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Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Computers in Libraries March 8-10 2016 Washington, DC

Computers in Libraries 2016  • March 8 - 10, 2016 • Washington, DC

Libraries are changing – building creative spaces with a focus on learning and creating; engaging audiences in different ways with community and digital managers; partnering with different community organizations in new and exciting ways. This year with our theme, Library Labs: Research, Innovation & Imagination, we plan to feature truly transformative and cutting edge research, services and practices along with the strategies and technologies to support them.

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NewsBreaks
Game Simulations Enter the Real World of Education
by Woody Evans
Strange Loop Games won a grant from IES (Institute of Education Sciences) and the U.S. Department of Education in spring 2015 for its work on Eco, the simulated ecosystem and economy game. The Small Business Innovation Research grant for $899,871 is allowing the company to realize the game's full potential. Soon after the release of Eco's first live feed, the company reported that many bugs were fixed thanks to community engagement with the live demo on Twitch. ...

Weekly News Digests
NFAIS Announces 2016 Miles Conrad Award Recipient
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) announced that Deanna Marcum will receive the 2016 Miles Conrad Award and give the annual Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture at the NFAIS Annual Conference in February 2016 for her accomplishments in librarianship and in helping to establish a digital future for libraries.
HighWire Press Commits to Scholarly Annotation Initiative
HighWire Press joined Annotating All Knowledge, an organization dedicated to exploring the benefits of building an open, common framework for scholarly annotation. With this coalition, HighWire will work to create and implement a standards-based, open web layer that allows researchers to gather notes and link them across the web.
ST Imaging and nextScan Join Forces
ST Imaging acquired nextScan, a microfilm scanner and workflow software technology manufacturer. Both companies will be able to offer new products and services to their customers by combining their resources and technology.
LexisNexis Produces Journal; Updates Lexis Practice Advisor
LexisNexis Legal & Professional launched The Lexis Practice Advisor Journal, a quarterly publication for transactional lawyers on news, trends, and issues that impact their practice.
ScienceOpen Adds Altmetrics Functionality to Its Platform
ScienceOpen joined forces with Altmetric to track the media, policy, and social media references for its more than 10 million article records. Literature searches can now be sorted by Altmetric score, and search results are fully filterable by article citations and Altmetric scores.

NewsLink Spotlight
With Litographs, You Can Wear Your Favorite Book
by Brandi Scardilli
If you've ever thought about getting a tattoo inspired by your favorite book, but you weren't sure if you wanted to make a lifetime commitment, look no further than Litographs. Its line of temporary tattoos features designs inspired by 30-plus works of literature, including Beowulf, Moby Dick, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Bookshelf
The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
by Heather Hedden
Foreword by Stephanie Lemieux
The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden—a leading taxonomy expert and instructor—walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensive English.

In this fully revised third edition, Hedden adds an entirely new chapter on ontologies, emphasizes the SKOS model of concepts over the traditional thesaurus model of terms, and provides new insights into taxonomy development techniques. She presents fresh survey data; new screenshots and examples; and updated information on software, career opportunities, and resources for taxonomists.

2022/502pp softbound/ISBN 978-1-57387-586-8 | $47.50


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