrote from scratch. Within two months they racked up two million checkouts and half-a-million renewals for a collection of eight million items and 1.5 million borrowers. While they aren't the first to use an open source solution for their most essential operations, they are the largest and most complex system in the United States to attempt such a transition. The potential impact of this event on the library marketplace, which has recently been dominated by mergers and acquisitions, cannot be overstated...more"
Coping with Copyright: Advanced Aspects of Copyright
Coping with Copyright: Advanced Aspects of Copyright - The Course is of relevance to a wide range of information professionals working in all areas of the industry; to those charged with managing or ensuring compliance with copyright law in their organisations and anyone with a need to develop an awareness and knowledge of advanced aspects of copyright - 4 July 2007 - London, UK
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
New England Technical Services Librarians 2007 Spring Conference
New England Technical Services Librarians 2007 Spring Conference - April 13, 2007 - College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
New Blog: Designing Better Libraries
"Designing Better Libraries is a blog about design thinking and how it applies to library settings. The goal of this blog is to provide information, news and ideas that librarians can use to design a great library user experience for their communities. Among the topics we'll be covering are instructional design, innovation, technology design, and the application of new media to design - and of course - design thinking"
CFI invests $25 million in the social sciences and humanities
"Researchers and students in the social sciences and humanities in Canada will benefit from a $25 million investment by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO of the CFI, was joined today by the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, to announce the landmark investment. The funds will go towards two projects - one led by the University of Ottawa and the other by the Université de Montréal. The projects will significantly enhance the knowledge management tools available to researchers and students from coast to coast"
Directory of Open Access Journals Membership Program
"Thanks to funding from Open Society Institute, The Royal Library of Sweden, SPARC, SPARC Europe and Axiell we have been able to operate, extend and improve the DOAJ over the last 3 years making the DOAJ the authoritative listing of peer-reviewed scholarly open access journals. We need your support for the continuing operation and development of the DOAJ. In order to create a sustainable financial foundation for the continuing development and operation of DOAJ we now launch a membership program allowing individuals, universities, research centers, libraries, library organisation, library consortia, aggregators and other organisations to contribute"
NetLibrary offers libraries new purchase option for eAudiobooks
NetLibrary has launched a new purchase model for its growing collection of eAudiobooks. Librarians now have the option to add individual titles to their collections from leading publishers including Random House, Blackstone Audio, and many more to come. In addition, librarians will still have the option to purchase a complete collection of eAudiobooks from Recorded Books through an annual subscription
Rowntree dumps its Reed shares
From The Telegraph: "Two investors in Reed Elsevier have sold their shares as a protest that the publishing giant runs arms fairs which have included the sale of torture equipment. F&C Asset Management and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust sold their holdings after concerns about the companies selling equipment at Reed's fairs. Reed Exhibitions, runs the UK's arms fair, Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi)"
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Marquis Who's Who joins Xrefer family
Xrefer recently signed an agreement with Marquis Who's Who to integrate two of their comprehensive biographical resources into the Xreferplus Ready-Reference collection
MetaLib version 4.00
Ex Libris Group has announced the general release of MetaLib version 4.00. "This new version further enhances the user experience by providing exciting new tools empowering users to easily find the information they need, when they need it, from wherever they are. An ideal tool for both novice and expert researchers, version 4.00 incorporates innovative features for managing result sets..."
Teaching Web Searching and Google
Teaching Web Searching and Google with Greg Notess - February 20, 2007 - Education Institute Audio Conference
Mashups : A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That
SirsiDynix Institute: Mashups : A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That by Darlene Fichter, Head of the Indigenous Studies Portal and Coordinator of Data Library Services, University of Saskatchewan Library - March 6, 2007
Films from the Home Front
Films from the Home Front brings together a collection of unique moving images illustrating what life was like for ordinary people in Britain during the Second World War, as seen through amateur documentaries, newsreels, government films, and home movies. Screen Archive South East, at the University of Brighton, in partnership with six other English Regional Film Archives, is launching the site as part of a 225,000 pounds film archive project which forms part of the Big Lottery Funds 10 million pounds Their Past Your Future programme, and was created with funding distributed by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Science.gov 4.0
Science.gov 4.0: New Features: "Now you can refine your search queries, email your search results and sort your results in a variety of ways using Science.gov Version 4.0. In addition, DeepRank, a more sophisticated ranking algorithm, has been deployed"
This Week in LibraryBlogLand
This Week in LibraryBlogLand - week ending February 11, 2007
Blackwell partners with Korean Academy of Social Welfare
Blackwell Publishing has announced its partnership with the Korean Academy of Social Welfare for the publication of Asian Social Work and Policy Review. The journal is Blackwell's first Korean humanities and social sciences title, and is the society's official publication
ALSC Distinguished Service Award winner
