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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 August 12, 2010 |
LibraryThing Announces New Feature For Publishers LibraryThing, an online service to help people catalog their books easily, has announced a new feature for publishers called LibraryThing for Publishers. |
Information Today February 21, 2013 |
Impelsys Announces Commercial Launch of New eBook Ordering System The new title acquisitions system for libraries enables library staff to order ebooks for their collections directly from participating publishers. |
Information Today May 7, 2012 |
Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset Now Available via EBSCO Discovery Service EBSCO Publishing made the newly released Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset available through EBSCO Discovery Service. The dataset contains 12 million open-access catalog records from Harvard's 73 libraries. |
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 February 5, 2009 |
ALPSP eBooks Collection Launched by Ingram Digital The much anticipated new ebooks cooperative service has launched, enabling Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers members (ALPSP) to offer multipublisher collections to libraries. |
Information Today June 5, 2008 |
NewspaperDirect Adopts ACAP for Its Digital Publishing Networks This is designed to provide its publishing partners with more protection over their content. |
Information Today October 19, 2009 |
OCLC Initiates Metadata Services for Publishers This is a new service that takes publishers' ONIX title metadata, enriches it using WorldCat mining and mapping techniques, and delivers the enhanced ONIX metadata back to the publishers for use in their systems. |
Information Today July 18, 2011 |
Cambridge University Press to Launch Platform for Other Academic Publishers From October 2011, University Publishing Online will provide libraries with ebooks and related database products from a variety of academic publishers worldwide. |
Information Today April 7, 2015 |
HighWire Press Rolls Out Collaboration and Content Collection Toolset HighWire Press launched Stackly, a web-based toolset for content collection, organization, storage, and peer-to-peer collaboration that integrates into publication sites so publishers can promote content and engage with researchers. |
Information Today December 10, 2007 |
ARL Publishes Report on the Print-to-Electronic Transition for Journals The report examines the issues associated with the migration from dual-format publishing toward electronic-only publication of journals. |
Information Today April 14, 2008 |
MPS Upgrades BookStore Platform for Publishers As Web 2.0 technologies revolutionize the way publishers market books to their readers, MPS Technologies announced that it has upgraded its BookStore platform for publishers. |
Information Today June 11, 2012 Dan Tonkery |
BEA 2012: Libraries Still Draw the Short Stick Libraries do not have much to celebrate from Book Expo other than their copyright win at the Georgia State University and even that win may be short lived as the publishers have requested an injunction to stop certain types of usage of reserve material. |
Information Today July 1, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Continue to Battle for Fair Access to Ebooks Academic and special libraries have found comparatively fewer problems in gaining access to ebooks for their clients than school and public libraries. |
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 April 16, 2012 |
OverDrive to Preview Library Ebook Data at London Book Fair Data from OverDrive's global library network to be made available to participating libraries and publishers includes information about ebook and digital audiobook title circulation, book demand and holds, as well as web traffic and general demographics. |
Information Today December 12, 2013 |
Independent Scholarly Publishers Group Journals Come to India PCG (Publishers Communication Group) signed an agreement to represent the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group's journal collections to the Indian subcontinent effective in January 2014. |
Information Today August 13, 2012 |
ALA Releases Report on Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content and Libraries Working Group, suggests opportunities for publishers to showcase content through public libraries. |
Information Today June 3, 2013 |
IngramSpark Service Debuts Publish-on-Demand Platform This online publishing tool grants independent publishers easy-to-use, cost-effective access to Ingram's global distribution network for print and ebooks. |
Information Today November 2006 Mick O'Leary |
Database Review: Google Book Search Has Far to Go Google Book Search is Google's grand project to create a universal full-text e-book library. Here are the details of how Book Search works. |
Information Today June 3, 2010 |
Barnes & Noble Announces PubIt! Digital Publishing Platform The easy-to-use digital publishing and distribution platform is designed to offer qualified independent publishers and authors of self-published works expanded distribution, visibility, and protection. |
Information Today November 2, 2009 Nancy Herther |
Internet Archive Dishes up BookServer as Digital Books Market Heats Up BookServer is intended to be easy-to-use, while respecting authors' and publishers' interests |
Information Today June 10, 2010 |
Bowker Enhances Its Suite of Library Resources Enhancements include Books In Print, Syndetic Solutions, and Library Thing For Libraries products. The efforts are designed to enhance the bibliographic content found in library online catalogues. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kindle Loses Its Voice Amazon backs off on its text-to-speech feature. For now. |
Information Today March 8, 2010 |
Two New Ebook Surveys Highlight Interesting Trends HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, has released the full results of a fall 2009 survey of librarians on their attitudes and practices related to ebooks |
Information Today March 8, 2012 Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon's Squeeze on Booksellers Leads to Boycotts and Protests In January, Barnes & Noble made the decision to no longer carry Amazon-published titles in their brick-and-mortar stores "based on Amazon's continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent." |
Information Today August 2007 Donald T. Hawkins |
