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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

Over $21 Million to Recruit New Librarians and Help Offset National Shortage

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News Libraries
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
The U-T library and how it works
Learn about the library and librarians at the San Diego Union-Tribune. Congrats to the U-T Library! "Even though the Union-Tribune library is no longer open to the public, Union-Tribune readers benefit from the work that staffers do. The imprint of the library staff can be seen in each day's newspaper, whether or not they're credited at the end of the story."
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Librarians--United States
Source: IMLS
Over $21 Million to Recruit New Librarians and Help Offset National Shortage
"The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services announced $21,087,684 in grants to 37 universities, libraries, and library organizations across the country today to recruit and educate a new generation of librarians." Complete list of grant recipients here.
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National Libraries--France
Source: The Independent
Curator is charged as 30,000 books are 'lost' by French national library
"More than 30,000 books, including 1,000 rare and priceless items, are believed to have been stolen from the French national library in Paris. So chaotic are the library's cataloguing and security systems it is impossible to know when books were stolen."
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Access to Information--Canada
Source: NCASRD
Final Report: National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data (NCASRD)
Recently released. 137 pages; PDF.
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Conference News
+ UK: CILIP launches RFID in Libraries Conference
+ US: Registration Opens for 2005 Virtual Reference Desk Conference

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