Library Elf , a free service that library patrons all around the world could use to keep tabs on their & their family's due dates, is no longer free. Check out their announcement here , which details the reasons for the change. Since Library Elf began, we've been adding features to our own...
A new database called Global Road Warrior brings you comprehensive information on 175 countries around the world. And when I say "comprehensive" that is exactly what I mean. There is information in over 100 specific areas for each country listed. There is basic information like geography (including...
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The November 3, 2008 Library Hotline has a lead article on a landmark settlement between Google and the Authors Guild (AG) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP), two organizations that had filed suit against it over the Google Book Search Project. The details are very sketchy, but "Google...
Many books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, and maps have and are being digitized to make them viewable online on the relatively new website, Indiana Memory, http://www.in.gov/memories . You can search by broad topic or by keyword. The Indiana State Library coordinates this project, but the items...
In interesting news for newspaper historians, Google has decided that it is no longer happy to simply own everything presently on Earth, but also any memory of what used to be around . Similar to their past scholarly endeavors , the search engine giant plans to deliver "over one hundred newspapers...
SO... you have a great idea for making Evansville a better place to live but no clue of how to get a grassroots effort started... The Foundation Center now offers free training webinars for nonprofit organizations through its website, http://foundationcenter.org . Click on a topic that interests you...
Digital records from EVPL's Browning Genealogy Database can now be seen in the State Library's VINE database ( http://vine.in.gov ). Vital Information Exchange, (VINE), is a collaborative state wide database that searches databases on Indiana local history and vital records from Indiana libraries...
Twenty new electronic books have been added to the EVPL catalog that are available through the Credo Reference database. Some of the titles include: Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics / edited by Rajend Mesthrie ; consulting editor, R.E. Asher Encyclopedia of Urban Legends / Jan Harold Brunvand...
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