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D-Lib
April 2001 |
To the Editor In response to the opinion piece, The Librarians' Dilemma: Contemplating the Costs of the "Big Deal"...   |
D-Lib
June 2004 |
The Use of Consortially Purchased Electronic Journals by the CBUC (2000-2003) The data obtained at the Consortium of University Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC) make a highly interesting empirical contribution to a major international discussion on the models for acquisition of scientific journals in the university libraries of the future. |
D-Lib
October 2002
Montgomery & King |
Comparing Library and User Related Costs of Print and Electronic Journal Collections The results suggest that, when all costs are considered, electronic journals are more cost effective on a per use basis. |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2007
Arthur Sale |
A Challenge for the Library Acquisition Budget Libraries have traditionally supported researchers as readers, but not as authors. It is desirable for the future of libraries, and for the future of research in their institutions, that libraries become engaged in this crucial step in the research process. |
D-Lib
October 2000
Carol Hansen Montgomery |
Electronic Journal Collections Measuring the Impact of an Electronic Journal Collection on Library Costs: A Framework and Preliminary Observations... |
Information Today
June 14, 2012 |
EBSCO's New Medical Ebook Collections EBSCO Publishing released three new medical ebook collections featuring Doody's recommended content. Doody's is an authoritative medical book review service designed to assist medical libraries and institutions with their purchasing decisions. |
Information Today
December 8, 2003
Barbara Quint |
HighWire Press Provides Open Packaging to Online Journal Subscribers Initiated by a group of scholarly society publishers participating in HighWire Press, the librarian-led journal aggregator, a new pricing/subscription model allows librarians to create their own packages using tiered pricing tied to library type. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Steven J. Bell |
The New Digital Divide Dissecting Aggregator Exclusivity Deals... |
Information Today
September 13, 2010 |
Ebook Collections Coming to Project MUSE Platform Project MUSE, a provider of humanities and social science periodical content for libraries, announced a new initiative to incorporate scholarly book content into its research platform and product offerings. |
Information Today
November 17, 2003
Paula J. Hane |
Cornell and Other University Libraries to Cancel Elsevier Titles Cornell University Library has posted a list of about 200 Elsevier journal titles it is canceling for 2004. Harvard University says it is preparing for similar cuts in its Elsevier subscriptions. It's journal renewal time and the strain of the tough decision making is evident. |
Information Today
December 20, 2012 |
OhioLINK Chooses EBSCO to Provide Discovery Layer The Ohio Library and Information Network and its Library Advisory Council selected EBSCO Publishing to provide EBSCO Discovery Service as a shared service to OhioLINK libraries. |
Searcher
December 2011
Charles Hamaker |
FEATURE: Ebooks on Fire: Controversies Surrounding Ebooks in Libraries While it might not matter to the occasional or recreational reader, the ebook presents a host of challenges for the role of the book as transmitter, carrier, and shaper of our written word cultural heritage. |
Information Today
May 20, 2014 |
EBSCO Adds Medical Ebook Collections EBSCO Information Services rolled out three new Medical Featured Collections on its EBSCO eBooks and Audiobooks platform that libraries can purchase individually or as a collection. |
Information Today
May 6, 2013 |
ebrary Adds Titles From Wiley to Academic Complete Academic Complete serves as a foundational, growing collection with more than 86,300 scholarly titles from which libraries can pinpoint patron needs and drive strategic ebook acquisition. |
Information Today
April 11, 2013 |
Bowker, ebrary, and Choice Enhance Access to Resources for College Libraries Choice and Bowker, whose unique partnership created RCL, have launched a variety of enhancements which are used by academic libraries to identify core titles for scores of academic subject areas. |
Information Today
February 26, 2009
Barbara Quint |
University Press Turns to Tizra Publisher; Tizra Turns to Free Tizra allows publishers of ebooks to create their own "e-bookstores" with their own branding, pricing, and mixing of content. |
Information Today
November 17, 2011 |
Alexander Street Press Introduces Academic Video Store Alexander Street Press announced the launch of the Academic Video Store, with more than 1,400 individual video titles covering a broad range of subjects. |
D-Lib
December 2007
Kaufman & Ubois |
Good Terms - Improving Commercial-Noncommercial Partnerships for Mass Digitization OCLC Programs and Research engaged Intelligent Television to study the partnership agreements between cultural institutions and for-profit companies for the mass digitization of books and other media. This report presents the findings of that study. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Information Today
August 17, 2009 |
ebrary Announces Publisher Half-Off Sale Under the Publisher Half-Off Sale, institutions around the globe can save 50% off list price when they purchase as few as 15 to 25 backlist titles from a single participating publisher through Dec. 15, 2009. |
Information Today
March 22, 2004
Barbara Quint |
Sci-Tech Not-For-Profit Publishers Commit to Limited Open Access The DC Principles are a response to charges that current publisher practices impede access to published scientific research. |
Information Today
July 25, 2011 |
NetLibrary Ebooks Now Integrated on EBSCOhost Platform EBSCO Publishing's collection of more than 300,000 ebook and audiobook titles (formerly from NetLibrary) is now integrated on EBSCOhost. |
D-Lib
October 2004
John Cox |
E-Books: Challenges and Opportunities Where content matches need, e-books can support the academic mission effectively, saving time and adding value as a collective online reference resource rather than a set of individual titles. |
D-Lib
December 2001
Charly Bauer |
Implementing Digital Sanborn Maps for Ohio The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) and the Ohio Public Library Network (OPLIN) have collaborated to provide the state of Ohio with digital versions of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps covering the state... |
