7 March - World Reading Aloud Day

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From: Albert Boekhorst <albertkb@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:18 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] 7 March World Reading Aloud Day

Have a nice  day      http://litworld.org/worldreadaloudday 

МХТ нэвтэрсэн сургууль гэж ямар байх? What does a good ICT school look like?

http://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/2010/8/20/25-features-of-outstanding-...

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"Articles" - 1 new article What does a good ICT school look like? More Recent Articles Search Articles Prior Mailing Archive What does a good ICT school look like? I was asked yesterday what a good ICT school looks like. The question threw me momentarily, and the fact that it threw me threw me as well: a sort of meta-throwing. Then I realised why: I don't think you can tell whether a school is good at ICT just by looking. All that looking does is help you make some working assumptions which you can then, one hopes, test out. It's true that many people, even now, think that a school is doing good ICT if there are lots of computers on. But you have to dig much deeper than that. First, can everyone in the school answer the question "why?". Why is there all this technology in the school, what's it supposed to achieve, what, in short, is the point? Do the headteacher and the senior leadership know what they hope to achieve with it? Second, is the ICT making a difference in terms of students' learning and achievement -- not just in terms of ICT itself but across the board? Third, is it making a difference in terms of teachers' workload? This is, of course, intricately bound up with the previous question. In short, before you can answer the question posed, you have to answer several other questions first. You may also find this article useful: 25 features of outstanding lessons   • http://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/2012/3/6/what-does-a-good-ict-school-..." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Email to a friend • Article Search • Track comments • • More Recent Articles Automated report writing Blogging on February 29 2012 ICT and small businesses: the brief Internet addiction: another flawed study 5 ways to develop critical thinking in ICT

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Цахим нөөцөөр фондоо бүрдүүлэхэд юу анхаарах вэ? IFLA Electronic Resource Guide Now Available!

Key Issues for e-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries by Sharon Johnson, with Ole Gunnar Evensen, Julia Gelfand, Glenda Lammers, Lynn Sipe and Nadia Zilper

http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-electronic-resource-guide

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From: Jérôme FRONTY <jerome.fronty@wanadoo.fr>
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:37 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] IFLA Electronic Resource Guide Now Available!

Dear Colleagues,

The Acquisition & Collection Development Section is proud to announce the publication of the IFLA Electronic Resource Guide.

The purpose of this Guide is to help develop an awareness of the key issues that every library will need to consider and address in developing an e-portfolio.

You'll be able to read this document at the following address:

http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-electronic-resource-guide

Have a good read!

emtacl12 - emerging technologies in academic libraries - Call for papers

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From: Ole Husby <ole.husby@ub.ntnu.no>
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:18 PM
Subject: [DIGLIB] emtacl12 - emerging technologies in academic libraries - Call for papers

_____________________________________________________________________

          emtacl12 - emerging technologies in academic libraries

International conference on emerging technologies in academic libraries 2012

                1-3 October 2012, Trondheim, Norway
                            <http://www.emtacl.com>

                              Call for papers

______________________________________________________________________

Emerging technologies and evolving user behaviour keeps changing the rules of the game for academic libraries. Emerging technologies include new ways of using existing technologies and totally new, disruptive technologies. Examples include:

- Semantic web / linked open data
- Social media
- Augmented reality
- Mobile technologies
- Visualisation
- etc

emtacl12  is an international conference for academic librarians, information professionals, academic staff, students, library system developers and suppliers, among others. The aim is to provide answers to the following questions: What can academic libraries do to address change? How can we adapt? Which technologies can/should/must we use/create? The conference is hosted by NTNU University Library, the Library of the Norwegian university of science and technology in Trondheim, Norway.

