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UPDATE: Questions for Amazon on Privacy and the Kindle Fire (via NY Times) From Congressman Markey’s News Release: “Markey to Amazon: Don’t Hold a Kindle Fire Sale on Privacy” Concerned that the pairing of the new Kindle Fire tablet with its must-use Silk browser means Amazon could track each Web click of Kindle Fire users […]
From an Appmarket.tv Column by Richard Kastelein There are, essentially two ways to tag video entertainment. Curated and automated. And both have their pros and cons. Manually tagging millions of programmes and shows is going to take a decade of Mechanical Turks but this really offers up the best metadata. There are companies that are […]
From a Bowker News Release Bowker will launch a major study that will assess and track device adoption, attitudes, and purchasing habits of e-book consumers in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North and South America. The study, commencing in January 2012 and repeating annually, will enable comparisons between e-book markets in countries experiencing different growth patterns […]
Acquisitions: EBSCO Acquires Ergonomics Abstract from Taylor & Francis
| Academic Libraries, Conference Presentations, EBSCO, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Publishing
From EBSCO Publishing: EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has acquired Ergonomics Abstracts from Taylor & Francis. The database is focused on ergonomics and human factors. Ergonomics Abstracts provides indexing for eBooks, journal articles and reference works in a variety of fields that will be of value to academic libraries and research institutes as well as ergonomists, health […]
NISO Launches New Initiative to Develop Standards for Digital Bookmarking and Annotation Sharing
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Patrons and Users, Resources
From a NISO Announcement: The National Information Standards Organization voting members have approved a new work item to develop a standard syntax for how bookmarks and notes should be located in digital texts and shared with others, especially in online environments that might be continually updated or mutable. The ability to accurately refer to a […]
From a WOK Announcement: Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of the Book Citation Index, a new resource within the Web of Knowledge platform covering 25,000 books in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. [Clip] Books are indexed at the chapter level, resulting in improved searches and deeper insights into the citing behavior […]
Freebie Alert: 22 Emerald Health and Social Care journals in Free Access for World Mental Health Day
From Emerald: In support of World Mental Health Day, held annually on 10 October to raise public awareness about mental health issues worldwide, Emerald Group Publishing is providing free access to its complete collection of health and social care journals. In total, 22 journals can be read online from 10 October for a period of […]
From the First Issue: We are launching this series in an effort to increase and improve communication with you, our valued subscribers. You can expect substantive business updates (content changes, renewal rates, terms modifications, pricing, etc.), new features on our website, event information and recaps, and information regarding any new initiatives being undertaken. We hope […]
1. EBSCO Discovery Service Expands German Content with the Addition of Social Sciences Information from SOFIS and SOLIS 2. EBSCONET ERM Essentials Made Even Better! 3. Elsevier Introduces SciVerse Scopus Alerts Individual 4. Elsevier and the University of Sydney Announce Prize Winners of 24-Hour Hackathon 5. ProQuest Unlocks New Paths for Research of Key African […]
By Philip Jones Source: The Bookseller From the Article: Google eBooks has launched its e-bookstore in the UK. [Clip] Google said it had hundreds of thousands of commercially available books to buy at launch, in addition to two million public-domain e-books. Google eBooks are stored in an online library and accessible across devices including laptops, […]
