Cisco has released Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2010-2015.

Here's an excerpt:

Global mobile data traffic will increase 26-fold between 2010 and 2015. . . .

There will be nearly one mobile device per capita by 2015. . . .

Mobile network connection speeds will increase 10-fold by 2015. . . .

Mobile-connected tablets will generate as much traffic in 2015 as the entire global mobile network in 2010.

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Daniel J. Cohen, Director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, has won the 2011 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology.

Here's an excerpt from the press release:

With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Dr. Cohen leads the development of the free, open-source Zotero (http://zotero.org) software for managing and sharing research sources. Zotero is currently implemented as a set of Web browser and word processor plug-ins that can synchronize citations and other information with a public server, which also serves as a social network and discovery platform for fellow researchers. Work is currently underway to develop a stand-alone implementation of Zotero for Windows, Linux and Macintosh operating systems as well as plug-ins for a broader range of Web browsers.

Cohen's scholarship includes the exploration of digital humanities and pursuing new ways to collect and preserve history on the Web. He has directed several archival projects, including the September 11 Digital Archive, ECHO: Exploring & Collecting History Online, and the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank: Preserving the Stories of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Cohen is the author of four books and has delivered dozens of papers and featured presentations at venues of interest to library technologists.

The Kilgour award, which is jointly sponsored by LITA and OCLC, is given for research relevant to the development of information technologies, especially work which shows promise of having a positive and substantive impact on any aspect(s) of the publication, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, or the processes by which information and data are manipulated and managed.

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The National Archives and Records Administration is recruiting an Audio-Video Preservation Specialist. Salary range: $51,630-$67,114.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

As an Audio-Video Preservation Specialist in the Office of Records Services – Washington, DC, Special Media Preservation Division, College Park, MD, you will perform duties associated with digitizing original archival audio and video records, managing digital surrogates and derivatives, creating technical/administrative metadata, and producing physical media copies.

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• HarperCollins, OverDrive Respond as 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Debate Heats Up, http://bit.ly/e3h5OZ
• What Scholars Want from the Digital Public Library of America, http://bit.ly/glFPsy
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• Current Cites (February 2011), http://bit.ly/h6nxaM
• 38 Groups Ask LoC for Free Public Access to CRS Reports, http://bit.ly/e48tVl
• ISCB Public Policy Statement on Open Access to Scientific and Technical Research Literature, http://bit.ly/eiCYaH
• BMJ Open Launches with Innovative New Features, http://bit.ly/fmrkA6
• Seven Being Considered for New US Register of Copyrights, http://bit.ly/eIpvL1
• Do E-Book Users Need a Bill of Rights? (Librarians Think So), http://nyti.ms/gbKKhp
• FDsys Helps GPO Provide Access to Federal Digital Publications, http://bit.ly/i0gGv1
• WIPO Director General Addresses the Future of Copyright, http://bit.ly/efdGPP
• STM Online Services Market 2009-2010 [Summary], http://bit.ly/fGon9o
• American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Joins the CLOCKSS Archive, http://bit.ly/hjDGjY
• A Library Written in Disappearing Ink, http://bit.ly/eIMcjb
• Amazon Raises the Stakes in Your Reading Experience: The Platform War Continues, http://bit.ly/gpoqS5
• HarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations, http://bit.ly/fU80xP
• Library eBook Revolution, Begin, http://bit.ly/fIub2X
• Library Users, Librarians, and Libraries Boycott HarperCollins over Change in Ebook Terms, http://bit.ly/fkTmt9

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The Illinois State University's Milner Library is recruiting an Assistant Dean for Strategic Technology Initiatives. Hiring range maximum: $80,000.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (request/posting number: 0703382):

The Assistant Dean for Strategic Technology Initiatives provides vision and leadership to effectively integrate technology into the operations of Milner Library and leads its efforts to develop and implement services-based strategies that utilize technology. The Assistant Dean will work closely with university technology leadership and the university community to shape and implement information technology investments, and plan strategies aligned with the university's strategic plan and students and faculty needs. The Assistant Dean provides direction for Milner Library's technology departments, and coordinates planning of services with Library departments and units. The Assistant Dean communicates with University information technology groups and ensures that Milner Library's technological goals and activities synergize with those of the University.

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The National Endowment for the Humanities's Division of Preservation and Access has issued a call for proposals for Preservation and Access Research and Development grants. Application deadline: May 19, 2011.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Eligible projects include:

• the development of technical standards, best practices, and tools for preserving and creating access to humanities collections;
• the exploration of more effective scientific and technical methods of preserving humanities collections;
• the development of automated procedures and computational tools to integrate, analyze, and repurpose humanities data in disparate online resources; and
• the investigation and testing of new ways of providing digital access to humanities materials that are not easily digitized using current methods.

NEH especially encourages applications that address the following topics:

• Digital Preservation: how to preserve digital humanities materials, including born-digital materials, for which there is no analog counterpart;
• Recorded Sound and Moving Image Collections: how to preserve and increase access to the record of the twentieth century contained in these formats; and
• Preventive Conservation: how to protect humanities collections and slow their deterioration through the use of sustainable preservation strategies.. . .

The maximum award is $350,000 for up to three years. Applicants whose projects focus on any of the three areas of special interest noted above may request up to $400,000.

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