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OverDrive Announces Launch of “OverDrive Professional” Division that “Supplements” Corporate, Academic, and Law Libraries
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From OverDrive: OverDrive announce[s] the launch of OverDrive Professional, a new division that supplements corporate, academic and law libraries. With this launch, students, knowledge workers and researchers can now benefit from Libby, the award-winning reading app. [Clip] The catalog contains a wide variety of titles in all subjects, including career and professional development, course materials, industry-specific […]
From a McGraw Hill: McGraw-Hill and Cengage today announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate their proposed merger of equals, which had been announced in May 2019. The decision was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of McGraw-Hill and Cengage. The Termination Agreement foresees no payment of a break fee on either side. In […]
2020 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition Cancelled to Due COVID-19
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Full Text of an ALA Statement The American Library Association’s Executive Board announced today that the 2020 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition scheduled for June 25-30 in Chicago has been canceled. “ALA’s priority is the health and safety of the library community, including our members, staff, supporters, vendors and volunteers,” said Wanda K. Brown, ALA […]
COVID-19: Special Offers, Events, News, and Updates From Library Vendors, Publishers, Online Services, and Others
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The links below provide updates and special offers from vendors and other companies that work with the library community. Latest Additions Expanded Access to JSTOR During Covid-19 Crisis Follett, Baker and Taylor Team to Provide Free Access to PreK-12 Interactive Resources for Public Library Partners Last Update: 5:00 p.m. on April 15, 2020 ACM Digital […]
From a Reuters: Two U.S. lawmakers expressed serious concern on Tuesday about the effect of a planned merger of college textbook publishers Cengage Learning Holdings II and McGraw-Hill Education Inc, saying the deal would create a new industry leader with nearly half the market. Representatives David Cicilline, chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, […]
SPARC Interviews Gale Etschmaier, Dean of Florida State University Libraries, and the Negotiations Team on Elsevier/Big Deal Cancellation
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From the Introduction to a Q&A Interview From SPARC: Florida State University (FSU) lost access to its Elsevier content in March 2019, following cancellation of its $2 million Big Deal contract. However, Elsevier was not their first Big Deal cancellation. FSU had previously canceled their Springer Big Deal in 2016, and so went into their […]
Financial Times: “Mutinous Librarians Help Drive Change at Elsevier”
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From the Financial Times (Subscribers Only): When Florida State University cancelled its “big deal” contract for all Elsevier’s 2,500 journals last March to save money, the publisher warned it would backfire and cost the library $1m extra in pay-per-view fees. But even to the surprise of Gale Etschmaier, dean of FSU’s library, the charges after […]
New Zealand Commerce Commission Releases “Statement of Issues” For Cengage/McGraw-Hill Merger
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From the New Zealand Commerce Commission: The Commerce Commission has published a Statement of Issues relating to an application from Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc. and McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. seeking clearance to merge their global publishing businesses. In New Zealand both parties supply textbooks and related educational materials. The Statement of Issues outlines the Commission’s […]
From The Cornell Sun: Under the normally quiet, illuminated bookcase of Mui Ho Fine Arts library, students frustrated with loud steps from librarians above sit in an imperfect silence –– something University representatives have now responded to. In an email to The Sun, J. Meejin Yoon, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College […]
Book Chapter DOIs Emerge as a New Key Tool In Research Discovery (via ScienceOpen) Cengage and McGraw-Hill Extend Merger Deadline (via The Bookseller) CORE Update For October to December 2019 Facebook Settles Facial Recognition Lawsuit For $550 Million (via cyberscoop) Frontiers Announces Endorsement of NISO Transfer Code of Practice New Edition of Apple Maps Launches […]
