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April 2006
Carol Ebbinghouse |
The People's Law: Free Legal Help and Legal Research on the Web Many sites and organizations have demonstrated a high level of commitment to providing quality legal services and information for the lay person in English as well as other languages.   |
Searcher
Nov/Dec 2003
Bill Becker |
Library Grant Money on the Web: A Resource Primer What if a library -- a public, academic, school, government, special, private/corporate, or research library -- seeks corporate, foundation, individual, or government grants? How can a professional searcher help? |
Information Today
March 28, 2013 |
EveryoneOn Launches to Promote Digital Literacy March 21, 2013 marked the launch of Everyone On -- a national campaign to promote the importance of digital literacy skills and increase access to computer and internet training. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2006
Bill Shearer |
Patient Assistant Programs and Medicare Part D About 2.5 million low-income seniors who participate in prescription access programs are eligible for drug coverage under Medicare Part D - but the programs are out of alignment. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Joan Warner |
A Prescription for Planners As clients assume a growing burden for healthcare costs, financial advisers will have to figure this expense into financial plans -- building more uncertainty and competing goals into the mix. |
Information Today
April 29, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
FCC and IMLS Focus on Libraries, Broadband, and the Future of Net Neutrality Libraries as Key to Addressing the Digital Divide... The FCC Announces a Game-Change for Net Neutrality... Governmental and Business Efforts to Speed Up Access... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2010 |
In Brief Access to Learning Award... A data management infrastructure for research activities in the life sciences... Examining techniques and implementations for automated metadata extraction... etc. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Betsy Martin |
Shifting Focus Canadian community foundations aim to change systems, institutions and attitudes through social justice grantmaking. |
Searcher
September 2004
Coffman & Arret |
To Chat Or Not to Chat --- Taking Yet Another Look at Virtual Reference, Part 2 Chat reference has not turned out to be the panacea many libraries hoped for. Our funds are too limited and our reference and basic library services far too important to squander money on services that don't work. |
Information Today
July 23, 2013 |
IMLS and ALA Offer Health Insurance Resources The Institute of Museum and Library Services teamed up with the American Library Association to offer resources on health insurance issues for libraries before enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins on Oct. 1, 2013. |
Nursing Management
April 2011
Deborah E. Trautman |
Healthcare Reform: 1 Year Later A year after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law, the nation remains divided. |
Information Today
July 9, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Is Subsidized Internet For The Poor Finally Here? The White House unveiled an effort this morning to expand broadband access to low-income households. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2014 |
In Brief and In the News Higher education, library groups release Net Neutrality Principles... ALA applauds Congress for passing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act... Finalists announced for the Digital Preservation Awards 2014... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2009 |
In Brief Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award... High precision and recall: Focuss.Info as community-driven search engine... Shared Shelf: partnership plans to launch networked image management platform... etc. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2011 |
In Brief SEALS: Semantic Evaluation at Large Scale... Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award 2012... New library study: demand up for technology, budget cuts limit access... |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2010 |
D-Lib Magazine In Brief and In the News PREMIS in METS Toolbox... EUscreen: Accessing and exploring European television heritage... Content Lifecycle Integration Framework (CLIF)... CeDAAME... Terrier 3.0 Release Announced... etc. |
Information Today
February 3, 2015 |
ALA Educates Libraries About the E-rate Program The American Library Association launched the Got E-rate? initiative, which encourages library leaders to apply for internet discounts as part of the E-rate program. |
InternetNews
June 15, 2005
Roy Mark |
FCC Launches E-Rate Inquiry The Federal Communications Commission is launching a comprehensive review of the school and library Internet subsidy plan. |
Information Today
April 14, 2011 |
ALA Releases 'The State of America's Libraries, 2011' The Great Recession may have come to an end, but hard-pressed Americans continue to turn to their local libraries for help in finding a job or launching their own business. This is one trend listed in the report. |
Searcher
August 2004
Coffman & Arret |
To Chat Or Not to Chat --- Taking Another Look at Virtual Reference, Part 1 Add it all up and one can see that virtual reference built on chat technology is a pretty expensive proposition. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005 |
Mooching Off Medicaid The state-run medical-care programs originally designed to help poor mothers and their children now increasingly pay for nursing-home care for seniors. While many of those seniors are genuinely poor, others are not. The rules should be tightened. |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2009 |
In Brief European initiative to facilitate access to research data... Nevada's statewide digital initiative... The Mark Twain's Mississippi project... Council of Science editors honors CrossRef... etc. |
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In Brief and In the News Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus of the Nation by Crowdsourcing... Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance receives implementation funding from the Mellon Foundation... Content from European National and Research Libraries Now Available through New Portal for Researchers... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2014 |
