Professional Reading Shelf
Government Libraries--United States
Source: FCW EPA to close library
Bad news. "Proposed cuts in the fiscal 2007 budget have prompted Environmental Protection Agency officials to shutter the agency's Midwest Regional Library in anticipation of congressional approval of the budget. According to an internal e-mail released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the EPA is preparing to close the Chicago library to preempt the passage of President Bush's proposed 80 percent funding cut to the EPA library network."
See Also: Full Text of Internal Memo (via PEER)
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Digital Libraries
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship (via E-LIS) Full Text, An Evaluation of Faculty Use of the Digital Library at Ankara University, Turkey (2006)
"New consortial buying models have dramatically increased the availability of online resources, particularly journal articles, in the universities and technical institutes of developing countries. The degree of acceptance and pattern of use of such materials is of great interest to library collection development. Ankara University surveyed faculty members regarding their awareness and use of these electronic materials."
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Library Disaster Prevention
Source: IWR National Research Reserve lays disaster fears to rest
"The concerns of Oxbridge university librarians about the risk of losing information forever to a fire or natural disaster have been allayed after the British Library (BL) and the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) confirmed that their proposed National Research Reserve (NRR) would stock more than a single copy of journals."
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Access to Information--United States
Source: FCW DOD removes missile defense system report from Web site
"The Defense Department has removed from the DOD inspector general's Web site a critical report that states that the network that links radar systems, missile sites, and command centers for the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) ground-based defense system has serious flaws in the security technologies, policies, and procedures needed to protect the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of information on the network." A copy of the report is still available via Federal Computer Week.
-- Information--Standards
Source: National Information Standards Organization The March Issue of the NISO Newsline is Online
Reports include:
+ "Versions of Journal Articles Working Group Featured on NISO Website"
+ "Your Input Needed on Educational Programs"
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ResourceShelf
Librarians
Source: WTSP Our Own Shirl Kennedy Profiled
Super Cool! It's been a busy two days for the ResourceShelf team in the press. On Monday, Gary was interviewed by LJ. Yesterday, Deputy Editor Shirl "Librarian by day, biker by night" is profiled by a Florida TV station! Video too! Congrats, Shirl!
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