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IFLA releases Statements on Orphan Works and Legal Deposit

By Kerry Smith May 15th, 2012 Professional News No Comments »

From: Wiebke Dalhoff [mailto:Wiebke.Dalhoff@ifla.org]
Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012 9:48 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr; ifla-clm@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] IFLA releases Statements on Orphan Works and Legal Deposit

 IFLA releases Statements on Orphan Works and Legal Deposit

 Through its Key Initiatives 2011-2012, IFLA is working collaboratively to build a legal, technical and professional base that enables libraries to play a major role in collecting, preserving, and offering wide access to all types of physical and digital materials. Thus, IFLA developed and endorsed Statements on Legal Deposit and Orphan Works.

 The Statement on Legal Deposit outlines benefits of and considerations for print and electronic legal deposit whether in a mandatory or voluntary system of legal deposit. IFLA believes that legal deposit is critical for the preservation of and access to a nation’s documentary heritage.

 Read the Statement on Legal Deposit: http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-statement-on-legal-deposit

 The Statement on Orphan Work encompasses issues to be considered in promoting the public interest in access to such works while protecting owner’s rights and countering the risk of infringement, which is particularly applicable for mass digitisation.

 Read the Statement on Orphan Works: http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-statement-on-orphan-works

IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending

By Kerry Smith May 15th, 2012 Professional News No Comments »

From: Wiebke Dalhoff [mailto:Wiebke.Dalhoff@ifla.org]
Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012 5:12 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr; ifla-clm@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending

 IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending

As part of its work on the 2011-2012 Key Initiatives, the IFLA Governing Board appointed a working group to draft a background paper on digital lending. At its April meeting the IFLA Governing Board endorsed this paper, and we are now pleased to present a version for download.

 The paper attempts to:
• Provide an overview of the issues relating to eBooks in libraries;
• Summarise the current positions of publishers in both the scholarly publishing and trade publishing sectors;
• Summarise the differences in the way that academic/research libraries and public libraries address the issue of digital collections;
• Address the legal context for eLending and library principles that must be upheld in any suitable models;
• Provide a detailed legal analysis of e-Lending

 The e-Lending environment is changing rapidly at this point in time, and the paper will be reassessed in the coming months in light of any significant developments. Revisions of the paper may take place in light of any assessment.

 IFLA continues to work in this area has been liaising with EBLIDA, the ALA and others as we seek to understand the implications for the delivery of high quality library services in the 21st century. Considering just how important any developments in this area are for libraries around the world, IFLA encourages interested individuals or institutions to share experiences, information or reports with our e-Lending working group. Any information can be sent to Stuart Hamilton, Director of Policy and Advocacy, at IFLA HQ: stuart.hamilton@ifla.org.

 Download the IFLA e-Lending background paper here: http://www.ifla.org/files/clm/publications/ifla_background_paper_e-lending_0.pdf

Time Organization for Librarians: Beating Budget and Staff Cuts

By Kerry Smith May 11th, 2012 Book News No Comments »

From: Carol Smallwood [mailto:smallwood@tm.net]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2012 5:36 AM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] two anthology calls

 Time Organization for Librarians: Beating Budget and Staff Cuts
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials (Scarecrow Press, 2012)
Co-editor: Jason Kuhl, Library Operations Director, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois; contributor, The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times (ALA Editions, 2011) 
Co-editor: Lisa Fraser, Public Services Librarian, Bellevue Library, King County Library System, Bellevue, Washington; Guest Lecturer, Information School, University of Washington
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on ways to organize time the most effectively especially with budget and staff cuts: Administration,  Daily Operations,  Maximizing Technology, Personal Life, Goal Setting. Creative methods are sought that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
Please e-mail titles of 2-3 topics by May 30, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place TIME/Last Name on the subject line to: jkuhl@ahml.info

Handling Job Stress: Tips by Librarians

By Kerry Smith May 11th, 2012 Book News No Comments »

