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by Ayoung Yoon and Theresa Schultz - College & Research LLibraries; vol.78:n°7 2017 Examining landscapes of research data management services in academic libraries is timely and significant for both those libraries on the front line and the libraries that are already ahead. While it provides overall understanding of where the research data management program is at and where it is going, it also provides understanding of current practices and data management recommendations and/or tool adoptions as well as revealing areas of improvement and support. This study examined the research data (management) services in academic libraries in the United States through a content analysis of 185 library websites, with four main areas of focus: service, information, education, and network.

British Library, avril 2013 But from 6 April 2013, the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales, Bodleian Libraries, Cambridge University Library and Trinity College Dublin, gained powers to archive the entire UK web, along with e-journals, e-books and other formats

by Becky Yoose and Erin Bernan, 05/06/20 A public library is one of the only places where a person can walk through the door and access information anonymously. No one checks your identification when you come in and you don't have to purchase anything to visit. This freedom - based on every person's First Amendment right to access public libraries is what allows us to serve those in our communities who may not have access to information by any other means. Yet, as communities struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries are faced with requests or demands to institute contact tracing, monitoring who comes into the library and restricting access to those who don't provide their personal information.

by Lorcan Dempsey - Liber Quarterly, 10/16 The paper considers how the changing nature of research in digital environments is reshaping the nature of library collections and services in academic and research libraries. It describes two central directions, each a response to the centrality of the user in a network environment. First, the library has an increasing role in managing the research and other outputs of the university (the inside-out collection). Second, the library is facilitating access to a broader range of local, external and collaborative resources organized around user needs (the facilitated collection).

Library Journal, 29/02/12, by Meredith Schwartz The Harvard Library management will form three "joint councils" with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) to negotiate the library system's reorganization, according to Harvard student newspaper The Crimson. The joint councils are defined in the university's agreement with HUCTW, and won't have authority to contravene that agreement.

by Camille VL Thomas ; Richard J. Urban - Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017 There are existing studies on data curation programs in library science education and studies on data services in libraries. However, there is not much insight into how educational programs have prepared data professionals for practice. This study asked 105 practicing professionals how well they thought their education prepared them for professional experience. It also asked supervisors about their perceptions of how well employees performed. After analyzing the results, the investigators of this study found that changing the educational model may lead to improvements in future library data services.

Impact of Social Sciences, 16/04/14 Alongside universities, libraries and librarians are now using social media platforms to connect with users in a range of exciting and innovating ways. The latest platform that libraries are experimenting with is Instagram, which allows users to take photos on their smart phones, apply exciting filters and add hashtags, and then share these images online with their followers. Amy Mollett and Anthony McDonnell investigate how libraries are making the most of this visually-engaging platform.

by Lucy Montgomery - Cltural Science, vol.7:n°2, 2014 This special issue of Cultural Science Journal is devoted to the report of a groundbreaking experiment in re-coordinating global markets for specialist scholarly books and enabling the knowledge commons: the Knowledge Unlatched proof-of-concept pilot. The pilot took place between January 2012 and September 2014. It involved libraries, publishers, authors, readers and research funders in the process of developing and testing a global library consortium model for supporting Open Access books. The experiment established that authors, librarians, publishers and research funding agencies can work together in powerful new ways to enable open access; that doing so is cost effective; and that a global library consortium model has the potential dramatically to widen access to the knowledge and ideas contained in book-length scholarly works. Full Text:pdf

Pew Internet Libraries, 22/01/13 Patrons embrace new technologies - and would welcome more. But many still want printed books to hold their central place

by Charles Watkinson - Learned Publishing, 12/10/16 Presses are great things, libraries are great things, but they are not better things by virtue of having been put into the same organization'. He concludes, 'Both libraries and presses are better off pursuing their own aims, cooperating when useful, working separately when it is not. Surely it is not out of line to ask: Why can't we just be friends'.

by Christy Sich - Western University - London ON , Canada - Evidence based Library & Information Practice, vol/12:n°1, 2017 This study compared the quality and helpfulness of traditional book review sources with the online user rating system in Amazon.com in order to determine if one mode is superior to the other and should be used by library selectors to assist in making purchasing decisions.

IFLA The eLending environment for libraries around the world continues to change at a rapid pace. In 2012, IFLA released its Background Paper on eLending, which formed the basis for the production of the IFLA Principles for Library eLending, the third revision of which was issued at the World Library & Information Congress (WLIC) in Singapore in August 2013.

European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), Milan, 14th-15th May 2013 "Ready? Read 'e' E-services in Libraries, from European thinking to local Actions"

By Martha Kirillidou - Research Library Issues, no. 280 -Sept. 2012

Research Library Issues n°280, sept. 2012 (pdf inclus)

Vagabondages, 07/02/13 Le centre Pew Internet a ouvert un portail consacré aux bibliothèques, libraries.pewinternet.org, sur lequel il rassemble toutes les études concernant ou ayant un impact sur nos institutions.

Actualitté, 02/07/13 Suite à la dernière audition publique qui se tenait ce 28 juin, le « Central Library Plan » se trouve toujours dans le collimateur des militants qui estiment que la rénovation risque de nuire à l'accessibilité aux ressources archivées. Tandis que le projet vise à revendre des bâtiments, dont les activités seraient transférées dans les locaux prochainement remis à neuf de la 5e avenue, impliquant plus d'espace pour les bureaux au détriment de la recherche, les critiques déplorent que des millions de livres soient déplacés vers d'autres lieux.

par Clément Solym - Actualitté, 11/07/13 L'Open Library est cette émanation de l'Internet Archive, impulsé par Brewster Kahle. Le projet, tant culturel que social doit bénéficier à tous sur la toile, en servant d'archivage pour tout type de documents. Mais quand on évoque un principe de bibliothèque, il y a fort à parier que ce sera une collection de titres numériques. L'intention de Kahle, qui commença à collecter des livres papier, était de les rassembler et après numérisation, de préserver les ouvrages. Tous les ouvrages.

University of TorontoX: LA101x: edX MOOC Learn how to be a powerful advocate for the values and future of libraries and librarianship. Be informed, strategic, courageous, passionate, and unshushed!

by Monastersky - Nature, 27/03/13 As scientific publishing moves to embrace open data, libraries and researchers are trying to keep up.