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Brian Schottlaender Takes Ecosystem View of Digital Preservation
The latest issue of Library Resources & Technical Services features a guest editorial by Brian E. C. Schottlaender, the Audrey Geisel university librarian at University of California, San Diego, and...
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Close the Innovation Deficit—Business, Higher Education, Scientific Organizations Urge Congress with New Video
With President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal due next week and the appropriations season starting on Capitol Hill, a coalition of 14 business, higher education, and scientific organizations launched...
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Mike Furlough Named HathiTrust Executive Director
HathiTrust has announced the appointment of Mike Furlough as executive director, effective May 19, 2014. Furlough is currently associate dean for research and scholarly communications at Pennsylvania State University. He...
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E-Research Peer Network and Mentoring Group Offered to E-Science Institute Alumni
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Digital Library Federation (DLF) are providing a new opportunity for E-Science Institute alumni: the E-Research Peer Network and Mentoring Group course....
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Dana Rooks to Step Down as U Houston Dean of Libraries
Dana Rooks, dean of libraries and the Elizabeth D. Rockwell chair at the University of Houston (UH), has announced that she will resign after 17 years as dean, effective upon...
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Andrea Malone Named Fulbright Specialist in Library Science
The Fulbright Scholar Program has selected Andrea Malone—an ARL Leadership & Career Development Program fellow and the University of Houston (UH) foreign language and ethnic studies librarian—to serve as a...
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Mary Ann Mavrinac Wins OCULA Lifetime Achievement Award
The Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) presented its 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award to Mary Ann Mavrinac on January 30, 2014, during the Ontario Library Association Super Conference in Toronto....
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Memorial: William Carl Highfill, 1935–2013
William Carl Highfill, dean of libraries at Auburn University from 1973 to 1995, passed away at the age of 77 on July 10, 2013, in Opelika, Alabama. Under Highfill’s leadership...
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Horizon Report 2014 Higher Education Edition Published
On January 28, 2014, the New Media Consortium (NMC) and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) jointly released the NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition at a special session at the ELI...
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Anne Kenney Wins Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award
Anne R. Kenney, the Carl A. Kroch university librarian at Cornell University, has been named the 2014 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. The American Library Association (ALA) will...
