Remove 2021 Remove Access Remove Case Study Remove Libraries
article thumbnail

Learning, work and flexibility: a case study

CILIP

Learning, work and flexibility: a case study As part of our look at CILIP accredited courses we talk to Oona Ylinen, a part-time LIS student at UCL and Academic Support Librarian at University of Essex. During one such study session in 2018, I saw a poster advertising a part-time role in the library. Picture Oona Ylinen.

article thumbnail

Nick Poole joins Parent Zone Podcast to discuss the future and past of public libraries

CILIP

Nick Poole joins Parent Zone Podcast to discuss the future and past of public libraries In this 45 minute podcast, Nick Poole, CILIP CEO covers the evolution of public libraries and calls for new approaches from government in light of the digital and AI revolutions that are already transforming how we access and understand information.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

e-Records 2021: Registration Now Open!

The Texas Record

Registration for the 2021 e-Records Conference is now open to state agencies and local governments. About e-Records 2021. Driven by new technologies and demands, Texas government is rapidly adapting to deliver easier, more secure, and constantly connected access to its external and internal stakeholders.

article thumbnail

COVID-19 in local history web archives: What we collect and why

Archive-It

Public libraries, historical societies, and other regional collectors maintain 40 of these collections, comprising over 16TB of preserved data from over 11K seed URLs at the time of writing. Browse the list of public collections below to access them each. Archived blog post from the Queens Public Library’s collection.

article thumbnail

The future of digital transformation is now

CILIP

Getting to grips with Digital Transformation within library and information services can feel like a haphazard affair ? For libraries and information services, different challenges have had to be overcome ? How do users access services or make requests if they are not in the same building? Rob Green looks at what?s Being the ?human

article thumbnail

Starting small but dreaming big: A beginner’s journey to web archiving

Archive-It

by Yoo Young Lee, Head, Information Technology, University of Ottawa Library. This blog post was adapted and modified from my presentation at the IIPC Web Archiving Conference on June 16, 2021. Due to limited resources, the library’s main approach is to follow the lead of website owners who need the service, not to seek them out.

article thumbnail

A brief look at web accessibility in Archive-It

Archive-It

In May 2021, the Society of American Archivists’ Web Archiving Section hosted a chat about web accessibility. Throughout the session, a recurring question that arose was how accessible web archives are. How accessible are archived websites? What we learned is that, in some ways, the web was more accessible than it is now!