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Bibliotheca Alexandrina: A Digital Revival

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is one busy place. If you want to learn more read on through our highlights but make sure to read the complete article. Our highlights is just a sample of what’s going on.

From the Article:

The International School of Information Science (ISIS) a research institute affiliated with the BA [Bibliotheca Alexandrina], aims at furthering the BA’s goals of being a leading institution in knowledge dissemination and, specifically, promoting research and development related to the digital libraries. Toward that goal, ISIS has embarked on an array of ambitious projects, in partnership with world-class institutions. These include hosting a mirror site for the Internet Archive, participating in the Million Book Project, organizing the digital archive of the Gamal Abdel Nasser collection, digitizing 113 years of Al-Hilal magazine, presenting the first-ever complete digital version of Description de l’Egypte, conducting advanced research such as the Arabic component of the UN-sponsored Universal Networking Language computerized multi-language translation program, and offering the most advanced 3D virtual imaging techniques in a virtual immersive environment for science and technology applications. Thus, despite being barely seven years in existence, the BA already has a substantial record of achievements.

Among the other projects you’ll read about are:

+ The Digital Assets Repository (DAR)

+ Memory of Modern Egypt Digital Repository

+ Archive documenting the history of the Suez Canal

+ SuperCourse

To empower science educators worldwide, the BA is working with a team of specialists, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, to launch the first science SuperCourse, comprising thousands of PowerPoint lectures made available for free to teachers and lecturers, who can use the lectures as they see fit in their teaching of science. The SuperCourse has been effectively implemented in the area of Public Health and Epidemiology, with a network of 65,000 scientists in 174 countries, providing more than 3,500 lectures in 31 languages. The BA maintains a mirror site of SuperCourse, which receives an average of one million hits per month, and is working on setting up a similar course in all fields of science.

Much More in the Complete Article

Source: EDUCAUSE Review
Hat Tip: OAN

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Report Preview: CIBER Completes Global Survey of Library Concerns, Challenges Trends, and Best Practices in Tough Economic Times

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

CIBER research group at University College London today announced the completion of its global library survey that concerns challenges, trends, and best practices in tough economic times.

To register for a free copy of the complete report visit this page. It’s scheduled to be released on Thursday at The Charleston Conference during a presentation by executives from CIBER, YPB, and ebrary.

What Follows are a Few Key Findings From the Study:

+ The current financial year is a tough one for academic libraries, with 34.7% of institutions receiving a total library budget that is at least 5% smaller than the previous year (excluding inflation).

+ The outlook in two years’ time is mixed, with 31.4% expecting their total library budget to be smaller than in the current financial year, 40.1% about the same, and 28.4%
expecting an increase.

+ Overall, resource budgets are more vulnerable than personnel, services or infrastructure, with monographs and print journals being the most vulnerable to cutbacks.

+ When trimming their resources budget, libraries were least likely to cut e-books, followed by electronic-only serials and database subscriptions.

+ 52.5% of libraries view the acceleration of print to digital as the most effective option for balancing their budgets, with subscription as the most popular method.

A total of 800 libraries (academic, government, public, and others) from around the world participated in the study.

Summary ||| Register for Full Text (Free)

Source: ebrary

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Elsevier Announces Free Webinar Series for Librarians

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

From the Announcement:

Elsevier [has] announced it is partnering with several universities from around the globe to launch Scholarly Perspectives 2009, a webinar series for librarians and researchers. Senior researchers and librarians from the University of Aberdeen, Princeton University and HKU (The University of Hong Kong) will discuss best practices and share case studies on a range of topics including the strategies and tools needed to support multidisciplinary research as well as the role of Ebooks, among others.

Each live, 65-minute webcast in the Scholarly Perspectives 2009 series will focus on a key issue impacting today’s academic libraries and feature both a senior librarian and researcher from the hosting university as well as an Elsevier representative. A brief question and answer session will close each event.

Webinar #1: Research Without Borders: Interdisciplinary Research” – Hosted by the University of Aberdeen, took place today. We will try to find out if an archive is available.

