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• Connecticut: The Final Chapter for Court Libraries?

  
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  Last week we posted about the closing of several courthouse libraries in Connecticut. Today, the Connecticut Law Tribune has more: Law library funding issues were discussed several times over the course of the year, but in the end they were largely overshadowed by the Judicial Branch’s decision to close ...
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• Library and Archives Canada Posts First World War Images on Flickr

  
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  From the Announcement: In recognition of Remembrance Day, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has posted a selection of digital images from the First World War on Flickr.com. The images depict the significant military efforts of Canadians during this conflict. From 1914 to 1918, thousands of Canadian men and women ...
  18 hours ago

• Busy Times and San Diego Area Public Libraries

  
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  From the Article: “We have the highest use we’ve ever had right now,” said Marion Moss Hubbard, spokeswoman for the city of San Diego library system. “These tough economic times are bringing more people to us to save on the cost of books and movies, to use our computers and wireless connections to look for ...
  19 hours ago

• Harvard University: Humanities Scholars Have Concerns Over Recently Released Library Task Force Report

  
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  From the Article: After the recent release of the University’s Library Task Force Report, some humanities professors and graduate students have expressed concern over the document’s suggestion that the Harvard University library system may need to limit future expansion. The report, which was released on ...
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• Humanities GIS Survey

  
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  Start: 25/11/2009 - 16:00 End: 30/11/2009 - 23:50This is a reminder that our survey on the use of GIS and other spatial technologies in the humanities will close on November 30th. We would be very grateful for your responses to this, it should only take 10-15mins. If you have not already done so please complete it ...
  2 days ago

• Comic Books Added to UNL’s (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Online Database

  
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  From the Article: In addition to learning from Ernest Hemingway, students at UNL can look forward to learning from Spider-Man or the Flash, thanks to a project led by UNL assistant professor and media services librarian Richard Graham. “In all respect,” Graham said, “comic books are indeed worthy of ...
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• A Look at Out-of-Print Books and Libraries

  
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  From the Article: Using data collected from collections-development specialists at 144 institutions – more than 86 percent of them academic libraries – Tafuri shows the role that used and discount book services such as Abebooks, Alibris, and Amazon now play. Most of the libraries responding (59 percent) had an ...
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• Yet Another Example of Rapidly Expanding Library Use as the Budget Gets Cut

  
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  Rant. Once again, it make no sense. But, here’s another story of a library system getting used more than ever yet the county cuts the library systems budget. It’s as odd as it is sad. What are those who “pay the bills” and “write the checks” thinking? Why would you want to decrease funding to a service ...
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• ALA (American Library Association): National Gaming Day Final Numbers

  
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  Congrats to ResourceShelf friend and colleague , Jenny Levine, on the big time (understatement) success of National Gaming Day, 2009. On Tuesday, final numbers for the event were released. Some specific numbers: + Number of libraries registered to participate: 1,365 + Number of libraries that ...
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• Review an MIT Class with OpenCourseware: Special Topics: Designing Sociable Media

  
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  One thing we hope to do more of in 2010 is provide links and info about relevant courses (most likely outside of librarianship) that might be of interest. Since they will be part of a university’s OpenCourseWare program, access to all of the materials will be free. In many cases, the reading list might be of ...
  2 days ago

• Archivist

  
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  Venezuelan artist, Carlos Cruz-Diez has two workshops in Paris (France) and Panama city. We are looking for an archivist for our office in Panama. Applicants must speak spanish, french and english. Therefore the vacancy notice is in spanish. If you want information on Cruz-Diez work you can visit his website ...
  3 days ago

• Article: How to Be a Person: Tips and Tricks For Virtual Reference

  
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  Craig Anderson writes: When a patron is unable or unwilling to trek all the way out to their nearest library, virtual reference gives them a means to contact a reference librarian without leaving his or her chair. Some libraries provide online chat services for their patrons, where they may converse with a ...
  4 days ago

• Digital Curation Is a Key Service in Attention-Strapped Economy

  
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  A post from Advertising Age by marketing guru, Steve Rubel, says that digital curation will be an important or “key” service going forward. We agree. And it might also be the perfect role for many information professionals. From the Article: …Google and Facebook can’t consume 100% of our attention. ...
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• Law Library of Congress Adds Facebook Page

  
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  Now the Law Library of Congress has both a Twitter feed and a new Facebook page. If you the do Facebook “thing” consider becoming a “fan.”
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• UK: Digital Economy Bill (Now Before Parliament) Will Address Orphan Works

  
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  From a British Library News Release: The British Library has welcomed the commitment to address orphan works legislation announced in today’s Digital Economy Bill. As one of the UK’s leading research institutions, the Library has long argued that educators and researchers will profit from the resolution of ...
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• Lists and Rankings: U.K. Institutions: Most Prolific in Information & Library Science, 2004-08

  
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  You’ll find a list of five institutions. Loughborough University is ranked number one. Source: Science Watch (Thomson Reuters)
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• Europe: Eastern Librairies Come to Brussels; More About Europeana

  
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  From the Article: Europeana , the European Digital Library, is the aggregator of European cultural content. Interoperability is at the heart of what Europeana is doing: integrating format types across borders, across domains and between institutions. Museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual (AV) collections ...
  5 days ago

• Two Courthouse Law Libraries in New Jersey To Close

  
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  Yesterday, we posted an item about six law libraries closing in Connecticut. Today, via this article from the Newark Star-Ledger. we read about two courthouse law libraries closing in New Jersey. Law libraries in Superior Courts in Morristown in Morris County and Newton in Sussex County are expected to be ...
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• Library Fights Porn by Making Sites Load Slowly Using a “Bandwidth Shaper”

  
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  From the Article: Neerman says Internet filters don’t work, and that a large part of objectionable material derives from popular social networking sites such as YouTube or Facebook, or attachments to e-mail, which would not be practical for the library to block. So until recently, the Greensboro system relied ...
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• Library Users and Non-Users – A Bibliography from the OCLC Library

  
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  This bibliography contains 50 entries and was compiled by Tam Dalrymple, Senior Information Specialist in the OCLC Library. The OCLC Library has begun a collection of studies on how libraries fit into people’s information-seeking behavior. Right now we are concentrating on published books, reports or ...
  5 days ago

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