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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
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The Libhub Initiative: Making Libraries More Visible
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by Barbie E. Keiser
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Libraries, archives, and museums have vast numbers of resources within their four walls "that the Web can not see or use," according to the press release introducing the Libhub Initiative. This project, which had its official launch at the American Library Association's (ALA) annual conference this summer, aims to raise the web visibility of libraries' resources by allowing search engines to see inside a library to the item level.
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Data Workshop Posts Agenda
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Data Infrastructure: The Importance of Quality and Integrity, a workshop co-sponsored by the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) and CENDI to be held Nov. 20, 2014, now has a preliminary agenda.
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Intota Assessment Streamlines Collection Analysis
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ProQuest updated its Intota Assessment data analysis tool with title-linking functionality that helps academic libraries manage their collections while using the Resources for College Libraries (RCL) list. Automated title linking simplifies the process of matching RCL's recommendations to current holdings by allowing libraries to compare their collection by subject area to RCL's core titles.
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EasyBib Launches Citations Catalog
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EasyBib introduced Publicly Indexed Bibliographies, a catalog of user citations that allows writers to access others' bibliography resources. When they save their projects, users now have the option to make their citations public on EasyBib's database.
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Spaceflight Journal Blasts Off
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Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute announced a new open access (OA) journal, npj Microgravity, which will accept submissions in late October. It is part of the Nature Partner Journals (npj) series of online, OA journals published in collaboration with international partners.
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Make Research Easier With These Five Tools
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Students looking for help writing research papers can turn to an online reference manager to streamline the process. Several popular tools provide platforms that store articles, features that generate bibliographies, and functionality that encourages collaboration on projects. But these tools aren't just for people taking college courses. Anyone who needs a way to keep his research organized can benefit from one of the following services.
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Download Our October Editorial Sampler
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Want to review some articles from our library publications? Download the free October content sampler (PDF) of recent articles and an exclusive subscription offer for Computers in Libraries magazine.
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