MORE 'INFO-INDUSTRY' POSTS
A well-known interactive visualization of Internet companies, that maps, “the incumbents and upstarts in our network economy, gathered around various territories that represent the Web 2.0’s Points of Control,” has been updated with new content the authors are calling the “Data Layer.” From the Web 2.0 Summit Blog: For the top companies in the industry, we’ve […]
From a Column in the LA Times by David Lazarus: The database, to be unveiled in the coming months by Internet entrepreneur David Hirsch, will provide a resource for people to get clear explanations of all that legal gobbledygook loaded in contracts for cellphones, credit cards and other products or services. [Clip] Think of the […]
Sue Polanka (No Shelf Required) reports that De Gruyter will acquire the entire journal portfolio of Berkeley Electronic Press (Bepress). The post also an interview with Sven Fund, CEO of the company. Direct to: “De Gruyter acquires 67 journals from bepress – details from De Gruyter’s Sven Fund” (via No Shelf Required)
UPDATE: We want to add several IMPORTANT reads about InTech that you might want to read. Apologies for not including them earlier. We want to say thank you to several readers for bringing these items and what they discuss to our attention. 1. “The OA Interviews: Sciyo’s Aleksandar Lazinica” by Richard Poynder 2. “More predatory […]
From an OCLC Announcement: OCLC and Ex Libris Group have signed an agreement that will enable Ex Libris to incorporate the WorldCat Search API into several Ex Libris discovery and delivery services, providing OCLC member libraries access to WorldCat through the Ex Libris Primo and MetaLib solutions. Ex Libris will integrate the WorldCat Search API, […]
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) Adds HathiTrust Data
| Data Files, EBSCO, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Publishing, Resources
A few minutes ago that EBSCO formally announced that HathiTrust data will soon be accessible via the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Today’s announcement from EBSCO comes after an OCLC announcement yesterday that HathiTrust data will be directly accessible to users of WorldCat and WorldCat. We will be on the lookout for similar announcements from other […]
HathiTrust Full-Text Index to Be Integrated Into OCLC Services
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Resources
From OCLC: OCLC and HathiTrust have signed an agreement that will allow OCLC to integrate the HathiTrust full-text index into OCLC services, enabling member libraries and their users to more easily discover resources from this important digital collection through WorldCat. Under this new agreement, OCLC will be able to integrate the full-text index of HathiTrust […]
Some sad news to report. An info visionary and go-getter, Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg has passed away at the age of 64. An obit has been posted on the Project Gutenberg web site. History books that discuss publishing and information technology will need to devote a sizable amount space to Michael who […]
OverDrive Adds eBooks From Information Today and ALA Editions
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Publishing
OverDrive has added 75 titles from ALA Editions (including Sue Polanka’s No Shelf Required) and a number of titles from Information Today including Library Mashups by Nicole C. Engard. Here’s a search for ALA Editions and Information Today titles in the OverDrive database. More info in this OverDrive Digital Library Blog post.
Archives.com Begins Providing Access to Some U.S. Census Data & Pledges Money For More Digitization
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Resources
From an <a href=”http://www.archives.com/blog/press/archivescom-adds-the-us-census.html”>Archives.com Blog Post:</a> Today, Archives.com announces the addition of the U.S. Federal Census, the single most valuable collection of U.S. historical records. The U.S. Census collections were made available by FamilySearch International, the world’s largest genealogy organization, as part of a joint effort to introduce more records to family historians worldwide. In […]
