MORE POSTS FROM DECEMBER 2012
Pew Releases New Report About eBook Reading, eReader Usage, and Library Use in Different Communities
Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Reports
|A new report, Reading Habits in Different Communities was released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project today. Worth noting that most of the research used in this report comes from a survey taken over a year ago (November 16 – December 21, 2011). This is the same survey that was used for Pew […]
The following project briefing presentation was recorded on December 10, 2012 at the Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2012 Membership meeting in Washington, DC. Lynne O’Brien, Director, Academic Technology & Instructional Services at Duke University discusses MOOCs.
The report is titled: The Voice of the World. Direct to Wiki Version of the Report Highlights From the Report Half a billion people use Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects. 5th most visited website in the world 19 Billion Page Views (Monthly) 23 million articles in 285 languages More than 80,000 volunteer editors […]
UK: Cambridge Digital Library Looks to Turn Traditional Library ‘Inside Out’
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|From the BBC: It was proclaimed as a “digital library for the world”, with scholars, students and bookworms being able to access some of the rarest and most significant pieces of literature ever written. A year on, thousands of books and manuscripts held by the University of Cambridge have been uploaded to the Cambridge Digital […]
Macmillan CEO John Sargent Says eBook Lending Program For Libraries Coming in Early 2013
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|In a holiday letter to authors, illustrators and agents, Macmillan CEO John Sargent says that a pilot ebook program for libraries (the programs existence was confirmed in October) will launch in “early 2013.” We also learn that the program will be for a “limited part” of the Macmillan list of books. Want specifics? Sorry, not […]
OverDrive’s Next Generation Websites Now Live at 22 Libraries
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|Earlier today we learned that 3M Cloud Library and Polaris were announcing the release of an integrated ebook catalog (3M Cloud into a Polaris OPAC installation) at the Baltimore County Public Library. You can take a look here. This afternoon we’ve heard from OverDrive who blogged that their next generation websites were now live in […]
Your Twitter archive has arrived! After plenty of talking and waiting, you can now download and search a complete archive of all of your tweets. Danny Sullivan at Marketing Land has prepared a step-by-step guide (loaded with screenshots) about how to acquire and search your archive. Direct to: Step-By-Step: How To Download All Your Tweets […]
From the PLOS Blog: On the eve of our tenth anniversary, we’re pleased to announce that the redesign of all PLOS journals is now live. The three goals of this initiative were to: Ensure that readers can quickly assess the relevance and importance of an article through a figure browser and highly visible Article-Level Metrics […]
Measuring Article Impact (Altmetrics): Highwire Press Announces Collaboration with ImpactStory
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Funding, Journal Articles, News, Publishing, Reports
|From Highwire Press: HighWire Press is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic collaboration with ImpactStory, a researcher led, non-profit organization with a drive to help redefine the impact of research articles. Article level metrics monitor the conversations around an article, as a complement to citation reports which measure a journal’s overall impact. […]
From Today’s Announcement by the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission adopted final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule that strengthen kids’ privacy protections and give parents greater control over the personal information that websites and online services may collect from children under 13. [Clip] The final amendments: modify the list of […]