Digitizing Project Creating a Buzz
The Florida International University library has acquired the Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza collection and is in the process of digitizing the collection to be made available through the library's website.
Altmetrics Becoming More Popular
A not-so-common term is quickly becoming part of the everyday vernacular. Altmetrics has spurred many articles and now a new start-up company seeking to capitalize on the rising fame. This topic was inspired by the article, “Two Architects of Library Discovery Tools Launch an Altmetrics Venture” found on The Digital Shift.
Musical Access
HP recently announced that fans now have never before access to Paul McCartney’s new portal destination, www.paulmccartney.com , which hosts the musician’s vast digital library of music, lyrics, photos, collections, merchandise, blogs and more.
Social Reading
In this day and age of social media infiltrating every area of our lives, for good or bad, there is one area that has resisted this trend (at least up until now) – books. Perhaps the last refuge from social media, many go to find shelter from the friending and tweeting in their comforting pages and worn binding. Unfortunately, this once solitary refuge is looking to join the social realm as companies like Copia and BookGlutton look to jump on board.
Looking to the Clouds for Findability
Digitizing documents continues to be a rising trend. With physical space for storage shrinking, organizations are looking to the clouds for storage, and thus need to make their data digital. This is not an easy endeavor, considering the volume of paper any office produces. But it doesn’t have to be totally overwhelming.
The Benefit of Web-Scale Discoveries
Connecting users with the information they seek is one of the central pillars of the librarian profession. The new web-scale discovery services for libraries provide quick searching seamlessly across various components of indexed content.
Social Media Becomes New Zealand
New Zealand’s government will be focusing on social media and on the government’s role for identity management and network security in the coming year.
Predictions Positive for the Publishing World
Simba Information predicts publishing products and services will grow in 2012 by at least 3%. This increase will be led by the legal, science/technical and medical segments. The leading delivery method is print and electronic books closely followed by online services and abstracting/indexing.
1940 Census Available Digitally
Archives.com and the National Archives have worked together and set up a site where the 1940 census will be made available digitally and free of charge beginning April 2. This ends a 72-year wait for the records.