jueves, 29 de abril de 2010
kobo: eReading, anytime, anyplace
KoboBooks.com is basically an ebook store with ebooks from wide range of topics. Fortunately we won’t be focusing much on the paid ebooks, rather on the free ones they have listed on their free ebooks section. Slightly above 2000 ebooks, this site provides ebooks in various formats, generally covering either web or mobile versions. Great initiative on the free ebook section, so jump over and read some ebooks!
lunes, 26 de abril de 2010
Federal Research Access Bill Making Progress in Congress
Bill would require open access to federally funded research after six months
Baby steps toward legislation: the broad open access mandate known as The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) is now before the House of Representatives as well as the Senate, following its introduction by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) last week. Both versions are substantially the same, and with the bill now before both legislative bodies, has at least the potential of becoming law.
During prepared remarks on a press conference call Wednesday morning hosted by the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, Doyle said, "I hope that we can move this bill through Congress before the end of the year."
The bill is co-sponsored by five others, representing members of both parties.
Broad mandate
FRPAA was re-introduced into the Senate last year. It would require every federal department and agency with an annual extramural research budget of $100 million or more to make their research available to the public within six months of publication. (A similar bill, introduced in the Senate in 2006, died in committee.)
The bill covers all unclassified research funded by agencies including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Transportation, Environmental Protection, as well as the National Science Foundation and NASA.
The bill also would ostensibly trump the current 12-month embargo specified by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate—on which FRPAA is directly modeled—by rolling the embargo period back to six months.
Baby steps toward legislation: the broad open access mandate known as The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) is now before the House of Representatives as well as the Senate, following its introduction by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) last week. Both versions are substantially the same, and with the bill now before both legislative bodies, has at least the potential of becoming law.
During prepared remarks on a press conference call Wednesday morning hosted by the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, Doyle said, "I hope that we can move this bill through Congress before the end of the year."
The bill is co-sponsored by five others, representing members of both parties.
Broad mandate
FRPAA was re-introduced into the Senate last year. It would require every federal department and agency with an annual extramural research budget of $100 million or more to make their research available to the public within six months of publication. (A similar bill, introduced in the Senate in 2006, died in committee.)
The bill covers all unclassified research funded by agencies including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Transportation, Environmental Protection, as well as the National Science Foundation and NASA.
The bill also would ostensibly trump the current 12-month embargo specified by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate—on which FRPAA is directly modeled—by rolling the embargo period back to six months.
Obooko: libros full-text gratis
Comparto con ustedes esta página Web, Obooko, donde se ofrece acceso a un gran número de libros en PDF y donde también se pueden publicar libros digitales.
Free Ebooks and Free Publishing!
Launched in November 2009, obooko provides an opportunity for new and established writers from all parts of the World to self-publish and promote their work free of charge.
Free Ebooks and Free Publishing!
Launched in November 2009, obooko provides an opportunity for new and established writers from all parts of the World to self-publish and promote their work free of charge.
viernes, 23 de abril de 2010
Agencia Federal de Bibliotecas
Noticia tomada de la edición digital de Library Journal News
Congress Creates Super Federal Library Agency
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate passed the controversial Federal Library Agency Act (FLAA) on a nearly unanimous voice vote, sending it to President Obama for his expected signature. The House had passed it in February with a two-thirds majority.
The FLAA creates a new mandate by combining federal library functions scattered throughout the government into a single unique agency. Using existing funding from departmental budgets, it forms a new domestic federal library attack dog, the Federal Library Agency (FLA) and its overseas arm, the Institute for International Study of Societies (IISS). Although initially south of revenue neutral, the act will purportedly save millions of dollars over the next decade and improve the services offered.
Consolidation of library entities
In brief, the FLAA transfers to the new agency most library and many related information program responsibilities in both executive and legislative branches at home and abroad. It establishes central authority over federal library programs and consolidates various international library activities. A cabal of politically savvy library administrators and congressional staffers did the impossible of collecting many of the diverse functions of federal libraries into a single agency. By an act of law, congress combined libraries with—libraries!
LEER MAS
Congress Creates Super Federal Library Agency
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate passed the controversial Federal Library Agency Act (FLAA) on a nearly unanimous voice vote, sending it to President Obama for his expected signature. The House had passed it in February with a two-thirds majority.
The FLAA creates a new mandate by combining federal library functions scattered throughout the government into a single unique agency. Using existing funding from departmental budgets, it forms a new domestic federal library attack dog, the Federal Library Agency (FLA) and its overseas arm, the Institute for International Study of Societies (IISS). Although initially south of revenue neutral, the act will purportedly save millions of dollars over the next decade and improve the services offered.
Consolidation of library entities
In brief, the FLAA transfers to the new agency most library and many related information program responsibilities in both executive and legislative branches at home and abroad. It establishes central authority over federal library programs and consolidates various international library activities. A cabal of politically savvy library administrators and congressional staffers did the impossible of collecting many of the diverse functions of federal libraries into a single agency. By an act of law, congress combined libraries with—libraries!
LEER MAS
Periódicos digitales
Reproduzco aquí un enlace enviado por el Sr. Milton Delgado acerca de una página que permite accesar a diversos periódicos internacionales:
El siguiente es un enlace a un 'kiosko' virtual que tiene todas las portadas del día de los periódicos y permite acceder directamente a la web de cada uno de ellos...
http://www.hhmmss.com/)
Si se quiere ver uno en particular, hay que darle click arriba, después en el país y luego en la página del periódico.
El siguiente es un enlace a un 'kiosko' virtual que tiene todas las portadas del día de los periódicos y permite acceder directamente a la web de cada uno de ellos...
http://www.hhmmss.com/)
Si se quiere ver uno en particular, hay que darle click arriba, después en el país y luego en la página del periódico.
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