Following a months-long analysis by an exploratory committee, the boards of not-for-profit, open-source digitization and repository software and service providers LYRASIS and DuraSpace on January 27 unanimously approved an “Intent to Merge” agreement. The two organizations have begun seeking input from their respective members as well as the wider research, library, archives, and museum communities, as part of a due diligence process that will “determine the feasibility of a combined organization…. [and] include a deeper assessment of the individual organizations and how they might partner effectively.
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Linked Data: Zepheira Announces First Four Participating Libraries in New “Experimenter” Program
By on September 11, 2015
From Zepheira: Following the success of its Early Adopter program with 12 participating public libraries in the US and Canada, Zepheira is pleased to announce the first four participants in its Experimenter Program. This program builds awareness of the power of Linked Data through education and training, provides an assessment of the institution’s MARC data, […]
Linked Data: Zepheira Announces First Four Participating Libraries in New “Experimenter” Program
By on September 11, 2015
From Zepheira: Following the success of its Early Adopter program with 12 participating public libraries in the US and Canada, Zepheira is pleased to announce the first four participants in its Experimenter Program. This program builds awareness of the power of Linked Data through education and training, provides an assessment of the institution’s MARC data, […]
One-to-One: Let’s Have One Librarian for Every 1:1 School | Pivot Points
By on March 31, 2015
Despite seasons of budget cutbacks, education leaders are spending again. One-to-one devices are a favorite. How might teacher librarians support the strategic work involved?
Texas Superintendent Adopts Digitized Early Learning Program
By on August 7, 2014
Using a community-wide digital reading program, Superintendent Ruben Alejandro of Texas’s Weslaco Independent School District has made literacy a priority for not only his school district, but for all kids in the community ages zero to three.
TDS14: Libraries @ the Center | Speakers
OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION Daniel J. Levitin PhD, author of the New York Times Bestselling book The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (Dutton/Penguin, August 2014), directs the Levitin Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition, and Expertise at McGill University, where he holds the Bell Chair in the Psychology of Electronic Communications. Throughout his […]
“Cultural Competence” Is Essential to Serve Teens
By on February 7, 2014
With a society that’s growing increasingly diverse, librarians should proactively integrate cultural aspects of “diverse linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups” into programs and services.
You Don’t Have Enough Tech
By on November 5, 2013
I recently spoke at the Information Today “Library Leaders Digital Strategy Summit”, a mini-conference held in conjunction with the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey, California. I was signed up to be on a library technology panel, and to focus on what library managers needed to know about technology. In the execution it was less formal, […]
Reinventing Libraries Keynote Panel Looks into Industry’s Future | The Digital Shift 2013
By on October 21, 2013
Last week’s “The Digital Shift” virtual event, “Reinventing Libraries,” produced by Library Journal and School Library Journal, looked at the broad spectrum of ways in which libraries are remaking themselves and rethinking their missions—and how to accomplish them—in the digital age. Throughout the day, panelists gave presentations, took questions from honing new skills, developing new ones, and thinking ahead about what assets will make a successful library—and a successful librarian—in the future.
Flipping the Library: Tips from Three Pros | The Digital Shift 2013
By on October 21, 2013
Three experts shared tech tips and tools during “Flipped School Libraries,” a rapid-fire, dynamic session during The Digital Shift: Reinventing Libraries (#TDS13) webcast.
