Via a LIBER Blog Post Summary: The ERAC (European Research Area Committee) on National Open Access and Preservation Policies has published a report called “Analysis of a Questionnaire to the European Research Area Committee”. The report shows that open access is backed by a growing number of universities, research centres and funding agencies across Europe. [...]
E-book Market to Reach EUR 5.4 bln ($7.05 Billion/USD) By 2015
Filed by on December 21, 2011
From a Report Summary on Telecompaper: Worldwide digital books market will grow at an average rate of 30 percent per year between 2010 and 2015 to reach EUR 5.4 billion in 2015, or 12 percent of the total book market, according to a report by Idate. E-Book readers will also develop from 3.3 million units [...]
National Library of Sweden Says "No Go" to Deal With OCLC For WorldCat Records
Filed by on December 21, 2011
From the National Library of Sweden: The National Library has ended negotiations with OCLC, as the parties could not successfully come to terms on a contract. [Clip] Background Since 2006, the National Library has been negotiating with the OCLC on participation in WorldCat. A test contract was concluded in 2007 between the National Library and [...]
Offline Access for Google Books Now Available For Google Chrome Browser
Filed by on December 21, 2011
Google has just announced that books you purchase from their bookstore can be read offline if you’re using the Google Chrome browser or a Chromebook. According to a Inside Google Books blog post: 1. Make sure you have a copy of the Google Books app. Download here. Then, download the books in your library you [...]
