MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2012
New Video from CNI: “Linked Data for Libraries: Why Should We Care? Where Should We Start?”
Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Video Recordings
|The video is a recording of a project briefing presentation titled, “Linked Data for Libraries: Why Should We Care? Where Should We Start?” was recorded at the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Spring 2012 Membership Meeting that took place in Baltimore at the beginning of April. The video was made available on YouTube today. An […]
From The Evening Standard (London): A Leading book retailer plans to help save Kensal Rise library by raising money through ebooks. The library, opened by Mark Twain in 1900, was shut by Brent council despite a campaign to save it backed by authors including Philip Pullman and Zadie Smith. Now former Waterstones boss Tim Coates […]
The September 2012 issue of College and Research Libraries was released online today. Here’s a direct link to the complete table of contents. We plan to highlight a few of the articles during the next few days. Let’s begin with the article below that we first shared as a preprint a year ago. Title Book […]
Streaming Audio: Expert Panel Discusses E-Books and Libraries on NPR
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|Today’s Diane Rehm Show (an NPR program) featured an in-depth discussion (about 50 minutes) on ebooks and libraries. Frank Sesno is the guest host. The discussion includes an excellent panel: Jeremy Greenfield Editorial Director of F+W Media’s Digital Book World Carrie Russell Director of the Program for Public Access to Information, Office of Information Technology, […]
Non-Profit STM Publisher BioOne Adds Five New Titles For 2013 Including New Open Access Publication
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From Today’s News Release: BioOne is proud to welcome five new titles and their respective not-for-profit publishers to the 2013 BioOne Collections: Marine Resource Economics, published by the Marine Resource Foundation; Cryptogamie, Algologie, Cryptogamie, Bryologie, and Cryptogamie, Mycologie, three journals from France’s Association des Amis des Cryptogames; and Applications in Plant Sciences, a new, open […]
Exciting news about an important resource. From the Cornell U. Library: arXiv, the free repository that has revolutionized the way scientists share information, is adopting a new governance and business model that will allow it to grow and succeed in the future. Thanks to an operating grant from the Simons Foundation, Cornell University Library has […]
It appears that Kindle owners (who also subscribe to Amazon Prime) take advantage of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL). What does this mean (now and in the future) for library ebook programs as even more titles are added to the KOLL especially for bestsellers and other popular material? We wouldn’t be at all surprised […]
There are hundreds if not thousands of sources and resources to track Issac as the storm moves towards landfall. I wanted to take a moment and share an impressive directory that provides direct links allowing users to listen to live, unedited audio streams from first responder organizations as they do what can be challenging and […]
OCLC and Member Libraries Begin Beta Testing of New WorldShare ILL Service, Phased Migration Underway
Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From OCLC: OCLC has completed beta testing of the new OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service and is moving forward with an 18-month phased migration to the new service. WorldShare Interlibrary Loan is scheduled to replace WorldCat Resource Sharing in 2013 as part of libraries’ existing subscriptions. The new service will centralize workflows now managed in […]
Sound Familiar? In New Zealand Libraries Battle With e-Book Publishers
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|From Computerworld NZ: Libraries are having to engage in new discussions with publishers and booksellers over electronic books, similar to those already settled in the printed-book world and with loans of CDs and DVDs, says Association of Public Library Managers chair Ian Littleworth. The question of e-book lending is discussed in a wide-ranging strategy document, […]