Professional Reading Shelf
Libraries--Weblogs
Source: The Dag Hammarskj�ld Library, United Nations HQ UN Pulse: Connecting to UN Information
"The blog focuses on just-released UN system-wide online information, major reports, publications and documents. Created and maintained by a team of reference librarians, UN Pulse is updated as new information is published and received. There is also a RSS feed."
-- Public Libraries--UK
Source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers Laser Foundation: Libraries Impact Project (PDF; 304 KB)
"This report proposes methodologies and measures for quantifying the impacts of public libraries in relation to four particular Government priority areas -- children, education, health and older people. Based on desk research and the results of piloting the methodologies in seven English libraries, the report argues that libraries make a clear and measurable contribution to wider policy priorities at both the local and national level."
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Digital Libraries--Texas
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education Texas Universities Join to Create a Digital Library for Scholars and the Public
"Four Texas university systems and Rice University will collaborate on a digital repository whose goal is to offer online resources, such as teaching aids, dissertations, and practical information, although not books. The repository will be called the Texas Digital Library, but it will not resemble the California Digital Library -- not initially, at least. While the California Digital Library -- which provides books, journals, and databases to California libraries -- provides an inspiration, says Fred Heath, vice provost of the University of Texas Libraries, 'this would be closer to the DSpace collaborative at MIT.'"
See Also: Texas universities establish Texas Digital Library (via Houston Business Journal)
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