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1. Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Received Permission to Add 36 In-Copyright Titles to Collection During Q2 2017 (Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature Project) 2. NOAA’s GOES-R Series Satellite and UK’s Met Office Now Available (Free) via Amazon Web Services Public Data Sets UPDATE (August 4) Historical Radar Data Now Available in Google Cloud 3. LawArXiv Reports “Increased Interest” After […]
Public Library News Roundup
| Awards, Gale, Libraries, News, Preservation, Public Libraries, Roundup
Alberta Calgary Public Library Names Shared History Centre After $1M donation (via CBC) Arkansas Fayetteville Public Library Wins Award For Being Green (via 5Newsonline.com) California Berkeley Public Library Director Resigns Less Than a Year After Starting (via KQED) & Berkeley Library Director Unexpectedly Resigns After Months Of Political Turmoil (via Berkeleyside) Los Angeles in Buildings: The Central Library (via […]
1. New Wiki: American Archive of Public Broadcasting Launches Technical Preservation Resources Guide for Public Media Organizations (via AAPB Blog) 2. McGraw-Hill, Elsevier, Cengage, and Pearson File Suit Against “America’s Largest Ebook Market” (Abcdebook.com) For Copyrught Infringement (13 pages; PDFt 3. ProPublica Reports on the Algorithms Facebook Uses to Determine Hate Speech vs. Political Expression […]
A Roundup of Announcements Made at ALA 2017 in Chicago
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Dashboards, Data Files, EBSCO, Funding, Gale, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Roundup
Note: This roundup post will be updated as we learn of additional announcements. ALA American Library Association Expands Program to Help Libraries Get “Ready to Code” bibliotheca/Cloud Library cloudLibrary Brings ePub3 Format for Large Graphic Books Security Gates for Both RFID and EM Technololgy Now Available eBooks HarperCollins to Offer 15,000 eBook Backlist Titles to […]
1. Cengage, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson Sue Follett, Others For Copyright and Trademark Infringement The lawsuit was filed today in New York City. The complaint is linked above. UPDATE October 11: Publishers Settle With Follett 2. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Announces New Digital Initiatives 3. Cabell’s International Launches Blacklist of ‘Predatory’ […]
News Roundup
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Gale, Libraries, News, Roundup, Special Libraries, Springer Nature
1. Publishing: Journals Could Share Peer-Review Data (via Nature) Info about the PEERE Data Sharing Protocol that includes participation by Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley. 2. Gale Launches Second Installment of the Archives of Sexuality and Gender Series “Largest Digital Archive of LGBTQ Primary Sources Expands to add Alternative Perspectives within the LGBTQ Movement.” 3. Guthrie, Hallingby to […]
1. A Redesigned Yewno Discover User Interface Coming Soon (via Stanford Libraries) 2. Standards: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Releases Strategic Highlights (April 2017) 3. Elsevier: SSRN Launches Network Dedicated to Biology: BioRN 4. FTC Announces Third PrivacyCon, Calls for Presentations 5. Knowledge Unlatched Expands Staff in Berlin 6. Gale and the Colorado State Library Provide Residents […]
1. U.S. Census Bureau Adds International Trade Statistics to its API ||| API: Trade Statistics Documentation 2. The Authors Guild Sends Letters to U.S. Congress in Support of Libraries and Library Finding Healthy libraries nurture authors and develop readers; they are a fundamental part of a functioning publishing ecosystem. 3. Cengage Announces Major Initiative to Counterfeit Course […]
Leading Companies, Trade Associations Launch Corporate Committee for Library Investment to Save Federal Library Funding
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, Funding, Gale, Libraries, News, Publishing, School Libraries
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Launch Announcement: Many of America’s leading information, software, publishing and other businesses as well as multiple national trade associations today unveiled the Corporate Committee for Library Investment to advocate for federal library funding. As Congress turns to funding the government beyond next September, CCLI launches against the backdrop of […]
1. Maryland: Howard County Library Director Leaving After 16 Years (via Baltimore Sun) Note: The Howard County, MD Library was the Gale/Library Journal “Library of the Year” in 2013. — 2. Transparency: The White House Will Keep its Visitor Logs Secret (via Time.com) & Trump Will Keep List of White House Visitors Secret (via The Washington […]
