Professional Reading Shelf
Libraries–Disabilities
Source: IFLA
Pilot Project Results: “Information Now! Enhancing Digital Access to Learning Materials for Canadians with Perceptual Disabilities”
“The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library, with funding from the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT), Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, has established a Community Learning Network which supports blind, visually impaired, and print-disabled adult learners across Canada as they extensively test the Library’s newest format — DAISY digital talking books on CD.” Direct to Final Report (PDF).
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Controlled Vocabularies–Standards
Source: NISO
Goal of NISO Z39.19: A Better Path to Content Management
“The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released a revised controlled vocabularies standard, Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies.” Abstract and Full Text here.
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Serials–Statistics
Source: Media Daily News/Oxbridge Communications (Publisher of the National Directory of Magazines)
+ Interior Design Publications Experience Huge Growth: More Than Double The Number In Past Ten Years
+ Mags Shift To Lighter Fare, Away From Religion, Gay, Ethnic Themes
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World Summit of the Information Society
Source: ICA
The final official documents to the World Summit of the Information Society are available
“These documents include references to the necessity of the long-term preservation of the digital information and of supporting cultural institutions including libraries, archives, and museums.”
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National Archive and Records Administration
Source: NARA
Congress Approves FY 2006 Budget of $338 Million for the National Archives

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