Caroline Ward, youth services coordinator, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, Conn., is the 2007 recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children's Distinguished Service Award. The award honors an individual ALSC member who has made significant contributions to, and had an impact on, library service to children and ALSC
2007 ALSC Bechtel Fellowship winner named
The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, has announced that children's librarian Charmette Kuhn-Kendrick has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship
ACRL announces 2007 IS Innovation award winner
The Community Workshop Series created by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Library's Instructional Services Department has been chosen to receive the 2007 Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section Innovation award. Sponsored by Lexis-Nexis, the annual award recognizes a project that demonstrates creative, innovative, or unique approaches to information literacy instruction or programming
Monday, February 12, 2007
10th Interlending & Document Supply International
10th Interlending & Document Supply International - 29-31 October 2007 - National Library in Singapore
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Vilnius Book Fair 2007
Vilnius Book Fair 2007 - February 22-25 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Maroon Opinions
Maroon Opinions - This blog lists suggestions for and answers from the University of Chicago Library
Illuminating the Word: The St. John's Bible (A Library of Congress Exhibition)
This exhibition is devoted to a single work of art, an illuminated, handwritten Bible commissioned by Saint John's University and Abbey in Minnesota. This contemporary Bible is at once old and new: a masterpiece of the ancient crafts of calligraphy and illumination that could only be made by artists of today. This unique undertaking combines a centuries-old tradition of craftsmanship with the latest capabilities of computer technology and electronic communication
W H Auden: A Centenary Reading
Wednesday 21 February 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wystan Hugh Auden, one of the most significant and prolific poets and writers of the twentieth century. The British Library and the Stephen Spender Memorial Trust celebrate Auden's centenary with an evening of poetry readings that reflect the enormous breadth and wonderful technical variety of Auden's published output, including both the poems of the 1930's that chart "a low dishonest decade", and his later work published while resident in the United States
Saturday, February 10, 2007
All Change: Adapt and Thrive in a Digital Age
All Change: Adapt and Thrive in a Digital Age: London Museum Librarians and Archivists Group one day conference - 26 April 2007 - British Museum, London, UK
EDUCAUSE Quarterly
EDUCAUSE Quarterly - Volume 30, Number 1, 2007 is now available
The World Digital Library
The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research
Friday, February 09, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer - this week: Capitals. Answers here.
1. What is the capital city of Russia?
2. What is the capital of the USA?
3. Which country has Lisbon as its capital?
4. What is the capital of Egypt?
5. What is the capital of Poland?
6. Before 1960, Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil. What is Brazil's capital now?
7. What is the world's most northerly capital city?
8. Is Lusaka the capital of Zambia, Zaire or Zimbabwe?
9. Is Vilnius the capital of Armenia, Slovakia or Lithuania?
10. Which country has Quito as its capital?
1. What is the capital city of Russia?
2. What is the capital of the USA?
3. Which country has Lisbon as its capital?
4. What is the capital of Egypt?
5. What is the capital of Poland?
6. Before 1960, Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil. What is Brazil's capital now?
7. What is the world's most northerly capital city?
8. Is Lusaka the capital of Zambia, Zaire or Zimbabwe?
9. Is Vilnius the capital of Armenia, Slovakia or Lithuania?
10. Which country has Quito as its capital?
African American History Month - Library of Congress
"In celebration of African American History Month, the Library of Congress will sponsor a series of special events and has developed this new Web site highlighting the many resources on African American history and culture available from our extensive online collections. This annual celebration is one of the ways in which the Library heightens awareness and recognizes the contributions of African Americans to our nation. This year's theme, "From Slavery to Freedom: Africans in the Americas," honors John Hope Franklin, a celebrated historian, and his 1947 signature publication. On December 5, 2006, Professor Franklin received the John W. Kluge Prize, an award for lifetime achievement in those disciplines not covered by the Nobel prizes
The Wise Guide - February 2007
The Wise Guide - monthly portal to the many resources available from the U.S. Library of Congress - February 2007 now available
GEO Year Book 2007
The GEO Year Book 2007 is the fourth annual report on the changing environment produced by the United Nations Environment Programme in collaboration with many world environment experts. The 2007 Year Book includes global and regional overviews of significant developments over the past year. It highlights linkages among ecosystem health, human well-being, and economic development; examines new thinking on the value of ecosystem services and the threat from ecosystem degradation; and describes recent research findings and policy decisions that affect our awareness and response to global change
Blackwell to launch Clinical and Translational Science Journal
Blackwell Publishing has announced the forthcoming launch of Clinical and Translational Science, a new journal beginning in January 2008. CTS will focus on the recent and rapidly expanding field of Translational Studies, a complex medical discipline emerging at the intersection of applied bench research and clinical medicine
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Tools for Managing Electronic Resources: A Workshop and Conference
