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Information Today
January 9, 2012 |
NISO Releases Updated Draft of SERU The National Information Standards Organization announced the availability of a draft update of SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding for public comment through Feb. 19, 2012.   |
Information Today
September 17, 2015 |
Boopsie Reviews Its 2Q 2015 Accomplishments Boopsie for Libraries shared its most recent milestones: It has signed 12 new library clients in multiple library markets. |
Information Today
June 3, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
Playing the Numbers: NISO/NASIG Focus On Best Practices for Library Usage Statistics The National Information Standards Organization, and the North American Serials Interest Group co-sponsored a webinar intended to "effectively understand and apply usage data," which is an important skill for librarians. |
Information Today
March 27, 2014 |
NISO Releases Draft of Recommended Practice for Demand-Driven Acquisition NISO is interested in feedback from libraries already using a demand-driven acquisition ( aka patron-driven acquisition) model as well as institutions considering the option. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2005 |
Library of Congress Launches Website The Library of Congress has launched a Web site to cover the work of a special independent committee that is recommending changes to section 108 of the Copyright Act. |
Information Today
January 22, 2015 |
Taylor & Francis Group Wants to Hear Library Voices Taylor & Francis Group will collect libraries' stories as a way to share practices and experiences that can benefit libraries. |
D-Lib
Jan/Feb 2014 |
In Brief and In the News NISO Altmetrics Project: Standardizing New Alternative Assessment Metrics... Purposeful Gaming and Biodiversity Heritage Library... ACM Launches New E-Books Series Covering Entire Spectrum of Computer Science Topics... |
Information Today
November 8, 2004
Marydee Ojala |
SLA Drops Two Organizational Memberships The SLA's (Special Libraries Association) decision to stop paying dues to NISO (National Information Standards Organization) and to CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) has members outraged. |
Information Today
January 7, 2008 |
Pew Internet Project Issues New Report on Information Searching The report said that recent national survey results challenge the assumption that libraries are losing relevance in the internet age. Here are some statistics from the survey. |
Information Today
February 26, 2015 |
NISO Releases White Paper on the Future of Library Resource Discovery NISO (National Information Standards Organization) published a white paper, "The Future of Library Resource Discovery," which summarizes the current discovery environment. |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
Small-Biz Suite A new edition of Microsoft Office is on its way. |
Registered Rep.
July 30, 2003
Will Leitch |
Securities Industry Registers Slight Employment Uptick Securities firms have begun adding employees again, according to statistics from the Securities Industry Association and the Labor Dept. |
D-Lib
June 2008 |
A New Website Devoted to Envisioning the Future of Libraries In an information world in which Google apparently offers us everything, what place is there for the traditional, and even the digital, library? |
D-Lib
June 2008
Brian F. Lavoie |
PREMIS With a Fresh Coat of Paint: Highlights from the Revision of the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata was the first comprehensive specification for preservation metadata produced from an international, cross-domain consensus-building process. |
Information Today
July 1, 2014 |
NISO's Recommended Practices Focus on DDA and Discovery Transparency Demand Driven Acquisition of Monographs and Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery are available for free on NISO's website. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2011
Casarosa et al. |
Report on the Workshop "Linking Research and Education in Digital Libraries" The theme of this workshop was a review of the roles of information professionals, considering not only the impact brought by the advances in the technical dimension, but also other dimensions such as policy, quality, user profiles, and legal aspects. |
D-Lib
February 2003
Jeffrey T. Penka |
The Technological Challenges of Digital Reference: An Overview This discussion of technological challenges associated with digital reference focuses on challenges libraries face in establishing and supporting an efficient, patron-focused digital reference service, based on library values. |
Information Today
January 13, 2015 |
NISO Revises Usage Data Standard; Sets Strategic Plan for the Future NISO (National Information Standards Organization) released a revised version of its Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative Protocol, which defines an automated request and response model for harvesting e-resource usage data. |
Information Today
October 2, 2008 |
EPA Reopens Regional and Headquarters Libraries The re-opening of regional libraries in Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City and the library at Headquarters will help the Agency better share information. |
Information Today
July 9, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
D-Lib
January 2000
Bonita Wilson |
Editorial Stepping back to look at the purpose of digital libraries. |
Information Today
October 20, 2015 |
Boopsie Caters to Small and Rural Libraries Boopsie for Libraries released Express, a feature set for its mobile app specifically for small and rural public libraries serving less than 25,000 patrons. |
Information Today
July 29, 2014 |
ALA Survey Reveals Statistics on Technology in Libraries The survey found that almost 100% of U.S. public libraries provide workforce development training programs, online resources for finding jobs, and other technology skills training. |
Information Today
January 21, 2008
Barbara Quint |
But What About Corporate Authors? NISO Institutional Identifier Project Underway Thomson Scientific has joined an effort with the NISO to build an open standard for identifying institutions. The initial effort will focus on academic and research institutions, the kind often referred to in author affiliation or corporate author fields. |
D-Lib
September 2006
Choi & Rasmussen |
