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eBooks: Author Signings are Going Digital
June 3, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From NorthJersey.com/The Record: While a signature on a screen might never be the same as pen on paper for some, to others, book signings are about the experience and the memento. If that memory is stored in a digital file instead of a shelf, well, that only adds portability to the fun and bragging … [Read More...]
Pennsylvania: Department of Public Welfare Launches New Transparency Portal
June 3, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From a News Release To help Pennsylvania taxpayers better understand how the Department of Public Welfare spends their money, Secretary Gary D. Alexander today announced a new addition to the agency’s website. [Clip] New information on the website includes: • … [Read More...]
California: Glendale and Pasadena Public Libraries Begin Testing 3M Library Cloud
June 3, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From the Glendale News-Press: When libraries began applying to be part of the cloud test last year, Pasadena Public Library Director Jan Sanders said she “started nagging people.” “Both Pasadena and Glendale are driven to piloted projects and moving ahead,” she said. It also helped … [Read More...]
OpenMetadata.org Scheduled to Launch on Wednesday
June 3, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
The OpenMetadata.org launch will take place during the IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) Conference in Washington, DC. IASSIST 2012 will also mark the launch of OpenMetadata.org, a new web portal, supported and operated by Metadata … [Read More...]
Cool! Mapping Texts: Interactively Visualize Trends Found in 230 Years of Texas Newspapers
June 2, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From The Stanford Report: An all-consuming public interest in family, religion and football in modern rural Texas is just one of the cultural snapshots that can be culled from Mapping Texts, a new interactive database that generates graphical interpretations of language trends embedded in over … [Read More...]
University of Illinois Library: Addition of Historic Agriculture Newspaper to Ag Digital Repository
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From the U of I Library: A gift from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumna, M. Christine Wicklein Schwartz, through the T & C Schwartz Family Foundation, has made it possible to digitize issues of Farmer’s Weekly Review (Joliet, IL) from 1929 to 2010. This collection of historic … [Read More...]
New Report: Publishers Association & ALPSP Release: “Detailing Potential Effect of Making Journals Free After 6 Month Embargo”
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
The Publishers Association and Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers [ALPSP] are both based in the UK. ‘The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo’, a report commissioned by The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned, … [Read More...]
Canada: Record Collector Buys CBC Vancouver’s Vinyl Motherlode
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From The Vancouver Sun: Jamie Anstey has just purchased the mother of all Vancouver record collections - CBC Vancouver's record library. And that's records, not com-pact discs. About 50,000, in fact: 37,913 LPs, 11,780 45s, 492 78s and 462 records that are listed as "miscellaneous." The … [Read More...]
U.S. University Professor to Head Holocaust Archive
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From the AP: A U.S. university professor has been appointed director of the International Tracing Service's Holocaust-era archive in the German town of Bad Arolsen. The ITS said Wednesday its 11-member international commission had voted to name Rebecca Boehling, a professor at the University of … [Read More...]
Princeton University: The Daily Princetononian Newspaper Digitization Project Nears Completion
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From the Mudd Manuscript Library Blog: The Princeton University Archives, working in conjunction with the Princeton University Library Digital Initiatives, has nearly completed a monumental project that will change the way researchers investigate University history. The student newspaper, The … [Read More...]
Oxford University: A Look Inside the Bodleian Library’s Off-Site Storage Facility
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From ThisIsWiltshire.co.uk: Completed in late 2010, the £26m computerised and climate-controlled building began receiving books, journals and maps almost immediately. There are 153.5 miles of shelves, each more than 30 feet tall and accessed by a total of 31 aisles. The 129,900 sqare feet of floor … [Read More...]
Open Access: Major Milestone for SCOAP3: Invitation to Tender sent to Publishing Partners
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From the SCOAP3 Web Site: SCOAP3 is pleased to announce that it has issued its Invitation to Tender to the leading publishers of high-quality peer-reviewed journals carrying content in the field of High-Energy Physics, who had previously agreed to the key SCOAP3 principles in a qualifying … [Read More...]
Reference: Final Version of NIST’s Guide to Cloud Computing Now Available
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
Title Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations Publisher NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technologies) Full Text (81 pages; PDF) Background via FedScoop: NIST releases final version of cloud computing guide Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations (Special Publication … [Read More...]
Industry Briefs: News from OCLC, Summon, and EBSCO
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
More libraries Join the OCLC WorldShare Management Services Community Serials Solutions Appoints Paul Brennan to Head Content Operations EBSCO Publishing Brings Associated Press Images Collection to Library Customers … [Read More...]
New Summary From CNI: “Multiple Devices and Platforms: Institutional Strategies”
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
Highlights of a CNI Executive Roundtable that took place at this year's annual meeting in Baltimore. From the CNI Web Site: Teams representing senior level library and IT organizations from 11 institutions described their development of priorities, policies, and strategies related to the … [Read More...]
Reference: Getty Launches Full Text Website for Art History Research
June 1, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From The LA Times: The Getty Research Portal, which officially launched Thursday, was developed by the Getty Research Institute, the Getty museum's more academic sibling. But it's meant to be accessible to anyone with an Internet connection -- scholar, student or just browser -- like an … [Read More...]
Roundup: Google Books (GBS): Authors Win Class Status Over Google Digital Books
May 31, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From Professor James Grimmelmann (via The Laboratorium): Today, Judge Chin handed the Authors Guild a big procedural win. He issued an opinion that allowed the Guild to represent its members in the lawsuit, and then went on to certify a class consisting not just of the members but of all authors … [Read More...]
Reference: Book Industry Study Group Releases EPUB 3.0 Support Grid
May 31, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From a BISG Announcement: To help content creators and executives make decisions in the rapidly evolving world of digital publishing -- with its myriad devices and reading systems -- BISG, through its Content Structure Committee has developed the EPUB 3.0 Support Grid. Recognizing the constantly … [Read More...]
Europe: “Horizon 2020: A €80 Billion Battlefield for Open Access”
May 31, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From Science: As negotiations proceed to shape the next installment of Europe's gargantuan research funding programs, scientists, librarians, and publishers are eagerly awaiting the answer to a critical question: How strong will the new 7-year program, called Horizon 2020, be on Open Access … [Read More...]
eBooks: 3M Cloud Library Announces New Content Partners, More than 200,000 Titles Available From 300 Publishers
May 31, 2012 Filed by Gary Price
From a 3M News Release (via Digital Book World): Visitors to the 3M Library Systems booth at Book Expo America will learn about 3M Cloud Library’s new partnerships with INscribe Digital, Smashwords, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group and the National Book Network (NBN) which are … [Read More...]