O'Reilly Media Launches TOC Conference O'Reilly Media - publishers of computer technology and programming books with pictures of animals on the covers, the Hacks and Missing Manual series of books, MAKE and CRAFT magazines, and similar publications - launched a Tools of Change for Publishing conference in June. |
D-Lib February 2007 Coyle & Hillmann |
Resource Description and Access (RDA): Cataloging Rules for the 20th Century A rearrangement of the cataloging rules is not the right starting point for libraries. The library catalog has undergone considerable change from a simple finding list to an integrated database that serves both library management and user access functions. |
Information Today September 24, 2012 |
Aptara Ebook Survey of Publishers Now Available Issued in April 2012 and sponsored by Publishers Weekly magazine and Aptara, the survey tracks the ebook publishing trends, challenges, and strategies that have emerged since 2009 when the ebook market began taking shape. |
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. |
D-Lib June 2003 Bonita Wilson |
Improving Access to STM Literature: The Need for Continuing Dialogue Digital technologies have transformed the processes involved in information creation, dissemination, and access. The potential exists for the results of STM research to be reported, accessed and used more rapidly than could ever have been imagined in the print-only days. |
Information Today April 7, 2015 |
NFAIS to Host Workshop on Research Data Publication The National Federation of Advanced Information Services will host a 1-day workshop on April 20 titled Research Data Publication, Part 2: The Complexities of Implementation. |
InternetNews January 26, 2004 Janis Mara |
Yahoo! Debuts RSS Beta A ten-year-old technology may help publishers make an end run around e-mailing updates. |
Information Today December 2003 Paula Hane |
Stable and Poised for Growth Ingenta is marking its 5-year anniversary of serving the scholarly publishing community. Founded in 1998 through a public/private partnership with the University of Bath, the U.K.-based Ingenta has grown quickly and is now close to profitability. An interview with Ingenta CEO Mark Rowse. |
Search Engine Watch August 30, 2005 Chris Sherman |
What is RSS, and Why Should You Care? RSS is a web publishing format that's transforming information delivery for both publishers and users. Because RSS pushes content, it's immediately available to search engines. |
Information Today February 26, 2015 |
NASIG and SSP Collaborate on Information Policy Event NASIG and the Society for Scholarly Publishing will host a joint full-day program, Evolving Information Policies & Their Implications: A Conversation for Librarians & Publishers. |
Information Today August 28, 2006 Paula J. Hane |
NewsStand Introduces LibreDigital Warehouse Service for Book Publishers NewsStand, Inc. has established a new division of the company, LibreDigital, and launched a new service that allows book publishers to digitally capture and deliver selected book content online. |
Information Today October 2000 |
Twenty Publishers Piloting New DRM Internet Service PublishOne's service is a low-cost, outsourced solution that enables publishers to securely distribute and sell reports, newsletters, journals, trade information, and other premium content over the Web or via e-mail... |
Information Today April 1, 2013 |
NISO Publishes Recommended Practice on Ejournals This practice was developed to provide guidance on the presentation of ejournals -- particularly in the areas of title presentation, accurate use of ISSN, and citation practices -- to publishers and platform providers, as well as to solve some long-standing concerns of librarians. |
Information Today May 30, 2013 |
Ingram Expands Publisher Services With Life Print Program Ingram Content Group, Inc. announced the launch of its Life Print program, a comprehensive solution for publishers to manage the complete life cycle of print books. |
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 August 2000 |
Publishers Participate in Launch Program for Microsoft Reader E-Books Microsoft Corp. has announced that more than 30 book publishers have participated in a production launch program for Microsoft Reader with ClearType display technology, ensuring the availability of over 800 of their books for Microsoft Reader when it launches later this summer.... |
Search Engine Watch May 3, 2005 Shari Thurow |
Feeds: A New Channel for Search Marketing Savvy search marketers are taking advantage of an increasingly popular technology to attract traffic: RSS feeds that get picked up virtually instantaneously. |
Information Today September 18, 2008 |
Time, Inc. Subsidiary Launches New Magazine Membership Service On the MAGHOUND website, members can select up to 15 magazines from a broad range of titles represented by dozens of major publishers for one set monthly fee, with the ability to switch titles at any time |
Inc. February 2006 Dan McGinn |
Written Any Good Books Lately? More CEOs are putting pen to paper, turning the book into a new kind of business card. |
D-Lib December 1999 |
Editorial As publications become available both online and in print, some groups of users find that they prefer the online versions. But in relinquishing the tradition of print journals, libraries require more than a few assurances from the publisher on whom they must depend... |
D-Lib October 2003 Geneva Henry |
On-line Publishing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities To understand where publishing is headed, we must consider the possibilities of what can be achieved with new technologies that enable the exchange of knowledge and information in unprecedented ways. |
Information Today August 15, 2005 Barbara Quint |
Google slows library project to accommodate publishers Publishers complain about copyright issues with Google's Print for Libraries program. |
Information Today July 2, 2007 Miriam A. Drake |
Ingram Digital and Microsoft Join in an Alliance Microsoft Corp. and Ingram Digital Group have signed an agreement whereby Microsoft's Live Search Books program will outsource high-volume scanning and digital management services to the Ingram Digital Group. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Another Digital Divide Looms Districts want digitally based content-publishers say obstacles stand in the way. Can we work to bring the two sides together? |