Posts Tagged ‘Library’
Helping Libraries Along the Way
Libraries have never been known for having bottomless budgets. In fact, it is likely the opposite. Whenever an opportunity comes around that helps them broaden their reach and services, we like to share it. Stacks is a hosted, turnkey, web content management system designed specifically for libraries. It allows them to change the look and feel…
Read MoreNew Approach to Peer Review
The open access journal, BMC Psychology, will launch the first randomized controlled trial to find out if a ‘results free’ peer-review process can help reduce publication bias. STM Publishing News brought this to our attention in their article, “New ‘results free’ peer-review process to be piloted for academic publishing.” What is ‘results free’? That means reviewers…
Read MoreFrankfurt Book Fair Coming Soon
The Frankfurt Book Fair is scheduled for October 19-23, 2016. Are you ready? With 275,000 visitors, 7,275 international exhibitors and 9,300 journalists and bloggers, Frankfurt is the platform for innovative business models. The international publishing world will gather for five days for the event of the year. Again this year, it is considered “One fair for…
Read MoreNew Librarian of Congress is First in Many Ways
The 14th Librarian of Congress was sworn in this week. As the first woman and first African-American to hold the post, Carla Hayden will lead the national library. This exciting information came from ABC News in their article, “Carla Hayden Breaks New Ground as 14th Librarian of Congress.” Hayden grew up in Chicago and has been the…
Read MoreLibraries, Open Source, and eBooks – Oh My!
An open source server-software developer is working on a project at the New York Public Library (NYPL) that is intended to liberate every part of the electronic book lending system, and thus make reading library ebooks a whole lot better. This interesting news came to us from Boing Boing in their article, “How the New York Public…
Read MoreThe Challenge of Costly Textbooks
It’s back to school season and that means school supply shopping, a task I have never heard a single person rejoice about, and each year I hear more complaints about supplies’ increasing cost. This year, the biggest complaint was from a friend whose daughter is starting kindergarten. One of her supply requirements is 24 glue…
Read MoreNew Day Librarians
Admit it. When I say “librarian” you imagine someone older, in thick-rimmed glasses and overly modest clothing, guarding the silence in a room full of books with all-powerful shushes and stern glares. Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. This interesting topic came to us from The Atlantic in their article, “A Snapshot of a 21st-Century Librarian.” The internet…
Read MoreThe Role of the Library in Your Community
When is the last time you went to the public library? So it shouldn’t surprise you that there has been a significant decrease in the number of adults who engage with public libraries across all demographic groups. The Bookseller brought this news to us in their article, “Adult library usage falls ‘significantly’ across all groups.” A…
Read MoreGet in Line
The relationship between information technology (IT) staff and other professionals has been lampooned in a variety of comedies, like sitcoms or sketch shows like Saturday Night Live. However entertaining these may be, are they founded on a shadow of fact or just a perception? This interesting information came from the Lucidea blog in their post, “The…
Read MoreDigital Shakespeare?
Digital content is everywhere. According to a recent survey, sixty-two percent of school districts have digital content and curriculum strategy, and more than half of those strategies include using open educational resources (OER). Just recently Adam Matthew and London’s Shakespeare’s Globe announced their collaboration on a digital project: Shakespeare’s Globe: Performances and Practices, which includes the…
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