From: Carol Smallwood [mailto:smallwood@tm.net]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2012 5:36 AM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] two anthology calls

 Handling Job Stress: Tips by Librarians

Book Publisher: McFarland & Company
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian, Scarecrow Press, 2012; Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011.
Co-editor:  Linda A. Wade, Digitization Unit Coordinator, Western Illinois University Libraries; contributor, Pre- & Post-Retirement Tips for Librarians, ALA Editions, 2012.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on managing stress as a working librarian. Practical tips for colleagues on: dealing with pressure from budget and staff cuts, keeping up with technology, diverse patrons, while juggling family and personal life. Creative methods of diffusing stress are sought that are adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience should total 2,500-3500 words; or two articles each 1250-1750 words to equal 2,500-3,500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters, both written by the same co-author(s). One complimentary copy per chapter as compensation.
Please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in one sentence or two by May 30, 2012 with biography(s) to smallwood@tm.net and place STRESS/Last Name on the subject line.

New Ariadne and Issue 68 Available

By Kerry Smith May 11th, 2012 Journal News No Comments »

From: Public-Access Computer Systems Publications [mailto:PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Waller
Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2012 11:02 PM
To: PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Subject: Re: New Ariadne and Issue 68 Available

Apologies for cross-posting:

I am writing to announce that the Innovation Support Centre at UKOLN has
recently re-launched Ariadne and at the same time Issue 68 has been published. Here is a list of the articles it contains. I hope you will enjoy the new
issue and the new Ariadne.

You will find information about the changes to Ariadne at:
  http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue68/editorial1
and at: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/news/get/2012/05/09/ariadne-re-launch-isc-delivers-enriched-content/

In this issue http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue68   the feature articles are as follows:

*Data Citation and Publication by NERC’s Environmental Data Centres
- Sarah Callaghan, Roy Lowry, David Walton and members of the Natural
Environment Research Council Science Information Strategy Data Citation
and Publication Project team describe their work in NERC’s Environmental
Data Centres.

*Delivering Open Educational Resources for Engineering Design
- Mansur Darlington describes two methods for presenting online OERs for
engineering design that were developed and explored as part of the Higher
Education Academy/JISC-funded DelOREs (Delivering Open Educational
Resources for Engineering Design) Project.

*Perceptions of Public Libraries in Africa – Monika Elbert, David Fuegi and Ugne Lipeikaite describe the principal findings of the study Perceptions of Public Libraries in Africa which served to provide evidence of how public libraries are perceived by their stakeholders.

*Has Second Life Lived up to Expectations? – Paul Gorman examines to what degree Second Life has justified the claims made for it by its evangelists with particular regard to education.
*Kultivating Kultur: Increasing Arts Research Deposit – Marie-Therese Gramstadt discusses how the JISC-funded Kultivate Project  is encouraging arts research deposit in UK institutional repositories.

*The CLIF Project: The Repository as Part of a Content Lifecycle – Richard Green, Chris Awre and Simon Waddington describe how a digital repository can become part of the technical landscape within an institution and support digital content lifecycle management across systems.

*Peculiarities of Digitising Materials from the Collections of the National Academy of Sciences, Armenia – Alan Hopkinson and Tigran Zargaryan give an overview of their experience of digitising paper-based materials in the Fundamental Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences, Armenia including some of the obstacles encountered during image processing and optical character recognition.

*Adapting VuFind as a Front-end to a Commercial Discovery System – Graham Seaman describes in this Tooled Up feature the adaptation of an open source discovery tool, VuFind, to local needs, discusses the decisions which needed to be made in the process, and considers the implications of this process for future library discovery systems.

*Welsh Libraries and Social Media: A Survey – Alyson Tyler outlines the results of a survey of Welsh libraries, their access to, and use of, social media, and offers a sample business case. 

In this issue the event reports are as follows:
*The Future of the Past of the Web- Matthew Brack reports on the one-day international workshop The Future of the Past of the Web’ held at the British Library Conference Centre.