Webinar #2: “A Life Science Lens: Connecting to Relevant Sources” – Hosted by Princeton University November 20th, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EST.

Topics scheduled:

+ Researcher case study: Framing the information retrieval challenge for the life scientist

+ “How can library services and expertise help address the Life scientist’s information retrieval challenge?”

+ “Using smart technology to accelerate life science research”

Webinar #3: “Enriching Research and Teaching Through Ebook Content” – Hosted by Hong Kong University, November 30th, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. GMT

Topics scheduled:

+ Understanding the role of Ebooks in the research workflow”

+ Hong Kong University: Lessons learned from building the world’s largest Ebook collection”

+ “Course case study: A primer on building Ebooks into a course reading list”

Registration

If you are interested in registering for any one of webinars in the Scholarly Perspectives 2009 series or for more information, please contact Jessica Disch at jdisch@psbpr.com or +1-212-752-8338.

Source: Elsevier

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Library of Congress stands by report on Honduras Coup

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Library of Congress Stands by Report on Honduras Coup

Congress’s law library is rebuffing calls from the chairmen of the House and Senate foreign relations committees to retract a report on the military-backed coup in Honduras that the lawmakers charge is flawed.

The request, by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., has sparked cries of censorship from Republicans who say the Democrats don’t like what the August report said: that the government of Honduras had the authority to remove deposed President Manuel Zelaya from office.

A spokeswoman for the Law Library of Congress – one of six Library of Congress agencies – said Thursday that the research agency stands by the report and that Librarian of Congress James Billington is preparing a response to the lawmakers.

Zelaya has been holed up at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for several weeks, and high-ranking U.S. officials were working Thursday to try to broker a resolution.

Republicans amped up their criticism Thursday of the Obama administration’s Honduras policy, asking the Government Accountability Office to investigate the State Department’s role in the crisis in Honduras. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., said members of the Honduran congress told visiting members of Congress that the U.S. ambassador to Honduras was trying to put “Zelaya cronies” into government posts.

See previous story: Lawmakers ask Library of Congress to retract Honduras report

Source: Miami Herald

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NY Times: The Linda Hall Library and Other Libraries That Largely Remain Unfamiliar to the Public

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

From the Article:

The Linda Hall is among dozens of libraries across the United States that house dazzling collections and often mount eccentric exhibitions but largely remain unfamiliar to the public.

“What is fun is to become aware of these marvelous libraries that, though open to the public, are not well known and are filled with wonderful treasures,” said Robert S. Pirie, a prominent book collector who lives in Manhattan and has his own library of several thousand volumes.

Many libraries, whether public or private, are the passionate inspirations of their founders.

Libraries Mentioned in the Article

Linda Hall Library (Kansas City, MO)

…a collection of 500,000 books, journals and pamphlets that make this private library among the largest science libraries in the world.

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Los Angeles, CA)

Among its 110,000 volumes is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays and the first collection of Keats’s poems, with this handwritten dedication to his friend John Byng Gattie, who was ill: “I hope your eyes will soon be well enough to read this with pleasure and ease.”

The Library Company (Philadelphia, PA)

The Library Company in Philadelphia was started by Benjamin Franklin in 1731 when he and a group of friends each bought a share of stock in a new entity that they created…Today, the library holds 500,000 volumes, largely works on pre-19th-century American history.

New York Academy of Medicine Library (New York, NY)

It was opened to the public in 1878 and today holds 750,000 volumes. Its rare books collection includes the Edwin Smith Papyrus, the oldest medical papyrus: a work on surgery that was written in 1700 B.C. (It is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) I

Rosenbach Museum and Library (Philadelphia, PA)

The Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, home to the books once owned by the Rosenbach brothers, well-known book dealers of the last century, has begun a series of hands-on tours, in which visitors can accompany a member of the staff and handle objects from the collection and learn their history.