Tools for Managing Electronic Resources: A Workshop and Conference - "Libraries everywhere are developing new workflows and adopting new techniques to select, acquire, track, and promote and otherwise manage the expanding world of electronic resources. From ebooks in public libraries to multimedia databases in academic libraries, e-resources are multiplying and libraries are adapting to these new challenges. The workshop on March 22 at Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio, will focus on the practical aspects of managing electronic resources throughout their life cycle"
Virtual Vault
"The purpose of this project is to develop a 3D gallery for the online presentation of Library and Archives Canada content. As a first step, LAC has developed a small three-dimensional module, consisting of a virtual room with the ability to display digital images and audio. This new technology aims to capture the look and feel of a physical exhibition. Archival descriptions for some works of art may be updated periodically to reflect more recent information about items featured in this exhibition"
Developing the UK's e-infrastructure for science and innovation
"Produced by the Office of Science and Innovation e-Infrastructure Working Group, the report - Developing the UK's e-infrastructure for science and innovation - sets out the requirements for a national e-infrastructure to help ensure the UK maintains and indeed enhances its global standing in science and innovation in an increasingly competitive world"
Costa Book of the Year
London author Stef Penney has won the Costa Book of the Year award for her debut novel, the Tenderness of Wolves. The book is set in Canada - a country the author has never visited because she had agoraphobia. The award - formerly the Whitbread Prize - pits five winners of separate categories against each other for the Book of the Year
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Emerald signs agreement with Council of Australian University Librarians
Emerald Group Publishing has announced its recent deal with the Council of Australian University Librarians. This five-year consortial agreement provides CAUL's 1.1 million users with access to Emerald's collection of online digital journals and databases
ASCB position on public access to scientific literature
The American Society for Cell Biology, a non-profit scientific society of over 11,000 members and publisher of the high-impact monthly journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell, has announced its Position on Public Access to Scientific Literature, calling for free public access to federally funded research within six months of publication. ASCB has provided free access (after a two-month embargo) to research published in its journals since 2001 and has experienced no adverse impact on its finances
Welsh Journals Online
Welsh Journals Online will be a new web resource, available free to all. It will contain searchable texts of all the major Welsh and Wales-related journals, including academic, cultural, literary, scientific, historical, archaeological and political publications in Welsh and English. The resource will be launched in 2008
HSLG Conference 2007
The Health Sciences Libraries Group of the Library Association of Ireland is holding its annual conference in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co.Westmeath on 15-16 of February 2007. The overall theme for the event is "Promotion and Teaching Skills within the Healthcare Library".
WorldCat.org offers new Web site and search box features
"WorldCat.org, the Web site and search box that offers public access to the catalogs of libraries worldwide, has added new features and functionality that enhance the discovery experience and make it possible to customize the downloadable search box, search and find materials in Chinese, and link to libraries nearby via IP address location"
Rewards, Bribery & Reading Schemes
Rewards, Bribery & Reading Schemes: A perspective of Children's Reading Schemes focusing on the National Summer Reading Challenge run by Public Libraries and schemes used within a local secondary school - 6 March 2007 - Reading, Berkshire, UK
Wiley completes acquisition of Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that it has finalized the acquisition of the outstanding shares of Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd. The purchase price of 572 million pounds was financed with a combination of debt and cash
2007 PLA Award Winners
The Public Library Association has announced the winners of eight awards, honoring the best in public library service and innovation
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
2007 NFAIS Annual Conference
2007 NFAIS Annual Conference: Creating Change: Growth Opportunities in the Wake of Disruption - February 25-27, 2007 - Philadelphia, PA
New titles added to Xreferplus
The following new titles have been added to Xreferplus:
Astronomy Encyclopedia, Philip's
Atlas of the Universe, Philip's
Chambers Film Factfinder
Guide to Gems, Philips
Guide to Stars and Planets, Philips
Guide to the Oceans, Philip's
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Astronomy Encyclopedia, Philip's
Atlas of the Universe, Philip's
Chambers Film Factfinder
Guide to Gems, Philips
Guide to Stars and Planets, Philips
Guide to the Oceans, Philip's
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting
International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting - October 24-26, 2007 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Macmillan launches first eBook sites using ground breaking BookStore platform
"Macmillan has launched over 30 eBook titles from its Macmillan New Writing and Macmillan Science imprints. These are now available to search and purchase online through the new BookStore platform"
METRO Copyright Symposium
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) will host a symposium titled Copyright: The Only Certainty is Uncertainty on February 15, 2007 at the Baruch College Conference Center in New York City
Scitation leverages RSS in new saved search feature
"AIP Publishing Services announces the release of a valuable new service on its Scitation online platform. RSS Saved Search allows users to save their search criteria as an RSS feed. Feeds can currently be established based on any search performed across the Scitation database, or from AIP's SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) database. While traditional saved search functions require that users be logged on to the hosting platform in order to run stored searches, Scitation's RSS Saved Search service allows them to automatically receive new results at any time in their RSS reader or browser"
Law Library of Congress to celebrate 175th anniversary in 2007
