11 May LAC awarded FEDLINK’s Library Services Contract
LAC Federal has been awarded a prime contract on a new five year Library Services Indefinite Duration/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Contract active through May 12, 2026. This multiple-award contract is open to all federal agencies and simplifies the acquisition of library professional services. This is the…
19 Feb LAC Federal at Catholic University LIS Symposium
On Friday February 8th, LAC Federal sponsored and presented at Catholic University’s Bridging the Spectrum Symposium for the fourth consecutive year. We’re always proud to support this day-long conference for working professionals and students to share their knowledge from across the spectrum of information services.…
06 Feb The linked data evangelist
One of the ways that LAC Federal’s librarians and information scientists add value to our clients is through their advice and recommendations for improvements. An example of this is the work of Acquisitions Metadata Librarian Amanda Xu, on assignment at the National Agricultural Library (NAL).…
30 Jul Dr. James Duke’s agricultural research legacy
Dr. James A. Duke, a world-renowned botanist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), passed away in December 2017 at the age of 88. He was a pioneer in the study of alternative crops and the chemical makeup of plants for medicinal and pharmaceutical purposes.…
23 Apr Data management for federal agencies
The need to tame and manage the proliferation of data will define 21st century federal government libraries. Harnessing the information contained within that data will require library directors, managers and professionals to develop new competencies from data visualization to data management to data analysis and…
02 Apr Day in the life of a polar librarian
What do you call a librarian who researches both the north and south poles? Bi-polar, of course! And our own Sue Olmsted is one of those bi-polar librarians. Sue is a special collections conservator working remotely—not as remote as the polar stations of McMurdo, Amundsen–Scott…
30 Nov Data visualization trends and tools
Anselm Spoerri is a data visualization expert who has been conducting research and teaching information visualization for the last 20 years. He is a 2017 winner of the Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Award for DataVis Material Properties, an online tool he helped create for…
24 Aug Dark data discovery and solar eclipses
The recent “Great American Eclipse” is a good metaphor for the “dark data” being generated and stored in federal agencies today. To view an eclipse, you need eclipse glasses—without them, you not only endanger your eyes, but you can’t see the moon traveling across the…
11 Aug Change and innovation in federal government
This collection is about change, reform and innovation in federal government—with content curated from various government information resources, including LAC Federal. The old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, no longer seems to apply to federal government agencies striving to survive under the…