Access the Complete Article

Source: New York Times

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British Library Welcomes Government’s Copyright Roadmap

Friday, October 30th, 2009

From the Announcement:

The British Library has welcomed initiatives to make copyright fit for the digital age, announced yesterday by Lord Mandelson and IP Minister David Lammy. As one of the UK’s leading research institutions, the Library has long argued that educators and researchers will profit from the resolution of issues on copyright and improved access to research material; and that these changes will boost the UK knowledge economy.

+ This is welcome recognition that the issue of Orphan Works is a vital stepping stone in the copyright roadmap. Allowing Orphan Works to be used without fear of liability will free up one of the obstacles that the creative industries face on a day-to-day basis.

+ The Library also welcomes and looks forward to the results on the SABIP study on the relationship between copyright and contract law to be published at the end of 2009. A recent review by the British Library showed that 80% of scholarly information will be digital by 2020. Research is built upon clarity of access to and reuse of copyright material – something that contract by contract differing access and reuse provisions does not provide. It is imperative that limitations and exceptions that do provide a common base-line for access and reuse can not be undermined by contract law.

+ Exploring the difference between commercial and non-commercial intent and use is also welcomed by the British Library. In line with recent statements from the European Commission this will potentially facilitate mass digitisation of historical material that has no commercial value, but of high academic importance that sits in Libraries, Museums and Archives.

CEO of the British Library, Dame Lynne Brindley said: “The Library welcomes these proposals which confirm the importance of the creative sector to the UK economy. The Library believes that greater access to our increasingly digital collections will allow innovation, education and research to flourish even further within the knowledge economy.”

Dame Lynne continued: “The Library also welcomes the policy areas outlined in David Lammy’s Written Ministerial Statement, Copyright for the Digital Age. Providing access to Orphan Works and conducting a review of the relationship between copyright and contract law strike a chord with the British Library’s own principles on copyright law. Such initiatives are right for the digital age and will ensure that we keep pace with technological advancements and the needs of today’s modern researcher.”

The post continues with the The British Library’s Principles on Copyright Law

Source: British Library

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NIH Library Begins Beta Test of Metasearch Tool

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Think metasearch with the beta release of the NIH Library AllPlus Search Demo.

In a single search click you’re able to retrieve results from PubMed, MedlinePlus, and the NIH Library Catalog. You can also personalize the search by selecting which databases you want to search. Look for the “select sources” box located directly next to the search button. To the left of the search box is a drop down menu where you can select searches limited to keywords, title, or author.

After you click search and before the results appear you’ll see each database being tapped with the number of records retrieved.

Here’s are search results for H1N1

Results pages contain a great deal of info and appear a bit busy making it a small challenge to actually find the search results. But that’s why this is a beta.

+ At the top of the results page is “Explore and Discover” offers related terms that are hyperlinked.

+ Below “Explore and Discover” are the numerical totals of how many results were retrieved by the engine

+ In the left margin are what appears to be dynamically generated categories that allow you to focus your search and potentially find relationships that could not be seen reviewing one result at a time. Categories can be sorted by topics, source, or topics graph. Selecting the topics graph opens a new window and provides (we think? Topics Graph did not work when we tried it) a visualized view of the categories).

+ In the middle column are the actual search results with the database source listed below the snippet. At the top of the results column a drop down menu let’s you sort results by relevance or date. What does date mean? The day the page was created? The day the page was first crawled? The date it was last updated? The date the page was last crawled? You’ll also notice a magnifying glass icon next to the title of each result. Click it and a box will appear with the actual page you want to view. In other words, you never leave the results page.

+ The third column contains hypertext links to other databases (Worldcat.org; USA.gov; PubMed Central and many others) and the number of results they contain for your search term. Click and run the search in the selected database. So, in reality, AllPlus Search allows you to quickly find results from more than three databases. Results from Ask, Google, and Yahoo are also available here.

Finally, for our H1N1 search you’ll find images (from Google Images) in the fourth column.
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At this point, we were unable to find any search documentation or help pages.

This is an early beta that we will check often for changes and updates. Many of the issues are aesthetic rather than technical.