"In celebration of its 175 years of service to Congress and the nation, the Law Library of Congress is launching a yearlong series of events designed to celebrate its achievements and showcase its unparalleled resources"
The World Almanac E-Newsletter - February 2007
The World Almanac E-Newsletter - Volume 07, Number 2 — February 2007 is now available
SOLINET introducing the information literacy track
SOLINET is introducing the information literacy track, a series of classes designed to give a comprehensive overview of information literacy concepts, including program development, assignment design, assessment, outreach to faculty, and the application of various technologies to enhance and expand information literacy instruction in the classroom and beyond
2007 Code4lib Scholarship Recipients
Oregon State University Libraries has announced the recipients of the 2007 Code4lib Conference Scholarship for Women and 2007 Code4lib Conference Minority Scholarship
British Library launches new Reprints service
The British Library is offering customers the ability to order multiple copies of print and electronic articles from a wide range of published material more quickly than ever before. "Until now, if a customer wanted 100 copies of an article from the British Library, they would have to pay full copyright fees 100 times over," explains Mat Pfleger, Head of Sales and Marketing at the British Library. "Under our new Reprints service and following negotiation with a range of publishers, customers will now be able to benefit from sliding scale copyright fees on higher volume requests. We also aim to set a new industry standard on response times, as several of our customers have told us they have to wait between 5 and 10 days for a quote from some other providers. We aim to quote within 24 hours"
New journals from Hindawi
Hindawi has announced the following new journals:
Advances in Acoustics and Vibration
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Advances in Urology
Dermatology Research and Practice
Distributed Information Systems
Gastroenterology Research and Practice
International Journal of Plasma Science and Engineering
International Journal of Reacting Systems
Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications
Advances in Acoustics and Vibration
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Advances in Urology
Dermatology Research and Practice
Distributed Information Systems
Gastroenterology Research and Practice
International Journal of Plasma Science and Engineering
International Journal of Reacting Systems
Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications
Online British Parliamentary sources 1275-2006
Online British Parliamentary sources 1275-2006 - This seminar will examine developments towards making the complete records of Parliament available online from the medieval Rolls to the modern Internet. Speakers will explain the digital development of parliamentary papers online including the BOPCRIS 18th century project due to be launched at the end of March 2007 - 23 April 2007 - London, UK
Betsy Wilson named ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
Lizabeth (Betsy) A. Wilson, Dean of University Libraries at the University of Washington, is the 2007 Association of College and Research Libraries' Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by YBP Library Services, recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic/research librarianship and library development. Wilson will receive a $5,000 award on March 29, 2007, at the keynote luncheon during the ACRL 13th National Conference in Baltimore, MD
ALSC announces 2007 Notable Children's Books
The Association for Library Service to Children has selected its 2007 list of Notable Children's Books. The list of titles includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry and picture books of special interest, quality, creativity and value to children of all ages (through age 14)
WVU Libraries Vintage Valentines online exhibit
View antique Valentine's Day cards and postcards and email them to friends. From the West Virginia and Regional History Collection
Monday, February 05, 2007
Princeton University Library and Google partnership
A new partnership between the Princeton University Library and Google soon will make approximately 1 million books in Princeton's collection available online in a searchable format
A Festschrift for Anne Grodzins Lipow
"Here will gather a few of Anne's many friends and colleagues to celebrate her life with collected essays published as a festschrift both online and in print. The volume will be called Technology in Libraries to honor Anne's commitment to bringing the very latest technologies into the service of libraries and their clientele. If you would like to contribute an essay, please contact Roy Tennant (address at the website)"
Public Library Building Awards 2007
Public Library Building Awards 2007 - The Public Libraries Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and An Chomhairle Leabharlanna (The Library Council) launched the Public Library Building Awards in 1995. The awards are recognised throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland as indicators of professional library development and as benchmarks for public library facilities, reflecting the major changes in library provision in the 21st century
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Quick Reads 2007
Quick Reads was launched by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on World Book Day 2006 to provide fast-paced, bite-sized books by bestselling writers for emergent readers, anyone who had lost the reading habit or simply wanted a short, fast read. It was a remarkable collaboration between authors, publishers, book retailers, libraries, the education sector, and other partners and supporters. World Book Day, 1 March 2007, sees the launch of a brand-new range of Quick Reads books
Highlights - Winter 2006/7 issue
The Winter 2006/7 issue of Highlights, the free, quarterly newsletter from Inderscience Publishers, is now available
Canadian Library Association 2007 National Conference
Canadian Library Association 2007 National Conference - May 23-26, 2007 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Journal of Database Management - call for papers
Journal of Database Management - call for papers for a special issue on XML Data Services: Technology Evolution and Challenges. Submissions due April 2, 2007
