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Expect the new features to rollout in the next couple of weeks before the holidays. Also, note the mention of ebook access via local libraries coming to the FreeTime service in the “coming months.” We’re assuming this is simply a way for parents/guardians to easily make ebook content (via a local library and OverDrive) available […]
From Baker & Taylor: Baker & Taylor announced today that through a pilot program it will now be able to make available more than 450 popular ebook titles from Simon & Schuster imprints to classrooms and school libraries using the Axis 360 digital media circulation platform. Simon & Schuster titles are now available from Baker […]
The C-SPAN Video Library includes nearly 60 appearances by Nelson Mandela on the C-SPAN networks dating back to 1990. You can stream most of them online along with being able to keyword search mechanically generated transcripts of each program and create custom clips to share with others. Some of the programs also include the code […]
From the Boston Globe (1200+ Words): The initial phase [of the makeover] is focused on the second floor of Johnson [building], with an expanded and improved children’s library. The plan calls for doubling the space to about 4,400 square feet that will include a tween and a teen section, and the early childhood area. [Clip] […]
From TorrentFreak: File-sharing sites and platforms of all kinds can be goldmines of unusual information and today fans of writer J. D. Salinger will be the ones getting particularly excited. Last evening three previously unreleased stories by the reclusive American author were uploaded to private BitTorrent tracker What.cd, including The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls, […]
UPDATE Nov 19 Goodreads Now Available on New Kindle Paperwhite (via Goodreads Blog) ||| Download — — A new version of the Kindle Fire OS (3.1) became available this morning. Download here. Additional info here. The new OS includes integration of Goodreads. Goodreads CEO and Co-Founder Otis Chandler introduces the integration in this new blog […]
ProQuest Research Companion: A New Interactive Digital Literacy Tool
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Special Libraries
|News from ProQuest today about the formal release of their Research Companion tool. The complete news release is below. First, a few thoughts. Intro Thoughts Digital/information literacy is a major issue (if not the most important issue, very close to it) for the library community. Itneeds to be addressed on a constant and consistent basis […]
Alec Baldwin Donates $1 Million To East Hampton Library
Funding, Lecture, Libraries, News, Podcasts, Public Libraries
|From 27East.com: Alec Baldwin announced via a telephone conference call on Monday morning, November 11, that he has donated $1 million to the East Hampton Library for the New Children’s addition on behalf of his family. The $1 million donation will be used to underwrite the completion of the Baldwin Family Lecture Room in the […]
Reference: Typhoon Haiyan Storm Information Resources
Libraries, Management and Leadership, Maps, National Libraries, News, Reports
|UPDATE November 15 Large Collection Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda: Health-Related Information Resources (via NLM’s Disaster Information Management Research Center) UPDATE November 14 Super Typhoon Haiyan Crowdsource Mapping Project Info (via Digital Globe) UPDATE November 13 Collection of Maps from MapAction Field Team in the Philippines UPDATE November 12 FirstLook Satellite Imagery of Damage to Tacloban City, Philippines (via […]
Amazon’s Kindle MatchBook Program Now Live, More Than 70,000 Titles Available as of Today
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|The Kindle MatchBook is now live online. The program gives Kindle users the option to buy—for $2.99, $1.99, $0.99, or free—the Kindle edition of print books they have purchased new from Amazon. Kindle MatchBook was first announced on September 3rd. At that time Amazon said about 10,000 titles would be available. Since then the program […]