MORE 'ROUNDUP' POSTS
In addition to compiling and editing infoDOCKET, I’m a contributing editor at Search Engine Land. Earlier today on SEL I posted a roundup of web resources that provide a wide-range facts, stats, links, and other info about the the 2012 Olympics as well as previous games. My goal was to create a small collection (far […]
From the AP (via AJC): They are among France’s darkest days: Police dragged over 13,000 Jews from their homes, confined them in a Paris cycling stadium with little food or water, and then deported them to their deaths in the concentration camp at Auschwitz. But even in France, one of the most brazen collaborations between […]
Public Library Funding Roundup (News from Louisiana and Georgia)
Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup
|Last week we learned (via LJ) that Louisiana would eliminate about $1 million in state funding for libraries. Here are two reports from local papers about how public libraries in the state are handling news of the cut. 1. Parish Libraries Lose State Funding (via Natchez Democrat) Report from Concordia Parish. 2. Library technology program […]
Roundup: New Services and Digitized Content From ProQuest, OCLC, and EBSCO
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, Resources, Roundup
|Some of the many company announcements out of ALA 2012. ProQuest Releases More Digitized NAACP Archives Material Ahead of Schedule 12 New Publishers Sign With OCLC To Provide Metadata and Full Text to Several WorldCat Services EBSCO Partners With Innovative Interfaces, SirsiDynix, and OCLC for Enhanced Discovery
UK: Open Access is the Future of Academic Publishing, Says Finch Report + Roundup of Reaction
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|Direct to Full Text of Finch Report (140 pages; PDF) Direct to Executive Summary of Finch Report (11 pages; PDF) From the News Release: The report of the Working Group chaired by Dame Janet Finch published on 18 June recommends a programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising […]
Scholarly Publishing: PeerJ Launches Open Access Journal and Preprint Server (Roundup)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Interviews, Jobs, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users, PLOS, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|Here’s a roundup of some of today’s PeerJ launch coverage. + New OA Journal, Backed by O’Reilly, May Disrupt Academic Publishing (by Michael Kelley, Library Journal) PeerJ will do without the widely employed and often expensive article-processing charge (commonly called author fees) of other OA journals, which average about $900 per published paper, according to […]
There is a massive amount of coverage of today’s Apple World Wide Developers Conference keynote presentation online. We’ve rounded several reports below. One of the highlights of the event was a preview of iOS 6 that’s set for release this Fall. In the past hour, Apple has released a preview site for you to get […]
Roundup: Google Books (GBS): Authors Win Class Status Over Google Digital Books
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|From Professor James Grimmelmann (via The Laboratorium): Today, Judge Chin handed the Authors Guild a big procedural win. He issued an opinion that allowed the Guild to represent its members in the lawsuit, and then went on to certify a class consisting not just of the members but of all authors whose books Google scanned. […]
The new browser is named Axis and it became available today. Direct to Yahoo Axis Web Site, Download Info 1. 10 Blue Links Be Gone: Yahoo Axis Offers Browser & Visual Search Experience (by Greg Sterling, Search Engine Land) Axis is available for all three screens: PC (as a browser plug-in), the iPad and the […]
Roundup: GBS: Google And Authors Guild Face Off in Court
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Conference Presentations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Roundup
|UPDATE (May 4, 2011): New York Law School professor and noted GBS expert, James Grimmelmann has posted an in-depth summary along with some commentary about Thursday’s GBS hearing on The Laboratorium (his blog). 1. Google Says Individuals, Not Authors Guild Has Standing In Books Case (via WSJ) Google Inc. presented Judge Denny Chin with an interesting […]