EBLIP4: 4th International Evidence-Based Library & Information Practice Conference - 6-11 May 2007 Chapel Hill-Durham, NC, USA
ECDL 2007: 11th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries - Calls for Papers, Workshops, Posters and Demos, Panels and Doctoral Consortium are available and submission is open - September 16-21, 2007 - Budapest, Hungary
The Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries - 2007 long list
The long list of 10 museums and galleries in contention for the fifth annual Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries have been announced. The Women's Library in London is long listed for the exhibition, "Prostitution: What's Going On?", a provocative exhibition and events programme marking the centenary of the death of Josephine Butler, the Victorian social reformer and campaigner for the rights of prostituted women
Major content enhancement to Copac
The Consortium of Research Libraries, the Research Information Network, and the British Library have announced significant future additions to Copac as a result of the Copac Challenge Fund, a jointly-funded initiative to expose more of the wealth of UK library holdings for the benefit of researchers of all types in the UK and beyond. There were 60 responses to the Challenge Fund from both Higher Education and other libraries who were interested in a presence within Copac. Successful applicants had to demonstrate the benefits they could bring for Copac users through the research value, uniqueness, ease of access and use of their collections. This process ensures that the Fund will have a maximum positive impact for researchers in the UK and beyond
GODORT Preconference at ALA Annual Meeting
GODORT Preconference at ALA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C - June 21, 2007 - International Documents in an Electronic Age. The Open Internet and Beyond: Challenges, Tasks, and Tools for All Libraries. Sponsored by the Government Documents Round Table
Update: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Update: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases will be the first open access journal devoted to the world's most neglected tropical diseases, such as elephantiasis, river blindness, leprosy, hookworm, schistosomiasis, and African sleeping sickness. The journal will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed research on all scientific, medical, and public health aspects of these forgotten diseases affecting the world's forgotten people. Guidelines for authors are now available
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Upcoming EBSCOhost RSS and Alert Enhancements
"EBSCO announced plans to release EBSCOhost enhancements, primarily to the popular Search and Journal Alert functionality, in conjunction with the use of RSS feeds. These updates are being introduced as a direct result of customer feedback, and are scheduled to become available to EBSCOhost users this spring"
Archives Hub Collections of the Month, February 2007
Archives Hub Collections of the Month, February 2007 - "Love letters" - "This month we celebrate handwriting in all its forms, from ancient papyri to modern shorthand, from diaries and correspondence to music and mathematics, and highlighting the art of calligraphy and the science of palaeography"
Information Today February 2007 issues
The February 2007 issues of Computers in Libraries, Information Today, and Searcher, are now available
SAGE Full-Text Collections now available on SAGE Journals Online platform
"SAGE Publications is now offering its award-winning SAGE Full-Text Collections on SAGE Journals Online, which has been recently enhanced with new features and functionality. SAGE is pleased to be able to offer our customers this new access option for the Collections, allowing for access and administration of both the Collections and individual SAGE online journal subscriptions on the same platform" Demonstration available
CLIR Issues - Number 55
CLIR Issues - Number 55 January/February 2007 - is now available from the Council on Library and Information Resources
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis: Summary for Policymakers - Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This Summary for Policymakers was formally approved at the 10th Session of Working Group I of the IPCC, Paris, February 2007
Legal Research Engine from Cornell Law Library
Legal Research Engine: "Enter any legal research topic and find the best legal research guides available from pre-selected quality web sites. You can also add the engine to your Google homepage with one click..."
ACRL Professional Development Call for Proposals
ACRL invites proposal submissions for half-day or full-day professional development programs to be held at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting or 2008 ALA Annual Conference. Proposals must be submitted using the online form and submissions are due by April 2, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer - this week: Celebrities. Answers here.
1. Which professional footballer married Victoria Adams and had children called Brooklyn and Romeo?
2. Which American actress is the daughter of actor Jon Voight and starred in the films Girl, Interrupted and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider?
3. Which US filmmaker won an Academy Award as Best Director for Schindler's List?
4. Which British theatrical composer wrote the music for Evita and Sunset Boulevard?
5. Which American golfer, whose real first name is Eldrick, was the youngest of only five golfers to achieve a career Grand Slam?
6. Which singer was a member of The Faces from 1969 to 1975, and topped the UK and US music charts in 1971 with the album Every Picture Tells a Story?
7. Which US billionaire property financier faced bankruptcy in 1990 but recovered and unsuccessfully attempted to run as a candidate for the Reform Party in the US presidential election of 2000?
8. Which actor appeared in the films Thelma & Louise, A River Runs Through It and Troy?
9. Which politician was imprisoned from 1964 to 1990 but became president of his country in 1994?
10. Which US film actor, who starred in Eyes Wide Shut, had the original surname of Mapother?
1. Which professional footballer married Victoria Adams and had children called Brooklyn and Romeo?
2. Which American actress is the daughter of actor Jon Voight and starred in the films Girl, Interrupted and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider?