Information Today
June 18, 2012 |
ebrary Releases Extended Access Extended Access reduces up-front costs to the library, eliminates speculative purchases of multiple copies, and prevents turn-aways when titles are in use. |
Information Today
July 8, 2010 |
Swets Enhances the Evaluation Scope in SwetsWise Selection Support Customers can now evaluate titles at deal or package level as well as on individual title level. |
Information Today
July 22, 2002
Barbie E. Keiser |
Sage Publications Withdraws Titles from EBSCOhost, ProQuest Access to electronic journals is in a state of flux. There are many options on the customer side and just as many avenues for the publisher. The appropriate mix, with adequate compensation for publishers' efforts and access provided by intermediaries, is a continuing experiment. |
Searcher
August 2001
Larry Krumenaker |
A Tempest in a Librarian's Teapot EBSCO, ProQuest, Gale Exclusive, and Unique Titles... |
Information Today
April 7, 2011 |
Alexander Street Press Announces Video Publishing Plan for 2011 Already the publisher of 10 distinct, discipline-specific streaming video collections containing more than 8,000 films, Alexander Street intends to expand its offerings rapidly -- to more than 10,000 titles in 2011 and to 20,000 by 2013 |
D-Lib
September 2003
Terry Reese |
Aggregate Record Management in Three Clicks The sheer volume of record sets tends to restrict a library's ability to customize the record sets to suit their individual needs. To meet these challenges, the Oregon State University (OSU) library developed an innovative aggregate record management application. |
Information Today
November 3, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in E-Audiobooks Audiobooks have come a long way since books on tape. Most vendors now offer e-audiobooks as digital files that can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening. |
Information Today
December 17, 2007 |
IGI Global to Double InfoSci-Journals IGI Global, a publisher in computer science and information technology management, announced plans to double the content of its InfoSci-Journals full-text database to 60 specialized, peer-reviewed titles by the end of 2008. |
Information Today
October 29, 2012 |
Ten More University Presses Join Project MUSE UPCC Book Collections New and backlist titles from all publishers will be available on the MUSE platform where students and researchers will have access to more than 23,000 titles from more than 80 UPCC publishers. |
Information Today
June 30, 2003 |
News Digest Proquest expands Canadian newspaper coverage... Project MUSE adds titles, announces pricing... LexisNexis acquires public records businesses |
Information Today
June 2, 2003
Barbara Quint |
EBSCO A-to-Z Service Tracks Journal Access EBSCO, the world's largest subscription agency, has introduced a gateway service that helps librarians and their patrons identify titles to which a library's patrons have full-text access. |
Information Today
July 19, 2012 |
Elsevier Health Science Titles Now Available via eBooks on EBSCOhost The new agreement adds 965 health science titles to EBSCO's medical ebook collection with more than 580 of the titles representing coverage from 2010 to the present. |
Information Today
March 26, 2015 |
IGI Global Starts OA Initiative Individuals and institutions will have unrestricted access to the selected titles. |
Information Today
November 4, 2010 |
ebrary Launches Ebook Ordering System To help libraries more affordably and efficiently acquire, manage, and distribute e-books from leading publishers, ebrary announced it has launched a new ordering system with instant fulfillment and real-time collection management. |
Information Today
April 14, 2003
Paula J. Hane |
Sage Licenses Titles to ProQuest's ABI/INFORM Marking somewhat of a corporate turnaround, Sage Publications has agreed to license 21 business titles for full-text inclusion in ProQuest's ABI/INFORM database. |
Information Today
April 25, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
Information Today
November 3, 2011 |
Taylor & Francis Group Opens More Open Access In 2012, it will initiate changes to its open access program. It has also announced a new list of OA publications. |
Information Today
February 4, 2013 |
EBSCO Releases eBook Public Library Collection eBook Public Library Collection includes more than 25,000 general reference ebook titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature, and science and technology. |
Information Today
March 8, 2012 |
EBSCO Releases First Subscription Ebook Collection eBook Academic Subscription Collection supplies full-text ebooks covering a broad spectrum of academic subjects from business to science and engineering to the humanities. Nearly 70,000 titles are included. |
Information Today
February 2003
Jim Ashling |
Sci-Tech Publishers Show Resiliency at Online Information 2002 The big sci-tech publishers and secondary services -- in particular, the not-for-profit and society publishers -- have remained remarkably resilient over the event's entire history. |
Information Today
May 10, 2012 |
EBSCO Releases Ebook Subscription Collection for Business Professionals BusinessCore is designed to support the learning and research needs of business professionals. The collection is available as an annual subscription with unlimited access to the content. |
Information Today
May 23, 2011 |
Print Isn't Dead, Says Bowker's Annual Book Production Report Based on preliminary figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that despite the popularity of ebooks, traditional U.S. print title output in 2010 increased 5%. |
Information Today
May 16, 2013 |
Credo Releases 12 New Perpetual Access and Subscription Collections Libraries now have even more options for enhancing their Literati solution or Credo Online Reference Service with essential titles. |
Information Today
December 2002
Richard Poynder |
A True Market Failure Professor Mark McCabe, an expert in mergers and anticompetitive practices at the Georgia Institute of Technology, talks about problems in the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing industry. |
Information Today
May 27, 2010
Marydee Ojala |
Reed Elsevier (Finally) Divests U.S. Trade Pubs: Facts and Fallout for Information Professionals When Reed Elsevier announced its intention to sell off its trade press unit, Reed Business Information, no one dreamed it would take more than 2 years to finalize or that the process would end up being so messy. |
Information Today
October 1, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
