MORE 'INFO-INDUSTRY' POSTS
From a Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Announcement: Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing solutions, announced a record royalty payment of $171.1 million to rightsholders in FY11, an increase of more than 10% over the previous year ($154.3 million). During the last 10 years, CCC has distributed more than $1.3 […]
NISO Launches New Open Discovery Initiative to Develop Standards and Recommended Practices for Library Discovery Services Based on Indexed Search
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Ex Libris, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users
From a NISO Announcement: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new Open Discovery Initiative work item to develop standards and recommended practices for next generation library discovery services. Using an aggregated index search of a wide range of resources, licensed and free, from multiple providers, these discovery services have the […]
From the Announcement: HighWire Press and TEMIS, leading provider of Semantic Content Enrichment solutions for the Enterprise, announced today they entered into a strategic technology and business partnership. Under the agreement, HighWire will integrate the full suite of Luxid software within its ePublishing Platform to provide automated content annotation, enrichment and linking to its customers. […]
Amazon.com Earnings: Q3 2011 Sales up 44% to $10.88 Billion, Net Income Down 73%, Record Kindle Sales
| Awards, News, Publishing
UPDATE: “Amazon Profit Plunges; Shares Tumble” (via Bloomberg) From Amazon.com’s Q3 2011 Earnings News Release: Amazon.com, Inc. today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Operating cash flow increased 19% to $3.11 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $2.62billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2010. Free […]
Louisiana Libraries Sign Statewide Licensing Agreement with Credo Reference
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Patrons and Users, School Libraries
From Credo Reference: LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (LOUIS) and the State Library of Louisiana have signed a new statewide agreement to partner with Credo Reference (www.credoreference.com) in their efforts to promote information literacy and research effectiveness. Both organizations are pleased to announce this joint effort to support library users across the state. “The agreement […]
Content Discovery: Cornell University Library Selects Summon
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users
From a Summon Announcement: Serials Solutions today announced that Cornell University Library is adopting the Summo service. By utilizing the Summon application program interface (API), Cornell University will integrate the web-scale discovery service’s search functionality with other library applications and learning management systems. This will enable Cornell University to provide greater exposure to the full […]
Online Databases: Amazon Sued For Publishing Actress's Real Age in Internet Movie Database (IMDb) + Full Text of Complaint
| Data Files, News, Publishing
UPDATE: Full Text of Complaint (13 pages; PDF) From Media Post: An actress is suing Amazon for allegedly using information from her credit card to discover her true date of birth and append it to her public Internet Movie Database listing. The actress, who filed suit under the pseudonym Jane Doe, says in her complaint […]
From Deal Book (NY Times): Mary Meeker, a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner, released her latest report on “Internet Trends” on Tuesday. The 66-page report, distributed in conjunction with her appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, touched on the rise of China, the vast potential of the smartphone market, the migration of […]
WorldCat Local adds availability on brief results, more local, more mobile and more content
| Data Files, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
From OCLC: The latest enhancements for WorldCat Local includes availability on brief results, Local Holdings Record searching, article links and branch information for mobile views and more. The latest additions to the popular discovery and delivery service include the following new member-requested features: Availability views on brief results Now users can see if an item […]
From a Search Engine Land Article by Pamela Parker: Buzz was a great learning experience, says Google, but in a few weeks it will be shut down and all such efforts will be focused on Google Plus. The move will likely come as no surprise to Google-watchers, who noted that Buzz integration with Google+ was […]
