Issue 89: Ukraine’s Libraries, Russia’s Internet, and the Big Deal
The first story below is one from National Public Radio on Ukraine libraries’ efforts are undertaking. Let’s not forget the terror they are facing, the peop...
The first story below is one from National Public Radio on Ukraine libraries’ efforts are undertaking. Let’s not forget the terror they are facing, the peop...
We’re taking a break this week from the HarperCollins e-book story; although the commentary continues from librarians (and a few authors), there hasn’t been ...
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NISO voting members are currently considering two new work items: a statement of best practices for the physical delivery of library resources and formalizi...
In June, a new service that speeds access to life sciences literature reached a milestone. Called PubGet, it is a service that reduces the number of clicks ...
DLTJ featured a discussion last month on what I saw as the outcomes of "clashing values" between the interest of businesses and that of not-for-profit higher...
Two papers were published recently exploring the quality of Google Scholar and Google Books. Google Scholar Philipp Mayr and Anne-Kathrin Walter, both of GE...
My posting on Friday about the clashing values of academic institutions and businesses prompted a comment from Bill Hooker about linking to his blog posting ...
Earlier this year the DOAJ began offering a new schema for registered articles that significantly improves the value of OAI-PMH harvested article content. P...
When it comes to seeking a full-text copy of that known-item citation, are our users asking "what have you done for me lately?" OpenURL has taken us pretty ...
The August 2006 edition of "The DPubS Report" produced by Cornell University Libraries for the DPubS community announced work underway at the Penn State to b...