We’ve learned that the technology that powers AllPlus search comes from HealthMash (federated search and clustering) from WebLib. It also utilizes the new HealthMash Knowledge Base. This technology, also from WebLib, powers the “Explore and Discover” related terms at the top of all results pages.

Here’s a January, 2009 interview that Hope Lehman from AltSearchEngines did with Weblib CEO, Endre Jofoldi.

Access the NIH Library AllPlus Search Demo

Source: NIH Library Blog
Hat Tip: Charles Knight, AltSearchEngines

UPDATE: The All-Plus search beta now allows you to decide via links on the home page which type of data or format your looking for before entering search terms and clicking search.

+ Basic Search
+ News
+ Video Evidence-based Medicine
+ Academic Web
+ Alternative Medicine
+ Animal Studies
+ Drugs and Chemicals
+ Search Engines (Lets the searcher quickly identify the number of results in each database), somewhat similar to DIALINDEX (File 411)
+ Images
+ Consumer Health

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Just Released by Library of Congress: Reports on Bibliographic Record Production

Friday, October 30th, 2009

From the News Release:

The Library of Congress is releasing today the results of its analysis of the creation and distribution of bibliographic data in U.S. and Canadian libraries.

The Library commissioned R2 Consulting LLC of Contoocook, N.H., to search and describe the current marketplace for cataloging records in the MARC format, with primary focus on the economics of current practices, including existing incentives and barriers to both contribution and availability. Paired with the study online is a report of an internal working group indicating how recommendations from “On the Record: Report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control” may be implemented at the Library. Both reports are available at www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/.

R2 summarizes its 10 findings concerning Library of Congress cataloging and how it supports bibliographic-description needs across the U.S. and Canada. The report indicates there is adequate cataloging capacity in North America, but distribution channels and cooperative use of the records have not achieved their full potential. It also describes the market for cataloging records as “conflicted,” meaning that it faces demands to be commercially solvent as well as freely accessible and open.

See Also: New Report & Study Available

The Library commissioned R2 Consulting LLC to research and describe the current marketplace for cataloging records in the MARC format, with primary focus on the economics of current practices, including existing incentives and barriers to both contribution and availability. [Our emphasis] In addition, a new report from an internal working group indicates how recommendations from On the Record may be implemented at the Library.

Source: LC

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From Washington: House Re-Introduces SKILLs Act Emphasizing Role of School Librarians

Friday, October 30th, 2009

From the ALA’s District Dispatch Blog:

The Strengthening Kids’ Interest in Learning and Libraries Act, or the SKILLs Act, was re-introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week with support from both sides of the aisle. This legislation is intended to ensure that all students will have the support and resources they need for a quality education by establishing a goal that all public school libraries employ no less than one highly qualified school library media specialist.

H.R. 3928 was introduced by Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-7) and Vernon Ehlers (R-MI-3) and was referred to the House Education and Labor Committee.

The post continues with info about SKILLs Act legislation during the 110th Congress in 2007.

Source: ALA District Dispatch

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Google Search Helps Uncover a Rare Photograph at the National Library at the National Library of Australia

Friday, October 30th, 2009

From a Brief Article in eNews (National Library of Australia)

A small, brown photograph recently uncovered at the Library has been confirmed as the world’s only known vintage print of the arrival of Roald Amundsen’s 1911 expedition at the South Pole.

The vintage print was brought to light when a Google search led the Curator of the Pictures Collection at the National Library of Norway, Harald Ostgaard Lund, to the National Library of Australia’s collection.

An iconic image in Norway, it is expected to go on loan to Norway in 2011 for a special exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of Amundsen’s arrival at the South Pole.

You can view the photograph here.

Source: NLA

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Review Almost 5000 Tweets from Interent Librarian 2009

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The archiving of social media may become a big issue. How will it be archived? Who, if anyone. will the info be of value to? Will different services require differnt protocols to archive and retrieve? Privacy concerns? These are just a couple of the many issues that need to be discussed. Would a business researcher find a searchable archive of tweets useful if they were compiling a report about what was said about a their company or a competitor over an extended period of time? What about the very long term? If social media lives up to what’s predicted what resources will historians use to review this period of time? Again, things to think about. We wonder if the Internet Archive or its Archive-It service will begin offering social media archiving?

