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Data, analysis and the library: Joining the dots at the Department for Work and Pensions

CILIP

Here he speaks to Information Professional Editor Rob Green about how librarians and library services are now a central part of that function, and how the library service is supporting the wider needs of the Department. s team of analysts, becoming Chief Analyst in 2011. s library services more directly within the DWP?s

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Nor Is This All

The Texas Record

In late September, we lost an iconic figure in the library and archives field. The organizers of the event had high hopes for this talk, but Dr. Gracy blew away even our lofty expectations. Andrew’s Thoughts: The legacy that Dr. Gracy left on the records and information management community in Texas is unparalleled. Dr. David B.

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Teachers as readers

CILIP

In 2011, the new Learning Resource Centre opened in Bognor with a strong focus on learning resources to support pre-service teachers. This collection was created to replicate a school library and encourages pre-service teachers to consider the learning environment for the children they will teach. Events and book awards.

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Will cryptocurrency mining soon saturate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud?

The Last Watchdog

In 2011, total cryptocurrency value was about $10 billion. Then a JavaScript library called Coinhive came along that enabled people to embed mining code on their websites. So I expect that we will see a significant global event that will change people’s attitudes. Then the value of peer-to-peer transactions skyrocketed.

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Archive-It Partner News, November 2017

Archive-It

Results and observations from the three previous surveys ( 2011 , 2013 , 2016 ) are available. Senior Data Engineer Vinay Goel operates the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive’s annual open house event in October. Athens Regional Library System. Birmingham Public Library. Columbus Metropolitan Library.

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Recap: A coffee chat with web archivists in US government programs

Archive-It

National Library of Medicine (NLM). Christie Moffat’s slides highlighted many of NLM’s collections, from the original Health and Medicine Blogs to Global Health Events , which now has over 14,000 URLs, many covering the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Library of Congress (LoC).

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Documentation Theory for Information Governance

ARMA International

xi] The term “information” covers any phenomena, including physical or digital objects, intangible knowledge, events, and nearly everything that could be considered as informative. 2 (2011): 155-170. Library Trends 52, no.3, Chicago: American Library Association-Neal Shuman, 2019. Libraries and the Academy 13, no.