Latest Information Industry News and Resources
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Global Aviation a href="http://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/traffic-growth-and-airline-profitability-were-highlights-of-air-transport-in-2016.aspx">International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Releases Preliminary 2016 Passenger Traffic, Cargo, and Airline Profitibality … [Read More...]
Brazil: “Rio’s Libraries are Closed as New Government Looks for Funding”
From The Rio Times: The four Biblioteca Parque (Park Libraries) of Rio de Janeiro closed last week on December 30th for the end of year recess, with only one planned to reopen this week, according to a government news report. The network’s more than 150 employees received advance notice earlier … [Read More...]
News Roundup
1. Gale Releases American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Digital Archive (1912-1990) ||| Direct to Learn More 2. Comcast Acquires Video Metadata Provider, Technology … [Read More...]
New Research Article: “Technology Skills in the Workplace: Information Professionals’ Current Use and Future Aspirations”
The following article appears in the latest issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). Title Technology Skills in the Workplace: Information Professionals’ Current Use and Future Aspirations Author Monica Maceli Pratt Institute John J Burke Miami University … [Read More...]
Metadata: Updates 2016 for UNIMARC Authorities, 3rd. ed. Now Available Online
From IFLA: All updates to UNIMARC/Authorities, 3rd ed., approved in the period of 2013-2016 are now available online (in PDF format). The complete list of updates with links to full text are available here. … [Read More...]
Michigan Radio Airs Segment About Library Makerspaces and the “Making in Michigan Libraries” Program
From Michigan Radio: Over the past few years, makerspaces have become more understood – and popular. Think shiny industrial warehouses with 3-D printers, laser engravers and metal-working tools. And – of course – think groups of people. As our most recent contributors to The Next Idea … [Read More...]
Germany: A New Tech Partner for Tolino Alliance: Rakuten Kobo Acquires Ereading Ecosystem From Deutsche Telekom
From a Joint News Release: The book retailers in the tolino alliance have a new technology partner. Rakuten Kobo Inc. from Canada, one of the world’s fastest-growing eReading service providers, will acquire the tolino technology platform from Deutsche Telekom at the end of January 2017 to become … [Read More...]
Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery: A New Full Text Reference Resource From NIST
A new guide from the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). Full Text: Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery 53 pages: PDF. Abstract In light of an increasing number of cybersecurity events, organizations can improve resilience by ensuring that their risk management … [Read More...]
Online Resource: Tar Heel Reader Approaches 10 Million Books Read
From the University of North Carolina College of Arts and Sciences: Tar Heel Reader, an online program that helps students with disabilities learn to read independently, is nearing 10 million books read. The site, which was created by Karen Erickson of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies … [Read More...]
Florida: “To Save Books, Librarians Create Fake ‘Reader’ to Check Out Titles”
From The Orlando Sentinel Chuck Finley appears to be a voracious reader, having checked out 2,361 books at the East Lake County Library in a nine-month period this year. But Finley didn't read a single one of the books, ranging from "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck to a kids book called "Why Do … [Read More...]
UMass Boston Professors Upset by 20% ($700,000) Cut in Funding for Library
From The Boston Globe: Every year, UMass Boston professor Leonard von Morzé motivates students in his early African-American literature course with an exercise he calls the “great American novel pitchfest,” when they scour a library database of old newspapers and other periodicals for … [Read More...]
Reference: Report/Data: “Trends in Armed Conflict, 1946–2015″
Trends in Armed Conflict, 1946–2015 was recently published by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). From the Report: The world reached a level of conflict deaths in 2014–2015 that is unparalleled in the post-Cold War period. The ability of the international community to contain some of … [Read More...]
New Social Media Research: “Evaluating Marijuana-Related Tweets On Twitter”
The following research paper (preprint) will be presented next week at the IEEE CCWC 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Title Evaluating Marijuana-Related Tweets On Twitter Authors Anh Nguyen University of Denver Quang Hoang Saolasoft Hung Nguyen Saolasoft Dong … [Read More...]
Today is Public Domain Day 2017
New Year's Day 2017 is also Public Domain 2017 but once again nothing new is entering the public domain in the U.S. today. However, the case is different elsewhere. Resources The Center For the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University Law School has two in-depth posts … [Read More...]
Lake Superior State University Releases 42nd Annual List of Banished Words
From Lake Superior St. University: The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University have taken their best "guesstimate" and released LSSU's 42nd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. "Overused words and phrases are a 'bête noire' … [Read More...]
Report: New Data Storage Method Capable of Storinga Million Times More Data Than DVDs
From Imperial College London (UK): To date, optical storage media, such as DVD or BluRay, lag significantly behind in capacity compared with hard drives, flash memory and other solid state drives. However, storing a higher density of data using light cannot be accomplished due to restrictions … [Read More...]
University of Rhode Island: “Love of Sewing Patterns Leads to World-Class Collection” (Commercial Pattern Archive)
From the Associated Press: The University of Rhode Island has the largest known collection of sewing patterns in the world, according to the collection's curator, Joy Spanabel Emery, and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. About 50,000 are on paper and 62,000 are in an electronic … [Read More...]
New York: “Preserving History: A Look At The Queens Library Archives”
From the Queens Tribune: Underground, beneath the hustle and bustle of the Queens Library’s central branch in Jamaica, Queens’ history sits protected in the Queens Library archives. The archives contain thousands of documents—maps, newspaper clippings, photos and more—that help studious … [Read More...]
UK: Prime Minister’s Papers From 1989 and 1990 Released by National Archives
From The National Archives (UK): Today we have released files from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office spanning the eventful years of 1989 and 1990. The newly released files shed light on a range of subjects both at home and abroad, and end with the resignation of Prime Minister … [Read More...]
Toronto Public Library: Top 100 Most Popular Books and DVDs, & Top Five Ebooks in 2016
From the Toronto Public Library: Every year, Torontonians borrow about 32 million print and downloadable items. This year, Toronto Public Library (TPL) is releasing a list of the year’s most popular materials (print books, ebooks and DVDS), providing an interesting glimpse into our city’s … [Read More...]