The programme committee invites original presentations and posters taking one or more of the following perspectives as a point of departure:

- Linked open data and other semantic web applications in the library
- New literacies
- Supporting research
- Organizational change within the library
- Analysis of user behaviour and use of statistics
- New services/old services in new clothes
- Other relevant perspectives on emerging technologies

We invite submission of abstracts or posters presenting:

- Theoretical solutions, but with a clear illustration on how these solutions can be applied in libraries
- Opinions on some aspect of practice, or descriptions of work that is still in progress, but sufficiently mature to warrant attention
- Experiences and case studies specifying requirements, challenges, or opportunities of applying emerging technologies in libraries
- Comparisons with alternative or competing approaches using conventional technologies
- Best practices for implementing emerging technologies in libraries
- Assessments of cost and benefits from the application of emerging technologies, e.g. time and cost of implementation and deployment, integration with legacy IT systems, user acceptance, returns on investment

We will also open for live demos of emerging technologies, and invite submission of abstracts or videos describing such demos.

Abstract submission instructions:

Please use the submission form at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emtacl12 to submit an abstract describing your contribution, including:

- personal details
- additional presenter details
- presentation title and abstract.

Abstract length should not exceed 2500 characters. Please note that the language of the conference will be English, and therefore the committee will only accept submissions in this language.

All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.

Contributions will be made public through the NTNU e-publishing service, and accepted authors will be invited to supply full papers for this purpose. Papers are primarily requested in pdf format, conforming to further formatting details at the submission website. We do however welcome suggestions for alternative formats in cases where pdf is unsuitable, e.g. for non-textual contributions.

Important dates:

Abstract submission: 15 April 2012
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 25 May 2012
Authors should confirm their participation: 8 June 2012
Conference dates: 1-3 October 2012

For additional information, please visit the conference website:
http://www.emtacl.com or email us at emtacl@ub.ntnu.no

Karen Johanne Buset (programme committee chair)

How People Spend Their Time Online…02.29.12

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New post on The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog How People Spend Their Time Online…02.29.12 by lonewolflibrarian lonewolflibrarian | February 29, 2012 at 1:54 pm | Categories: Librarians | URL: http://wp.me/pfIvt-5CE

Free Course: Natural Language Processing Course starting March 12!

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From: Natural Language Processing Course Staff <noreply@coursera.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 1:44 AM
Subject: NLP Course starting March 12!

Dear Begzsuren,

We're really happy to tell you that our Natural Language Processing course begins on Monday March 12! Thank you all for your encouraging emails and your patience during these past weeks. You can register and access the class at:

http://nlp-class.org/

Even though you've already signed up, you need to register and choose a password in the left side of the login box the first time you go to the site.

For those of you who want to get started sooner, we've already pre-posted all the materials for the first week, as well as information about all the course requirements and the entire syllabus for the class. You can check it all out now, including the first problem set (on text processing and edit distance), and the first programming assignment, "Spamlord", both of which will be due on Tuesday March 19. (When we give dates, we'll be using North American Pacific Daylight time.) There will be a problem set and a programming homework due every week.

Please feel free to forward this email to friends who might be interested in natural language processing or who might just be interested in this new form of online education. If you have friends taking the class, we encourage you to form a study group to watch the videos together or discuss the material. We've got a discussion forum on the nlp-class.org website to help with that, and there are other venues that many people have found useful for networking, including twitter (we are @nlp_class), aiqus, reddit, and facebook.

Welcome to Natural Language Processing! We're very excited that you can join us for the course and look forward to hearing from you on the online discussion forums!

Dan Jurafsky and Chris Manning

If you do not wish to receive any more emails from us, please reply to staff+unsubscribe@free-class.org.

Libraries & the Post-PC Era…02.29.12

Libraries & the Post-PC Era
by Jason Griffey,
Head of Library Information Technology
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

VALA Encore Presentations
Perth, Australia
15 February 2012

in Curtin University Library

IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2012

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IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2012

April 11-13, 2012

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Paris France

Bonjour!

The Bibliothèque nationale de France, the IFLA Newspapers Section, and the IFLA PAC Core Activity are pleased to announce the IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2012: "Newspaper Digitization and Preservation: New Prospects. Stakeholders, Practices, Users and Business Models."  The conference will be held in the Grand Auditorium at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Quai François Mauriac, 75013 Paris.  A complete description and registration details can be found at the conference website.

http://www.ifla.org/en/node/5928

The Conference aims to assess major ongoing mass digitisation projects in Europe and throughout the world, undertaken by libraries, archives, newspaper publishers, and content aggregators.  Topics include digitisation projects, digitisation policies, web harvesting of news, legal deposit including e-legal deposit, long-term digital and physical preservation. access and distribution of digital news, and new and old business models.  And as frosting for a very interesting conference cake, the BnF has arranged an evening dinner cruise on the River Seine.  Besides a stellar lineup of speakers and interesting topics for discussion, the conference gives one a welcome professional excuse to visit Paris, the City of Light.