In Brief and In the News The IDEASc Project Seeks Applicants... Unpacking Fedora 4... The Pisa Declaration: An Open Access Roadmap for Grey Literature Resources... |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2014 |
In Brief and In the News IMLS Grant to Support Development of Library Digital Badging System... CLIR Names 2014 Mellon Dissertation Fellows... Getty Research Institute adds 77,000 images to Open Content... |
D-Lib
February 2003
Jeffrey T. Penka |
The Technological Challenges of Digital Reference: An Overview This discussion of technological challenges associated with digital reference focuses on challenges libraries face in establishing and supporting an efficient, patron-focused digital reference service, based on library values. |
Searcher
March 2011
Matarazzo & Pearlstein |
Survival Lessons for Libraries: Educating Special Librarians -- "The Past Is Prologue" When we began writing this series of articles addressing survival lessons for special libraries, we had more questions than answers; this is still the case. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2013 |
In Brief and In the News Assessing the Impact of Library Discovery Technology on Content Usage... A New Way to Follow the Research Trail... GreyGuide - Guide to Good Practice in Grey Literature... |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2002
George R. Plosker |
Conducting User Surveys: An Ongoing Information Imperative Remaining relevant to users is critical to library survival. What better way both to ascertain what users desire and to inform them of capabilities they are unaware of or don't use? Practical tips and suggestions on how to go about doing such a survey |
CIO
March 15, 2006
Louis Gutierrez |
Opening a Virtual Gateway to Better Health This CIO swore he would stay away from turnarounds - until he was offered the opportunity to revamp the way Massachusetts residents obtain state health services. It was a challenge he couldn't resist. |
Information Today
July 21, 2008
Barbara Quint |
Voters and Public Library Funding: An OCLC Market Research Report Public libraries are in trouble. Costs and demands for their services continue to rise, while revenue and support for maintaining, much less increasing, financial support continue to sink. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Masood Ahmed & Hugh Bredenkamp |
Supporting Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Developing Countries: The International Community's Response Despite developing countries' improved economic growth rates during the 1990s, poverty has remained firmly entrenched. How can developing countries, international financial institutions, and developed countries work together more effectively to reduce the incidence of poverty? |
Searcher
September 2002
Marylaine Block |
Doing it Right How some universities encourage the creation of prime research web sites |
D-Lib
March 2003
Susan Gibbons |
Building Upon the MyLibrary Concept to Better Meet the Information Needs of College Students Librarians cannot afford to be complacent in the knowledge that college students consider it easier to find resources using the Internet than by using the library. |
D-Lib
April 2006 |
In Brief The DIDET Project - bringing digital libraries into the classroom for Design Engineering students... Modular Emulation... CLOCKSS: Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe - Large Dark Archive Initiative... etc. |
D-Lib
February 2008
Datema et al. |
In Brief Getting the most out of your institutional repository... Science assets of the digital age at risk... Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement: a documentary history... etc. |
Information Today
March 2009
Bill Greenwood |
The Philadelphia Story: 11 City Libraries Fight Closure Patrons at the 11 branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia that were slated to close on Jan. 1 are breathing a sigh of relief, at least temporarily. |
D-Lib
November 2006 |
In Brief PLANETS: Preservation and Long-term Access through NETworked Services... ASCB Launches Cell Biology Image & Video Library... CrossRef Extends Web Services - New OAI-PMH Interface, and Partnerships with Scirus and EMBL-EBI... etc. |
Information Today
March 20, 2006 |
Weekly News Digest OCLC PICA Expands Open WorldCat for Europe... New Social Services Directory Available Online... etc. |
Searcher
August 2002
Mary-Ellen Mort |
The Info Pro's Survival Guide to Job Hunting An effective online job search strategy you can adapt to your own career focus and industry target. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2010
Rick Kahler |
Healthcare on the Critical List Even if Congress does enact a new law, it seems that the same old problems will remain, at least for the next few years. So let's take a careful look at what's at stake. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2015 |
In Brief and In the News OCLC prints last library catalog cards... VRA Core RDF Ontology available for review... ALA awarded IMLS grant for IFLA 2016 Congress Fellowships... |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Medicare Drug Dilemma: Part 2 What happens when you need to make a change to your Medicare prescription plan? We'll help you figure it out. |
D-Lib
February 2002 |
Clips and Pointers ERCIM News special issue on e-government... Archiving Electronic Publications: A report of the NISO/BISG... Internet Scout Project reports... Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook... Cybersecurity Today and Tomorrow: Pay Now or Pay Later... etc. |
D-Lib
January 2006 |
In Brief Digital Preservation Coalition Launches Series That Features DPC Projects... Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellowship in Scholarly Information Resources... 2006 International Paper Contest on International Digital Libraries and Information Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries...etc. |
IDB America
March 2003
Daniel Drosdoff |
A fresh approach to social assistance Colombia finds cost-effective ways of tackling the symptoms, and not just the causes, of poverty |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2013 |
In Brief and In the News Europeana releases first free iPad app... IMLS and Webjunction convening examines continuing education for library professionals... ALA Task Force releases digital literacy recommendations... |
Information Today
December 2000
Tom Hogan |
IT Interview: Jay Jordan Settles In at OCLC Jay Jordan became president and CEO of OCLC about 2 years ago, following the retirement of K. Wayne Smith, who had achieved living legend status during his 10-year tenure---a tough act to follow... |
