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Friday, 18th November 2005

The Fall 2005 of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is Now Online

Professional Reading Shelf
Librarians
Source: Inside Higher Ed
In Praise of Librarians
"My own ideal library is inconceivable without them. Buns and scowls and all, I don't care. That we need our librarians is obvious. (And evolving.) That we must value our librarians is no less so. A college or university may not in fact be no better than its own librarians. But in my experience this continues to be exactly the case, and I wish we would value more than we do both the human interaction as well as the ideal knowledge they represent."
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Science and Technology Libraries
Source: ISTL
The Fall 2005 of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is Now Online
Articles include:
+ A Century of Progress? Adaptation of the Chemistry Library at the University of Chicago
+ And Then There Was One: Moving and Merging Three Health Science Library
Collections
+ Changing Mission, Strengthened Focus: A New Use for the Current Periodicals Room at the University of California, Santa Cruz
+ Capital Improvement: One Northern Virginia Library's Support of Life-Saving Programs
+ Biology Article Retrieval from Various Databases: Making Good Choices with Limited Resources
+ Federal Repositories: Comparative Advantage in Open Access?
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Medical Libraries
Source: Library Journal
RX for Medical Libraries
"There are now approximately 2900 hospital libraries and an estimated 4000 staffers working in them, and they are at risk. As I see it, there are four main threats to medical libraries: deprofessionalization, a failure to do outreach, a shift in the culture toward McInformation, and ongoing budget crunches. We must cope with all of these now to ensure the survival of small medical libraries and the well-being of healthcare itself." By Cheryl R. Banick, manager of the Veterans Hospital Library in Providence, RI.
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Archives--Portals
Source: ICA
Launching of the International Francophone Archival Portal (PIAF)
"On 2005 November 17, on the occasion of the World Summit of the Information Society, the International Association of Francophone Archives is launching its International Francophone Archival Portal (PIAF). This site is intended to be a clearing house offering training and exchange of information relevant to all the archivists of the Francophone community."
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Censorship--Conferences
Source: IFLA
New, Presentations from the "Documenting censorship -- libraries linking past and present, and preparing for the future" now Online
Aka IFLA/FAIFE Satellite meeting 11-12 August 2005

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