When it comes to Twitter just finding and accessing a tweet from a few weeks ago can be a challenge. We did a search using Twitter’s own search engine and limited our query to results from the month of September. We were unable to find a single result for the words Chicago and video.

As far as Internet Librarian 2009 goes, Gary was in attendance and on Monday wanted to test out a free service named Twapper Keeper. It’s a free service that creates a permanent* archive of public tweets based on a hashtag, in this case, #il2009.

According to the FAQ, the site is updated every five minutes and if you need to make a change you can contact the provider of Twapper Keeper. We’ve asked the provider of Twapper Keeper a few questions, one of them is if we’re seeing every #il2009 tweet or just selected tweets. If/when we get a response, we will post it here.

You can review tweets in various sized groups from 100 at a time to “all of them” on one page.

If you’re looking at all of them on a single page, you can search by using control-find.

Another feature of Twapper Keeper is the ability to export the material. An API is also available.

So, here’s the page containing nearly 5000 Twitter tweets from #il2009.

Prefer to view smaller groups of tweets at one time? It’s easy, make your selection of how many you want to review at one time near the top of the page.

If you didn’t attend the conference, it’s a great way to get a feel for what took place. If you were there, the archive may be useful to learn about sessions you were unable to attend. It’s also a “modern way” of sharing “what went down” with a variety of groups.

* Finally, it’s true, the archive is only as permanent as the service is. That’s the case with so many Web 2.0 tools and services, available one day, not available a week later. If you really want to make the info permanent either download the tweets or take a scrolling screen cap and save them locally, or use a locally based archiving tool in the first place. This RWW article by Sarah Perez provides several resources to archive Twitter content both web-based and locally.

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Kudos to Michael and David: Library 101 is Now Live

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Congrats to Community Organizer, Librarian and Web Junction guy, Michael Porter (aka Libraryman) and Librarian/Author David Lee King, on the launch of the Library 101 Project. The event took place at Internet Librarian this afternoon in Monterey, CA.

At the moment (the site will grow), you’ll find a music video featuring the Library 101 song, the Library 101 (now you’ll see where the 101 comes in), a link rich essay with the 101 Resources & Things to Know (RTK) as a working librarian.

From the Web Site:

We both believe that if library staff read this list and used some of the tips and resources it contains that libraries and library staff will be closer to making it through and succeeding during the social and technological change we are seeing today … and will see more of in the coming decades.

You’ll also find essays about being a librarian during this time by many well-known info pros including:

+ Sarah Houghton-Jan
+ Helene Blowers
+ Kenley Neufeld
+ Stephen Abram
+ Roy Tennant
+ Maurice Coleman
+ Cindi Trainor
+ Rachel Vacek
+ Michael Sauers
+ Meredith Gorran Farkas
+ Loriene Roy
+ Susan Hildreth
+ Tony Tallent
+ Lauren Pressley
+ Beth Tribe
+ Brenda Hough & Cindi Hickey
+ and of course the site creators, Michael Porter and David Lee King

Library 101 is a great idea. This educational effort that should be required reading for all librarians. Yes, there is a lot to read and numerous resources to explore and learn about but keeping current is essential these days. In fact, helping people keep current and learn about new resources is also why Gary and Shirl spend time updating this very site just about seven days a week.

We hope to see a constant stream of new content on the site. That will get people to return on a regular basis and that’s important.

Finally, look for Library 101 to become an essential resource in library and info science programs.

See Also: The Library 101 Facebook Page

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Librarians Commemorate Now-Obsolete Catalog System

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

A little history and a little fun. Great idea and U. of South Carolina.

Access the “It’s All in the Cards” Web Site

From the Article:

It’s all in the cards, catalog cards that is.

