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Endowment to Support Contemporary Music - News Releases (Library of Congress)
www.loc.gov | Feb 9, 2012
The Library of Congress will inaugurate The Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music with a two-day tribute to the distinguished pianist and composer Dina Koston on March 7 and 8. The endowment will support commissions of new works and performances at the Library.

SLA - Autumnal Ruminations
www.sla.org.uk | Feb 9, 2012
<p> I like autumn as a season – the colours changing, the wintry tang in the air, the birds flocking to the bird table and the glorious winter sunsets we get in my part of the world. </p><p> The downside is the fact we appear to get busier than at almost any other time of year! 

Culture committee publishes inquiry evidence | The Bookseller
www.thebookseller.com | Feb 6, 2012
Book Publishing Industry News. Regular news updates from The Bookseller's news desk. The latest press reports about the publishing sector and updates from the City

Libraries, Schools Join In Autism Awareness Month
www.schoollibraryjournal.com | Feb 1, 2012
CIMENT, James, ed. World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era. 3 vols. 2nd 1016p. illus. maps. photos. reprods. appendix. bibliog. chron. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Sharp...

ASPRS Aspires to Preserve Geospatial Data - News Archive - Digital Preservation (Library of
www.digitalpreservation.gov | Jan 27, 2012
News about the national digital preservation efforts of the Library of Congress and its partners, activities and sponsored events - includes press releases, a news archive, a calendar of upcoming digital preservation events, and Webcasts of past events.

Topics in Chronicling America
loc.gov | Jan 27, 2012
Subpage description (Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, Library of Congress).

Rare Book News.com
www.rarebooknews.com | Jan 26, 2012
" Not only did the first book of photographs contain cyanotypes of algae, it was produced by a woman. Her book is part of a collection in the Royal Society, which has just put on an exhibit of some of its...

Information Literacy Weblog: News snippets: Malaysia; Dilgital illiteracies; Social media literacies
information-literacy.blogspot.com | Jan 25, 2012
Information Literacy Weblog We bring you news and reports about information literacy around the world Friday, December 23, 2011 News snippets: Malaysia; Dilgital illiteracies; Social media literacies Firstly, several places have picked up a news release today on Bernama.com, which announced that

National Geographic to Launch Content Archive for Library Use - Consumer @ FolioMag.com
foliomag.com | Jan 20, 2012
Archive will include every issue printed through 1994.

Elsevier
www.elsevier.com | Jan 10, 2012
Amsterdam, January 10, 2012 – The Elsevier Foundation announced today the 2011 grant recipients for Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars award programs. In total, $650,000 has been committed to nine institutions around world addition seven ongoing multiyear grants Nurse