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MakerBot Announcing New 3D Printing Platform, Ecosystem, Apps and More at Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Roundup
|Here’s a roundup of the product announcements MakerBot is making this week at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. MakerBot is launching a comprehensive new 3D Printing Platform and 3D Ecosystem that is designed to enable improved reliability, ease of use, and seamless connectivity for MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printers and the MakerBot Digitizer […]
Happy Holidays! Here are a few highlights from a roundup of fast facts and stats provided by the U.S. Census. If you visit the web page each statistic listed includes a link to the source. 13.9% The estimated percentage of total 2012 sales for department stores (including leased departments) in December. For jewelry stores, the estimated […]
Roundup: NYPL Central Library Plan Gains City, State Nod; Stacks Demolition On Hold
Libraries, News, Preservation, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup
|Two New York Public Library renovation (aka Central Library Plan) stories in this roundup. First, city and state reviews of the project have cleared it to move forward if conditions are met. The WSJ reports on the two conditions that need to be met. In a “letter of resolution” dated Monday, the state Office of Parks, […]
WIPO: International Negotiations on Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives Underway in Geneva
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Reports, Roundup
|The WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) began discussing copyright exceptions for libraries and archives during negotiations that began today at WIPO HQ in Geneva, Switzerland. The negotiations will continue for two more days (Dec. 19th and Dec. 20th). The library and archives community are being represented by: IFLA […]
Information Industry Roundup: News from Thomson Reuters, EBSCO, Knovel/Elsevier, & Bureau van Dijk
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, EBSCO, Elsevier, Libraries, News, Roundup
|1. Pilot Project: First-Ever Web of Science Certification Program Held at Russia’s Saint Petersburg State University Scientific Library 2. Israel: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Selects EBSCO Discovery Service 3. Knovel Announces New Partnerships with Taylor & Francis and Five Other Publishers 4. Bureau van Dijk Expands and Enriches Its Orbis Company Database, Data for 125 Million Companies
Information Industry Roundup: News from SirsiDynix, Alexander St. Press, Wiley, and Elsevier
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Elsevier, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Roundup
|1. Rollout Underway: SirsiDynix Integrates 3M Cloud Library With eResource Central (eRC) Currently, the eRC and 3M Cloud Library integration is active at two pilot libraries: Frisco Public Library in Frisco, Texas and the Horry County Memorial Library System in Horry County, South Carolina. SirsiDynix will begin rolling the integration out to other eRC libraries immediately. […]
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Welcomes 16 New Member Organizations
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, News, Open Access, Publishing, Roundup
|From the OASPA Blog: The OASPA Board is pleased to welcome Palgrave Macmillan as a full member of OASPA with voting privileges. [Clip] This year OASPA developed a separate membership criteria for open access books following a dedicated session at the Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing in 2012 and subsequent discussions. Palgrave Macmillan announced at the start of 2013 that […]
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a fun/interesting roundup of facts and stats compiled by the U.S. Census. The compilation includes links to the source of the statistic. Three Entries From the Full Document 4 Number of places in the United States named after the holiday’s traditional main course. Turkey Creek, La., was the most populous in 2012, with […]
Public Library News Roundup (30 Stories from U.S. and Canada)
Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup
|Here’s our latest public library news roundup with a selection of 30 stories from the past 11 days. Reports come from 17 states and 2 provinces. We hope you find it useful. Thanks to Matt Weaver for his contributions. infoDOCKET’s Public Library News Roundup British Columbia Vancouver City Council Approves New Library (via Vancouver Sun) California […]
Video: CBS Evening News Airs Segment About BiblioTech All-Digital Public Library in Bexar County, Texas
Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Roundup
|The 2:54 segment (embedded below) about the BiblioTech Digital Public Library aired on the CBS Evening News on Sunday, November 25, 2013. Worth Noting: On November 15th, BiblioTech tweeted that they now have 10,000 registered patrons. See Also: A Roundup of Some of Our Previous Posts about BiblioTech Includes primary documents (contracts with 3M and […]