*Collaborations Workshop 2012: Software, Sharing and Collaboration in Oxford
- Simon Choppin reports on a two-day software workshop held at The Queen’s College, Oxford.

*The Third Annual edUi Conference – Danielle Cooley reports on the third annual edUi Conference, held  in Richmond, Virginia, USA, an opportunity for Web professionals in colleges, universities, libraries, museums, etc to discuss the latest developments in Web trends and technologies.

*IMPACT Final Conference – Marieke Guy reports on the two-day conference looking at the results of the IMPACT Project in making digitisation and OCR better, faster and cheaper.

*Developing Research Excellence and Methods (DREaM) Project Launch conference – Ray Harper reports on a one-day conference which launched the DREaM Project, held by the Library and Information Science Research coalition in London.

*Data Science Professionals: A Global Community of Sharing – Sylvie Lafortune reports on the 37th annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST), held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
   
*eSciDoc Days 2011: The Challenges for Collaborative eResearch Environments – Ute Rusnak reports on the fourth in a series of two-day conferences called eSciDoc Days, organised by FIZ Karlsruhe and the Max Planck Digital Library in Berlin.

In this issue the reviews are as follows:
*Book Review: The Future of Archives and Recordkeeping – John Azzolini reviews an anthology of perceptive essays on the challenges presented to archival thought and practice by Web 2.0, postmodern perspectives, and cross-disciplinary interchanges.

*Book Review: From Lending to Learning – Tim Davies reviews a spirited defence of public libraries, which tries to define their core purpose and which argues for a re-positioning of their place in society.

*Book Review: University Libraries and Digital Learning Environments – Sylvie Lafortune reviews a collection of essays that examine the transformation of
academic libraries as they become part of digital learning environments.

*Book Review: Being an Information Innovator – John Paschoud reviews a book which formalises the processes of being what many of us would like to be within our information-based organisations – innovators and entrepreneurs of the Information Age.

*Book Review: Making Software – What Really Works, and Why We Believe It
- While acknowledging the genuine usefulness of much of its content, Emma Tonkin provides helpful pointers towards a second edition.

*Book Review: Innovations in Information Retrieval – Martin White reviews a collection of essays on a wide range of current topics and challenges in information retrieval.

Contributions to Ariadne issue 69 and beyond are being arranged and in preparation. Please send proposals for articles to me at the new contact point:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/contact/webform

Kindly send review copies to the Editor’s postal address (below).
You can keep in touch with Ariadne at: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/#in-touch
Please note that in this area on the home page an RSS feed for Ariadne content is available as well as a feed for forthcoming material including invitations to review, report, etc.  There is also the opportunity to follow Ariadne on Twitter. All these feeds are available at:  http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/#in-touch

I hope you will enjoy the new issue and the new Ariadne . If you would like to discuss making a contribution yourself, do feel free to contact me on:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/contact/webform
Best regards,

Richard Waller, Editor Ariadne, UKOLN, The Library, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK  tel +44 (0) 1225 383570   fax +44 (0) 1225 386838   email ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk

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British Library Board appoints new Chief Executive

By Kerry Smith May 11th, 2012 Professional News No Comments »
The Board of the British Library has appointed Roly Keating as the Library’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Keating, currently Director of Archive Content at the BBC, and a former Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, will take up his new role on 12 September 2012.
 
Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of the British Library, said: “I am delighted that Roly Keating will be joining us as Chief Executive. He has a strong record of creative leadership and strategic innovation at the BBC and has wide experience and a deep commitment to the digital information environment. He is the ideal person to build on the successes of the British Library and to ensure that the Library continues to be a leading-edge provider of knowledge as we take forward our Vision for 2020. I look forward to working with him.”

