Tool:CORAL:electronic resources management system

CORAL(stands for Centralized Online Resources Acquisitions and Licensing )is an electronic resources management system built by the Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame. It consists of a suite of interoperable modules designed around the core components of managing electronic resources. Currently made up of a Licensing, Organizations (Contacts), Cancellation Workflow, and Usage Statistics [Journal statistics tracking] module - we are now in the process of developing the final component, a Resources (Acquisitions) module, expected to be completed by fall. Each module may be used as part of the whole suite or as an independent system. For example, a library interested only in managing license agreements may install and
use the CORAL Licensing module without the need to install the rest of the suite.

Tool:iSpeech: Text to Speech: Free to personal use

iSpeech has revolutionized text to speech with our free service. Now anyone can listen to any text content with minimal effort, no software installation and no technical expertise

For more detail see : http://www.ispeech.org/free.text.to.speech.tts.software

Library of the Future in Plain English

educationeye

 The Education Eye provides a way to discover, explore and share new ideas. It maps hundreds of the top educational websites, blogs, forums and practitioner case studies. With additional features like saving your own favourite innovations, Futurelab's favourites, customisable email digests, and a widget version, it is invaluable.

Education Eye is a free, engaging and easy-to-use online space that gives access to a wide range of exciting, relevant and useful innovations which are selected from the best of the web and updated daily.

    The Eye provides a way to discover, explore and share new ideas. It maps hundreds of the top educational websites, forums and practitioner case studies. With additional features like saving your own favourite innovations, Futurelab’s favourites, customisable email digests and a widget version, it’s invaluable for exploring educational innovations.

World top book stores

This list was published in the People’s Daily Online (China).
1. Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen (Dominican church bookstore), Maastricht, Netherlands
2. El Ateneo Bookstore (Athenian bookstore), Buenos Aires, Argentina
3. Livraria Lello (Lello bookstore), Porto, Portugal
4. Secret Headquarters Comic Book Store, Los Angeles, United States
5. Borders Books, Glasgow of Scotland, U.K.
6. Scarthin’s Bookstore, Peak District National Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
7. Posada Bookstore, Brussels, Belgium
8. El lugar de la Mancha (El Péndulo), Mexico
9. Keibunsya Boookstore, Kyoto, Japan
10. Hatchards Bookstore, London, United Kingdom

Tool:calibre: e-book library management

calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:

  calibre works on Windows XP, Vista and 7.If you are upgrading from a version older than 0.6.17, please uninstall calibre first.

Present version-Version: 0.7.1


calibre

Burma's National Library sold to private investors

Burma's National Library and a TV studio complex are among five state-owned buildings sold to private investors, according to informed sources in Rangoon

The National Library went for only about 100 million kyat ($100,000), while the Yadanapon Theater, which belonged to the Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise of the Ministry of Information, fetched more than 920 million kyat (nearly $1 million).

One businessman with close contacts to regime officials suggested that state-run property was being sold off to raise funds for the development of the government quarter in Naypyidaw and help finance the upcoming election.

A retired professor from Rangoon’s University of Economics expressed sorrow at the sale of the National Library, saying it contradicted an official statement assuring support for Burmese literature.


Fore More details: http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18624

Self-Directed Online Learning Modules: Copyright and Primary Sources:Library of Congress

These new “multimedia rich” online modules (a total of four) have been developed for educators but also useful for librarians also.

Module #1

Introduction to the Library of Congress

Get an overview of the digitized materials and K-12 resources from the Library of Congress. This module will explore:

* What is the Library of Congress?
* How can the Library of Congress help me in the classroom?
* What is a primary source?

Module #2

Copyright and Primary Sources

Learn how to evaluate primary sources from the Library’s collections for the best use within copyright. Listen to several teachers as they evaluate the use of primary sources for use with their students. Topics covered include:

* Rights and responsibilities
* Low-worry uses of primary source
* Checking for Fair Use

Module #3

Analyzing Primary Sources: Photographs and Prints

Learn how photographs and prints from the Library’s collections can increase student engagement in the classroom. Topics covered include:

* The power of images
* How to analyze photographs and prints
* How to find images from the Library of Congress

Module #4

Analyzing Primary Sources: Maps

Learn instructional strategies for using maps in the classroom. Topics covered include:

* The significance of maps
* How to analyze maps
* How to find maps from the Library of Congres

For more details see Library of Congress

OPen-source Automated Library System(OPAL)

The OPALS Open-source Automated Library System. Web-based, open source program providing Internet access to information databases and library collections.

OPAL

Dewey Browse-Gail Shea Grainger

Web Sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System and connected websites..

More details see here

eLearning Repositories

1.Apple Learning Interchange
2.DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education)
3.CLOE (The Co-operative Learning Object Exchange)
4.LRC (The Learning Resource Catalogue/ Community).
5.EdNA (Education Network Australia)
6.MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
7.Canada’s SchoolNet
8.IDEAS (Interactive Dialogue with Educators from Across the State)
9.MIT OpenCourseware
10.CAREO (Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects)
11.Wisconsin Online Resource Center