News Roundup
1. University of Michigan: Some Engineering E-Textbooks Available for Winter Semester Classes Through Library Subscriptions (via Da Vinci’s Notes)
2. China: E-books Hot In 3 Major Cities (via Shanghai Daily)
See Also: China’s Digital Entertainment a Hit Overseas (Dec. 1, 2016; via Shanghai Daily)
3. Israel: ‘Facebook Bill’ (Removal of Criminally Offensive Content from the Internet) Passes First Reading in Knesset (via Jerusalem Post)
4. Digital Preservation: Open Library of the Humanities Formally Announces Partnership With CLOCKSS
5. India: Government to Digitise Iconic Old Delhi library (via Asian Age)
6. LYRASIS Hires Laney McGlohon as New Technical Lead for ArchivesSpace
7. CLIR Invites Applications for Digitizing At-Risk Audio Materials (via Council on Library and Information Resources)
8.Data: BPI (British Phonographic Industry) Official Uk Recorded Music Market Report For 2016 (via BPI) ||| “UK Vinyl Sales Reach 25-Year High” (via BBC)
9. Barnes & Noble Told To Pay $267,000) Over E-Reader Infringement (via World IP Review)
Filed under: Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Roundup
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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