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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.   |
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
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. |
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." |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2002
Mahesh S. Raisinghani |
Wireless Library Aids Student Productivity A wireless network permits a library to give all of its users high-speed access to the Internet as well as to its online resources. Students access the resources using laptops with wireless connections to the Internet and the library's intranet. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
March 2009
Marji McClure |
Turning a New Page in Ebooks Amazon brought renewed attention to ebooks, especially in the consumer market, with its 2007 launch of the Amazon Kindle and, most recently, the February release of the Amazon Kindle 2. |
Information Today
January 17, 2013 |
eBooks on EBSCOhost to be Available Via Ingram's OASIS The new agreement will allow libraries to order eBooks on EBSCOhost through OASIS. EBSCO is the first outside ebook provider to be incorporated into OASIS. |
Information Today
July 7, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
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
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
June 20, 2013 |
EBSCO Discovery Service Adds Al Manhal Metadata EBSCO Discovery Service added Arabic content service provider Al Manhal's ebooks, ejournals, e-reports, and e-dissertations databases to its collection. |
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
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
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
April 10, 2008 |
WilsonWeb Adds Short Story Index Retrospective: 1915--1983 The Short Story Index Retrospective: 1915-1983 is a new tool to help users find short stories from among more than 150,000 published in the U.S., England, and Canada dating from the 1830s to the 1980s. |
Information Today
March 11, 2014 |
GPO Offers Free Ebooks The U.S. Government Printing Office will expand its ebook program to allow free public access to titles in the GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, a finding tool for federal historical and current publications. |
Information Today
August 26, 2010 |
The British Library to Offer Free Access to Bibliographic Records The U.K. national library has around 14 million catalogue records comprising a wealth of bibliographic data. The initiative will help expose this vast dataset to users worldwide. |
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
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. |
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. |
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
May 12, 2008 |
EBSCO Adds Change Reports to Its A-to-Z Locator Tool A Knowledge Base Change Reports feature allows librarians to instantly see which titles have been added or removed from their aggregated full-text databases. |
Information Today
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. |
InternetNews
August 9, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Google Book Project Signs UC Pact Google's effort to index library books turned another page with the addition of the University of California to its Print Library Project. |
Information Today
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
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. |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2009
Nelson et al. |
FEATURE: Implementing Federated Search at the University of Wyoming The allure of federated searching is potent in academic libraries. Students and faculty want to streamline their searching across web-based search engines, library collections, and the bibliographic databases to which the library subscribes. |
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
June 3, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Getting the Most Out of Discovery Service Here's an overview of the four major discovery services for libraries, including their newly implemented features. |
Information Today
July 16, 2013 |
LexisNexis Improves Digital Library Functionality LexisNexis Legal & Professional, part of Reed Elsevier, enhanced its Digital Library elending solution with new features and functionality. |
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... |
D-Lib
February 2006
Titia van der Werf-Davelaar |
Facilitating Scholarly Communication in African Studies A look at the aspects of the transformation in academic publishing, looking at it from the perspective of the Africanist community in the Netherlands. |
Searcher
Nov/Dec 2003
Gary Price |
Webmastry What Google teaches us that has nothing to do with searching |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2005
Marydee Ojala |
Ownership, Access, Retrieval, and Sharing Today, it's about sharing. Collaboration tools are in vogue. Online discussion lists and blogs encourage the sharing of thoughts, opinions, expertise, and even links to journal articles. |
Information Today
October 17, 2011
Nancy K. Herther |
Kansas Leading the Fight for Fair Ebook Access in Libraries The Kansas case brings up a variety of important issues and problems with ebooks today: The issues of platform, buyers rights, and the very structure of the ebook industry. |
Information Today
January 20, 2011 |
PRG Publishes 'The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices' The 115-page report looks closely at how 70 academic, special, and public libraries in the U.S., the U.K., continental Europe, Canada, and Australia plan their database licensing practices. |
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
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. |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2010
Xihui Zhen |
Overview of Digital Library Development in China The greatest challenges for Chinese national digital library projects are digital resource construction and a design of services provision. |
Information Today
March 5, 2001
Barbara Quint |
Bowker for Sale, All or in Parts Reed Elsevier plans to sell off several of its major reference publishing operations, specifically Bowker... |
D-Lib
February 2000
Peter Hirtle |
Editorial: On eBooks, Open Archives, and Libraries |
Information Today
February 11, 2014 |
EBSCO Introduces eBook Religion Collection The collection includes ebook selections for its religion-focused student and scholarly customers titled eBook Religion Collection, which debuted with more than 4,100 titles from 150-plus publishers. |
Information Today
January 31, 2013
Barbara Quint |
ProQuest Adds Ebook Library (EBL) to Its Collection ProQuest signed an agreement to acquire Ebook Library from Australia-based Ebooks Corp. Ltd. After the transfer is completed over the next few weeks, Ebook Library will begin its merger with ebrary, acquired by ProQuest in 2011. |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Nichole L. Torres |
Beyond the Books Take advantage of the business resources your local library has to offer. |
Information Today
February 6, 2014 |
3M Cloud Library Launches in Canada and Debuts Automation Tool 3M announced that the 3M Cloud Library ebook lending system from 3M Library Systems is now available in Canada. |
