The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is pleased to announce the selection of Christopher J. Reich as the Associate Deputy Director for Museums. In this position, Reich will oversee the agency’s museum grant programs and supervise the museum program staff.
Reich has been with IMLS since 2006, previously serving as a Senior Program [...]
Read More... →LYRASIS congratulates Margaret Lourie, educational services librarian at LYRASIS, for receiving the 2010 New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Award for Excellence in Library Technical Services. The award, from the New England Technical Services Librarians, a section of the New England Library Association, recognizes and honors significant New England-based contributions to the field of library [...]
Read More... →James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, has been elected to the OCLC Board of Trustees.
A librarian for more than 35 years, Mr. Neal served as the Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University and Johns Hopkins University, and held administrative positions in the libraries at Penn [...]
Read More... →Potomac Technical Processing Librarians (PTPL) announces the availability of two $1,000 scholarships for future librarians interested in technical services. Students living or working in the PTPL membership region (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and who are currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited Library and/or Information Science program, including distance education programs, are invited to apply.
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Read More... →Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announces that three of its encyclopedias were named Best Reference Sources for 2009 by Library Journal.
Gale’s Best Reference Sources for 2009 include:
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy – The field of environmental ethics is a new but now well-established sub-discipline of philosophy. The Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy addresses the [...]
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