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Development of bibliometric indicators of research quality

The United Kingdom, through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, has worked since 2005 to reform the evaluation of research, known as the RAE (Research Assessment Exercise). The latest study, published in a report in September 2008, sought to analyze and deploy a database containing all academic and publications submitted to evaluation committees during fiscal 2001.

Positioning Liaison Librarians for the 21st Century by ARL

Liaison positions exist at nearly every research library, and a recent ARL member survey documented a substantial broadening of liaison roles1. Many believe that liaison librarian functions are becoming more central to fulfilling the library

What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research Libraries

Abstract
Due to the changing nature of librarianship resulting from the increasing amount of information available in digital format, educating digital librarians has become an important agenda within library and information science schools. To design and offer appropriate courses and teaching approaches for training competent digital librarians, educators can benefit from feedback provided by current practitioners in order to accurately determine what skills and knowledge are really required for digital librarians to be effective in the digital work place.

US Library of Congress’ Digital Collection One of World’s Largest

The U.S. Library of Congress is well known for being the world’s largest library. That is, in the traditional, paper format. Now, the library is on the way to hosting the largest digital collection in the world with more than 700 terabytes of data.
Converting holdings to a digital format
This is the new look of the U.S.

LibBest RFID Library Management System

SIX SENTENCE About RFID FOR LIBRARY

RFID tags replace both the EM security strips and Barcode.
Simplify patron self check-out / check-in.
Ability to handle material without exception for video and audio tapes.
Radio Frequency anti-theft detection is innovative and safe.
High-speed inventory and identify items which are out of proper order.
Long-term development guarantee when using Open Standard.

A new partnership promotes Sony Reader for borrowing eBooks in public libraries

The eBook format is is moving forward quickly – more online stores, more devices, more readers. And now it’s penetrating a place that until lately was almost exclusively associated only with physical books – the library.
Sony, developer of the Sony Reader Digital Book, has partnered up with OverDrive, the leading global digital distributor of eBooks and audiobooks to libraries, to offer readers an easier way to borrow e-books from the library.

Library Automation in Bangladesh: The Dhaka University Library Experiences

ABSTRACT
This article attempts to discuss the concept of library automation, status of library automation in Bangladesh, Dhaka University Library and their Automation Project. The paper also presents the model of Dhaka University Library Automation Project (DULAP). Further, it discusses the online access and internet browsing system and how to use GoPAC. The study also has discussed the features and objectives of DULAP, requisite hardware and software, functions and activities of the program, facilities offered to users and tasks still to be accomplished.

UNESCO’s free software for developing countries

UNESCO’s CDS/ISIS for Microcomputers is one of the most widely used information retrieval packages not only in Bangladesh but also in the world. UNESCO provides the software to the developing countries free of cost.
In the developing countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Kenya, Argentina and Brazil CDS/ISIS have played the major role of carrying out library automation specially for the automated cataloguing system.