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A thoughtful and provocative commentary on all the hype surrounding Google’s announcement this week, by Michael Gorman, dean of Library Services, California State University, Fresno, and president-elect of the American Library Association, in today’s Los Angeles Times (reg. req’d). See also this related San Francisco Chronicle article, ‘Googleizing’ libraries won’t replace books. In addition, more …
From the Internet Archives press release: “Today, a number of International libraries have committed to putting their digitized books in open-access archives, starting with one at the Internet Archive. This approach will ensure permanent and public access to our published heritage. Anyone with an Internet connection will have access to these collections and the growing …
From the press release: “…Google Inc. today announced that it is working with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, and the University of Oxford as well as The New York Public Library to digitally scan books from their collections so that users worldwide can search them in Google…Today’s announcement is an expansion …
Press release: “The Government Printing Office, which recently reported strong operating results for its last fiscal year, today announced the publication of A Strategic Vision for the 21st Century (12 pages, PDF), which sets forth the agency’s plans to transform itself from a 19th century, heavy-metal printing operation into a nimble 21st century digital information …
From e-books and audiobooks to blogs and wireless web access, America’s public libraries have embraced digital technology tools to expand and diversify services to users. See this New York Times article, Libraries Reach Out, Online and while you are on the site, take a look at this one as well, An Idea Whose Time Has …
Libraries and national security: An historical review
100 Notable Books of the Year, includes the 9/11 Commission Report. See also MPR’s Winter Picks: Hidden Gems from Indie Bookstores
A trio of PowerPoint presentations providing resources on the following timely issues: Corporate Blogging – Sabrina I. Pacifici documents and illustrates how the development and implementation of blogs within your organization can serve as a key application to facilitate research services, knowledge management, marketing, training, and communications within groups, departments, and enterprise wide. Got Competitive …
Yahoo! Toolbar with WorldCat searching of library materials
Using RFID tags to track library books could increase security and ease laborious stocktakes.
Are Libraries Places to Learn or Engage in Illegality? by Raizel Liebler. “The United States Supreme Court has had three major cases in its history, Brown, Pico, and American Library Association, addressing the appropriate role of libraries and the activities allowed within library premises. The scope of the cases ranges from whether libraries are the …
From the National Information Standards Board (NISO), this announcement, inclusive of three important topical categories, Information for Publishers, A Librarian’s ISBN FAQ, More ISBN Links, details plans for the global implementation of a 13 digit ISBN by January 2007. [thanks d.c.]
