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1. 19 Australian Academic Press (AAP) Journals Acquired By Cambridge University Press 2. OCLC earns ISO Information Security Management Certification 3. Springer launches six new medical review journals 4. New SkyRiver Software Release Highlights Bibliographic Database Quality and Superior Navigation
A Roundup of News About Google (Google+, Privacy, New Features)
News, Patrons and Users, Reports, Resources, Roundup, Video Recordings
|A roundup of some recent reports. Of course, this only roundup only scratches the surface of recent Google press. Google + Google+ Users Are Spending Just 3.3 Minutes a Month on Site, ComScore Says (via Bloomberg) Google’s arrogance exposed in Google+ (via Marketwatch) Note: This article includes a link to a WSJ with more statistics. […]
Two more articles discussing student use of ebooks and etextbooks. 1. University of Kansas: The Rise of the E-book (via University Daily Kansan) Many students can’t give up loyalty to the printed book. Lottie Likens, the manager of University Book Shop, says customers have told her that buying e-books makes them feel like they are […]
Each day we all come across news by and about Google. It might be a new search services, and updated policy, or new statistics. UPDATE: Google+ Now Available to Teens Note: At the time of posting, Google+ documentation still shows that the age limit is 18. Here’s a roundup of several recent Google stories. We […]
Very Impressive Live Coverage of Apple Event from The Verge (each post with an image). New: iBooks 2 for Education (iPad) Apple’s iBooks Textbooks for the iPage Homepage (with Video) Official News Release Download AppNote: Apple is Making a Preview Release of E. O. Wilson’s Life on Earth. Free. Download here. What’s New With Books […]
A bunch of important news from Alex Howard at GovFresh: …Rep. Lamar Smith said he will remove the domain name provision from the Stop Online Piracy Act. Rep. Darrell Issa says he’ll suspend next week’s hearing with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian & other Internet experts. Howard’s report also provides a roundup of comments about today’s […]
Roundup: A Digitization Milestone at U. of North Carolina and Four Recently Launched Digital Collections
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources, Roundup
|1812 Almanac is Milestone Book for UNC Digitization Program Mexico Launches “Mexican Digital Library” Including Twenty Important Codices (via ArtDaily) New Historic Pepperdine Films Digital Collection (Pepperdine University) Historical Charlotte Redevelopment (U. of North Carolina-Charlotte) Early Years of the Houston Negro Hospital (U. of Houston)
OA advocate Heather Morrison has posted a roundup of year-end open access publishing statistics on her The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics weblog. Here’s the Intro of Heather’s Report: There are over 7,000 peer-reviewed fully open access journals as listed in the DOAJ, still growing by 4 titles per day and over 6,000 of these […]
Booksellers Are Not Happy With Amazon's Price Check Promo Tomorrow
Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Reports, Resources, Roundup
|From the American Booksellers Association: “This week Amazon.com announced that customers who go into bricks-and-mortar stores on Saturday, December 10, use the company’s smartphone price check app on select products, and then purchase that product from Amazon will receive a discount of up to $5. While books were not included in the promotion, indie bookstores, […]
INFOdocket co-founder Gary Price has written a roundup of several flight tracking apps and web sites that provide access to real time info. The post was published on Search Engine Land (where Gary is a contributing editor). Some of the apps/sites are fairly new while others are old favorites including a look at apps and a […]