Best regards,

Christiane Baryla, IFLA PAC Director
Frederick Zarndt, Chair, IFLA Newspapers Section

Pascal Sanz, Director, Department of Law, Economics, and Politics, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Digital Textbooks: A Perfect Storm For Higher Learning

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From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck@iastate.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:03 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] _Digital Textbooks: A Perfect Storm For Higher Learning_

Colleagues/

I am pleased to inform you of the availability of a presentation I gave to our Collection Development Council yesterday afternoon titled _Digital Textbooks: A Perfect Storm For Higher Learning_

_Outline_ 

Here and Now
Predictions
Vendors
Platforms
Initiatives

Funding Options
Library Involvement
But Wait, There’s More ...
Resources

The 110+ PPT slide presentation is available via

http://bit.ly/xXucIG

Enjoy !

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011

http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/

Энэ шалгаруулалтанд Нийтийн номын сангууд оролцоно уу Fw: [PLIPlibraries] Beyond Access application and opportunities

EIFL байгууллагаас Нийтийн номын сангийн шинэчлэлт хөтөлбөр /PLIP - Public Library Innovation Program/-ийнхөө хүрээнд
Дэлхий нийтээр нийтийн номын сангуудын ач холбогдлыг өсгөх зорилготой Beyond Access гэсэн компанит ажлыг 1-р сараас эхлэн өрнүүлж, улмаар 10-р сард АНУ-д олон улсын хурал зохион байгуулах юм байна.

Beyond Access is especially seeking applications from PLIP grantees who are
partnering with governments and development organizations to meet community
needs in areas of education, health, agriculture, economic opportunity, and
civic participation.

Here is an application form :
<http://www.beyondaccesscampaign.org/become-a-beyond-access-member/>
http://www.beyondaccesscampaign.org/become-a-beyond-access-member/

Дээрх хаягаар орж, шаардлага, нөхцөлийг хангасан Номын сангийнхаа хийж байгаа, хийсэн ажлын үр дүнгийн мэдээллээ явуулж, уралдаант шалгаруулалтанд оролцож, улмаар шалгарч шагнал хожих боломжтой.

Амжилт хүсье.
Ж.Бэгзсүрэн
МТ-ийн мэргэжилтэн,
Хотын нийтийн төв номын сан
http://koha.pl.ub.gov.mn
www.facebook.com/ubpubliclibrary

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From: Rima Kupryte <rima.kupryte@eifl.net>
To: pliplibraries@lists.eifl.net
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 9:45 PM
Subject: [PLIPlibraries] Beyond Access application and opportunities

Dear PLIP grantees,

Those that attended Ljubljana meeting in January of this year already heard
about Beyond Access campaign that unites organizations that would like to
raise the profile of public libraries globally.

Beyond Access will be holding a conference in October, in Washington DC
where we want to bring public library innovators and international
development actors together. There will be opportunities for receiving small
grants to scale public library innovative services during and after the
October conference.

Beyond Access is especially seeking applications from PLIP grantees who are
partnering with governments and development organizations to meet community
needs in areas of education, health, agriculture, economic opportunity, and
civic participation.

Here is an application form :
<http://www.beyondaccesscampaign.org/become-a-beyond-access-member/>
http://www.beyondaccesscampaign.org/become-a-beyond-access-member/

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis and the first
five members who apply soon will be announced as Beyond Access Members on
March 31, 2012.

The cohorts of further five will be announced on April 30, June 30, and July
31. All selected members will receive travel scholarship to attend the
Beyond Access Conference in October. 

