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Say hello to the new “Books You Might Like” book recommendation service available via the NYPL OPAC. Powered by technology from NYC’s Bookish/ZolaBooks and Toronto’s BiblioCommons. From Today’s NYPL Announcement: The New York Public Library (NYPL) launched today a state-of-the-art book recommendation tool in its online catalog, BiblioCommons, to help Library users discover new books based […]
From an EPIC Blog Post: In a sworn statement filed with a federal court, Google has admitted to scanning student emails to serve students targeted advertisements. Although Google does not display ads in Apps for Education, Google “does scan [student] email” to “compile keywords for advertising” on Google sites. Google has gained access to student emails pursuant […]
CNN Sells Zite to Flipboard, will Shut down Service in ‘Six Months or so’
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|CNN acquired Zite in 2011 for a little less than $20 million and today sold the service to Flipboard for a rumored $60 million. Fast Facts 1. Flipboard plans to shutdown Zite in six months or so (via Zite Blog) I don’t want this to be the type of acquisition announcement that glosses over all […]
UPDATE Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director of the American Library Association’s Washington Office, comments on the budget request in the District Dispatch post, “Federal library funding cut in proposed budget”. President Obama released his FY2015 budget request today (via FDsys). A mobile version of the document is also available at: http://m.gpo.gov/budget/ Here’s some background about the $226,448,000 portion […]
OverDrive has acquired New Jersey-based TeachersNotebook.com, a company/platform that supplies teacher-created K-12 educational materials. Teachers can open their own "shop" to sell the materials they develop.
From OverDrive: OverDrive announced today that Macmillan’s entire eBook catalog is now available for schools in the United States and Canada. Macmillan previously offered 640 eBooks to schools in the U.S. and Canada in a pilot program [launched in early September 2013] with OverDrive, and is now opening their 12,000-title catalog. The catalog includes popular […]
From The NY Times: Roughly one year into its existence, Google Capital is wasting no time in putting its money to work. Renaissance Learning, an education technology company [based in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin], plans to announce on Wednesday that it has received a $40 million investment from the Google fund in exchange for a minority […]
From Follett: Follett today has launched a collection of nearly 17,000 ebook titles for PreK-12 students from Penguin Group (USA). Penguin is the fifth major book publisher to partner with Follett in the past six months, joining Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan. The Penguin collection is available now through Titlewave, [Clip] Among Penguin’s popular […]
From the Federal Trade Commission: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved the kidSAFE Seal Program as a safe harbor program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the agency’s COPPA Rule. The Commission’s COPPA Rule requires operators of online sites and services directed at children under the age of 13 to provide […]
Oyster, one of a growing number of consumer ebook subscription services (aka “Netflix-like) that currently offers subscribers access to well over 100,000 ebook titles (and growing) for $9.95/month. There are no limits on what users can access. There is also never a wait time to access an ebook. In other words, all books are available to all […]