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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

Unwritten Record

National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.

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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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Unwrapping the Archives

The Texas Record

While that is an interesting popular image, the archives and archivists here at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) are the protectors of documented history. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. One of RMA’s own contributed to the selection. million years ago).

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Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

Schneier on Security

From the conclusion: The result of performing that operation on the series of cumulated benefits extrapolated for the 169 survey respondents finds that present value of benefits from today's perspective is approximately $8.9 On the other hand, the present value of NIST's costs from today's perspective is $127 million.

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SAA Austin Recap #2! Acquisitions & Appraisal & Electronic Records Section Joint Section Meeting!

The Schedule

The standing-room-only gathering examined the topic of digital appraisal through presentations and breakout sessions. Presentations. The first presentation of the meeting came from Christian Kelleher, Head of Special Collections at the University of Houston Libraries and was titled “Advocating for Appraisal.”

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IDEA 2008

ChiefTech

The “IDEA Conference&# :[link] took place in Chicago on October 7-9 at the Harold Washington Library Center. Download Aradhana’s presentation. The speakers pushed the boundaries of what it means to design complex information spaces of all kinds. We can all expand our practice by absorbing their experiences and ideas.

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Web 2 Preview: DigitalGlobe: The World Is The Index

John Battelle's Searchblog

Well, he's presenting at the Web 2 Summit this year, and I get to work with him on how Digital Globe fits into our theme of WebSquared. But Web 2 is also known, I hope, for the High Order Bit - the short, mind blowing presentation of a new idea or new data that makes you step back and just say Wow. Now why was I talking to Dr. Scott?