Monthly Archive for November, 2013

Training the trainees – empowering African academic libraries

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) started the Training of the trainers (TOT) project in 2011. The aim of this program funded and initiated by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (FORMIN), is defined as: The intention of this programme – Higher Education Institutions Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI ICI) – […]

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CCNMTL Launches Websites Dedicated To Edward M. Kennedy Prize-Winning Plays

Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the launch of two new websites dedicated to the inaugural winning plays of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History: Dan O’Brien’s The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkan’s All the Way. The websites showcase […]

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Columbia and Cornell Libraries Receive Mellon Grant for Expanding E-Journal Preservation

NEW YORK, October 23, 2013 – The libraries at Columbia University and Cornell University are pleased to announce an 18-month, $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct a project intended to expand significantly the preservation coverage of e-journals and to implement strategies that will sustain the initiative beyond […]

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