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IFLA builds its new repository with EPrints Services

From: Joanne Yeomans [Joanne.Yeomans@ifla.org]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2013 10:32 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] IFLA builds its new repository with EPrints Services

Dear IFLA Colleagues,

IFLA has signed a contract with ECS Partners Limited (http://www.eprints.org/) for the building and hosting of its new repository using EPrints Services. The repository will be publicly launched during [...]

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New IFLA Publication: Open Access and Digital Libraries: Social Science Libraries in Action / Acceso Abierto y Bibliotecas Digitales: Bibliotecas de Ciencias Sociales en Acción

From: Louis Takács [louis.takacs@ifla.org] on behalf of IFLA Webmaster [webmaster@ifla.org]
Sent: Friday, 3 May 2013 7:19 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] New IFLA Publication: Open Access and Digital Libraries: Social Science Libraries in Action / Acceso Abierto y Bibliotecas Digitales: Bibliotecas de Ciencias Sociales en Acción

web version: http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-publications-series-158

New IFLA Publication! [...]

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New IFLA Publication: Ambassadors of the book : competences and training for heritage librarians

web version: http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-publications-series-160

New IFLA
Publication!

Just off
the press as Nr 160 in the IFLA Publications Series…

What
competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught? The
management of heritage collections requires a unique mix of knowledge and
skills, including expertise in preservation and conservation; heritage policies;
acquisitions and collection management; bibliographic description; [...]

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Call for papers: Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics

From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of HASTINGS, SAM
Sent: Friday, 14 December 2012 4:14 AM
To: JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: Call for papers: Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics
 Be a part of history and the future at the same time!
Be the first to publish in this new venue that looks at how we access, store and [...]

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The Urgency of Reading: Books in Humanitarian Emergencies – Libraries Without Borders (LWB)

—–Original Message—–
From: nolwenn.gueguen@bibliosansfrontieres.org [mailto:nolwenn.gueguen@bibliosansfrontieres.org]
Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2012 9:51 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] Post submissions – The Urgency of Reading: Books in Humanitarian Emergencies – Libraries Without Borders (LWB)
 The Urgency of Reading: Books in Humanitarian Emergencies – Libraries Without Borders (LWB)
 Today, Libraries Without Borders launches its campaign “The Urgency of Reading: Books in Humanitarian Emergencies” When a [...]

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E-book research project

From: Information and/or Library Studies in the UK [mailto:LIS-BAILER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Prof. T.D. Wilson
Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012 12:57 AM
To: LIS-BAILER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: E-book research project
The Universities of Gothenburg and Borås, have been awarded a grant of 12 million Swedish kroner ($1.8 million) by the Swedish Research Council to investigate the production, distribution and use of [...]

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Bibliography ”Impact and Outcome of Libraries” 2012

From: Markku A. Laitinen [mailto:markku.laitinen@helsinki.fi]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 9:07 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr; ifla-mmsc@infoserv.inist.fr; iflastat@infoserv.inist.fr; statev@infoserv.inist.fr; digi-vaikuttavuus@helsinki.fi; kirjo-list@helsinki.fi; lib-bosses@lists.metropolia.fi; hy-kirjo@helsinki.fi; tilasto-vastaavat@helsinki.fi; kirjasto-tilastot@helsinki.fi; Sinikka Sipilä; Secretariat QQML; stks@lista.tsv.fi; Heidi Partanen; titta.baer@fla.fi; ‘matti.sarmela@kirjastot.fi’; Viiri Marjariitta; Hannu Sulin
Subject: [IFLA-L] Bibliography ”Impact and Outcome of Libraries” 2012
 Dear colleagues,
The latest version of Bibliography ”Impact and Outcome of Libraries”, compiled by Dr. [...]

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Call For Book Chapters:Cutting Edge Technologies and Academic Librarianship

From: Anna Kaushik [mailto:drkaushikanna@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012 11:42 AM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] Call For Book Chapters
 Cutting Edge Technologies and Academic Librarianship    
A book edited by Dr. Anna Kaushik  drkaushikanna@gmail.com
& Dr. Nirmal Kumar Swain nkswainlisfaculty@gmail.com
Objectives of the Book     
Cutting Age Technology and Academic Librarianship provides an up-to-date picture to promote academic strategic management and envision future innovations [...]

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New book titled “Powering Search: The Role of Thesauri in New Information Environments”

A new book titled “Powering Search: The Role of Thesauri in New Information Environments” authored by Ali Shiri, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, has recently been published by Information Today, Inc.(ASIS&T Monograph Series).    http://books.infotoday.com/asist/Powering-Search.shtml     
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the role of thesauri in search user interfaces across a range [...]

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New Book “Collaborative Information Seeking”

From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerstner, Ralf, Springer DE
Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012 4:03 PM
To: JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: New Book “Collaborative Information Seeking”
 Springer-Verlag is pleased to announce the recent publication of Shah, Chirag
Collaborative Information Seeking  The Art and Science of Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of All
Series: The Information Retrieval Series, [...]

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