The librarians at Thomas Cooper are working to hold a series of events to honor the card catalog, its use in the transformation of knowledge and the people who created and used it.

“We want to commemorate it and raise awareness about what it did and all the generations of library staff that made it what it is,” said Jeffrey Makala, the assistant special collections librarian. “Commemorate and celebrate.”

[Snip]

The latest event is a competition challenging students to get creative and see what theycan make with catalog cards.

“We are looking for different way to get many different types of people involved in the events,” said Marilee Birchfield, a reference librarian at the Thomas Cooper Library.

The competition has four categories: functional (serves a purpose), fashionable (wearable), foundational (building models) and free form. Students are allowed as many cards at they would like and there are no specified rules for the competition.

[Snip]

New cards haven’t been added to the university card catalog since April 15, 1991. While the catalog is no longer in use, it is an important piece of university history and the librarians didn’t want to just throw it away. But space is limited.

“We needed the space for more desks for students, but we didn’t want to just get rid of it,” said Birchfield.

The catalog is comprised of 3,168 drawers with about 1,260 cards per drawer. This makesfor 3,991,680 cards that have become obsolete.

The Web site dedicated to the card catalog is featuring a different card every day. With interesting tidbits of information on the cards, such as spy books, signed editions and mysterious splotches and spills, librarians are hoping to pique the students’ interest.

Access the “It’s All in the Cards” Web Site

Source: The Daily Gamecock (University of South Carolina)
Hat Tip: ALA Direct

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Libraries Highlighted in Recent Broadband Discussions, Activity

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

From a Blog Post:

As one of the founding members of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Washington Office has actively participated in communicating the role of anchor institutions in national broadband build-out to members of Congress, the National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The post goes on to discuss:

+ Senators Send Letter to NTIA

+ Libraries emphasized in Senate oversight hearing
You can watch the hearing online or go to the blog post for a summary.

Source: ALA District Dispatch

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ALA and Its One Mobile Friendly Web Site

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

I wonder when sites or perhaps better said portions of sites like ALA.org or SLA.org will become mobile friendly. We will keep a close watch and would welcome news about new mobile sites from library organizations.

OK, but wait, ALA does have one (as far as we know) mobile friendly site. It comes from ALA’s Washington Office.

The well-known District Dispatch blog with the latest happenings involving politics, politicians, DC happenings and libraries/librarians is mobile friendly.

Simply enter the regular URL into your mobile browser and in just a second or two a nicely formatted mobile version of the blog will appear. The URL for the ALA’s District Dispatch is: http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/ or we can make it shorter for you to type before you bookmark it. Simply enter: http://bit.ly/352Fph.

District Dispatch is published with WordPress and the MobilePress plug-in makes the blog ready for mobile readers.

See Also: The M-Libraries Wiki has a great collection of mobile versions of library websites, online catalogs, as well as SMS services. If your library offers mobile services and it’s not on the list, you should add it. That’s the wiki way. (-:

Note: We can here the RSS geeks already and you’re absolutely right. District Dispatch does have an RSS feed and yes, making that RSS feed mobile friendly is as easy as adding it to your mobile aggregator (web-based or app) and reading away. So, let’s modify. The District Dispatch mobile version is for non-RSS users.

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Library Education: The Fall Issue of Prism Now Available

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Prism: The [ALA] Office for Accreditation Newsletter, Fall 2009, 17.2 is now online.

The first item in this issue is a review of recent actions taken by Committee on Accreditation. These announcements were first made at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.

You’ll also find:

+ An Article by Karen L. O’Brien, Director, ALA Office for Accreditation

+ A List of New Members of the COA

+ An Info Brief About Four Schools Seeking Initial Accreditation
They are: Chicago State University, East Carolina University, University of Ottawa, and St. Catherine University

+ Perspective from the COA Chair, Vicki L. Gregory

+ Spotlight on Process and Policy: Sample Documents

+ A Info Brief about the Standards Review Blog

+ and More

Source: Office for Accreditation, ALA

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