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eBook Partnerships: Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) and Two Colorado Libraries Announce Project
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Publishing
|From a Colorado Independent Publishers Association Announcement: We are pleased to announce a partnership between the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) and two Colorado libraries: the Red Rocks Community College Library and the Douglas County Libraries. By June of 2011, the Red Rocks Community College and the Douglas County Libraries will not only offer eBooks […]
Upcoming Events: Newly Created University Press Content Consortium Featured in March 23 Webinar
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From Info Posted on the NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) Web Site: NFAIS is pleased to announce that Dean Smith, Director of Project Muse, Johns Hopkins University Press, has been added as a speaker to the NFAIS-sponsored webinar on March 23rd to address the creation of the University Press Content Consortium. The new consortium was […]
1. EBSCO Discovery ServiceT Expands Collection of STM Content with IGI Global Agreement 2. ERIC Partnership Brings More Education Dissertation Records Into the ERIC Collection 3. ebrary Launches New Starter Packs of Essential E-books in 25 Subject Areas
The March/April 2011 Issue of D-Lib is Now Online
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports, Scholastic, School Libraries
|D-Lib (Volume 17, Number 3/4) Direct to Table-of-Contents Articles Discovering the Information Needs of Humanists When Planning an Institutional Repository Article by David Seaman, Dartmouth College Library Abstract: Through in-person interviews with humanities faculty members, this study examines what information needs are expressed by humanities scholars that an institutional repository (IR) can address. It also asks […]
"IGI Launches Advances in Library Information Science Newsletter"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Publishing, School Libraries
|From a Post on No Shelf Required: IGI Publishing launched the inaugural issue of the Advances in Library Information Science (ALIS) Newsletter today. The newsletter provides a value-added tool that gives a pre-publication, no-strings-attached glimpse into the library and information science content. The Editor-in-Chief for the IGI ALIS series is Mirela Roncevic, formerly with Library […]
NY Times: "As Library E-Books Live Long, Publisher Sets Expiration Date"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|A new article (more than 1100 words) about HarperCollins, libraries and eBooks by Julie Bosman. “People just felt gobsmacked,” said Anne Silvers Lee, the chief of the materials management division of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which has temporarily stopped buying HarperCollins e-books. “We want e-books in our collections, our customers are telling us they […]
ALA President Roberta Stevens Comments on Current E-Book Situation
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries
|From an American Library Association Announcement: “Libraries have a long history of providing access to knowledge, information and the creative written works of authors,” said American Library Association (ALA) President Roberta Stevens. “We are committed to equal and free access for the millions of people who depend on their library’s resources every day. While demand […]
E-Book Lending Takes Off
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|E-Book Lending Takes Off Electronic-book lending isn’t just for friends anymore. In the past few months, online clubs with such names as BookLending.com and Lendle.me have proliferated. The sites, some of which have gathered thousands of users, allow strangers to borrow and lend e-books for Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc.’s Nook free. […]
Thanks to Joe Hodnicki from the Law Librarian Blog for alerting us to the new LISVendor.info wiki that was founded and managed by Sarah Glassmeyer. Joe shares a few thoughts about the new wiki here. Sarah has posted the backstory about the birth of LISVendor.info wiki on her personal web site. She has also posted […]
Press Coverage of Libraries/HarperCollins/eBooks Story (Roundup 3)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|The press attention continues. 1. “These eBooks Will Self-Destruct After Reading: HarperCollins to Libraries” (by Gregory Ferenstein, Fast Company) The backlash is not entirely surprising. Hal Varian, now Google’s chief economist, predicated this very dust up a decade ago, “Just as publishers feared circulating libraries and Hollywood feared video rental outlets, today’s producers of digital […]