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The Library as eBookseller: "Entire eBook Catalogs to be Available for Discovery, Sampling & Links to Booksellers…From the Public Library"
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|From an OverDrive News Release: A key part of OverDrive’s WIN platform enhancements (“Want It Now”) for its network of 15,000 libraries worldwide, the WIN Catalog will maximize discovery and potential sell-through by providing samples and links to national and local booksellers for library website visitors that discover a title and “Want It Now.” The […]
From the Daily Tar Heel: UNC’s Digital Innovation Lab, a part of UNC’s $125 million effort to spur innovation, launched Monday, aimed at sparking collaboration in the digital humanities. The virtual lab features projects and resources that can be easily used and accessed by large audiences. It will encourage the creation of public projects that […]
From a BBC R&D Blog Post: As John Zubrzycki mentioned yesterday, this project is running as part of BBC R&D’s Archive Research Section, is developing new ways in which to open up the BBC’s archive to the public. The aim of the project is to allow people to search and browse the archive to find content […]
The mobile search, find, and and view full image results site is online as a “soft release” (looking for bugs and other issues). At the present time you’ll need to use the m.hathitrust.org URL to use the database. Eventually, users will be redirected to the mobile site when accessing using a mobile browser. The site […]
New Issue Alert: Synergy (Issue 7): News from ARL Diversity Programs
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|New from ARL: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published issue 7 of Synergy: News from ARL Diversity Programs. The newsletter provides an opportunity for former ARL diversity programs participants to share information about key issues and emerging trends in the workplace. 2000–2001 Leadership and Career Development (LCDP) Fellow, Angela Lee, discusses current trends […]
From Miller-McCune: New research finds we’re more likely to believe a piece of false information conveyed in a television drama after two weeks have passed. [Clip] Newly published research suggests nuggets of misinformation embedded in a fictional television program can seep into our brains and lodge there as perceived facts. What’s more, this troubling dynamic […]
From a Blog Post by Jonathan Jones (via On Art Blog, The Guardian): Books are changing; but are the fundamentals of reading and writing? Seeing a reader gripped by digital Brontë made me aware that electronic books are giving literacy a new dimension. Many people like this new way of enjoying a book, and some […]
Highlights From a Facebook Blog Post by Leon Dubinsky: A hands-on Facebook Use your fingertips to scroll through your News Feed. Give the screen a swipe to page through albums. Pinch a picture to zoom in. Whatever you’re up to, using Facebook on your iPad just feels fun. Bigger, better photos Photos really shine on […]
New Article: "Transcendental Metadata: A Collaborative Schema for Electronic Resource Description"
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|Article: “Transcendental Metadata: A Collaborative Schema for Electronic Resource Description” Authors: Charlene Sorensen (University of Saskatchewan), Craig Harkema (University of Saskatchewan), Karim Tharani (University of Saskatchewan) Source: Collaborative Librarianship (Vol. 3. No.3, 2011) From the Abstract: Academic libraries are attempting to manage growing collections of diverse electronic resources in a chaotic environment of evolving standards […]
From a Forbes.com Article by Ashlea Ebeling: The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University launched a free searchable database today, the Million Dollar List, that captures 61,461 publicly-announced charitable gifts of $1 million or more made since 2000. [Clip] You can search by donor, recipient, location, and sector of giving to see trends, or use […]