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June 2, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Sources for Free Ebooks and Ereader Software The majority of the free ebooks available are older, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books. Some sites, such as Amazon, offer newer free ebooks on limited time promotional offers. Barnes & Noble offers a limited number of Free Nook Books. The Sony Reader Store also offers some free ebooks.   |
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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. |
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June 27, 2013 |
Springer Introduces French and Italian Ebook Collections There are about 330 ebooks in the three French collections and more than 400 titles in the two Italian collections, all published in 2005 or later. |
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May 2004
Paula Hane |
Project Gutenberg Progresses Progress has picked up on Project Guttenberg, an ambitious effort to develop a free public library of 10,000 public-domain e-books. |
Information Today
March 7, 2011
Barbara Quint |
New Lending Model for Ebooks in Libraries from Internet Archive's OpenLibrary The swirling, chaotic ebook revolution continues to generate controversies, particularly in the library arena. |
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. |
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April 14, 2011 |
OCLC and Ingram to Offer New Option for Access to Ebooks The new service option, to launch in the coming months, expands access to library content available through WorldCat Resource Sharing to include access to ebooks from Ingram's MyiLibrary ebook collection for a period of up to 9 days. |
Information Today
April 30, 2012 |
EBSCO Releases 39 New Ebook Subject Sets These sets provide libraries with convenient ways to begin or expand their ebook collections with current, reputable content from leading publishers. |
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March 4, 2010 |
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Collection Added to IEEE Xplore Digital Library This will offer IEEE customers online access to the more than 400 ebooks that comprise the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, which spans numerous content areas including bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies. |
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July 16, 2012
Barbara Quint |
Project Gutenberg Launches Repository for Self-Published Works The generous souls at Project Gutenberg opened a new venue supplementing their traditional collection of public domain classics. |
Information Today
August 6, 2012 |
Expanded Access to eBooks on EBSCOhost Now Available Through GOBI3 Librarians accustomed to selecting and managing their ebook collections through GOBI3 from YBP Library Services, now have additional access options for the more than 320,000 ebook titles from eBooks on EBSCOhost. |
Information Today
October 1, 2013 |
Innovative Interfaces Enhances Ebook Discovery Librarians from any type of library can now access ebooks from 3M and local print and electronic collections, all from the Encore interface. |
Information Today
July 8, 2013 |
Going Social: Top Apps for Best Recommended Reads The apps listed here are all free, whether you opt to find a title to enjoy on your own or want to join a reading community to share your thoughts about your favorite bestseller with a virtual book club. |
Search Engine Watch
December 5, 2005
Gary Price |
More Online Books Resources NetLibrary and The Online Books Page are two excellent services for searching for and reading online books, offering access free of charge. |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
Information Today
March 24, 2011 |
Preview of eBooks on EBSCOhost Now Available--Goodbye NetLibrary The preview will allow librarians and end users to see how their library's collection of ebook titles from EBSCO/NetLibrary is being integrated into EBSCOhost. |
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
April 29, 2013 |
collectionHQ Expands Collection Development Tools to Ebook Titles The addition of these tools, called the ebook module, means that for the first time, librarians can easily access data that compare ebook and print holdings. |
Information Today
June 26, 2006
Paula J. Hane |
Enhanced SpringerLink Offers eBook Collection Springer, which claims to be the world's largest scientific, technical and medical book publisher, has announced it will offer its complete publishing program online and on one integrated platform. |
Information Today
April 12, 2012 |
New EBSCOhost Collection Manager to Help Libraries With Ebooks and Audiobooks EBSCO Publishing is making it easier for library staff to search for ebooks and audiobooks and add them to their collections with the new EBSCOhost Collection Manager. |
Information Today
June 10, 2014 |
Ingram Updates OASIS Ebook Tools OASIS is integrated with EBSCO Information Services to increase its ebook and collection development offerings. |
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August 31, 2009 |
Sony Announces Wireless Ebook Reader and Library Finder Sony Electronics, Inc. announced the third member of its new ebook Reader family, the Reader Daily Edition, a wireless model with 3G connectivity. |
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June 17, 2010 |
ABC-CLIO eBooks Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library "By adding these titles to Gale Virtual Reference Library, we are expanding our reach and are providing librarians, students, and researchers with greater access to our ebooks," says Tom Fitzgerald, ABC-CLIO's vice president of sales. |
D-Lib
February 2000
Peter Hirtle |
Editorial: On eBooks, Open Archives, and Libraries |
Information Today
August 2, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Digital Lending Goes into OverDrive I'd been hearing some buzz this summer about various improvements made by OverDrive to its services for libraries-more content, mobile apps, simplified procedures, etc. |
Information Today
March 15, 2010 |