There is a "Frequently Asked Questions" page (
<http://www.beyondaccesscampaign.org/faq/>
http://www.beyondaccesscampaign.org/faq/) on the website. FAQ will be
updated over time as new questions will be received.

If you have any questions about the application or about Beyond Access,
please contact Matt Vanderwerff at  <mailto:mvanderwerff@irex.org>
mvanderwerff@irex.org.

Hope you will apply!!!

Rima

Хүүхдэд зориулсан үйлчилгээг зохион байгуулагч Нсанч - Fw: [LIBJOBS] Librarian III/Youth Services Coordinator

Доорхи мэдээллээс Хүүхдэд үйлчилдэг номын сангуудад туслах болон бага тушаалын номын санчдыг удирдан зохион байгуулдаг Youth Services Coordinator гэх ажлын байр байдгыг, тэр ажлын байранд ямар шаардлага тавигдаж, ямар цалин хангамж өгдөг болохыг харна уу.

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From: Dagmar Aerdelman <daerdelman@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 10:40 PM
Subject: [LIBJOBS] Librarian III/Youth Services Coordinator position vacancy in Fayetteville NC

DATE:	March 5, 2012
TITLE:	Librarian III/Youth Services Coordinator position #LIB0006
LIBRARY:	Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
CITY:	Fayetteville, NC
SALARY:	$40,524
QUALIFICATIONS:	Master’s Degree in Library Science (MLS) required.  Must have three years experience as a MLS professional youth/children’s librarian in a public library and one year of library supervisory experience. [Trainee candidates must have at least 30 months (2 ½ years) experience as a MLS youth/children’s librarian in a public library and six months of library supervisory experience].
CONDITIONS:	A driving record and criminal background check will be conducted on selected applicants. Employees must have a current, valid North Carolina driver’s license with a safe driving record and maintain a safe driving record throughout employment.  An offer of employment is contingent upon drug-screening test and receipt of negative results.  Refusal to submit to testing or a confirmed positive test shall be basis for withdrawal of the conditional employment offer.
DUTIES:	This position is responsible for performing complex professional library work; system-wide planning, implementation and evaluation of the youth services programs; collection development responsibilities for customers birth through 18 years. Considerable independent judgment and initiative as well as interpersonal skills are needed to coordinate the work of others. Demonstrated ability to build effective teams to accomplish youth services goals and objectives. Responsible for the supervision of subordinate staff, Assistant Youth Services and Smart Start Coordinators and offers input on the evaluations of all staff. Coordinates, develops, produces and implements policy and procedures manuals pertaining to area of responsibility. Coordinates special services and materials grants for youth services with the Deputy Director. Develops, coordinates, and monitors system wide regular weekly programs, special events, reading programs, etc. for youth and adults interested in materials and services for this age. Develops guidelines in programming standards and assists each library facility in setting and achieving goals in programming, including the number and appropriateness of programs. Cooperates with the Division Manager for Marketing & Communication to ensure the timely ordering of materials for children; consults with and directs the Assistant Youth Services Coordinator in ordering YA/teen materials for the system and provides budgetary input on the youth budget. Assists in ongoing assessment of the youth collection. Assesses community needs to determine library service responses in youth programs. Identifies opportunities and advocates library participation in community, state and national events that deal with youth. Serves on internal library councils: Youth Services, Public Services Managers and Director’s Advisory. Serves as Chairperson of the Youth Council. Meets with the Librarian II’s assigned to Youth Services and the Assistant Youth Services Coordinator on a regular basis. Works with Division Manager to promote and publicize services, materials and programs for youth. Oversees the development of special customer aids in support of youth services such as bibliographies, books reviews, etc. Represents the library at parent, teacher and other child advocacy group meetings in the community.
AVAILABLE:	immediately
TO APPLY:	We now only accept on-line applications. You may complete the application from our website at http://www.co.cumberland.nc.us/human_resources/job_vacancies/ Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed county application. If you wish to submit a resume to be included with your application, you may mail, fax or bring it to our office. If a NC ESC testing is required, you may also mail, fax or bring it to our office. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 1829, Fayetteville, NC 28301; fax number is: 910-323-6135; our office is located at the Cumberland County Courthouse, 117 Dick Street, Room 25. Computers are available in our office, for those who need access to apply. Applications must be received by 5:00 PM of the closing date of the position.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:	Contact Ms. Dagmar Aerdelman at (910) 483-1580 extension 107, fax: (910) 486-5372, or e-mail: daerdelman@cumberland.lib.nc.us   or the Cumberland County Human Resources Department at (910) 678-7653; Library website:  www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/aboutus/jobs.htm

