Category: Libraries
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How a University Can Sell Its Soul: HASTAC’s Stanford Origins and the University’s Current Decision on Stanford University Press
“Austerity” When You Are Wealthier Than Just About Anyone In the wake of the decision by the President and Provost of Stanford University to either (depending on which account you read and when) kill its scholarly press immediately or bring Stanford University Press (founded 1892) to a slow death by withdrawing its $1.7 million annual […]
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Comprehensive guide to freedom of information and its management
Facet Publishing announces the publication of The Freedom of Information Officer’s Handbook by Paul Gibbons. Freedom of information (FOI) is now an international phenomenon with over 100 countries from Albania to Zimbabwe enacting the right to know for their citizens. Since 2005, the UK’s Freedom of Information Act has opened up thousands of public bodies […]
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Books are medicine for the soul
Facet Publishing announce the release of Bibliotherapy, edited by Sarah McNicol and Liz Brewster. Bibliotherapy has developed over the past 100 years, but the premise remains the same: that information, guidance, and solace can be found in books. Bibliotherapy schemes have been offered in UK public libraries and healthcare and community settings since the early […]
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New book delivers firm understanding of XML for those working in modern information discovery services
Facet Publishing have announced the release of Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloguing and Metadata: Practical applications of XSD, XSLT, and XQuery by Timothy W. Cole, Myung-Ja (MJ) K. Han and Christine Schwartz. XML and its ancillary technologies XSD, XSLT and XQuery enables librarians to take advantage of powerful, XML-aware applications, facilitates the interoperability […]
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Entry-level guidance for managing born-digital content
Facet Publishing have announced the release of Heather Ryan and Walker Sampson’s The No-nonsense Guide to Born-digital Content. Libraries and archives of all sizes are collecting and managing an increasing proportion of digital content. Within this body of digital content is a growing pool of ‘born-digital’ content: content that has been created and has often […]
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March 22: Talks at the Schomburg: “Lorraine Hansberry and Reimagining the Biography”
This post comes directly from the Schomburg Connection newsletter. See their description below on an upcoming discussion which will center the life of Lorraine Hansberry. “Talks at the Schomburg: Lorraine Hansberry and Reimagining the Biography Thursday, March 22 | 6:30 PM As an activist and playwright, much has been gleaned from Lorraine Hansberry’s creative output, but less […]
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Digital Scholarship Lab: Thoughts on Laboratories and Libraries from MSU
On February 5th, 2018, I attended a reception celebrating the opening of the Michigan State University Digital Scholarship lab. It was introduced to me as a ‘transformative space for teaching and learning.’ From a glance through the website, it is easy to see that the DSL has a lot to offer. From work spaces including […]
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New research on the architecture, design and evaluation of online information systems and services
Facet Publishing have announced the release of the second book in the iResearch series, Information Systems: Process and practice, edited by Christine Urquhart, Dr Faten Hamad, Dr Dina Tbaishat and Alison Yeoman Design and evaluation of information systems and services have remained an area of study and research in many disciplines ranging from computing and […]
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Empower people to take control of their personal digital information
For immediate release 8th January 2018 Empower people to take control of their personal digital information Facet Publishing have announced the release of The Complete Guide to Personal Digital Archiving, edited by Brianna H Marshall Academics and the general public alike need help managing the digital information they create and save every day. But how can […]
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Take your library users beyond Google to trustworthy scholarly resources
For immediate release 2nd November 2017 Take your library users beyond Google to trustworthy scholarly resources Facet Publishing have announced the release of the second edition of Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources by Marie R. Kennedy and Cheryl LaGuardia. As every frontline librarian knows, if library users really knew and understood how many resources are […]