The Library for the People
One of President Obama’s final appointments was the new Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. The first person of color and the first woman […]
New State Archivist Hired
A new state archivist has been hired to oversee records management services for state and local governments in Kentucky. Beth Shields will assume the position […]
Challenging Yourself, Literally
By now everyone has likely read or heard about the 4-year old girl from Gainesville, Georgia who has read more than 1,000 books already […]
Returning Control to Librarians
A new independent provider of cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solutions has launched an online resource access management tool for libraries. Knowledgespeak brought […]
New Digitization Project Increases Access
Northern Illinois University recently announced a new digitization project in their release,”University Libraries awarded more than $448,000 for digitization project.”
The Council on Library and […]
Highlights of University Presses
It is easy to think of university presses as focused primarily on humanities and social science. While that may apply to many, there are some […]
Archiving the Past for the Future
1.2 million volunteers worldwide contribute to the FamilySearch indexing program, which brings billions of historical records to life. NewsOK out of Oklahoma brought this information […]
The Original Source
Over the centuries, library services and collections have been mediated by humans, and therefore the content has been tailored to and by people who used […]
Portable Peer Review
The process of peer review is a cornerstone of scientific integrity. It guarantees the quality in a scientific research paper. When a researcher accomplishes […]