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Rare Book News.com
www.rarebooknews.com | Feb 13, 2012
" A digital edition of Afro-Americana, 1535-1922: From the Library Company of Philadelphia will be introduced in late Spring 2012 by Readex, a division of NewsBank. " Read this article....

Charles Dickens' 200th anniversary celebrations: a renaissance or an elegy?
www.post-gazette.com | Feb 5, 2012
Coverage of lifestyle news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

New IMLS Strategic Plan 2012-2016
newsbreaks.infotoday.com | Jan 9, 2012
Every 5 years, federal government agencies create a roadmap for themselves, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is no exception. In December 2011, the agency unveiled its Strategic Plan, 2012-2016: Creating a Nation of Learners that places the nation's 17,500 museums and

Roberta Shaffer New Associate Librarian for Library Se - News Releases (Library of Congress)
www.loc.gov | Jan 5, 2012
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Roberta I. Shaffer as associate librarian for Library Services. The appointment of Shaffer, who has served as the Law Librarian of Congress since August 2009, is effective immediately.

Campaigners begin legal battle over Surrey library cuts | The Bookseller
www.thebookseller.com | Jan 3, 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

FindLaw premieres Legal Pulse: KMWorld
www.kmworld.com | Nov 22, 2011
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IMLS awards grant to OCLC’s WebJunction [OCLC]
www.oclc.org | Nov 15, 2011
The <a href="http://www.imls.gov/" target="_blank">Institute of Museum and Library Services</a> (IMLS) has awarded a grant of $249,871 to OCLC's WebJunction for a project to help communities across the country get started on the path to digital inclusion. The project will complement IMLS's efforts

Students use Spencer library and museum to research the past | Kansan.com
www.kansan.com | Oct 6, 2011
Spencer Research Library has more than a million photos available for academic and personal use, and research staff to help sort through them.

Nova Southeastern University Adopts High-Tech book2net Book Scanner for Law School Library
www.prweb.com | Sep 14, 2011
In a busy law school environment, easy access to archived documents is more important than ever, one of the reasons that the Nova Southeastern University Shepherd Broad Law Center recently selected the Book2net Spirit, a simple-to-use, high-resolution digital book scanner.

IMLS - News & Events - Primary Source
www.imls.gov | Aug 15, 2011
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a grant-making federal agency supporting museums and libraries of all types.