Roly Keating commented on his appointment: “It’s a huge honour to have the opportunity to lead one of the UK’s greatest cultural institutions, at a time of exciting change driven by the internet and connected media. Under Lynne Brindley’s leadership the British Library has set standards for the world in both the quality of its curatorship and the boldness of its thinking around new technology. I am looking forward to working with the Library’s talented staff and leadership team to take it on the next stage of its journey into the digital age.”

Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC said: “During Roly’s 29 years at the BBC he has proved himself to be one of the corporation’s greatest cultural heavyweights. Beginning with his work on Omnibus and Arena and then as a founder producer on The Late Show before moving on to run BBC Four and BBC Two, Roly has always had a keen understanding of the BBC ethos of making the good popular and the popular good. His most recent role as Director of Archive has enabled him to start the vital work of opening up the BBC’s archive making it accessible to audiences across the world. We are hugely grateful for everything he has done for the BBC and we are delighted that he will now be going on to run another of the UK’s most valuable cultural institutions, the British Library. We wish him every success for the future.”

Roly Keating, born in 1961, graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 1983 with a first class degree in Classics. Roly joined the BBC as a general trainee in 1983. As a producer and director in Music and Arts, he made films for Omnibus, Bookmark and Arena. He was a founder producer and subsequently editor of the long-running arts and media magazine The Late Show and was also editor of the literary series Bookmark.

In 1997, Roly became Head of Programming for UKTV, overseeing the launch of the BBC’s joint venture channels with Flextech, including UK Style, UK Horizons and the re-launched UK Gold.

In 1999 he was made BBC Controller of Digital Channels, with overall editorial responsibility for BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge, as well as UKTV and BBC Prime. The following year he became Controller of Arts Commissioning, with responsibility for music and arts programming across BBC Television, before moving to BBC Four in December 2001.

As Controller of BBC Four, Roly led the launch of the channel in March 2002, where key programmes included The Falklands Play, The Alan Clark Diaries and the UK premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2003 he was seconded for six months to act as joint leader of the BBC’s Charter Review project.

From 2004 to 2008, Roly was Controller of BBC Two. Under his tenure he oversaw the launch of a raft of influential and popular returning series, including Dragons’ Den, Coast, The Choir, Springwatch and The Apprentice, as well as memorable programmes and series including Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain, The Power of Nightmares and Jerry Springer The Opera. From October 2007 to May 2008 he combined his job on BBC Two with the role of Acting Controller, BBC One. BBC Two was named Broadcast Channel of the Year in 2007.

In his current role as Director of Archive Content Roly acts as overall editorial leader for the BBC’s online services, including BBC iPlayer. This role is also responsible for the development and implementation of the BBC’s strategy to increase digital access to its massive archives, including the new Arts Council England partnership The Space and the proposed download-to-own initiative Project Barcelona.

Roly Keating will take over from Dame Lynne Brindley, who will be leaving the Library on 31 July 2012 after 12 years as Chief Executive.

-Ends-
 
 
For more information contact:
 
Miki Lentin
The British Library
t:+44 (0) 20 7412 7112
m:+44 (0) 7976 793 666
e:miki.lentin@bl.uk
 

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s greatest research libraries. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research collection. The Library’s collection has developed over 250 years and exceeds 150 million separate items representing every age of written civilisation and includes books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, photographs, newspapers and sound recordings in all written and spoken languages. Up to 10 million people visit the British Library website – www.bl.uk- every year where they can view up to 4 million digitised collection items and over 40 million pages.  

First Monday May 2012

By Kerry Smith May 8th, 2012 Journal News No Comments »

—–Original Message—–
From: Readership of First Monday [mailto:FIRSTMONDAY@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU] On Behalf Of Valauskas, Edward J.
Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2012 7:31 AM
To: FIRSTMONDAY@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: First Monday May 2012

 Readers:

 First Monday has just published the May 2012 (volume 17, number 5) issue at http://firstmonday.org/issue/current.

 This issue marks the 16th birthday of First Monday, which appeared originally on the first Monday of May 1996. With the contents of the May 2012 issue, First Monday has published 1,191 papers in 192 issues, written by 1,570 different authors.   

