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Discovery Services: WorldCat Local Adds New Databases and Collections During May
Data Files, Gale, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|This OCLC announcement includes the following list of new services added to the WorldCat Local Central Index during May, 2011. CrossRef, which provides bibliographic data and persistent links through Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for more than 35 million journal articles and other scholarly content. BioOne, which provides access to critical, peer-reviewed research in the biological, […]
Winners of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Codie Awards for Business Software have been announced and two companies that are often mentioned on INFOdocket can be found on the list of winners. Summon from ProQuest/Serial Solutions won for Best Enterprise Search Solution and the Copyright Clearance Center was awarded the Best Digital Rights Management […]
"Is Google eBooks Planning A Rental Service?" Or Is Google "Walking Away" From Their eBookstore?
Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports
|Here’s a report that begins with talk about Google opening an eBook service and then moves into a report that Google is “walking away “from eBookstore they opened about six months ago? That’s the world of Google for you. Book Expo America is going on this week in NYC and this morning a panel about […]
Andy Woodworth Profiled In "Burlington County Librarian Fights HarperCollins' Limits on e-Books"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, Preservation, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Congrats Andy! From the Philadelphia Inquirer: “I felt that the policy was unreasonable, unfair, and contrary to the preservation of a library as an institution,” said Andy Woodworth, 34, a staff member at the Bordentown Library and a popular blogger in his field known for using sometimes harsh language. “It’s not a good practice that […]
From ALA: Colorado Library Signs Agreement With Independent Publishers
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From the EQUACC Blog (ALA’s Presidential Task Force on Equitable Access to Electronic Content) Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) and the Douglas County Libraries (DCL) announce the May 18, 2011 signing of their historic agreement. Key features of that agreement include: CIPA agrees to facilitate the sale (not the rental) of ebooks to the library […]
New Online Database: Wall Street Journal Jet Tracker (Past Flights of Non-Commercial Aircraft)
Data Files, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, News
|Make sure to read all of the documentation before using the database. From a WSJ Article The Wall Street Journal filed several Freedom of Information Act requests with the Federal Aviation Administration for the entire Enhanced Traffic Management System database, which contains flight records for aircraft that flew in the U.S. under instrument flight rules. […]
Florida BioDatabase From press release: The Florida BioDatabase (www.floridabiodatabase.com) is a freely accessible public database that tracks the biotechnology industry in Florida along a number of metrics. It follows the industry held standard of defining a biotechnology company according to the Ernst & Young guidelines that include core research and development and involve the use […]
Digital Public Library of America Releases Details About "Beta Sprint"
Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Public Libraries, Resources
|The Beta Sprint program was first announced two weeks ago. Today, complete details about the “sprint” were released. From a Berkman Center (Harvard Law School) Announcement: The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Steering Committee is delighted to announce today a Beta Sprint that aims to surface innovations that could play a part in the […]
So Long and Goodbye! Google Is Ending Newspaper Digitization Project
Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Reports, Resources
|Update (5/22): We’ve Added A Few Pieces of Info From the Letter Google Sent to Google Newspaper Digitization Partners. You’ll Find Them At the Bottom of this Entry. Google’s goal to digitize all of the world’s newspapers is ending. Matt McGee from SEL reports that after approximately 32 months after a formal launch announcement, Google […]
Coverage from the Wall Street Journal By Russell Adams and Jefferey Trachtenberg: “John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. made an offer Thursday to acquire Barnes & Noble Inc. for $1.02 billion, a dramatic turn for the nation’s largest bookstore chain—which put itself up for sale last summer but struggled to find a buyer as the outlook […]