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News Roundup
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, EBSCO, Funding, Libraries, News, Preservation, Roundup
1. REPORT From W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality Held October 19-20, 2016 in San Jose, California. 2. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Receives Grant to Digitize Historic Archives of Photographs 3. Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Acquires Nearly 1,500 Film Prints for Preservation (via Globe and Mail) 4. Russian ISPs Told to Block LinkedIn […]
1. Annotations as Peer Review: An Interview with Maryann Martone of Hypothes.is (via The Scholarly Kitchen) 2. Brill Releases 2017 Journal and Online Journal Collection Prices 3. University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) From Oxford University Press Now Provides Access to More than 22,600 Titles 4. EBSCO and Stacks Inc. Announce the Release of Stacks – […]
News Roundup
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, EBSCO, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Roundup
New on Twitter: “Photos, Videos, GIFs, Polls, and Quote Tweets No Longer Count Toward Your 140 Characters” ||| Additional Coverage (via The Next Web) Bookstores: Take a Look Inside Toronto’s Most Unique Bookstore (Home of the Biblio-Mat) (via Blog.to) Cambodia: Asia Foundation Launches Let’s Read! E-Books for Cambodian Children (via Khmer Times) Cloud: All California […]
1. Open Access: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and HighWire Press Announce One-Click Submission from Biorxiv to Seven More Leading Biomedical Journals from Three Publishers 2. ProQuest Will Provide Dissertations and Theses and Russian Ministry of Education & Science 3. EBSCO: LearningExpress Adds Center to Help Students Develop Skills Essential for College and Career Success
EBSCO Releases Serial Price Projection for 2017
| Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, EBSCO, Funding, Libraries, News, Publishing
From EBSCO (Full Text of News Release): According to the 2017 Serials Price Projection Report from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), the overall effective publisher price increases for academic/medical libraries are expected to be the range of 5 to 6 percent (before currency impact). EBSCO bases the information in the Serials Price Projection Report on surveys […]
1. More Resources: EBSCO Launches “Ultimate Editions” of Five Interdisciplinary Databases 2. Data: Figshare Partners with The Royal Society, New Portal is Now Live 3. University of Miami Libraries Receives Grant to Digitize Pan Am Archive 4. Curated Content From TED Coming to Marriott Hotels 5. The Top 10 Most Frequently Accessed Books in the […]
1.UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library to Receive Archive Of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (via Bay Area News Group) ||| More info via UC Berkeley Library Blog 2. University of Texas at Austin: Maker Space to Support New Program, Creativity in the Library 3.EBSCO Audiobooks’ New Design and Features Create an Enhanced User Experience for Libraries 4. […]
Report and Video: Amazon Launches Kindle Reading Fund
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, EBSCO, Libraries, News
From TechCrunch: Amazon today announced a new program called the Kindle Reading Fund which is aimed at making digital books more easily available worldwide. The Fund will donate a number of Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets as well as e-books to communities around the world, in conjunction with various partner organizations. In addition to schools, libraries, PTAs, […]
Report: “Transforming Libraries in Myanmar: The E-Library Myanmar Project”
| EBSCO, Libraries, News, Open Access
A report on the Oxford University Press blog about the E-Library Myanmar Project written by Myat Sann Nyein, a librarian living in Myanmar. From the Report/Blog Post: I have been a lifelong librarian in Myanmar since 1985. It is a great pleasure and honor to share the challenges and success of the e-Library Myanmar Project […]
Wyoming State Library Asked to Cut Budget by 11%
| EBSCO, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Special Libraries
From the WyomingLibraries Blog: With the downturn in energy markets, libraries across the state are being asked to make do with less, including the Wyoming State Library. Between the Legislature’s “penny plan” and the Governor’s 8% budget reduction request, the WSL has been asked to trim just under 11% from state funds in its budget. […]
