MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2015
New Survey Finds Increasing Experimentation by Publishers and Libraries With Open Access Books
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
|From Publishers Communication Group (PCG): Publishers and libraries are increasingly experimenting with Open Access (OA) books, according to a new survey by industry advisors, Publishers Communication Group (PCG). Books published under the so-called “author-pays,” Gold Open Access model with no paywall for readers are expected to slowly grow in importance, with funding derived from a […]
Massachusetts: Audit Faults Security at Boston Public Library
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|UPDATE May 30 9am Eastern The Boston Public Library Board Of Trustees Will Hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. From BPL: The meeting will include a report on investigations into the missing Albrecht Dürer engraving and Rembrandt etching, the external BPL Operational and Financial Assessment by Chrysalis Management, LLC [linked below], the […]
Roundup: 33 Public Library News Reports From the U.S. and Canada
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|Here’s a new roundup featuring a selection of public library news reports published in the past ten days. Alberta A Food Truck for the Brain! Edmonton Public Library Releases Video Commercial for EPL2Go Edmonton: EPL sees explosion of digital content and e-Usage (via GlobalNews.ca) Arizona Arizona’s State Library issues more than half-million dollars in grants […]
New Article: Ebook Availability and Usage in Japan’s Public Libraries
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|From The Japan News: Despite the increasingly widespread readership of electronic books, e-book loan services at libraries show no signs of catching on. [Clip] Nevertheless, there are only 30 digital libraries in the nation, according to research by the Japan Library Association, although there are varying definitions of what constitutes a digital library. This means […]
News Roundup
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|1. Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Hires Mark Kuyper as New Executive Director 2. UK: Publishers win landmark case against ebook pirates (via Google Cache Version of Financial Times) ||| Announcement from Publishers Association 3. Open-access publisher sacks 31 editors amid fierce row over independence (via Science) 4. Five more Canadian academic institutions select OCLC […]
From Merriam-Webster: It’s happened again: this dictionary [Merriam-Webster Unabridged] has gotten bigger. As of last week, it’s grown by more than 1,700 entries, and existing entries have expanded by more than 700 new senses. We’ve added 3,200 examples that provide contextual information, and another 200 entries for some of the words people most frequently look […]
From the Sunlight Foundation: As part of a new initiative, the Sunlight Foundation has begun amassing an inventory of public and privately-produced criminal justice data. So far we have an inventory started with information from 26 states and the federal government. When we’re done, we’ll have an inventory of data from all 50 states and […]
New Research Tool: “Photo Map Will Bring You Back To Old NYC, Block By Block”
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|Say hello to OldNYC! From Gothamist: Between the NYPL, the MCNY, the Municipal Archives, the Library of Congress, and countless other resources holding images from New York City’s past, you could almost visually recreate an older version of the city on your desktop. That’s pretty much what one man—software engineer Dan Vanderkam—has done, using the […]
Schools, Libraries Will Receive Full Request of $3.9B in E-Rate Funding
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|From FedScoop: Schools and libraries across the country will be getting the full amount they requested to upgrade their telecommunications and wireless services from the Federal Communications Commission, which capped the funding this year at $3.9 billion. In total, the districts requested $3.92 billion [including $1.6 billion for internal Wi-Fi networks] — just over the […]
Digital Cultural Heritage: Europeana for Education and Learning Releases New Policy Recommendations
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|From Europeana: Policymakers from EU education and culture ministries led by Europeana have released a new set of recommendations to encourage better use of digital cultural heritage content in education and learning, supporting Europe’s Digital Agenda commitment to ‘Open Up’ education through the opportunities afforded by the digital revolution. The nature of learning is changing, […]