February 21, 2020 by Gary Price
From OpenAccess2020.de: The strategic goal of the National Contact Point Open Access OA2020-DE is to create requirements for the large-scale open access transformation in accordance with the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany. This also includes analysing existing transformation approaches and formulating changes or adjustments that make sense from our perspective. This is also the […]
July 20, 2015 by Gary Price
Hat Tip and thanks to Sebastian Posth for the following item: German trade publishing houses owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group, including Rowohlt, S. Fischer, Droemer Knaur, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, will soon be selling DRM-free ebooks. This means, that after Bonnier publishing group, all relevant trade publishers in the German market are offering their […]
March 4, 2012 by Gary Price
via Haaretz: Soon you’ll be able to read the personal archives of Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem online. Hundreds of medieval manuscripts, scores of personal archives and many other materials retained at the National Library in Jerusalem will be digitized, as part of a joint project by the Israeli and German governments. The materials will […]
January 26, 2012 by Gary Price
New research from a Google/Ipsos Partnership. From a Google Mobile Ads Blog Post: Mobile devices are mainstream. In fact, according to our newest research more consumers in the US, UK, Germany, France and Japan use a mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone) than a computer (desktop or laptop). But our most significant findings centered on […]
April 18, 2011 by Gary Price
From a LibraryTechnology.org Post: OCLC has acquired the assets of German library system provider, BOND GmbH & Co. KG. BOND, based in Böhl-Iggelheim, near Mannheim, is a leading integrated system provider for public libraries in German speaking countries. The addition of BOND services will enhance and expand OCLC services for German libraries. OCLC serves the […]