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From the U.S. Department of Justice Announcement: Online search engine Google Inc. has agreed to forfeit $500 million for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements through its AdWords program targeting consumers in the United States, resulting in the unlawful importation of controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs into the United States, announced Deputy Attorney General […]
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, […]
A new post by the leading Google Books legal scholar, James Grimmelmann, a professor at the New York Law School. A must read for anyone interested in the many legal issues surrounding the Google Books case and settlement. Direct to Grimmelmann’s Post on His Laboritorium Blog. See Also: More Google Books Legal Material (Documents, Commentary, […]
The focus of this issue: standards. Kevin Hawkins, head of digital publishing production for MPublishing, Guest Editor Direct to Table of Contents (Vol. 14 No.1; Summer (August) 2011 Direct to Articles A Note from the Guest Editor by Kevin S. Hawkins The Value of Standards in Electronic Content Distribution: Reflections on the Adoption of NISO […]
Digital Scholarship Press Updates Their "Google Books Bibliography"
| Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Publishing
Digital Scholarship Press/Charles W. Bailey, Jr. has posted Version 7 of the essential Google Books Bibliography. As we’ve said many times in the past, this resource is the definitive resource for the topic and is a valuable tools for many users including info pros, students, lawyers, and journalists. This selective bibliography presents over 320 articles […]
From AdAge: According to ComScore, which will start publishing data on YouTube’s channel partners tomorrow, 40% of YouTube’s audience clicked over in July to watch music videos, more than any other category. Vevo accounted for 38% of YouTube’s entire monthly viewers, easily the most-watched channel within the video-sharing site, and second-place Warner Music accounted for […]
A new service that has just launched from Google allows users to see and use related material (from Google sites) based on whatever is in their browser window. It’s not a new concept but this attempt at a real time contextual search tool does a something differently vs. what we’ve seen in the past that […]
A 17 Item Roundup of News From and About Google and Google+
| Data Files, Interviews, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Publishing, Reports, Roundup
UPDATED (Monday, August 15, 2011): Google Acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion; Patents Seen as a Leading Reason for Deal Time once again for another in our series of Google news roundups. We missed last week so this is going to be full of items in addition to several Google items we posted as soon as […]
A "Green" Opportunity for EBSCO Publishing Employees, Company Will Provide Them with Access to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
| EBSCO, Publishing
From EBSCO: Employees at EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) in Ipswich, Massachusetts wondering whether to invest in an electric car have a new incentive. EBSCO has installed two Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at the company’s downtown headquarters—the very first commercial-grade charging stations in Ipswich. The charging stations will allow employees driving plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and […]
UPDATE: Several of you have pointed out that the “public notes” feature has been available for about six months. You are correct. This feature was announced at the beginning of February, 2011 on this web page. More from Brian Dudley at the Seattle Times. From theBookseller.com: The site, called kindle.amazon.com, allows users to set up […]
