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ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science ODLIS includes not only the terminology of the various specializations within LIS but also the vocabulary of publishing, printing, binding, the book trade, graphic arts, book history, literature, bibliography, telecommunications, and computer science when, in the author's judgment, a definition might prove useful to librarians and information specialists in their work. Entries are descriptive, with examples provided when appropriate. The definitions of terms used in the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules follow AACR2 closely and are therefore intended to be prescriptive. The dictionary includes some slang terms and idioms and a few obsolete terms, often as See references to the term in current use. When the meaning of a term varies depends on the field in which it is used, priority is given to the definition that applies within the field with which it is most closely associated. Definitions unrelated to LIS are generally...

Report on the State of Public Libraries in Nigeria By Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) Access to information is a basic right that people must have for human development and Information Communication Technology (ICT) is the driver of the information economy. It contributes meaningfully to knowledge management; allowing seamless communication of information intelligence; foster increased access to information and enhances faster retrieval and dissemination of information. For Nigeria to be a key player in this global economy, ICT facilities should be effectively and efficiently deployed. The objectives of the report include: To provide data on the state of Public Libraries in Nigeria To provide data for mapping of Public Libraries in Nigeria Provide data on Public Libraries to enhance decision-making on policy issues http://www.lrcn.gov.ng/Report%20On%20The%20State%20Of%20Public%20Lib%20In%20Nig.pdf

How Libraries Help Build a Safer Internet.. Libraries have always been about giving people access to the knowledge they need to take on the world. Through promoting literacy, innovation and creativity, they empower users to discover new perspectives for themselves, find better jobs, and generate new ideas. These are the foundations of a strong society. http://www.ifla.org/node/11197

The (Nearly) Perfect Training Room...Klaus U. Werner Library space, where librarians teach information literacy, should not look like an old-fashioned classroom or a computerized training room which might be found in a computer centre. In a traditional information technology  training room or a computer laboratory.  The furniture and its arrangement convey messages to occupants: don’t move, don’t discuss, don’t feel comfortable! Tables are usually placed in rows. There are rarely windows that allow views of the outside world. The computers dominate. There might be some digitized displays – but there is limited space for the learners. The students using the facility will become tired very quickly.  https://iflalbes.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/the-nearly-perfect-training-room/

Budgetary allocations for books, newspapers, other reading materials and library accessories...Nkemdilim Osigwe Ph.d Budgetary allocations of a government are clear pointers of its policy thrusts and interests. Obviously, the Nigerian government is enamoured with books, newspapers, other reading materials and library accessories as can be seen in the allocations to different offices in the 2016 budget (/http://www.slideshare.net/statisense/library-books-and-library-accessories). However, the Library, especially, the National Library that is statutorily empowered to acquire, process, organize and keep books and other reading materials for the general public seems to be somehow shortchanged. A cursory look at the analysis shows that what offices receive for books, newspapers and library accessories appear to be higher than what is given to the National Library for the same purpose! This is a trend. It is also a signpost of the misunderstanding of roles of libraries in communities. ...

12 Leadership Lessons Everyone Should Learn From Jesus....Paul Sohn Jesus is the quintessential leader. During His life on earth, he turned three years of ministry into a worldwide movement that changed history. Today, more people follow Him than any other leader in the world. As a model leader, Jesus practiced the most vital principles of leadership—and he provides an example for us to imitate. In the spirit of Christmas, I’d like to share 12 powerful life lessons every leader must emulate: http://paulsohn.org/12-life-lessons-every-leader-should-learn-from-jesus/

2017 Scholarships and Grants http://scholarship-positions.com/ Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for Master’s Courses in UK, 2017 Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC) in partnership with UK universities Application Deadline: March 29, 2017 Apply Now University of Queensland Online Course on English Grammar University of Queensland Course Starts on February 27, 2017 Apply Now 15 Doctoral Positions for International Scholars at University of Bern in Switzerland, 2017 University of Bern, Switzerland Application Deadline: May 17, 2017 Apply Now Shari’ah Scholarship Awards for International Students, 2017 The International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) Application Deadline: February 20, 2017 Apply Now 2017 Transatlantic Postdoctoral Fellowship for International Relations and Security (TAPIR), USA Rand Corporation Application Deadline: February 27, 2017 Apply Now Free Online Course on Working in Teams: A Practica...

