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Keninger Appointed Director of NLS - News Releases (Library of Congress)
www.loc.gov | Feb 14, 2012
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Karen A. Keninger as director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), effective March 26.

SLA - SLA Office Closed February 13th- 17th
www.sla.org.uk | Feb 14, 2012
<p> Due to our premises move the office will be closed from Monday 13th until Friday 17th February.  Emails will be answered as soon as possible the following week.  Meanwhile you can reach Tricia on her mobile at 07532 231946 for emergencies or urgent items.</p>

Information Literacy Weblog: SCONUL digital literacy and open content lenses
information-literacy.blogspot.com | Feb 13, 2012
Information Literacy Weblog We bring you news and reports about information literacy around the world Saturday, January 21, 2012 SCONUL digital literacy and open content lenses When it launched the revised Seven Pillars model of Information Literacy (shown right), the (UK) Society of College,

Connie Crosby: AALL 2011 - Barbara Tillett and John Mark Ockerbloom on Authority Control
conniecrosby.blogspot.com | Feb 13, 2012
Connie Crosby Blog by Canadian Law Librarian / Info Diva / Consultant Monday, July 25, 2011 AALL 2011 - Barbara Tillett and John Mark Ockerbloom on Authority Control Vocabularies and the Semantic Web I am at the American Association of Law Libraries 2011 Conference in Philadelphia. These are notes

Teaching with the Library of Congress
blogs.loc.gov | Feb 9, 2012
The Library of Congress has launched a new blog to help teachers bring the power of the Library's online collections into the classroom: Teaching with the Library of Congress. < br> < br>The Library has the world’s largest online collection of primary sources—more than 20 million historic

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).

Blogging Section of SLA-IT: Twitter's Entire Archive Headed to the Library of Congress
sla-divisions.typepad.com | Jan 27, 2012
The Library of Congress announced it this morning: they are acquiring all the public Twitter archives. More details to follow. Way to celebrate Library Week!