Infobase Ebooks Now Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library This allows libraries to provide access to popular ebooks from Facts On File and Ferguson Publishing along with more than 4,500 existing electronic reference titles, expanding the library's offerings while avoiding duplicated resources. |
Information Today
April 30, 2012
Carol Ebbinghouse |
Look for Circulating Law Ebooks at a Library Near You LexisNexis and OverDrive announced that they have agreed to create customized ebook lending and management services, offering "the largest collection of authoritative legal ebook content on all major mobile devices and desktop platforms." |
Searcher
January 2009
Nicholas Tomaiuolo |
U-Content: Project Gutenberg, Me, and You Individuals interested in the controversy over the validity and reliability of user-generated content (UGC) fall into two groups -- "Proponents" and the "Old Guard". |
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. |
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
April 15, 2014 |
Random House Ebooks Now Available From EBSCO EBSCO Information Services now offers more than 30,000 frontlist and popular backlist ebooks from Random House on its EBSCO eBooks and Audiobooks platform. |
Searcher
May 2012
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Percentages The arrival of ebooks has left pbooks the last man standing when it comes to library collections. Now books are going the way of full-text journals and reference works. A library's primary collection is no longer primarily print. |
Information Today
January 19, 2009 |
Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB Ebook Downloads Readers at both Cleveland Public Library and CLEVNET member libraries can check out and download EPUB eBooks from the library's download website. |
Information Today
March 4, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebook Subscription Services Here's the scoop on five popular ebook subscription services, including a comparison chart for quick reference. |
Search Engine Watch
October 3, 2005
Gary Price |
A New Digital Library Alliance Makes its Debut Yahoo, The Internet Archive and several other organizations announced the formation of the Open Content Alliance to make thousands of books, multimedia files and other materials freely searchable and accessible online. |
Information Today
January 2, 2007 |
Internet Archive Receives Sloan Foundation Grant The Internet Archive's efforts to digitize content and make it freely accessible online have received a tremendous boost from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. |
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May 27, 2014 |
BiblioBoard and Library Journal Launch Ebook Discovery Service BiblioBoard worked with Library Journal to create SELF-e, an ebook discovery service that helps public library patrons find works by self-published authors. |
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August 2, 2012 |
Chinese Ebooks From Apabi Coming to EBSCO Discovery Service The ebooks from Apabi are designed to offer a vast collection in a variety of subject areas to researchers in higher education, public libraries, corporations, and government. |
Information Today
June 25, 2012 |
Penguin Group Launches Library Lending Pilot Program Penguin Group, The New York Public Library, and 3M Library Systems announced a pilot project that will make Penguin eBooks available to patrons of both The New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. |
Information Today
October 15, 2013 |
EBSCO Introduces 15 New Ebook Subject Sets These sets of titles from leading publishers are designed to simplify collection development by helping librarians start or enhance their ebook programs with subject-specific ebooks. |
Information Today
September 26, 2011 |
EBSCO Publishing Releases New Ebook Subject Sets These additional subject sets reflect the rapid growth of EBSCO's ebook collection offered to libraries in convenient collections grouped by subject matter. |
Information Today
November 19, 2012 |
New Findings Reaffirm Library Borrowers Are Also Buyers An extensive online poll of library ebook readers finds that these patrons purchase an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, and a majority would consider purchasing books discovered on a library website. |
Information Today
August 28, 2008 |
OverDrive Now Offers Penguin Group Audiobooks and eBooks to Public Libraries Public libraries can now lend downloaded audiobooks and ebooks by authors such as Stephen King and Nick Hornby to their patrons. |
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March 12, 2012 |
3M Cloud Library Announces Integration With Polaris ILS The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will now be integrated with the Polaris Integrated Library System, allowing patrons at participating libraries to discover both physical and digital collections from wherever they are browsing. |
Information Today
September 12, 2013 |
EBSCO Introduces eBook Business Collection EBSCO Information Services launched eBook Business Collection, a new assortment of ebooks for academic libraries from publishers such as Wiley and Cambridge University Press. |
Search Engine Watch
November 22, 2005
Sullivan & Price |
World Digital Library Project Announced, Backed by Library of Congress & Google The United States Library of Congress has announced the creation of the World Digital Library, a project that's also received its first $3 million in funding from Google. |
Information Today
February 24, 2011 |
EBSCO Publishing Releases 24 New Ebook Subject Sets The subject sets are part of a rapidly growing collection of eBooks that are offered in convenient collections grouped by subject matter. |
Information Today
October 31, 2005
Barbara Quint |
Open Content Alliance Expands Rapidly; Reveals Operational Details Just a few weeks after its launch, the Open Content Alliance has already added dozens of new members to its Open Library project. |
Information Today
July 9, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
Read eBooks Offline netLibrary, Inc., distributor of full-length digital versions of publishers' books, announces their free personal software application, eBook Reader. This reader allows users to read eBooks without being connected to the Internet... |