The following papers are included in this month’s issue:

 First Monday   Volume 17, number 5 – 7 May 2012    

A market for unbiased private data: Paying individuals according to their privacy attitudes by Christina Aperjis and Bernardo A. Huberman

 Digital inclusion and data profiling by Seeta Peña Gangadharan 

Sharing as “frands”: Personified branding strategies on social networks sites in China by Hua Wang, Jingbo Meng, and Fan Dong

 Enhancing user involvement with digital cultural heritage: The usage of social tagging and storytelling by Harry van Vliet and Erik Hekman  

Understanding the Net neutrality debate: Listening to stakeholders by  Alexander Ly, Bertrum H. MacDonald, and Sandra Toze

 The Internet, selective learning, and the rise of issue specialists by S. Mo Jang and Yong Jin Park

 The bandwagon effect on participation in and use of a social networking site by W. Wayne Fu, Jaelen Teo, and Seraphina Seng

 New media and identity among fans of a Norwegian football club by Roy Krøvel

 Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

 Edward J Valauskas, Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday

Call for Chapter Proposals: The Global Librarian

By Kerry Smith May 4th, 2012 Journal News No Comments »

From: Sandra Sajonas [mailto:ssajonas@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 3 May 2012 9:48 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] Call for Chapter Proposals: The Global Librarian

Call for Chapter Proposals: The Global Librarian
A Joint Publication of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) and the Greater  New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries
Book Concept:
Twenty-first century librarians work in an increasingly global environment of diverse populations with a variety of needs. Innovative librarians have embraced the challenge of “going global.” They have identified and acquired the necessary skills to successfully navigate through this expanding environment, and have done much to reinvigorate the practice of librarianship, demonstrating the valuable role played by information specialists. Physical distance is no longer a barrier to excellence in library service, but rather a catalyst for the development of innovative ideas for the creation, organization, management, presentation and dissemination of information. As user-communities have moved beyond the traditional limits of our institutions, so too has our vision for the informational services we must be prepared to provide. While technology clearly has informed much of this recent transformation in librarianship, it has been the librarians themselves who have led the way in renewing the profession to accommodate a rapidly expanding, interconnected global community. Stretching, molding and applying the traditional concepts of library and information science in new, inventive ways, librarians around the globe have designed and implemented creative ways to serve the information needs of their patrons, wherever they may be. Librarians from all spheres — academic, public, school, private, corporate, not-for-profit — are joining this “innovative information revolution “ and forever changing the way in which information is created, organized and shared.

This publication will focus on the vital role played by librarians and information specialists in developing new programs and services which allow them to deliver quality information services in unique and sustainable ways. The multimedia scope of the publication encourages not only case studies, chapters and other text-based reporting, but also short film/video, songs/audio, podcast episodes, animation, etc. that further demonstrate the innovative techniques that librarians have successfully deployed to serve a global environment.
Chapters are sought for an anthology written by academic, special librarians, or LIS faculty sharing information on a unique job or role in librarianship. We want to capture how librarians are dealing with changes in reference, collection development, access, and technical services. Topics of specific interest are in areas of:

  • copyright
  • web services
  • teaching and learning, systems, and assessment.

Optimal chapters might include (but are not limited to) information about your role, position, or skill, helpful educational backgrounds, why this role/position was created, and how this role/skill is changing the profession. Chapters that take a data or research driven look at the changes in the profession over the last 20 years or the future of position in academic libraries are also sought.

Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:

  • Intellectual Property and the Global Environment
  • Serving Populations Off the Grid
  • Community outreach (or Community Engagement)
  • Serving diverse/international populations
  • Librarians in war-torn/underdeveloped countries
  • Librarian efforts in times of catastrophic disasters
  • Mobile, real-time librarians
  • International partnerships
  • Librarians in the virtual world
  • Services to indigenous populations
  • Librarians without borders
  • Librarians shaping geopolitical discourse
  • Library’s role in developing countries (BRIC)
  • Creating tools/platforms for disseminating information
  • Preserving cultural (autonomy? independence? or just “preserving culture”?) in increasingly globalized world
  • Crossing language barriers
  • Librarians without buildings/books
  • Librarians and social justice/responsibility movements


Deadlines:
Submission of Chapter Proposals (500 words) due by: July 10, 2012
Notification of selected chapters: August 28, 2012
Drafts due: November 26, 2012
Final corrected drafts due: December 17, 2012
Target Audience:
The intended audience for this publication will be practicing librarians in all fields. It would also be of use to library and information science programs offering course work in the expanding role of the librarian.

Proposal Submissions:
All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind peer review basis. Chapters should be written in English using the 6th edition of APA format.
Completed chapters will be between 3000-5000 words in length. Authors are encouraged to include original charts, graphs, photos or other multimedia objects.
Non-traditional and multimedia texts will be accepted for consideration.
Please e-mail your Chapter Proposal (500 words) and a brief personal biography, as a Word attachment, to info@metro.org. Your proposal should also include a chapter title. Use the phrase “Global Librarian Proposal” in the email subject line.
After careful review of all proposals, the Editorial Board will contact individuals to request full-length chapters. Further instructions and details will be provided at that time.

Questions and comments should be directed to Jason Kucsma (jkucsma@metro.org) or Caroline Fuchs (cgfuchs@gmail.com)

Editorial Board:
Caroline Fuchs, Associate Professor/Outreach Librarian, St. John’s University
Jason Kucsma, Executive Director, Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
Lisa Chow, Web Analyst, Brooklyn Public Library
Sandra Sajonas, Business & Career Librarian at Brooklyn Public Library
Carrie Netzer Wajda, New Business Librarian, Y&R
About METRO
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is a non-profit member services organization working to develop and maintain essential library services throughout New York City and Westchester County. For nearly 50 years, METRO has helped its members seize opportunities presented by continuously evolving constituent needs and technological advances. Bridging the intersection of library sciences, knowledge management, and technology innovation, METRO upholds traditional information information access ideals in an increasingly unmediated digital age.

About ACRL/NY
ACRL/NY (The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries) is dedicated to improving library services, encouraging the exchange of ideas and information, providing networking opportunities for librarians and seeking greater cooperation among academic and research libraries. ACRL/NY promotes professional standards, mentors librarians, and enhances professional development through a variety of educational programs. The Chapter encourages local participation in national issues relating to academic and research libraries.

New IFLA publication: Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies

By Kerry Smith May 3rd, 2012 Book News No Comments »

Just off the press as Nr. 45 in the IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control…

 In a networked and globalized world of information the form of national bibliographies may have changed, however their major function remains unchanged: to inform about a country’s publication landscape, its cultural and intellectual heritage. Subject access offers a major route into this landscape providing information about the dispersion of publications in specific fields of knowledge and topics contained in a particular national publishing output. The Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies give graded recommendations concerning subject indexing policies for national bibliographic agencies and illustrating various policies by providing best practice examples.

 Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies | Edited by Yvonne Jahns | Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Saur, 2012 | ISBN 978-3-11-028089-0 | IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control Nr 45 | Euro 59.95 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 84.00 | Special price for IFLA members Euro 49.95 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 70.00

 Also available as an eBook

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Current Cites, April 2012

By Kerry Smith May 3rd, 2012 Journal News No Comments »

—–Original Message—–
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Publications [mailto:PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant
Sent: Tuesday, 1 May 2012 2:12 AM
To: PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Subject: [CurrentCites] Current Cites, April 2012

                           Edited by [2]Roy Tennant

 http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/2012/cc12.23.4.html

Contributors: [3]Charles W. Bailey, Jr., [4]Alison Cody, [5]Peter    Hirtle, [6]Roy Tennant,