Academic library is using pda's, handhelds and other mobile technologies

Very useful slides (pdf) on mobile technologies in libraries is available in Simons college Library website http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/. Simon College Library is using pda's, handhelds and other mobile technologies.

Evolution of Librarianship in ICE Age

the following presentation at http://sn.im/fxq5j
[www_slideshare_net] . Its title reads as "Who, Why & How We Serve:
The Evolution of Collaborative Librarianship Through Social Media" is
has been presented by PF Anderson [ Technology in Libraries, MLGSCA
Cerritos, CA / March 6, 2009 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, April
13, 2009].
It talks about how librarianship is changing in this era of WEB 2.0 /
Social Web. Hope all of us fellow the evolution path indicated in the
presentation.

World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009

At the UNESCO General Conference in Paris on October 17, 2007 the Library of Congress, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the National Library of Brazil, the National Library and Archives of Egypt, the National Library of Russia, and the Russian State Library presented a prototype of the future World Digital Library. The prototype features books, manuscripts, maps, films, prints and photographs, and sound recordings contributed by the partner institutions. It functions in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, and includes content in additional languages. Other features include search and browse by place, time, topic, type of item, and contributing institution; a "Memory of" section devoted to in-depth exploration of the culture and history of individual countries; and videos by curators that explain why particular primary source documents are important and what they tell us about a culture.

The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research.
SEE the World Digital Library at:
http://www.worlddig itallibrary. org/project/ english/index. html

More Than 9,000 National Academies Reports Now Available in Open Access

http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04102009

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online - Free Access

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online provides an innovative resource for the academic community in sociology. Updated three times a year with new material, this vast online library gives instant access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship in your field. The encyclopedia includes 1800 definitions and explanations of the key concepts in sociology, with expanded essays on major topics within the field and a time line of over 600 key events in sociological history.

http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/public/