What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research Libraries Digital libraries are the future of academic and research institutions, and digital professionals will be required to have more breadth and depth of knowledge and skills across the dimensions of traditional library knowledge, technology, and human relations. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2013 |
Clips and Pointers 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems... NISO Virtual Conference: Revolution or Evolution... Brick and Click Libraries Symposium... |
ONLINE
Nov./Dec. 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2002 |
In Brief IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Web Site Launched... OECD Follow-up Group on Issues of Access to Publicly Funded Research Data... ARCHway: Access to the UK's Best Archaeology Libraries and Their Journals... etc. |
D-Lib
May 2005 |
In Brief NISO's OpenURL: Matching the Query to the Result... Report on the First CASHMERE-int Workshop... Writing a Workbook for Archivists and Curators of Digital Private Papers - the Paradigm Project... etc. |
D-Lib
April 2002 |
In Brief The Middle East Virtual Library... Advanced Technology Environmental Education Library... Testbed Digitale Bewaring: Working to Preserve the Digital Memory... Open Archives Initiative Protocol for harvesting cultural heritage metadata... etc. |
Information Today
March 17, 2015 |
NISO Studies Patron Privacy The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded NISO (National Information Standards Organization) a grant to develop the Consensus Framework to Support Patron Privacy in Digital Library and Information Systems. |
Information Today
April 14, 2011 |
ALA Releases 'The State of America's Libraries, 2011' The Great Recession may have come to an end, but hard-pressed Americans continue to turn to their local libraries for help in finding a job or launching their own business. This is one trend listed in the report. |
Information Today
April 28, 2015
Barbie E. Keiser |
National Library Week 2015 Celebrates Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library The American Library Association provides libraries with marketing collateral (e.g., posters, sample press releases, badges, and images for promotion on social media) and programming ideas. |
Information Today
April 9, 2015 |
Gale and EveryLibrary Raise Awareness of Library Resources Gale and EveryLibrary partnered for a media campaign designed to increase awareness of libraries' importance in economic development and their role in the discovery of information. |
Information Today
December 7, 2009 |
Online Language Service Now Available to Public Libraries Byki Online-Library Edition is a language-learning system designed specifically for use by patrons of public libraries. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2006
Carl Selinger |
Making Committees Work Volunteering for committees is a great way to get involved in businesses and in professional societies. You'll learn new skills and subjects and rub elbows with people you might not normally get a chance to work with. This can open the door to potential mentoring relationships and, yes, job offers. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2011
Michalis Gerolimos |
Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments This paper examines users' comments on the Facebook pages of 20 American academic libraries and subdivides them into 22 categories. |
| D-Lib |
In Brief and In the News Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus of the Nation by Crowdsourcing... Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance receives implementation funding from the Mellon Foundation... Content from European National and Research Libraries Now Available through New Portal for Researchers... |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2015 |
In Brief and In the News IMLS to Award $154.8 Million to States to Improve Library Services... Wiley Launches Premium Open Access Journal Advanced Science... Mellon Grant Awarded to NISO to Explore Patron Privacy in Library and Publisher Systems... |
D-Lib
January 2000
David M. Levy |
Digital Libraries and the Problem of Purpose Which way ought we to go in digital library research and development?...I'll start by reviewing the problem of purpose in American public libraries and American academic/research libraries before turning to digital libraries... |
D-Lib
December 2009
Ioannidis, Manghi & Pagano |
Second Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries 2009 Digital Libraries are information production and dissemination vehicles, and research is expected to deal with large-scale issues such as distribution, integration of services, information objects, users and policies of use. |
Information Today
October 24, 2013 |
NISO's Open Discovery Initiative Releases Recommended Practice Draft This recommended practice from the National Information Standards Organization provides guidelines for content providers and discovery service creators on how to address issues that arise in the use of indexed search as part of library discovery services. |
Information Today
November 14, 2011 |
IFLA Launches New Webpages on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions Copyright exceptions enable libraries to preserve and make available works. In many countries they have been established in the print era and not been updated to meet the needs of the digital age. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Information Today
July 21, 2015 |
NISO Solicits Comments on New SUSHI-Lite Technical Report NISO (National Information Standards Organization) opened its draft technical report, "SUSHI-Lite: Deploying SUSHI as a Lightweight Protocol for Exchanging Usage via Web Services," for public comment through Sept. 30, 2015. |
D-Lib
February 2008
Datema et al. |
In Brief Getting the most out of your institutional repository... Science assets of the digital age at risk... Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement: a documentary history... etc. |
Information Today
July 22, 2014 |
OCLC Gets Grant to Promote Early Literacy in Public Libraries OCLC's project will increase libraries' awareness of the new service model and help library staff members and administrators support their early literacy services. |
D-Lib
April 2006
Bonita Wilson |
Change and the Need for Innovation Numerous challenges face libraries and other information organizations in this time of rapid change in both technology and culture. |
D-Lib
September 2006 |
In Brief Project StORe... The REHASH Project... TAPESTREA: A New Way to Design Sound... A Technology Analysis of Repositories and Services... etc. |
Information Today
July 23, 2015 |
Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K. |