Dagmar Aerdelman
Personnel Office Support IV

CCPL&IC

300 Maiden Lane

Fayetteville, NC 28301-5000

(Phone #: 910-483-7727 ext.107

7910-486-5372 (FAX)

www.cumberland.lib.nc.us (Web site)

daerdelman@cumberland.lib.nc.us (E-mail) 

www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/aboutus/jobs.htm (Vacancies)

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Fw: 14-Year-Old Invents LEGO Printer + Pritzker Prize Announced + Win a Trip to Brazil! : Inhabitat Weekly March 1st

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Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 12:27 AM
Subject: 14-Year-Old Invents LEGO Printer + Pritzker Prize Announced + Win a Trip to Brazil! : Inhabitat Weekly March 1st

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Inhabitants- Are you feeling Spring-y?  We are!  We kicked March off with a bang this week as we brought you the breaking news that the 2012 Pritzker Prize was awarded to Wang Shu - the first Chinese architect ever to receive the honor. We also announced that the world's oldest nuclear power plant closed down for good in the UK, while Japanese company developed a levitating house system capable of protecting homes from earthquakes. Finally, we brought you the latest installment of our Green Guide to Prefab series, where we discuss the best ways to build an eco prefab home that suits your lifestyle, and we offered our readers a chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Brazil - enter today before time runs out! Finding a Prefab Home That Works With Your Lifestyle Siting Your Home to Maximize Eco Efficiency Lindal Launches New ‘Architects Collaborative’ Prefab Line THE WEEK IN DESIGN NEWS 2012 Pritzker Prize Awarded to Wang Shu Incredible LEGO Printer Invented by 14-Year-Old Boy! A Forest of Carved Tree Stump Creatures Sprouts in the UK Städel Museum Renovated with a Gorgeous Green Roof World’s Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down in the UK Wang Shu’s Ningbo History Museum is Made of Rubble 350 MPGe MonoTracer Electric Motorbike Hits the Market Levitating System Protects Homes From Earthquakes WIN GREEN STUFF! A Contest is Brewing: Win a Trip To Brazil! Win a Pair of Vegan Rubber Rain Boots by Kamik GREEN DESIGN COMPETITIONS Scotch's Tape Sculpture Contest - DEADLINE: March 24th EAA’s Environmental Video Comp - DEADLINE: March 5th Reciprocity Design Comp - DEADLINE: March 15th AA School of Arch Workshop - DEADLINE: March 28th Better World by Design Challenge - DEADLINE: April 1st Emergency Intervention Comp - DEADLINE: April 2nd KIDS STORIES FROM INHABITOTS   Brangelina to Build Eco-Friendly Theme Park HOW TO: Oven Roast your own Peanuts WEARABLE STORIES FROM ECOUTERRE Google Goggles to Offer Terminator Augmented Vision Nike’s Seamless “Flyknit” Sneaker is Part Shoe, Part Sock 6 Celebrities Who Wore Eco-Fashion to the 2012 Oscars Thanks for reading everyone! Jill and Mike, Your merry March Inhabitat editors --  Inhabitat http://www.inhabitat.com Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/inhabitat Your are receiving this email because you opted in to our newsletter Unsubscribe mcl_begee@yahoo.com from this list. Our mailing address is: Inhabitat 7 Essex St New York, New York 10002 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 Inhabitat All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile

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Энэтхэгт дадлага хийж суралцах боломж Fw: [IFLA-L] JISL Internship in Information Science - A tremendous opportunity for those embarking on their careers

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From: Academic Librarians' Association India <academiclibrary@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 12:38 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] JISL Internship in Information Science - A tremendous opportunity for those embarking on their careers

Jain Irrigation Systems (JISL) offers its fist Internship Programme during July 2012 to December 2012.

