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From Rolling Stone: With so many concertgoers posting clips of concerts to YouTube, it’s a lot easier to overcome the fear of missing out. Now the music-obsessive fans behind Music Vault, which is owned by bootleg haven Wolfgang’s Vault, have made it easier for people to see concerts they may have missed over the past […]
The New Media Consortium (NMC) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) have just published and posted the 2014 NMC Horizon Report K-12 Edition. This is the sixth edition of the report. The full text report is linked below. You’ll also find a video summary of the report from NMC. By the way, we were […]
If you’re interested in learning about copyright and library issues from three highly-respected professionals then this MOOC is or you. This is an all-star faculty lineup if there ever was one. The MOOC is titled, “Copyright for Educators & Librarians” and is free. Registration is now open. Kevin Smith, Duke University; Anne Gilliland, University of North Carolina Chapel […]
Maya Angelou passed away today. Below, find a very small selection of audio/video of interviews, book discussions, and appearances by Angelou that can be streamed online. From the C-SPAN Video Library Interview with Maya Angelou (Recorded on November 16, 2013) 2010 Medal of Freedom Recipients (February 11, 2010) Book Discussion on Letter to My Daughter (October […]
A big five publisher, Simon & Schuster, joins HarperCollins in providing titles to two ebook subscription services. From Gigaom: …Simon & Schuster announced that it’s making its entire ebook backlist — over 10,000 titles — available through both Scribd and Oyster. Carolyn Reidy, Simon & Schuster’s CEO, told me that while the publisher originally had “a […]
Gale Databases Coming to All K-12 Public Schools in Texas, Statewide Licensing Deal Announced
Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Gale, Libraries, School Libraries
|Note: We posted about the restoration of TexShare funding back in December. Today’s announcement by Cengage follows a TexShare announcement about the deal one month ago. From a Cengage Learning: Gale, part of Cengage Learning and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission have a contract to provide access to Gale research databases to all […]
From the Chicago Tribune: Chicago-based Inventables says it plans to give away 3D carving machines to libraries and other public maker spaces in all 50 states. CEO Zach Kaplan says the inspiration comes from the success of the Chicago Public Library’s Maker Lab, winner of the Social Innovator Award at the 2013 Chicago Innovation Awards. His […]
Grants: Gates Foundation Ending Global Libraries Program Over Next 3-5 Years
Awards, Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Reports
|Here’s the Full Text of a Gates Foundation Blog Post by Deborah Jacobs, Director of Global Libraries Program: The foundation has decided to conclude our work in Global Libraries over the next three to five years. This transition will happen slowly with no programmatic changes to our budgets this year or next year, and we […]
UPDATE: At the bottom of this post is the full text of the San Diego Public Library’s FY2015 Budget Request From City News Service/Time of San Diego: San Diego City Council members praised the mayor’s proposed budget for libraries Wednesday, but expressed concerned about a fund for acquisitions being reduced by $500,000. The same amount […]
Publishing: Harlequin Sold to News Corp, Will Be Run as Division of HarperCollins
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Publishing
|From the CBC: Torstar Corp., owner of the Toronto Star and other newspapers, is selling the Harlequin book publishing company for $455 million [$414/USD] to global media company News Corp. and it will be run as a division of HarperCollins Publishers. Torstar recently reported in its fourth quarter that its book division’s revenue dropped to […]