3. Which US filmmaker won an Academy Award as Best Director for Schindler's List?
4. Which British theatrical composer wrote the music for Evita and Sunset Boulevard?
5. Which American golfer, whose real first name is Eldrick, was the youngest of only five golfers to achieve a career Grand Slam?
6. Which singer was a member of The Faces from 1969 to 1975, and topped the UK and US music charts in 1971 with the album Every Picture Tells a Story?
7. Which US billionaire property financier faced bankruptcy in 1990 but recovered and unsuccessfully attempted to run as a candidate for the Reform Party in the US presidential election of 2000?
8. Which actor appeared in the films Thelma & Louise, A River Runs Through It and Troy?
9. Which politician was imprisoned from 1964 to 1990 but became president of his country in 1994?
10. Which US film actor, who starred in Eyes Wide Shut, had the original surname of Mapother?
Project Prospect
Project Prospect: "See science come alive with a new initiative that allows papers published online in RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) journals to become machine-readable"
Facet Publishing 2007 Catalogue
CILIP's publishing arm, Facet Publishing, has launched its 2007 catalogue. Forty new titles are due to be published in 2007 on subjects ranging from copyright and information rights, to using the latest Web 2.0 technologies, digital convergence and reader development
Publishing Technology plc announced
"Publishing Technology plc was created in February 2007 following the reverse acquisition of Ingenta plc by VISTA. The combined company's technology and services provide a unique vertical proposition to publishers, that enables end-to-end integration of online and offline publishing and supports growth of digital revenues for publisher clients"
Thursday, February 01, 2007
FreePint Newsletter 223
FreePint Newsletter 223 - 1 February, 2007 - now available
A Million Penguins
A Million Penguins: a collaborative, wiki-based creative writing exercise from British publisher Penguin
Journal of Information Literacy
Journal of Information Literacy - Volume 1, Issue 1 is now available. Journal of Information Literacy is an international, peer-reviewed, academic journal that aims to investigate Information Literacy within a wide range of settings. Papers on any topic related to the practical, technological or philosophical issues raised by the attempt to increase information literacy throughout society are encouraged. JIL is published in electronic format only
Digitizing American Imprints at the Library of Congress
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has announced that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Library of Congress a $2 million grant for a program to digitize thousands of public-domain works, with a major focus on at-risk "brittle books" and U.S. history volumes. The project, Digitizing American Imprints at the Library of Congress, will include not only the scanning of volumes, but also the development of suitable page-turner display technology, capability to scan and display foldouts, and a pilot program to capture high-level metadata, such as table of contents, chapters/sections and index. Past digitization projects have shied away from brittle books because of the condition of the materials, but "Digitizing American Imprints" intends to serve as a demonstration project of best practices for the handling and scanning of such vulnerable works
Geology Digimap
Following an agreement made between the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Natural Environment Research Council, EDINA has developed a subscription service to deliver geological maps and data from the British Geological Survey to Tertiary Education. Geology Digimap is part of the Digimap Collection of on-line mapping and data delivery facilities. Users can view maps through their web browser, save maps for printing and download the geological map data for use in geographical information systems
What have global trade agreements ever done for library and information workers?
What have global trade agreements ever done for library and information workers? - a talk by Ruth Rikowski - 13 February 2007 - London, UK
New Orleans Public Library receives library materials from YALSA's Great Book Giveaway
The New Orleans Public Library is the winner of the 11th annual Great Book Giveaway and will receive literally a "ton" of young adult and adult books, CDs and audiocassettes. The Young Adult Library Services Association sponsors the contest consisting of items publishers and producers donated to YALSA in 2006. The estimated value of the collection is approximately $30,000
You Be the Librarian - Week #1
You Be the Librarian - Week #1 from Westerville Public Library, Ohio, Adult Services Department
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They liked your resume enough to call you in for an interview: Congratulations! We're sure you nailed it, but your work isn't quite done yet. Now, it's time to follow up.
The Interview Follow-up Email
Send follow-up email(s) the same day to your interviewer and anyone else who was involved in the process. We hope you took everyone's business card while you were there! Everyone from the secretary who scheduled the interview and brought you a glass of water to prospective co-workers who may have popped in to ask a few questions should get a thank you.
- This email should be brief: One sentence thanking so-and-so for taking the time out of his/her day to meet with you. Include a detail or two refreshing his/her memory about the conversation (chances are they are meeting several applicants that day). For example, a shared alma mater or a shared affinity for U2 make great reference points.
- If your interviewer assigned you "homework" (ideas, a writing sample, etc.), indicate in your day-of email that he/she can expect to have it by the deadline provided (then, try to provide it earlier than that date).
- Be sure to start your email with a proper greeting (Dear Ms. Evans) and end with a proper closing (All the Best, Jerome). Remember that this is an email to a potential employer, not a friend — proper spelling and grammar are a must. Even if you are sure of its accuracy, have a friend or family member look it over before you hit 'send.' A second pair of eyes is always a good thing.
