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Book Business Outlook For 2012 Released at Publishing Industry Conference
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, Podcasts, Profiles, Publishing
|The research and presentation James McQuivey from Forrester Research is writing about took place today at the Digital Book World conference in New York City. An interview (audio) with McQuivey is linked to at the bottom of this post. Highlights From McQuivey’s Blog Post: As we closed out 2011, 82% of publishing executives we surveyed were […]
We would like to ENCOURAGE all INFOdocket readers to CONTACT their representatives in Congress and let them know that SOPA/PIPA is bad legislation. This post has articles and links to learn more about SOPA/PIPA. Those of you outside of the U.S. might want to take a look at this petition to the U.S. State Department. […]
Smithsonian Gets Dedicated Funds for Digitization and New Media, Will Spend $8.7 Million In FY 2012
Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Management and Leadership, News, Profiles
|From Federal Computer Week: The Smithsonian Institution expects to spend $8.7 million to engage in digitization, social media, mobile and Web efforts in fiscal 2012, according to an agency official. That represents roughly a $500,000 increase to be spent on those efforts this fiscal year, in comparison to fiscal 2011, Linda St. Thomas, a Smithsonian […]
ALA: Book Links Magazine's 2011 Top 30 Titles For K–8 Classrooms and Libraries
Associations and Organizations, Interviews, Libraries, Publishing, School Libraries
|From an ALA Announcement: Book Links magazine announces the annual annotated Lasting Connections list, spotlighting the editors’ selections of the 30 best 2011 picture books, novels and informational titles for K-8 libraries and classrooms. Lasting Connections is considered an essential collection development tool for children’s librarians, school library media specialists and K–8 educators. “It’s tough […]
Online collection examines 1960s Civil Rights Movement
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, Profiles, Resources
|From Penn St. Live: Now viewable online through Penn State University Libraries, the Jack Rabin Collection on Alabama Civil Rights and Southern Activists is a compact but highly complex, multi-layered compilation of documents, sound recordings and visual images. Some of its components, including copies of records of the Montgomery Improvements Association (MIA) and many hours […]
eBook Usage Soars at St. Paul Libraries, But it's Still a Small Fraction of Book Lending
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Profiles
|From MinnPost.com: “eBooks are still a very small percentage of total books checked out, but what’s stunning for us is that the trajectory is so dramatic,” Library Director Kit Hadley said in an interview. Circulation of paper books has been static, but eBooks downloads are rising dramatically, she said. The downloads now run in about […]
UPDATE (January 4, 2012): Here’s the Official LC News Release (w/ Bio) Announcing David Mao’s Appointment From an In Custodia Legis Blog Post by Andrew Weber: Today is a big day for the Law Library of Congress. David Mao is taking over as the Law Librarian of Congress from Roberta Shaffer. It wasn’t that long […]
Full Text Article: The Evolution of E-books and Interlibrary Loan in Academic Libraries
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, Libraries, Profiles, Publishing
|Title: The Evolution of E-books and Interlibrary Loan in Academic Libraries Author: Heather Wicht (U. of Colorado) Source: Collaborative Librarianship (3.4, 2011) Abstract: As academic libraries add electronic monographs (e-books) to their collections in increasing numbers, they are frequently losing the ability to lend this portion of their collections via Interlibrary Loan (ILL) due to […]
Video: A Brief Look at the Apple Collection, Part of the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Jobs, Libraries, News, Profiles
|The AP video runs 2:23. Direct to Video See Also: Record of Steve Jobs’ early career lies boxed in Stanford University’s Silicon Valley Archives (via SU News) Includes another video (runs 2:33) direct from Staford. The Stanford Silicon Valley Archives’ Apple collection provides a unique window onto the early years of the Apple epoch. The […]
Published by the Mozilla Foundation. Via a Creative Commons Blog Post: Anya Kamenetz and Mozilla have released a great book called Learning, Freedom & the Web. It details many of the activities and ideas generated at Mozilla’s eponymous festival held last year, “a 500 person meta-hackfest that took place in a Barcelona city square,” says […]