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New book tackles the challenges of discovery in the (post-Google) era

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Facet Publishing announce the release of Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library: Case studies and perspectives on the role of IT in user engagement and empowerment, edited by Simon McLeish. New book tackles the challenges of discovery in the (post-Google) era. What might the future of discovery look like?

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A straightforward and pragmatic guide to leadership, management and teamwork

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Contemporary managers and leaders in library and information services are working in a challenging context; dealing with multiple demands on their time, expertise and resources. This book provides a practical guide to leadership, management and teamwork in library and information services. Barbara Allan said: ?This

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New book explores the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit

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Facet Publishing announce the publication of Electronic Legal Deposit: Shaping the Library Collections of the Future edited by Paul Gooding and Melissa Terras. Although a growing international activity, there has been little consideration of the impact of e-legal deposit on the 21st Century library, or on its present or future users.

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Archive-It Partner News, November 2017

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Results and observations from the three previous surveys ( 2011 , 2013 , 2016 ) are available. To explore a rich case study in collecting and parsing out this information, see the new blog post by partners at the U.S. Athens Regional Library System. Birmingham Public Library. Columbus Metropolitan Library.

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Feature Spotlight: Internal Seeds Groups

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Bensenville Community Public Library Emily Mamrak explains how they’ve helped her track similar looking URLs in their collections: I found the Internal Seed Groups feature to be more useful in some collections and less applicable in others.

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Celebrate Black History Month on a high note

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East Baton Rouge Parish Library- Arts & Culture. She’s a former punk rock musician featured prominently in East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s community-driven collection, more for her success with her recent pottery career. New York University- New York University’s Contemporary Composers.

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Collecting for continuity and for change: The web archiving experience in Westborough

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By Anthony Vaver, Local History Librarian and Archivist, Westborough Public Library. In 2013, a group of sixty people packed into a venue designed for forty in order to see a collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century town records that had just been found in the Westborough Town Clerk’s vault. We love our history in Westborough!