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Collection Development
Source: Criticas Date: Oct 2, 2009 Capstone Publishers, a publisher of children’s books, including bilingual titles, for school and public libraries, has acquired the assets of the Heinemann-Raintree library reference imprints from the international media company Pearson. More Source: www.publetariat.com Date: Sep 25, 2009 The following started out as a set of notes to various colleagues suggesting that successful digital publishing involves much much more than coming up with a viable form for networked books. More Source: www.kansan.com Date: Sep 24, 2009 Bathing habits — and the idea of “dirty” and “clean” — vary throughout history and from person to person More Source: www.powells.com Date: Sep 14, 2009 A comprehensive guide to safe canning and preserving at home, including instructions for beginners, tips for experienced cooks and 400 recipes. Written by experts from a company specializing in home canning product... More Source: www.chelseagreen.com Date: Sep 8, 2009 In the world of gardening and farming, there are three steps from the seed to the plate: Planting. Harvesting. And…Preserving. So if you’re interested in extending seasons, then preserving your natural bounty is in your best interest. If you have a larder, pantry, root cellar or chest More Source: www.babiestoday.com Date: Aug 27, 2009 Cleaning Concerns - Can Household Products Harm Your Children? - Home Safety Issues Articles - Babies Today More Source: www.loc.gov Date: Aug 24, 2009 In response to the fires in Southern California and the resulting damage to personal and public collections, the Library of Congress has updated its preservation Web page on emergency care. More Source: news.prnewswire.com Date: Jul 23, 2009 American Reading Company. "Their understanding of language acquisition theory combined with their innovative methods for incorporating multicultural perspectives make them uniquely qualified to help shape our Spanish book collections." More Source: www.rarebooknews.com Date: Jul 10, 2009 "The rare books dating from 1550 A D onwards have been undertaken for preservation and the conservation team has already digitised over 100 rare books of the University Library since January this year, Rathod said. " Read this article.... More Source: www.prweb.com Date: Jun 11, 2009 PR: Digitizing library assets, making the information readily available and preserving for generations to come is a top priority for many libraries. Thanks to advancements in digital cameras, new imaging technology is empowering libraries in the preservation of millions of rare collections. More Source: Publishers Weekly Date: May 31, 2009 “I can’t believe how broken this industry is,” said moderator Praveen Madan, co-owner of The Booksmith in San Francisco, Calif., by way of introduction to Saturday’s panel on the things booksellers and publishers perceive that the other could do to repair the book business. More Source: for.theloveofbooks.com Date: Apr 28, 2009 Author Joseph Finder is trying to get a new "holiday" on the calendar: international buy indie day. This Friday, people everywhere are pledging to visit a local independent bookstore and make a purchase. Author Joseph Finder is trying to get a new holiday on the calendar: international buy indie More Source: c.moreover.com Date: Apr 25, 2009 Due to lack of proper preservation, century old 'puthis' and manuscripts, newspapers and periodicals printed in Bangladesh during the last century, have been decaying at the Dhaka University (DU) Central Library, reports BSS. About 300 rare manuscripts More Source: hcl.harvard.edu Date: Apr 22, 2009 For scholars conducting research, Harvard College Library offers a dizzying array of sources to draw upon – books, journals, audio and video recordings and vast collections of photographs and other images, to name just a few. With the digitization of thousands of Latin American pamphlets and others More Source: www.cherokeesentinel.com Date: Apr 14, 2009 Leaders with an eye on the future are the backbone of civilization. The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians is acutely aware of this. The proof is a recent gift to the Murphy Library. More Source: www.boston.com Date: Apr 1, 2009 In her new book "Mrs. Meyer's Clean Home: No-Nonsense Advice That Will Inspire You to Clean Like the Dickens," 76-year-old Thelma Meyer makes housework sound remarkably simple. But it stands to reason that this retired delivery room nurse and mother of nine (yes, nine) would have cleaning down to a More Source: lisnews.org Date: Mar 24, 2009 A principal's decision to remove a magazine from a middle-school library has drawn criticism for the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school board from the American Civil Liberties More Source: www.mercedsunstar.com Date: Feb 24, 2009 Two teachers from Orestimba High School, upset that a book has been removed from their class reading lists, met with UC Merced students on Monday night. More Source: www.hcl.harvard.edu Date: Jan 5, 2009 Alison Scott, Widener Senior Collection Development Librarian and Charles Warren Bibliographer for American History, has been named as the 2008 winner of the Carol Ishimoto Award for Distinguished Service in the Harvard College Library. More Source: rivendell.lib.uic.edu Date: Dec 6, 2008 With the success of last summers EBSCOhost 2.0 fully ADA compliant release, you now have an excellent alternative to the EBSCOhost Text Only interface, which will be fully retired in the spring of 2009. If you use the Text Only interface for accessing EBSCOhost via a handheld device, you More Previous | Next
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