- Don't:
- Request a confirmation of receipt.
- Email from email@example.com: Create an email address that is simple and professional.
- Use LOL, OMG or any other "Text Talk".
- Send a generic, blanket email if you interviewed with several companies that day. After all, they didn't interview you at the same time as everyone else.
- Use a colorful or 'fun' font. Black Times New Roman should do just fine.
The Interview Follow-up Thank You Note
You've sent your follow-up email(s), now it's time for the big finish: the Thank You Note. The Thank You Note — which you can write on either personalized stationery or professional-looking boxed stationery — should be sent no more than a few days after the interview, and it is much like writing one for any other occasion. The bones are the same, but there are a few slight differences.
- Like your follow-up email, begin your Thank You Note with a proper greeting (Dear Mr. Barnes).
- Begin your note with an expression of gratitude. In this case, that would be for taking the time to meet with you. Elaborate with a sentence or two about the company. For example: What inspired you to apply, why you can see yourself working there or a particular fact or figure that impressed you during the interview.
- Share details. Elaborate on highlights of the interview. This not only helps the interviewer remember who you are (he/she may have had 10 interviews that day), but also creates a deeper connection between the two of you. If you spent a moment talking about white water rafting or how you both have twin daughters, it's worth mentioning again.
- Finally, it's time for closure. End with wishes of luck in his/her search as well as your own desired outcome. Now isn't the time to be cryptic.
- End with a professional closing, like 'Best Regards' or 'All the Best'.
- Be sure to send an individualized note to every person you interviewed with, as well as anyone who helped schedule it, such as a Human Resources manager or executive assistant.
We'll leave you with an example, and best wishes for a successful job hunt!
Dear Ms. Peters,
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to meet with me. As someone who spent his weekends identifying butterfly species in his backyard, speaking with the director of the Natural History Museum was quite the treat.
I especially enjoyed hearing about the new Brazilian exhibit and your recent trip to Rio de Janeiro. I am now even more excited for my visit there next year. Best of luck with the rest of your search, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
All the best,
Murphy Charles

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Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (UK - DVD R2)
A non-box-set New-Who release in 5.1? The Wilson Bros are truly flabbergasted!
An intergalactic star-liner is plunging toward certain doom above the surface of a planet that is covered by a mysterious cloud-layer that is interfering with the controls of the liner. Onboard is honeymooning couple Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darville), who try and help regain control of the vessel. A distress call to The Doctor (Matt Smith) is sent out, but he is unable to help directly, as appealing to the good nature of the man who controls the all-encompassing clouds is an impossibility.
Instead, The Doctor travels back in time to when Kazran Sardick (Michael Gambon) was a young, optimistic boy and effectively haunt him in order to get him to change his ways so it will be possible for him to show a little humanity and prevent the liner from being destroyed and save the lives of its four thousand passengers...
Doctor Who and Dickens have been on nodding terms for quite some time, with possible the most blatant example before this being Mark Gatiss' wonderful story The Unquiet Dead, which had Simon Callow playing Dickens and staying true to the period in which he lived. When Executive Producer Steven Moffat announced that the 2010 Christmas special was going to be the most Christmassy Christmas special ever", many fans groaned, as New-Who hasn't had the best track record when it comes to festive episodes – let's briefly look back at them...
The Christmas Invasion - Surprisingly good, even if the new Doctor didn't properly appear until well into the final act.
The Runaway Bride - Just awful, with Catherine Tate at her most insufferable; when she was asked back, most fans baulked, as her characterisation and performance in this story was so OTT, but fortunately this was toned down.
Voyage of the Damned - Mind-numbing; it should have been called The Poseidon Misadventure, although the idea of a crashing star-liner would provide someone with an idea for a future story...
The Next Doctor - A great premise is almost literally squashed underfoot in the third act by the appearance of the ridiculously silly Cyber-King.
The End of Time - Not the greatest way to bring the tenure of one of the most popular Doctors in the show's history to a close and don't get us started on the extended "lap of honour" at the end.
Despite the obvious over-familiarity of the storyline, there are some nice scenes that show jumping back and forward in time, illustrating just how Sardick became so black-hearted and the attempts made by The Doctor to change him.
Where this story comes unglued a little is the inclusion of an airborne aquatic adversary; when watching the thing on-screen, certain members of the audience must have imagined that Steven Moffat must have watched the Young Ones episode Flood and heard Adrian Edmonson exclaim "that's just the most completely brilliant thing I've ever seen - a flying shark!" and thought "hmm - that gives me an idea..". Dickens himself at one point during the writing of his tale of Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption "it's good, but it needs a silly monster in it somewhere", but ultimately decided against it. The flying sharks add a touch of menace to it that kids will enjoy, but adults - particularly those familiar with the original Dickens story - will find it an unnecessary distraction.
