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  2. Promoting Libraries: University at Albany's Librarypalooza! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6luQ7LmEMc&feature=player_embedded
  3. New Study Measures Academic Library ROI & Grants; More Research Coming http://t.co/UNxgGr8 via @AddThis
  4. LC is signing off from IFLA. Thanks to the many librarians who came by the booth and joined us on the sunset dinner cruise.
  5. IFLA exhibit buzz: new open platform soon from Elsevier. http://www.acceleratescience.com/
  6. IFLA LIVE: What competencies needed in future academic libraries? "Fewer but smarter people" says Shorley, Imperial College London
  7. IFLA LIVE: Oslo Library mission - "to organize the meeting of content and people"
  8. IFLA live: UK Research Reserve offers €29 for every metre of printed material disposed. Encouraging culture change.
  9. IFLA floor comment: "Librarians need to learn from professional lobbyists"    http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/library-advocacy-toolkit
  10. IFLA report: "Friends of Libraries" still new to many countries. Example:  http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0601/lcn060106.html
  11. ScienceDirect articles now offer graphical information linked to associated data sets deposited at PANGAEA: http://bit.ly/doMsJL
  12. In new "Research Trends," Tom Jones writes about challenges of scientific communication: www.info.scopus.com/researchtrends/beh_dat_18.html
  13. All roads lead to Fisciano: NJIT prof Anthony Rosato receives Fulbright Senior Research Award: Anthony Rosato, PhD... http://bit.ly/ayU7HR
  14. Cool! A Stanford University team is mapping the "Republic of Letters," a precursor to modern scholarly communications: http://bit.ly/9k0QRC
  15. New Research Trends' article "Metric mad: the future of scholarly evaluation indicators" offers lots to think about: http://bit.ly/dahq1v
  16. Supporting an international community? Get practical assistance here: When it comes to working with and supporting... http://bit.ly/bbxZ2x