Information Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Information Impact is a journal of information and knowledge management for librarians and information practitioners. Open access publishing system whereby all articles are freely accessible. http://informationimpact.org/

http://lisnews.org/ten_stories_that_shaped_2016 10. Google Books Case Finally Ends In April, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the last appeal of the Authors Guild in the nearly decade-old Google Books copyright case. 9. Open Data Initiatives This year saw continued growth of efforts to make research data freely available. 8. Libraries Catch Pokémon Go Fever Many libraries got on board with the latest augmented reality app based on collecting and fighting with other Pokémon creatures. 7. Intellectual Property Disputes Aplenty Legal cases involving everyone from Anne Frank to the NFL made headlines this year. 6. Libraries Fund Open Access More libraries now offer to pay author fees for open access publications. 5. Welcome, Robot Overlords This year AI agents won a game against a grandmaster of Go, made medical diagnoses, and drove a truck across the highway. Time will tell how these advances impact libraries. 4. Sci-Hub Piracy of academic research became a big leag...

Why do we need Libraries in communities?.......Nkem Osuigwe Librarians, academicians and a few might understand and appreciate the importance of Libraries in the society. However there are so many that do not recognize that or probably they've forgotten! That's what advocacy is all about- pointing out to people, reminding those that have forgotten of the exclusive niche that libraries have in education, literacy and in promoting democratic, sustainable and progressive societies. Libraries help build reconciliation in societies ravaged by hate and animosity. How? Misinformation breeds misunderstandings and hatred. Libraries always have information that disproves rumours and half-truths. Libraries give access to information that helps to understand and place the diversities in the world in clearer perspectives. Libraries serve as neutral gathering places in so many societies where people come from 'different sides of the track'. Many voters in African democratic s...

Public Library Advocacy #publiclibrarylove (3rd & 4th February 2016) Baba Mohammed Nma ‏@baba_nma F O R    L I B R A R Y   I HAVE AN UNDYING LOVE. #iamalibrarian #publiclibrarylove @librarian_nkem @Ngostary2k @Adukuru @librarian_nkem @baba_nma Indeed public libraries' roles are unending with long lists of beautiful concepts #publiclibrarylove The importance's of public Libraries cannot be over emphasized... I stand with #publiclibrarylove the month of love #febuarary Dr.Nkem Osuigwe Retweeted Magnus Igbinovia Democratic space for learning, interacting, meetings & just for hanging out with great minds. #publiclibrarylove  💕💕 Dr.Nkem Osuigwe added, Magnus Igbinovia @moigbinovia Public libraries serve the entire members of its locality. It is open to all and sundry without discrimination. #publiclibrarylove Jan Holmquist ‏@janholmquist  Libraries actively support learning #publiclibrarylove Victor Ejechi ‏@VsixEjechi In...

Stressors and librarians :How mindfulness can help....Richard Moniz, Jo Henry, Joe Eshleman, Lisa Moniz, and Howard Slutzky Mindfulness has many definitions, depending on context, but most of these focus on maintaining awareness in the present moment and treating ourselves and others with patience and kindness. Librarians seem to be naturally acquisitive and persistent (especially when seeking information) and demonstrate a desire to help others. In fact, one recent review of the literature exploring why individuals pursue an MLIS determined, “The most influential factors were love of books and reading, nature of library work, interesting job, and desire to help people [emphasis added].”1 It was this emphasis on helping others that influenced us to write The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship.2 Throughout the text we drew upon what we felt were numerous natural connections between the practice of mindfulness and the everyday work of libraria...

