バリアフリー電子書籍情報室: 2015

2015年3月16日月曜日

Stewarding New York Public Library’s Audio And Moving Image Research Collections Into The Future

(update March 11, 2015)
This session will share New York Public Library’s (NYPL) efforts to assess, prioritize and develop long-term strategies for its audio and moving image (AMI) research collections, which are among the largest and most significant in the world. They form an invaluable resource for scholars and artists, and provide the world with an irreplaceable record of its cultural heritage. In the next 10-15 years the majority of this media is at risk of loss due to degradation, unsupported media technologies, and the increasingly cost-prohibitive nature of preservation reformatting. NYPL is committed to the preservation and future availability of these collections and seeks timely, efficient strategies to build on and expand its established preservation program to meet the very real and urgent needs of these collections...
Source: CNI

EU rules that ebooks are an 'electronic service' and subject to higher tax

(update March 6, 2015)
Not all books are equal, said the European Union this week, ruling that ebooks sold in Europe constitute an "electronically supplied service" and so are subject to a higher rate of value-added tax (VAT) than physical books. This means that buying ebooks is likely to become more expensive in some countries, as booksellers raise their prices to pass the cost of increased VAT rates onto customers...
Source: THE VERGE

2015年2月24日火曜日

蔵書検索(OPAC)で、国定期・旧制中学校教科書(約20,000冊)の検索開始

(更新日:2015年2月23日)
蔵書検索(OPAC)で、国定期・旧制中学校教科書(約20,000冊)の検索ができるようになりました。現在、戦前教科書については、明治初期・明治検定期・国定期・旧制中学校教科書(約36,000冊)の検索ができます。...
Source: 国立教育政策研究所

2015年1月13日火曜日

Scholastic’s New Report Examines Kids’ Attitudes on Reading

(update:January 8, 2015)
The divide between frequent and infrequent readers is marked in Scholastic’s “Kids & Family Reading Report, 5th Edition” survey, conducted in conjunction with YouGov, an internet-based market research firm. The report found that while 51 percent of children ages 6-17 are currently reading a book for fun, 97 percent of frequent readers (FR), or children who read books for fun 5-7 days a week,...
Source: School Library Journal
Source: Kids & Family Reading Report, 5th Edition

障害者差別解消法に基づく基本方針(原案)に関する意見

(更新日:2014年12月26日)
提案された原案の方向性や内容について、高く評価するものです。原案にもあるように広く社会に認知されていくことを期待するとともに、実際に障害者が生きていくために良い社会システムへ変化することを強く願います。原案にもある各段階での障害者への方策を論議する場合、当事者を含めた検討が必要となります...
Source: 公益社団法人日本図書館協会