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U. of Pittsburgh’s Hillman Library Now Open 24 Hours a Day 27 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
From The Pitt News: The library has begun transitioning to extended hours. Beginning Sept. 9, the library will open at 10 a.m. Sunday and stay open until 10 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, it will be open ...
Metadata: Bowker Reports More than 6.5 Million ISNI (Intl. Standard Name Identifier) Assignments Made 27 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
From Bowker: More than 6.5 million assignments of the ISO-certified naming standard International Standard Name Identifier, known as “ISNI”, are ensuring the right information gets connected with the...
OverDrive Shares Findings From Recent End User Survey in New Infographic 27 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
The following findings are from a Spring 2013 survey that OverDrive conducted of end users. They were first shared at Digipalooza a few weeks ago and now being made available for those who couldn’t at...
University of South Florida: Library Hours Cut as University Spending Shrinks 27 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
From The Oracle (Student Newspaper at USF): More than 1,000 students have signed online petitions and liked Facebook pages calling for the restoration of the USF Tampa Library hours to its 24/5 sched...
New From ARL: Digital Image Collections and Services (SPEC Kit #335) 27 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
SPEC Kit 335 (Digital Image Collections and Services) has been published by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). SPEC Kits are fee-based documents but an executive summary along with the comp...
In One Virginia County, Only 1 of 9 County Supervisors Have Library Cards 27 Aug 2013 | 12:36 am
Amazing but probably not surprising and that’s sad. I would love to learn that what’s going on here is an isolated incident but my guess is that it’s all to common. From the DelmarvaNow.com: Before ...
New Report From OCLC Research: FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Users: Summary and Case Studies 26 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
Released this afternoon by OCLC Research. Title OCLC Research: FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Users: Summary and Case Studies Authors Jeffrey Mixter OCLC Research Eric R. Child...
Business is Brisk at Sea-Tac Airport Library 26 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
For more on airport libraries (including Seattle) see this Library Journal article by Ian Chant from one month ago. From MyNorthwest.com/KIRO: This is the second summer the King County Library has p...
Canada: 99th Branch of Toronto Public Library Scheduled to Open in November, 100th Branch Coming in 2014 26 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
From The Star (Toronto): Toronto’s newest library, its 99th, is set to open in November. The Fort York Library, an unusual, modern building with what looks like a crazy tilted roof, offers a rare vie...
Florida: Lee County’s Libraries Could Open Later, Close Earlier and Offer Fewer Books 26 Aug 2013 | 09:25 pm
From the The News-Press (Fort Myers): Lee County’s libraries will open later, close earlier and offer fewer books under plans that call for spending cuts, while increasing the tax rate by 68 percent....
