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New HathiTrust Digital Library Website Launches
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|From HathiTrust: We’ve redesigned the front door to HathiTrust! Our goal is to make it easier for you to begin exploring the digital library and to learn about our organization, services, and the 200+ academic and research libraries that make up our membership. What’s New New look for the Elephant! Simpler interface and navigation More details […]
16th Berlin Open Access Conference Outcomes Now Available Online
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From a Post by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) Website: In early June, national-level delegations representing research communities from 38 countries across six continents gathered at the 16th Berlin Open Access Conference (B16). Hosted by the Max Planck Society, initiator the Berlin conference series, and organized by the Max Planck Digital Library’s Open Access 2020 […]
The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy How Publishers and Platforms Have Reshaped the Way We Read in the Digital Age (New White Paper From Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy/NYU Law)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From the Engelberg Center’s News Release: The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at NYU Law has released a groundbreaking new white paper, “The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy: How Publishers and Platforms Have Reshaped the Way We Read in the Digital Age.” The paper examines the economic, legal, and social dynamics of ebook licensing and […]
California: “To Fight Banned Books Elsewhere, LA County Library Will Expand Access in State”
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|From the LA Daily News: The Los Angeles County Library system wants to give people living outside of the county a way to get around book bans. The library is planning an expanded, digital library card that grants e-book access to users throughout California, a first for the library. The launch is planned to coincide […]
Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) Releases An Ethical Framework for Library Publishing (Version 2.0)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From a LPC Post: LPC is delighted to announce the publication of Version 2.0 of An Ethical Framework for Library Publishing. A dedicated task force worked for two years to draft this update to the Library Publishing Coalition’s 2018 Framework. The result is a remarkably different document, structured to orient library publishers to how they […]
From Athens to East Lansing: Neil Romanosky Recommended as Dean of Michigan State University Libraries
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News, Publishing
|From Michigan State University: Neil Romanosky has been recommended as dean of Michigan State University Libraries by MSU Interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko. His appointment is set to begin on Sept. 11, pending approval by the MSU Board of Trustees during its Sept. 8 meeting. Romanosky currently serves as dean of university libraries at Ohio University […]
Digital Collections: “Introducing Massachusetts Newspapers on Chronicling America”
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Public Libraries
|From The Library of Congress: Since the website was established in 2007, the Chronicling America collection of digitized historic newspapers has continuously grown through the contributions of state partners participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). The collection now contains over 20 million pages from more than 3,900 newspaper titles. And we are excited to say that all 50 […]
New Research Tool: “Build, Access, Analyze: Introducing ARCH (Archives Research Compute Hub)”
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, News, Patrons and Users
|From an Internet Archive Blog Post: We are excited to announce the public availability of ARCH (Archives Research Compute Hub), a new research and education service that helps users easily build, access, and analyze digital collections computationally at scale. ARCH represents a combination of the Internet Archive’s experience supporting computational research for more than a decade […]
Newly Launched Resource: Introducing texas.dp.la – a Digital Public Library of America TxHub Site
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, News, Public Libraries
|From a Texas Digital Public Library Post: As many of you are aware, TxHub is the DPLA Service Hub of Texas, providing metadata for thousands of cultural heritage items to the Digital Public Library of America. DPLA makes those items, and millions of others across the country through the web portal and its open API. TXHub […]
GPO and OMB Issue Guidance for Congressionally Mandated Reports; ITHAKA Announces a New Set of Services for Academic, Research, and Cultural Institutions to Share, Preserve, and Manage Digital Collections; & More News Headlines
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Jobs, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports
|Europe Commission Invites Member States to Contribute to a Collection of 3D-Digitised Cultural Heritage Assets (via European Commission) Government Documents GPO and OMB Issue Guidance for Congressionally Mandated Reports (via GPO) OER VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, Partners with KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. to Develop Open Educational Resources Public Libraries California: Huntington Beach Moves Ahead with […]