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June 03, 2005British Library Launches British Library Direct
The British Library has announced British Library Direct, which is a pay-as-you-go service that offers nine million articles from 20,000 international research journals. These articles go back five years, and about 150,000 new entries are added a month. You can...
Continue reading "British Library Launches British Library Direct" » April 08, 2005ebrary Offering ALA Members Free Access for Nat'l Library Week
ebrary is offering free access to ALA members to celebrate National Library Week, which is April 10-16. But here's the thing: the resource for which they're offering access will be free for a year, not just for that week. The...
Continue reading "ebrary Offering ALA Members Free Access for Nat'l Library Week" » January 21, 2005Going Back to the Source -- The Dewey Errors List
An article at LISNews mentions the DEWEYERROR , which is described this way: "Do you, or does your library, routinely accept Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) numbers from Library of Congress (LC) catalog records without checking them first? Or, do you...
Continue reading "Going Back to the Source -- The Dewey Errors List" » March 17, 2004Florida Launches Ask-A-Librarian Service
The state of Florida has launched a virtual reference service called Ask a Librarian ( http://www.askalibrarian.org/ ). It is apparently available for anyone, though a representative tells me "While anyone with a legitimate question can ask a question this service's...
Continue reading "Florida Launches Ask-A-Librarian Service" » June 10, 2002Free Library of Philadelphia Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The Free Library of Philadelphia is celebratin' their 75th anniversary. They've started a new digital collection devoted to the building of the Free Library. You can get to it at http://libwww.library.phila.gov/75th/ . There are several components to this online exhibit....
Continue reading "Free Library of Philadelphia Celebrates 75th Anniversary" » September 19, 2001Directory of School Libraries Online
There are plenty of resources for college and university libraries online, but it's not often that you'll find a resource for K-12 libraries. There is a great one at http://www.sldirectory.com/ The front page lists a variety of countries -- from...
February 16, 2000Library HQ
Library HQ ( http://www.libraryhq.com/welcome.html ) has a searchable database of useful Web sites, indexed "in MARC format," and reviewed by librarians. Web sites may be searched by subject, author, or title. At the moment there are just under 6400 sites...
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