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eBook Options for Libraries (draft)

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An investigation into viable ways for libraries to offer ebooks (Summary of current eBook options for libraries — http://t.co/EnGBiQ0Q...)…

“Viable ebook options either provide libraries with ownership privileges or are free of digital rights management (DRM) software, ideally both. DRM is an inherently flawed technology that can be replaced either by creating better software or, more likely, by developing models that enable libraries to acquire ebooks and authors, editors, and others involved in publishing to get paid for their work. This is a draft and an outline. The material on this page will soon be published as a narrative.”

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog: Bryan Cave’s Law Library: Tweeting At The Cave

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Joan Thomas and I started our Twitter feed @BryanCaveLib last year. I was interested because I had just personally started Tweeting and wanted to jump on the Library Twitter bandwagon. Our first Library tweet was on September 8, 2011: “Welcome to the Bryan Cave Library and Research Services Twitter. We would love to have you follow us as we Tweet all things legal and more!” Now 365 tweets and retweets later, I find that I enjoy Twitter even more than Angry Birds.

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Notable Government Documents 2011: Past as Prologue

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The more things change, the more they remain the same—or do they? While history was brought to bear in numerous respects during the past year, some significant changes occurred on the government information landscape. That said, this year’s list of notable titles reflects an enduring interest in aspects of the past mirrored in current reality.
The federal budget deficit and elusive budget agreement between Republicans and Democrats meant that adequate funding for education and libraries remained elusive as well, with significant cutbacks occurring for yet another year and taking its toll on information services. On the federal level, the government began to scrutinize the proliferation of .gov websites, striving to eliminate overlap. On the state level, the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) took a hit. And, finally, a cut to the Census Bureau’s Statistical Compendia Branch eliminated the Statistical Abstract of the United States—though that had a happy ending (see below). Nonetheless, the Notable Documents Panel had plenty to choose from in selecting this year’s gov docs.

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Lucid Imagination Combines Search, Analytics and Big Data to …

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Organizations today have little to no idea how much lost opportunity is hidden in the vast amounts of data they’ve collected and stored. They have entered the age of total data overload driven by the sheer amount of …

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Taming Big Data

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Wikibon. Taming Big Data. Big Data is the new definitive source of competitive advantage across all industries. Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook · Previous · Taming Big Data | A Big Data Infographic Via: Wikibon Big …

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Special Collections Librarianship: a Brief Map of the Field by Katie Birkwood - Slideshare

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Presentation about special collections librarianship compiled for the CILIP New Professionals Day 2012 (11 May, London).

This presentation is all about special collections, what they are, the functions of a special collections librarian, how to get into special collections, and the role of special collections librarianship.

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New Introducing the Library Marketing Toolkit website! – Stephen’s Lighthouse

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The Library Marketing Toolkit website, by Ned Potter! [@theREALwikiman]

“The site is essentially designed to give you lots of practical advice on how to market your library – be that public, academic, special or archive. There are tools and resources, lots of useful links, new case studies which will be added to on an ongoing basis, and there’s info about the Library Marketing Toolkit book and its contributors.

There’s also a blog, which will give tips and aim to highlight the best (and sometimes the worst) marketing from libraries around the world. The first post is Marketing libraries with new technologies: what you need to know, and what to do next and features this presentation, which I gave yesterday at an Academic and Research Libraries Group conference on new technologies in libraries”

Blog post: Marketing libraries… http://www.librarymarketingtoolkit.com/2012/05/marketing-libraries-with-new.html

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Top 10 ideas for using Augmented Reality in your library

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Some imaginative and practical ideas for incorporating Augmented Reality into any library.

A perfect resource for teacher-librarians and ICT people who want to find fresh ways to engage their visitors.

“1. Books
Add rich media and social media to any book or object. For example augmented reality can connect your books to Video, 3D, Images, Audio, Pinterest, goodreads, Shelfari, Great Book Stories, YouTube, Vimeo, facebook, Twitter, Amazon and more.”

2. Posters, etc.”

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A Nail in Public Libraries’ Coffins

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 There it was, on the entire back page of the A section of the New York Times a few days ago, at a likely cost of over US $100,000: a full-page ad from Amazon touting free “lending” of all of the Harry Potter e-books for members of Amazon’s $79/year Amazon Prime program who own Kindle e-readers, starting next month.

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Talk with David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States | Archives and Public History Digital

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Talk with David S.Ferriero, Archivist of the United States | Archives and Public History Digital - http://t.co/pvreAu3A...

“While the Archivist did not deliver a formal speech, the wide ranging Q&A touched upon many of the current conversations and concerns within the archival community.

One important topic discussed was the role of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and of its leadership to the larger archival community. As we all know, NARA safeguards and preserves the most important records of the U.S. government yet it was interesting to learn that only equates to roughly 3% of all records created. The protocols of NARA have often been reflected in the practices of private or independent archives and in the advent of electronic formats, many repositories are watching how NARA handles ingesting these records. The Archivist was enthusiastic about how NARA could help the larger archival community and we hope that future Archivists of the United States will share this vision.

Mr. Ferriero views the archiving of electronic records as an exciting development and challenge for our profession. As such, he discussed the proprietary software Lockheed is developing for NARA to ingest digital formats and it was encouraging to hear of the Archivist’s enthusiasm for open-source software that could be used elsewhere in the archival community.”

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