Just a couple of articles from picked from OCLC Abstracts this morning: OCLC, LIBER Exchange Bibliographic records to Support Digital Preservation Efforts Google’s Anti-social Downside Enjoy!
The good news is this: an article discussing the peer review process in Nature. The bad news is this: your tax dollars are being used to roll back the Freedom of Information Act. Granted, it’s at the research phase right now, but I find it difficult to believe they would have funded it had they…
This appeared on Eric Alterman’s blog at MSNBC today. I am reproducing it here it in its entirety: Mr. Alterman:I have been reading media and legal materials (including your piece, “Think Again: Signing the Constitution Away,” at the Center for American Progress), here, about the unitary executive and the Bush administration’s use of presidential signing…
I taught my class on E-Journals this morning at the NYAM Library Open House (and got a great reception from the 10 people who showed up–yea, me!) so I thought I’d devote today’s space to something genuinely nifty if not exactly library-related. Alan Boyle’s Cosmic Log on MSNBC.com is too cool to not be part…
This piece by Kate Wittenberg from EPIC at Clumbia U. is definitely worth reading. It’s titled "Beyond Google, What’s Next for Publishing" and does a fine job of discussing how online environments are affecting (and being affected by) the publishing industry. Here’s an excerpt to get you started: "While we have been busy attending conferences,…
An announcement from Chris Warren, Historical Collections, NYAM: "This year, prompted by the Freud exhibit and interest in building relationships with the Museum of the City of New York, NYAM is participating in Museum Mile on June 13 (if you’re not familiar with this great event, visit their website: http://www.museummilefestival.org/ . Library staff will…
The Academy has redesigned its web site (***APPLAUSE***) for the first time in two years: take a look. Here’s the official announcement from Kathryn Cervino, NYAM’s Associate Director of Communications: "I invite you to visit and explore the Academy’s newly redesigned website at www.nyam.org. The sitewide facelift has made our website more visually and functionally…
If the names Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs and Cassady don’t ring an immediate bell with you, go and read this article by Donald W. Miller. Actually, even if they do ring a bell, read the article anyway; it’s a nicely organized, compact overview of some of the Beats’ better (and lesser) known history. You’ll notice at…
Okay, today was not Freud’s 150th birthday, this past Saturday was. (Meghan Daum writes a rather awkward birthday greeting for him here.) In any case, the "Freud on Fifth" exhibit at the Academy is now in full swing and open to the public (Alan Alda stopped by to see the collection for a half hour…
Just received this tidbit (which is a pretty major tidbit) from Kathleen Gundrum, the Director of Member Services at Nylink: RLG to combine with OCLC Combined programs and services to advance offerings and drive efficiencies for libraries, archives, museums and other research organizations worldwide DUBLIN, Ohio, May 3, 2006—Two of the world’s largest membership-based information…