The Digital Preservation Process
Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: OCLC Research White Paper by Brian Lavoie. (via David Mattison)
Category «Libraries»
New ALA Website
The American Library Association (ALA) launched a new website today. The press release states the following: “The new site will feature a better search engine, one-stop pages detailing ALA’s work in major areas of interest, a more modern look and feel and more content to help library professionals in their daily work. The home page …
Washington State's Library Filtering Bill
The Washington State Senate passed SB 5242, requiring libraries to offer filtering software for minor access to the internet, by a vote of 36 to 13. The bill has been referred to the House Technology, Telecommunications & Energy Committee.
Clinton Digital Presidential Library
The Clinton Presidential Center website, still under construction, includes the following statement: “Since President Clinton had the honor of being the first president of the Internet age, this site will function as the first truly virtual Presidential Library. It will encourage users to search for information, communicate through chats, create a dialogue and participate in …
Library of Congress Law Library
The featured research center on the Library of Congress Today is the Law Library of Congress. It is worth noting this especially useful collection and the expertise of the professionals who work there: “The mission of the Law Library is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress, U.S. Federal Courts and Executive …
FCC Hearing on Library E-Rate Program
The FCC will hold a public hearing May 8 on the topic of compliance and oversight for the fraud-ridden e-rate program for libraries.
Official Transcript of CIPA Case
The Supreme Court released the official transcript, in PDF (59 pages), of the oral argument held Wednesday, March 5, 2003 in United States v. American Library Association. See several of my previous postings on the case here and here.
MD Libraries Launch Live Reference Service
See Md. libraries to connect with patrons via the Internet for news about the new AskUsNow! 24/7 live online interactive service. Maryland is the second state to launch an Internet chat-based reference service for patrons, that also uses e-mail follow-up if required. New Jersey’s service has been available for over one year.
New Mexico Bill on Civil Liberties and Patriot Act
Representive Max Coll introduced House Joint Memorial 40 to the New Mexico Legislature, “Affirming Civil Rights and Liberties; Declaring Opposition to Federal Measures that Infringe on Civil Liberties.” The House subsequently issued this substitute bill that includes the following statement: The bill seeks to “direct public libraries to post in a prominent place within the …
Nebraska State Law Library Targeted for Closure
As reported by the Omaha-World Herald, the Nebraska State Law Library is in jeopardy of losing its funding due to budget cutbacks, although the library has the support of the Supreme Court judges.
Kansas Considers Library Net Filters
The Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs is considering HB 2420, requiring the installation of Internet filters on all public library computers accessible to those under the age of 18. According to this letter to the committee from the state’s budget director, the yearly cost “would be approximately $573,750 to purchase filtering devices …
Public Library of Science Coming Later This Year
The Public Library of Science “is working to establish online public libraries of science that will archive and freely distribute the complete contents of every published scientific article.” For more information, see this article, Will Walls Come Tumbling Down? (free registration req’d).
