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eBook Update, New Titles, and More in New Issue of Project Muse News (June 2011)
Academic Libraries, Libraries, New Issue, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports
|Here are several items from the June 2011 issue of Project Muse News. 1. Coming in August: A University Press e-Book Consortium (UPeC) Beta Will be “highlighting the new integrated books and journals functionality” on MUSE. 2. UPCC, the University Press Content Consortium, Announces Members of Library Advisory Board A Library Advisory Board has been […]
Interested in Selling Books From the Google eBookstore? Now You Can With Launch of Affiliate Program
|It will be interesting to see if the new Google program causes some number of Amazon.com affiliates to move to switch over. It’s also worth pointing out how Google has low keyed today’s launch of the affiliate program. Maybe they’re planning a big event in the future. From the Inside Google Books Blog: Retailers, bloggers, […]
Carl Malamud: "The Future of Law Libraries: Twelve Tables or 7-11?"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|The full text paper linked below was presented by Carl Malamud earlier today at the Harvard U. Future of Law Libraries: The Future is Now? event. Title: “The Future of Law Libraries: Twelve Tables or 7-11?” (9 pages; PDF) By: Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org As we examine the future of the law—and of law libraries—I put […]
The Berkman Center sponsored, “Future of Law Libraries: The Future is Now?” all-day event is underway (June 16, 2011) in Cambridge, MA. Tweets at: #FoLL2011 From an Overview Post by John Palfrey: We are gathered today at Harvard Law School for a conversation about the future of legal information, libraries, and the law itself. It’s […]
"New York Public Library Buys Timothy Leary’s Papers"
Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the NY Times: …Leary’s research, was in one of the 335 boxes of papers, videotapes, photographs and more that the New York Public Library is planning to announce that it has purchased from the Leary estate. The material documents the evolution of the tweedy middle-aged academic into a drug guru, international outlaw, gubernatorial candidate, […]
Academic/Research Libraries: ACRL Publishes and Posts 2010 Environmental Scan
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Reports, School Libraries
|From ACRL Insider: Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee produces an environmental scan of higher education, including developments with the potential for continuing on impact academic libraries. The 2010 environmental scan provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state of academic and research […]
USDA’s Animal Care Program Enhances Searchable Database to Provide the Public with Greater Access to Animal Welfare Information The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has developed an expanded and improved search engine that provides greater access to information about USDA licensees and registrants regulated under the Animal Welfare Act […]
Searchable database: Merced County Library fines total $135k If all library fines owed to the Merced County Library were paid, head librarian Jacqueline Merriam probably wouldn’t be working on plans for drastic cuts to the organization’s budget. Merced County library patrons owe $135,511 in fines and fees for overdue books and materials borrowed from the […]
Montreal: "Revolutionary Book Scanner Makes Its Debut at McGill Library"
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From a News Release: The McGill University Library has “gone digital” with five entry level book2net Spirit book scanners and one larger, more sophisticated Book2Net Kiosk device. In place as of one year ago, the Book2Net Kiosk is stationed in McGill’s Rare Books and Special Collections department. Up until recently, this was the only book […]
Via WRCB: Tennessee is turning to modern technology to trace the state’s history. On Wednesday the Tennessee Department of State announced an interactive map of events during the Civil War, using the state’s geographic information system or GIS. The first of its kind in the nation, the Tennessee Civil War Geographic Information System (GIS) Survey shows […]