Professional Reading Shelf Libraries and Librarians--Australia
Source: ALIA It's Library and Information Week in Australia!
-- Public Libraries--United Kingdom
Source: MLA/Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy New Report: Library use soars
"A new report published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy shows a record rise in public library usage across the UK. In 2003/04, visits to public libraries increased by nearly 14 million, over 250,000 extra visits a week. This is the second consecutive annual rise and builds on an additional 5 million visits made in 2002/03 - the first upturn in usage since the early 1990s." Summary stats available here.
-- Metadata
Digital Preservation
Source: PREMIS Working Groups/RLG/OCLC PREMIS Working Group Publishes Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata
"OCLC and RLG are pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive guide to core metadata for supporting the long-term preservation of digital materials. Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group is the product of the foremost international consensus-building effort directed at preservation metadata, and it is likely to become the foundation for future work in this area." Overview ||| Direct to Data Dictionary
-- Scholarly Publishing
Source: HighWire Press HighWire Press Database Now Providing Access to More than 900,000 Free Full Text Articles
-- E-government
Source: Federal Computer Week The e-gov pulse
"The first message is Google rules, while only a handful had even heard of FirstGov." Steve Kelman, professor of public management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, queries his students on how they search for information online.
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