Ten Stories That Shaped 2016....LISNews 10. Google Books Case Finally Ends In April, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the last appeal of the Authors Guild in the nearly decade-old Google Books copyright case. 9. Open Data Initiatives This year saw continued growth of efforts to make research data freely available. 8. Libraries Catch Pokémon Go Fever Many libraries got on board with the latest augmented reality app based on collecting and fighting with other Pokémon creatures. 7. Intellectual Property Disputes Aplenty Legal cases involving everyone from Anne Frank to the NFL made headlines this year. 6. Libraries Fund Open Access More libraries now offer to pay author fees for open access publications. 5. Welcome, Robot Overlords This year AI agents won a game against a grandmaster of Go, made medical diagnoses, and drove a truck across the highway. Time will tell how these advances impact libraries. 4. Sci-Hub Piracy of academic research became ...

Inside the Design Library, a vast archive of patterns and textiles..... Eliza Williams  Where do you look for inspiration? If you’re in the fashion or home interiors industries, it might be at the Design Library, a vast archive of patterns and textiles dating from the 1750s to the present that is held across two venues, in New York’s Hudson Valley and central London. A new book by Phaidon takes readers inside its many treasures, while we have a rummage through the shelves. One of fashion’s best-kept secrets is revealed to a wider audience this month, via a new book from Phaidon. The Design Library has been in existence since 1972, and is used by major names across fashion, high and low, from Oscar De La Renta and Calvin Klein to Nike and Target. It’s easy to see why: the Design Library is a real treasure trove. Its US collection is vast, held across a 12,000 square foot loft in a converted fabric mill in New York’s Hudson Valley, where over 7 million examples of...

Information for national development, libraries as major stakeholders....Nkemdilim Osigwe Ph.d Information has become a key resource for national development. Nations without income yielding natural resources can thrive profitably on the creation and transfer of information. Increasingly, nations are using and relying on information to gain competitive edge rather than just natural resources and cheap labour. However, a nation requires literate, educated and skilled manpower in order to generate, transfer and use information as the main grid of it’s economy. Literacy is central to most human, technological, economic and political developments. Literacy helps to give expression to creativity and innovations and is the main key to generating, applying and spreading knowledge. No country can foster development without a literate population. Multinational bodies are most unlikely to invest heavily in any country with low literacy levels anyway! Libraries are all about literacy ...

Library as Infrastructure....SHANNON MATTERN Melvil Dewey was a one-man Silicon Valley born a century before Steve Jobs. He was the quintessential Industrial Age entrepreneur, but unlike the Carnegies and Rockefellers, with their industries of heavy materiality and heavy labor, Dewey sold ideas. His ambition revealed itself early: in 1876, shortly after graduating from Amherst College, he copyrighted his library classification scheme. That same year, he helped found the American Library Association, served as founding editor of Library Journal, and launched the American Metric Bureau, which campaigned for adoption of the metric system. For millennia libraries have acquired resources, organized them, preserved them and made them accessible (or not) to patrons. But the forms of those resources have changed — from scrolls and codices; to LPs and LaserDiscs; to e-books, electronic databases and open data sets. Libraries have had at least to comprehend, if not become a key node wit...

US Museums, Libraries Collect Signs From Women's Protests The National Museum of American History in Washington and smaller institutions said they were collecting and sorting through protest signs they now considered records of nationwide protests of historic proportions. Women activists, outraged by Trump's campaign rhetoric and behavior they found to be misogynistic, spearheaded scores of marches in the United States and sympathy rallies around the world on Saturday . http://www.voanews.com/a/museums-libraries-collect-signs-women-protests/3691189.html

Using Libraries To Support National Literacy Efforts A network of libraries exists in almost every country: there are around 320,000 public libraries worldwide, of which about 230,000 are in developing and transitioning countries. In addition, there are more than a million school, community, research, university, national and special libraries (IFLA, 2016). Although literacy is at the core of most library activities, too often local, regional and national literacy goals and efforts are not systematically connected to libraries. As a result, these efforts fail to benefit from working closely with institutions that often have the long-standing trust of communities and already provide useful literacy services to children, youth and adults. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002467/246778e.pdf