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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces the activation of the Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) in support of medical efforts in the Philippines and surrounding areas following the devastating typhoon. The Emergency Access Initiative is a collaborative partnership between NLM and participating publishers to provide free access to full-text articles from over 650 biomedical serial titles and over 4,000 reference books and online databases to healthcare professionals and libraries affected by disasters. The Emergency Access Initiative serves as a temporary collection replacement and/or supplement for libraries affected by disasters that need to continue to serve medical staff and affiliated users. It is also intended for medical personnel responding to the specified disaster. http://www.infodocket.com/2013/11/12/typhoon-haiyan-national-library-of-medicine-u-s-activates-emergency-access-initiative-eai/

Papers from the Joint Session of Academic and Research Libraries SC and Knowledge Management SC are now available from the IFLA Library... http://library.ifla.org/view/divisions/

Gateway to the world... By Margret Plank The documentary film Gateway to the World takes place in Namibia’s capital city Windhoek, Katutura suburban area. In the film, two young library users are followed around the poor Greenwell Matongo area, where the local library functions as the people’s gateway to better life. Trevelin, 20 years, did not pass the 10th grade of schooling and ended up as one of the many out-of school youths in the area. Persuaded by a friend, he found his way to the nearby library, got interested in studying computers and is nowadays giving basic computer classes as a volunteer teacher in the library. http://www.ifla.org/node/8107 Documentary with english subtitles http://bit.ly/17frfOd Documentary with swedish subtitles http://bit.ly/1aFP5xB Documentary with finnish subtitles http://www.kirjastokaista.fi/portti_maailmaan/

Self-publishing became ever more popular for aspiring authors in 2012, according to new data from Bowker.The number of ISBNs purchased (ISBN is a number identifying an edition of a book) for the purpose jumped nearly 60% versus 2011. Since 2007, the number of self-published titles hitting the marketplace has gone up five-fold. Bowker also tracked the growth in ebook ISBNs. Ebooks now comprise 40% of all ISBNs purchased, up from 11% in 2007. http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/bowker-number-of-self-published-titles-grows-nearly-60-in-2012/

“I'm going to tell you that libraries are important. I'm going to suggest that reading fiction, that reading for pleasure, is one of the most important things one can do. I'm going to make an impassioned plea for people to understand what libraries and librarians are, and to preserve both of these things”…Neil Gaiman http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming