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ebrary Announces Downloading Options (iOS, Kindle, Other Devices) & Results of Offline Reading Survey
| Government Libraries, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
From an ebrary News Release: ebrary today announced the ability to download e-books onto multiple devices including the Kindle, iPad, iPhone, laptops and other devices. Additionally, the company announced a dedicated mobile application is in development and slated to ship later this year. Downloading capabilities will be available at no extra cost to academic, corporate, […]
From an ebrary Announcement ebrary today announced new publishing partners University of Arizona Press, University of New Mexico Press, University of Illinois Press, University of Oklahoma Press, Wayne State University Press, Michigan State University Press, Mercer University Press, The University of Arkansas Press, Kassel University Press, Leuven University Press, The University Press of North Georgia, […]
From Sue Polanka’s No Shelf Required On Sunday I met with Matt Barnes, Vice President of Marketing, for ebrary. Matt and I discussed ebrary’s new patron driven acquisition model, searching ebrary content through the ProQuest interface, and the results of an ebrary mobility study on the need for downloadable ebooks. Matt shares a few of […]
Rollout Underway: ebrary Material Now Discoverable and Accessible Using ProQuest Platform
| Academic Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Reports
From a ProQuest News Release: ProQuest’s all-new platform is rolling out in libraries around the world, bringing a flexible technological architecture that allows users to dive deeper into multiple content sources in multiple formats– wherever that information may reside. With the new connecting technology, one search leads users to ebrary’s e-book content that’s side-by-side with […]
1. LibraryThing For Libraries Introduces a New Enhancement Package for Series and Awards 2. ebrary Announces New Corporate Computing E-book Collection 3. University of North Carolina Charlotte Selects EBSCO Discovery Service 4. More than 1 million eBooks now available via SwetsWise! 5. Serials Solutions Adds Sophisticated German-Language Search to the Summon Discovery Service
"How Individual Book Buying Experiences are Reshaping Academic Library User Expectations for Ebooks"
| Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Resources
This article is the first in a series of blog posts on InfoViews by Leslie Lees, VP Content Development at ebrary. From the Blog Post: Apple and Amazon have played a key role in defining how e-books are read…but much more importantly, Amazon has trained users to navigate and evaluate way more metadata in discovering […]
Info Industry Update: News From ebrary, Nolo , EBSCO, and IEEE
| Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, EBSCO, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
1. “ebrary Launches the Industry’s First Usage-Triggered Model for Short-Term e-Book Loan” 2. Legal Info: Nolo Sold to Internet Brands Comment and More Info via Law Librarian Blog 3. “Korea University Library Chooses EBSCO Discovery Service” 4. IEEE Xplore Digital Library Expands Subscription Options, Index Terms and Search Results Features
1. EBSCO Discovery ServiceT Expands Collection of STM Content with IGI Global Agreement 2. ERIC Partnership Brings More Education Dissertation Records Into the ERIC Collection 3. ebrary Launches New Starter Packs of Essential E-books in 25 Subject Areas
