Professional Reading Shelf
Librarians–Awards
Source: NY Times
Nominations for 5th Annual New York Times Librarian Awards Now Open
“The Times will recognize 27 public librarians from across the country who provide outstanding community service on a consistent basis. Nominations come from the general public.” Nomination form is linked here.
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Scholarly Publishing–United Kingdom
Source: The Guardian
Research councils back free online access
“Thousands of British academics in every subject from art history to zoology will soon be required to make their research freely available online, the UK research councils have announced…University libraries will benefit from an easing of the financial pressure to acquire more, and ever more expensive, journals as scholars can consult research for free. The UK is now said to lead the world in open access policy, but today the Publishers’ Association raised the alarm, accusing the research councils of going “too far, too fast” without properly costing their proposals.”
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Libraries
Source: OCLC
PowerPoint Presentation: Looking at Libraries
A presentation (34 slides) by OCLC’s VP of Research, Lorcan Dempsey, at the 2005 NetLibrary Publishers’ Summit Meeting.
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Public Records–United States–Databases
Source: GCN
IRS search for public records access ends with ChoicePoint
The Internal Revenue Service has awarded ChoicePoint Government Services a contract worth as much as $20 million to serve as the agency’s public records provider for batch processing projects, according to the company. ChoicePoint provides public records information about a person, asset or location, a company spokesperson said. The information can include current and former addresses, property ownership records and bankruptcy, lien or judgment information.”
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National Archives and Records Administration
Electronic Records
Source: Committee on Digital Archiving and the National Archives and Records Administration, National Research Council
Now Available, Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for a Long-term Strategy
“The final report from this project examines long-term issues related to electronic records archiving at the National Archives and Records Administration, including coping with technological change, reengineering archival processes for electronic records, partnering with other institutions, broadening research interactions, and assuring record integrity and authenticity.”
Background Executive Summary (PDF) Direct to Full Text Report
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Public Libraries–United States
Source: NYPL
NY Public Library Unveils Business Information Wall
Not only cool, useful too!

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