May 31, 2013 by Gary Price
From Digital Book World (w/ Additional Links): More than 200 digital book entrepreneurs competed in the hackathon and the winner was announced today at Book Expo America after a final round in which each company was given six minutes to pitch its idea to a panel of technology experts. The Publishing Hackathon attracted 200 people in […]
May 31, 2013 by Gary Price
From the University of Tennessee: On June 7, 1913, four climbers—including Robert Tatum, a young Episcopal missionary from Knoxville—were the first to reach the summit of Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, the highest peak in North America. [Clip] This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount McKinley. To commemorate the […]
May 31, 2013 by Gary Price
From IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis): A new digital collection made possible by the collaboration of the motorsports organization and the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis captures that history through more than 14,000 images. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Collection features highlights from the Speedway’s 100-plus years with photographs taken from 1879 to 1997. […]
May 30, 2013 by Gary Price
UPDATED POST (June 12, 2013): Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed the ebook-public library study legislation (An Act Concerning a Study Regarding the Availability of Electronic Books to Users of Public Libraries, HB 5614) into law last week. From a Statement by Connecticut Library Association President, Richard Conroy: The act requires the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to conduct a study […]
May 30, 2013 by Gary Price
From David Knutson at PLOS: The House Assembly today passed the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609). The act is now set to be heard in the Senate later this summer. [Clip] If AB 609 becomes law, it will unlock access to the results of more than $200 million in annual, state-funded scientific research. […]
May 30, 2013 by Gary Price
From Ciber: The Dutch National Library (Bibliotheek.nl) [has] selected Ciber for its new e-books platform for all libraries in the Netherlands. In the agreement, Ciber will setup and maintain the mobile application software for an extensive digital library, making library volumes accessible to a larger audience through the use of Ciber’s e-books platform. According to […]
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May 30, 2013 by Gary Price
From the Latest Cisco’s Visual Networking Index Forecast: The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2012-2017), published today, projects that global Internet protocol (IP) traffic will grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017. Global IP traffic (fixed and mobile) is expected to reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes ― more than a trillion gigabytes […]
May 30, 2013 by Gary Price
From the Wall St. Journal: For all the fuss over Americans dropping their cable subscriptions in favor of Internet video, another type of cord cutting appears to be more common. Hundreds of thousands of Americans canceled their home Internet service last year, surveys suggest, taking advantage of the proliferation of Wi-Fi hot spots and fast […]
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May 30, 2013 by Gary Price
From the Research in KB Blog (National Library of the Netherlands): A drastic cut was made in the budget for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) from 9 billion to 1 billion euros. This will hit Europeana, the infrastructure supporting Europe’s free digital library, museum and archive, very hard. Europeana is now being asked to put […]
May 30, 2013 by Gary Price
From the Historypin Blog: Today, Historypin is launching Hurricane Sandy: Record, Remember, Rebuild. Together with Google, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, the Society of American Archivists, and the American Association of State and Local History, the project is a shared online collection of local history as captured by individuals and cultural heritage institutions alike. […]