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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 […]
Marshall Breeding on 3M's Plans to Debut Cloud Based eBook Lending Service at ALA Annual
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From Marshall’s Library Technology Guides 3M Library Systems announces that it will introduce the 3M Cloud Library eBook lending service at the ALA Annual Conference on June 24, 2011 in New Orleans, LA. 3M Cloud Library eBook lending provides eBooks, software and hardware with titles from leading publishers including Random House and IPG; partnerships with […]
The NISO: Mobile Technologies Forum is an all-day event taking place in Philadelphia today (May 20, 2011). Agenda Tweets available at #NISOmobile Slides from Keynote Speaker, Brian O’Leary, Founder and Principal, Magellan Media
The segment (produced by Vermont Public Radio) aired on National Public Radio’s (NPR) All Things Considered Program yesterday. A splashy new campaign moves to update the image of public libraries. “Geek the Library” isn’t just aimed a patrons but at potential funders. It shows off the many services libraries offer to many kinds of patrons. […]
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 […]
From an Inside Google Books Post: The Web Reader works in all modern browsers and lets you read Google eBooks without having to download them. To select text in a Google eBook within the Web Reader, double-click or highlight it with your mouse and a pop-up menu opens with the following options: Define, Translate, Search […]
Research Highlights: "Academic Interlibrary Loan Benchmarks, 2011 Edition"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Open Access
|Recently Released by Primary Research Catalog Entry/Pricing Info Academic Interlibrary Loan Benchmarks presents the results of a survey of the interlibrary loan operations of 75 academic libraries predominantly in the USA, the UK and Canada. The 140 page report presents data on staffing, budgeting, shipping expenses and other facets of interlibrary loan departmental management. The […]
A partnership between Microsoft, Facebook, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children An announcement about the partnership and the use PhotoDNA was made on Thursday. On Friday (May 20, 2011) online discussion about issues. (Webcast on Facebook at 3pm EDST) A Small Portion of a MS Technet Blog Post : Today marks a […]
Preprint: "Positioning Open Access Journals in a LIS Journal Ranking"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing, Reports, Resources
|Title: Positioning Open Access Journals in a LIS Journal Ranking (16 pages; PDF) Author: Jingfeng Xia Affiliation: Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science Accepted: May 8, 2011 Scheduled For Publication in January 2012 Issue of College and Research Libraries From the Abstract: Academic journal ranking serves as an important criterion for the scholarly […]