Library Theory
Manifesto for Libraries for the General Election 2015
“Fair copyright for all across Europe” rallying call from libraries, archives and charities
Uxlibs part five from Ned Potter (see previous edition for parts 1-4)
CILIP copyright briefing – a short report
Why librarians will always be better than Wikipedia
Library Tech / Web
Streamlining access to scholarly resources
State of Wikimedia Foundation report 2015
Unconnected and out of work: the vicious cycle of having no internet access
Best practice for helping patrons with e-Readers
Overdrive app adds option for dyslexic font
Collections / eResources
Dopa 1.0 – assessing protected areas around the world
Using large digital collections in educational settings
Google expands museum with 3D objects
Digital neglect at the Library of Congress
Digital Preservation as a Service project in NZ
Georgian papers to be digitised
Academic Libraries
Randall Munroe’s What If as a test case for open access in popular culture
edX: Working Group on Models for Course Support and Library Engagement
#ACRL2015 proceedings, presentations, tweets
Learning from US community college librarians
What do libraries have in common with fish markets?
Public Libraries
Important changes to the public library subsidy scheme
Public library subsidy petition
Indiana University offer MOOC to explore public libraries
The Pirate Bay is the world’s most efficient public library
Information Literacy
Metaliteracy presentation at COIL Conference in New York
Cataloguing/Metadata
Publishing
Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal
Open Access Policy: Numbers, Analysis, Effectiveness
Misc
Five minute film festival – reimagining the library
6 buildings that are redefining libraries
How long it takes to binge-watch your favourite TV shows
Redosiris is currently reading Inequality and the 1% by Danny Dorling.
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