Founded by Padma Shri Dr. Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain alias Bhau, JISL is a diversified entity with turnover in excess of INR 4400 crores. JISL has an international presence with manufacturing bases spread over 5 continents. JISL products are supplied to 110 countries.  JISL is the second largest Micro-Irrigation Company in the world. It nurtures Hi-Tech Agri Institutes, Farm Resource R&D Centres, Demo, Training & Extension Centres and undertake projects for agricultural and irrigation development in totality. JISL also have under it unique institutions specializing in social science and humanities like Anubhuti School, Gandhi Research Foundation, Research centres on Jainisim, Gandhi etc. Over 1000 agri and irrigation scientists, engineers, technologists, technicians, teachers, researchers, and professors in social sciences and humanities are working in areas like watershed development through wasteland transformation, crop selection and rotation, education, Gandhian studies etc. JISL offers an internship programme programme in Information Science, which will provide opportunity to selected students with PG in areas related to Information management. The programme will cover traditional subject areas like classification, cataloguing, library house keeping operations, library administration and management, as well as IT application in library and information management including digital libraries, digital archives, library automation, networking, web based services, etc.  It would be a tremendous opportunity for young library/information professionals embarking on their careers to get trained in providing information support for diverse areas mandatory to JISL.

Hostel Facility will be Availble. the cost will be deducted from the admissible stipend.

Duration of the Course July 2012 to December 2012

last Date for Applying  for 2012 Batch 15 March 2012

Detailed Brochure can be downloaded from  www.jains.com or from CAGI site www.cird.org.in

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Номын сангууд туршлагаа хуваалцаж бна: 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries

New publication: "2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries"
By Miguel Navas

2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries. e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding our Horizons has been launched. This year edition includes around 70 articles and communications by more than 60 authors from libraries of public bodies, courts, armies as well as professional associations, advisors and others.

 It has 279 pages and the content is divided into the following 6 sections:
-    Embracing new avenues of communication
-    Adapting to new and evolving technologies
-    Altering our places and spaces
-    Tackling changing expectations, resources, and job descriptions
-    Preserving what we have and preparing for the future
-    Expanding horizons

It has been compiled and edited by Marie Kaddell, from LexisNexis, and it is available online.

2010 edition is also available online.

Source: http://www.ifla.org/en/news/new-publication-2011-best-practices-for-governmen...

Download PDF: http://www.lexisnexis.com/tsg/gov/Best_Practices/Best_Practices_2011.pdf

Хотын нийтийн төв болон 4 салбар номын сангууд 2012-1-р улиралд 36 нэрийн тогтмол хэвлэл захиалсан

2012 оны 1-р улиралд хотын нийтийн номын сангийн төв болон салбар номын сангийн захиалсан сонингуудын нэрс

Доорх нэр бүхий сонингуудаас гадна Өнөөдөр, Өдрийн сонин, Үндэсний шуудан, Зууны мэдээ гэх дөрвөн нэрийн өдөр тутмын сонинг бүтэн жилээр нь цахим хувилбараар захиалсан бөгөөд тэдгээр сонингуудыг хотын номын сангийн цахим уншлагын компьютеруудад сууж үзэх боломжтой.

Захиалсан тогтмол хэвлэлүүд

http://pl.ub.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=557%3A2012-1-&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=50

Бэлтгэсэн: В.Түвшинтогтох /лавлагаа-ном зүйч/

Ulaanbaatar Public Library

Facebook/Twitter: @ubpubliclibrary
Online system: http://koha.pl.ub.gov.mn

Fw: [IFLA-L] Directory of Open Access Books

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From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck@iastate.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 12:56 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] Directory of Open Access Books

Colleagues/

OAPEN is pleased to announce a new service for Open Access monographs: the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). DOAB will provide a searchable index to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published under an Open Access business model, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository. The beta version of the service will contain publications of a selected number of academic publishers.

The beta version will be made public early spring 2012.