Matt Smith is as engaging as ever as The Doctor; the relish he has for the part shows every time he's on-screen. Smith has brought a new energy to the show and his enthusiasm is certainly infectious, bringing a Troughton-like quality to the role.
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darville are barely in this story, which is a shame because they work well together and even better when directly playing off Matt Smith. It was a rather crass idea to have Gillan in her signature policewoman kissogram outfit, but one that was welcome by a new generation of "Dads", not too dissimilar to the legion who watched Louise Jameson in her skimpy attire in the seventies.
Michael Gambon is an old pro, bringing the necessary sense of callousness to the role, but staying just the right side of evil because this is a show intended for a family audience. Anyone else remember Gambon back in the late eighties when he played the voice of a randy washing machine trying to crack on to an attractive housewife...?
Katherine Jenkins demonstrates just why she is a supremely talented singer rather than an actress; many Doctor Who fans would rather have had musical notes tumbling from her mouth, rather than Moffat's dialogue emerging in a manner not too dissimilar to that of a car coming out of a crusher. Still, for those who operate on a purely superficial level, Ms Jenkins ticks the right boxes on the "eye-candy" level.
A Christmas Carol on DVD comes in an anamorphically-enhanced 1.78:1 image, which looks great. We watched the Christmas airing in HD and although it can't compete with high-definition, it still holds it's own, with vibrant colours and a pleasing amount of image detail for standard-definition.
This is a real shocker - a non-box-set New-Who release that has a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack! Who'd have ever thought that it would happen? It's a most welcome addition, though you can't help but think that it was included as an incentive to get some of the more cynical Doctor Who fans to part with their money. The sound-mix itself is pretty impressive, with lots of uses of the surround channels, particularly during the opening scene, where the sound of the alarm on the stricken space-liner can be heard out of one of the rear speakers.
When we revealed over Gallifreybase, that we were reviewing this particular title, we were immediately asked by Doctor Who fans to confirm whether or not the preview of series six (which was on the end of the TV broadcast) was included and we can reveal to you dear readers that the preview IS on the DVD (and Blu-Ray) releases of A Christmas Carol.
Another shocker here - whilst this release is not laden with extras, it does contain two VERY substantial ones!
Doctor Who Confidential: Notice that we didn't put the usual "Cut-Down" suffix? That would be because The-Powers-That-Be have seen fit to include the full version that went out immediately after the show was broadcast on Christmas Day. This hour-long behind-the-scenes look at the making of A Christmas Carol has all you have come to expect, with the cast clowning for the cameras and Steven Moffat making glib remarks.
Doctor Who at the Proms: This is wonderful stuff; The Royal Albert Hall is the venue for the 2010 Doctor Who Proms, with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darville as your hosts, not to mention the obligatory invasion of adversaries to thill the children in the audience and for adults to think "they must be hot inside those costumes". Smith and Gillan seem perfectly at home in front of a live audience that numbers in the thousands, but Darville is distinctly uncomfortable. Matt Smith seems to have a whale of a time when appearing in character as The Doctor, dragging the odd kid out of the audience and interacting with them, much to the delight of everyone around them. Long-term fans such as ourselves will appreciate the suite that features footage of all the actors to play the Doctors, along with regeneration footage (where it exists). The only problem we have about this extra is that it just presented in plain old Dolby Digital 2.0; seeing is this is so music-orientated, it would have really benefited from a discrete 5.1 mix.
Steven Moffat's conscious steering of Doctor Who away from science-fiction and into the realm of science-fantasy continues - A Christmas Carol is a fun enough romp, with a dazzling turn from guest star Michael Gambon and some very impressive visual effects. Fans of Dickens (or just of A Christmas Carol in whatever previous form it may have taken) will possibly be wondering why yet another variation has been produced.
We take our hats off to 2Entertain for not only including a couple of substantial extras, with Doctor Who at the Proms being particlarly great, but also for including a rather nifty Dolby Digital 5.1 sountrack on this first release of A Christmas Carol.
Review by Wilson Bros
Joe Siegler Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 30
Is the version of the Proms the 60 minute or the 90 minute version? There were two that aired on BBC. While I hope it's the 90, I realize it probably is the 60 due to time constraints.
Wilson Bros Reviewer Join Date: August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,183
Egad - someone has actually posted a comment under one of our reviews! Heaven be praised - it's a miracle!
Seriously though - Joe, we just checked and can confirmt that at PAL speed, the 2010 Proms runs for 57 minutes. It's still a rollicking good concert, though.
Hope that helps!
Kevin & Nick W
Seriously though - Joe, we just checked and can confirmt that at PAL speed, the 2010 Proms runs for 57 minutes. It's still a rollicking good concert, though.
Hope that helps!
Kevin & Nick W
General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Disc Details
Release Date: 24th January 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English
Extras: Doctor Who Confidential, Doctor Who at the Proms
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Toby Haynes
Cast: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darville, Albus Dumbledor
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 60 minutes
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