MORE 'ROUNDUP' POSTS
Today, January 16, 2013 is the fifth birthday of the Flickr Commons. Happy Birthday! The indicommons blog has done a great job rounding up birthday blog posts and link collections from a number of institutions that belong to the Flickr Commons. You’ll find birthday posts and links to image collections from: The Library of Commons […]
Google Week in Review: A Roundup of Recent Product Updates and Announcements
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Maps, News, Roundup, Video Recordings
|A day doesn’t go by without a slew of product announcements, updates, and other news coming out of the Googleplex. It can be challenging to keep current. Our goal with Google Week in Review is to provide you with a selection of items that you can use and share. We hope you find it useful. […]
A new roundup of stats and facts compiled by the Website Monitoring Blog.
From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: This article collects the notable data changes made to MEDLINE during annual National Library of Medicine (NLM) maintenance known as Year-End Processing (YEP) for 2013. Areas Covered in the Roundup Include: MeSH Vocabulary Updated for 2013 Updated MeSH in MEDLINE Citations New MeSH Headings New Publication Type […]
Martin Brinkmann, on the always interesting Ghacks Technology News, has posted a useful roundup of EPUB tools. His post provides a look at 10 tools in the following categories: + Web Browser Extensions + Software + EPUB Creation Tools
Peter Binfield, Co-Founder/Publisher of PeerJ and a publishing industry veteran, has written an article about the new oa publication. The article appears in the latest issue (November/December 2012; 47.6) of EDUCAUSE Review. From the article. Perhaps the most visible thing that we have done at PeerJ is to innovate around the dominant business model in […]
Oral Arguments in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons (Text Transcript and Press Roundup)
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Roundup
|UPDATE 11/2/12: Audio of Oral Arguments in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons is now available online. Stream or download. [ca_audio url=”http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/11-697.mp3″ width=”500″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”] Although most of DC was shut down yesterday (including the Federal Government) because of storm, oral arguments in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc first sale case did […]
UPDATE: All new Kindle Fire models are ad-supported (via The Verge) The Kindle Paperwhite will offer both ad-supported and ad-free versions. Btw, these ads are called “Special Offers” by Amazon.com UPDATE 2: More on the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite Lock Screen Ads from ars technica and PC Week. UPDATE 3 : Engadget is […]
1. ebrary Enhances Strategic E-book Acquisition Program for Public Libraries 2. Syracuse University Libraries Launches Summon from Serial Solutions 3. Expanded Access to eBooks on EBSCOhost Now Available through GOBI3 Including Additional User Models and Demand-Driven Acquisitions
Information Industry Roundup: News from Summon, ebrary, NPG, and Ex Libris
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|1. Library of Georgia Digital Collection in Line for Indexing in the Summon Service 2. ebrary Stengthens Strategic E-book Acquisition Program for Community and Career Colleges (PDF) 3. New agreement signed in Russia enabling access to Nature archives 4. Ex Libris Primo and Alma Selected by the University of Manitoba Libraries