The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers will be invited to provide the metadata of their Open Access books to the DOAB. Metadata will be harvestable in order to maximize dissemination, visibility and impact. Aggregators can integrate the records in their commercial services and libraries can integrate the directory into their online catalogues, thereby helping scholars, students and the general public to discover the books. The directory will be open to all academic publishers and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these books are peer reviewed and published in Open Access. DOAB will determine requirements for publishers to qualify as Open Access academic book publishers and will maintain a certification procedure.

[more]

[ http://project.oapen.org/index.php/news ]

Thanks to Roddy MacLeod !

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

and

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University

Ames IA 50011

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Designing Library Space for Children

by Ingrid Bon, Andrew Cranfield, and Karen Latimer (Eds.)

Series: IFLA Publications Series 154
Publisher: Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Saur, 2011

Номын дэлгэрэнгүй танилцуулга: http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-publications-series-154
Номын гарчгуудтай танилцах: http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/43877

Fw: Webinar: Understanding Critical Elements of E-books: Standards for Formatting and Metadata

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NISO Two-Part March Webinar: Understanding Critical Elements of E-books:
Standards for Formatting and Metadata

Each part is independent; you can register for either one or both. Get a 25%
discount if you register for both parts.

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PART 1: EPUB3: Putting Electronic Books into a Package
DATE: March 14, 2012
TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

A critical element of the e-book marketplace is a common file structure that
is agreed upon between content creators and the supply chain, and works with
multiple reader technologies. The newly released EPUB 3 specification offers
a number of major innovations over the previous version, including support
for rich media, interactivity, global language support), and styling and
layout enhancements. EPUB 3 is also tightly integrated to web standards.
This includes HTML 5, which is still in draft. Yet HTML5 is already in use
for app development on the iPad and other mobile devices. This webinar will
provide a discussion of both of these standards and their use for creating
rich, cross-platform e-books.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

• EPUB 3 Overview, Evolution, and Benefits – Bill Kasdorf, Vice
President, Apex Content Solutions; Metadata Subgroup Lead, IDPF EPUB 3
Working Group

• Adding Interactivity to E-books with HTML5 – Sanders Kleinfeld, Publishing
Technologies Specialist, O'Reilly Media

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PART 2: Find That E-book - or Not: How Metadata Matters
DATE: March 21, 2012
TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

2011 will likely be seen as the tipping point year for e-books. With more
and more publications being issued in electronic format, how do users find
what is available? How are identifiers such as the International Standard
Book Number (ISBN) and the new International Standard Text Code (ISTC) being
applied to e-books and used in the supply chain? What metadata is crucial
for making e-books discoverable? Without quality metadata, e-books will be
invisible online. This webinar will discuss the key standards in the
metadata supply chain and describe what can be done to ensure the discovery
and delivery of the titles users will want to buy and read.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

• Metadata: Without You I'm Nothing (Metadata Quality and its Importance in
E-Book Discovery) – Laura Dawson, Communications Chief, Firebrand
Technologies

• ISTC, ISBN, and E-book Assignment – Pat Payton, Senior Director, Publisher
Relations and Content Development, Bowker

• ONIX for E-books – Graham Bell, Chief Data Architect at EDItEUR

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REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm
Eastern on March 14, 2012 for Part 1 and March 21, 2012 for Part 2.
Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. All
registrants to both parts receive a 25% discount.

Can’t make it on the webinar date/time? Register now and gain access to the
recorded archive for one year.

Visit the event webpages to register and for more information:
Part 1: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_epub3/
Part 2: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_metadata/

Cynthia Hodgson
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National Information Standards Organization
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"European Library Automation Group" ELAG 2012 Conference "Libraries everywhere" - Open for registration

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Subject: [IFLA-L] ELAG 2012 Conference "Libraries everywhere" - Open for registration

Registration is open now for the ELAG conference "Libraries everywhere"!

The ELAG 2012 conference is hosted by the Universitat de les Illes Balears, in Palma , Mallorca , Spain ,

and will take place:

15th May 2012 (Pre-Conference)

16th - 18th May 2012 (Conference)

Further information and registration at www.elag2012.com

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