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From a TrustLaw Article: Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the world’s most dangerous countries for women due to a barrage of threats ranging from violence and rape to dismal healthcare and “honour killings,” a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll showed Wednesday. India and Somalia ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the global perceptions survey by […]
New HathiTrust Member: Lafayette College Becomes First Liberal Arts School to Join Organization
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Preservation, Publishing, Resources
|From a Lafayette College Announcement: Lafayette College [located in Easton, PA] has become the first liberal arts college to join HathiTrust, a cooperative of academic and research libraries seeking to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. “Lafayette’s membership in HathiTrust is an investment in the preservation of our own collections […]
OverDrive Announces Patron Drive Acquisitions Coming and a Bunch of Other Announcements Lacking Detail
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|The platform enhancements named OverDrive WIN***, will be formally announced at ALA in a little over a week. However, no specific dates (or even a range of dates) as to when any of these enhancements will go live is provided. This news release from OverDrive has the complete background and a complete list of initiatives […]
From the Publisher’s (FourteenFiftyFourBlog) Post Written by children’s author David Gatward, the Booksurfers series features four children who are kidnapped by an arch-criminal and his evil henchwoman. They are forced to jump ‘into’ classic adventure stories to steal famous fictional artefacts such as the map in Treasure Island, using a bespoke gadget called the Nautilus. […]
From Nielsen (via NielsenWire): The average American today has more ways to watch video — whenever, however and wherever they choose. In the Cross-Platform Report, Nielsen finds that the resounding trend is this: Americans are spending more time watching video content on traditional TVs, mobile devices and the Internet than ever before. Traditional TV Overall […]
From a National Library of Medicine Announcement: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and three other institutions in Maryland are forming a new partnership. They will work together to enhance the training of librarians and improve the public’s access to, and understanding of, health information. Representatives from the National Library of Medicine; the Health and […]
Direct to Full Text By: Mikael Laakso1*, Patrik Welling1, Helena Bukvova2, Linus Nyman1, Bo-Christer Björk1, Turid Hedlund1 1 HANKEN School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland, 2 Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany Open Access (OA) is a model for publishing scholarly peer reviewed journals, made possible by the Internet. The full text of OA journals and articles […]
From an OMB Watch Post by Gavin Baker: In a hearing on federal spending transparency which just concluded, House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) entered our letter signed by more than 30 transparency groups in support of restoring the Electronic Government Fund into the hearing record. The E-Gov Fund supports important government […]
Danny Sullivan is blogging today’s products announcements and other Google news, stats and insights live from event in San Francisco. 1) New Mobile Interface, New Google Query Builder for mobile users. 2) New: “Today announcing voice search on desktop. A microphone icon will be appearing in the search box.” As you know voice search has […]
Title: “Funding for Sustainability: How Funders’ Practices Influence the Future of Digital Resources. Authors: Nancy L. Maron and Matthew Loy From News Release: Ithaka S+R, funded by the JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), released today “Funding for Sustainability: How Funders’ Practices Influence the Future of Digital Resources.” This report, written by Nancy L. Maron and […]