BackTalk: Certifiable Success

News  |  www.libraryjournal.com | Feb 15, 2007

Certification is a word that makes many of us cringe. It's been tossed around for years and usually quickly dismissed. So why bring up this controversial topic again?

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6413425.html

The FRBR Blog

I have a number of things to catch up on this week, and I begin with two more papers that Martha Yee has pulled from her archives (her fonds, actually, as I think we’d say in Canada):

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TAFE New South Wales to Implement SirsiDynix Unicorn

News  |  www.librarytechnology.org | Jul 25, 2007

(June 28, 2007). SirsiDynix, announced that TAFE New South Wales, the largest TAFE organisation in Australia, will implement the SirsiDynix Unicorn Library Management System for its core library solution for the future. Along with Unicorn, additional integrated modules will be installed, including

http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displayarticle.pl?RC=12623

New York Comic Con, far more than a comic book show. April 18-20, 2008 New York City.

Web  |  www.nycomiccon.com

New York Comic Con is not affiliated with any other comic convention event, including any other event having Comic Con in its name.

http://www.nycomiccon.com/App/homepage.cfm?Date=23/02/2007&linkid=20901&Sessionid=79365&appname=100453&moduleid=2525&fuseaction=SpeakerDetail&sesAction=SpeakerDetail&pram=71516

Mercantile Library |

The Mercantile Library is a membership library. It is a non-profit institution supported by members' annual subscriptions, gifts, and income from an endowment fund. The Library receives no tax support.

http://www.mercantilelibrary.com/

OCLC's Digital Archive Service Offers Long-term Storage for Digital Collections

News  |  www.oclc.org | Apr 25, 2008

The Digital Archive service is simplified to fit with a variety of digital library workflows and to keep the costs of safely storing these important files within the budget of a library’s digital program. The service will provide automated monitoring and reports on stored digital collections.

http://www.oclc.org/news/announcements/announcement264.htm

Who’s Who in U.S. Spanish-language Publishing—The Christian and Spirituality Market, Part II

News  |  www.criticasmagazine.com | Jul 15, 2007

This past May, Críticas looked at how U.S. publishers responded to the call for a greater number and variation of Spanish-language religious and spiritual books.

http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6460580.html

Blackwell Book Services

“I have had nothing but admiration for this great British institution, which has done so much for the world of books and reading for over a century and a quarter.”—R.P.

http://www.blackwell.com/

Encyclopaedia Britannica To Follow Modified Wikipedia Model

Blog  |  vla.org | Jun 12, 2008

In a bid to wed the comprehensive, grassroots information factory of Wikipedia with the authority of the traditional encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica is opening the floodgates for online user submissions into its 240-year-old publication a move it long resisted and sniffed was akin to

http://vla.org/blog/?p=305

Ohio Sets School Library Standards

News  |  www.schoollibraryjournal.com | Apr 1, 2003

The Ohio Department of Education is launching what may be the nation's first statewide standards-based guidelines for school library media programs.

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA287123.html