Open Access in the Developing World

I haven’t written much about Open Access issues on this blog but it’s an important issue for libraries to advocate. This blog post highlighting new research paper titled Open Access to Research for the Developing World explains why.

Deborah Jacobs, and Better World Books

Two big events in library/book land this week.  One, Seattle City Librarian Deborah Jacobs is leaving Seattle Public and joining Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lead the Global Libraries Initiative.  Also, Better World Books just received 2.5 million in growth capital from the Social Enterprise Expansion Fund.

Better World Books at PLA

I had a nice conversation with some of the brains behind Better World Books at their booth at PLA. They have developed recently a partnership with Room to Read, which I have written about before on this blog.  If your library is not already participating in this great social enterprise, then what are you [...]

Developing a Disaster Plan (Live Online)

SOLINET is offering a live online class on developing a disaster plan. The audience is for staff members responsible for organizing, writing, and implementing an institution-wide disaster-preparedness plan in academic, public, and special libraries, archives, and historical societies.
Here is the description:
To prevent unnecessary loss of materials, institutions need knowledgeable staff and written plans for [...]

Catastrophe Readiness and Response: Proactive Roles for Public Libraries

The PLA session Catastrophe Readiness and Response: Proactive Roles for Public Libraries was not as well attended on a the session on 2.0 technology I had attended that morning, which to me reveals that many librarians are not yet making the connection between their work and a community disaster preparedness plan. You could also [...]