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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 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. |
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April 9, 2015 |
EBSCO Introduces Arabic-Language Ebook Collection The collection of more than 1,000 multidisciplinary titles is produced specifically for libraries in Arab League countries and Arab scholars. |
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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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September 8, 2015 |
ProQuest Makes More Early European Books Available ProQuest launched Collection 7, the newest part of its Early European Books database, with 7,450 titles. |
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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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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. |
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March 4, 2014 |
EBSCO Releases New Ebook Subject Sets EBSCO Information Services added 28 new subject sets to its collection of prepackaged ebook sets for libraries looking to begin or expand their collections. |
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October 15, 2015 |
BiblioCommons Gains Random House Ebooks Libraries can use this platform to offer their patrons library-centered ebook discovery, borrowing, and reading. |
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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. |
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November 26, 2013 |
EBSCO Introduces eBook History Collection EBSCO Information Services released eBook History Collection as its newest ebook subscription package integrated with EBSCOhost. |
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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. |
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March 11, 2013 |
EBSCO Introduces eBook Clinical Collection eBook Clinical Collection features more than 1,700 titles in medical specialties, nursing, allied health, and general practice. |
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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. |
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February 21, 2013 |
EBSCO Publishing Introduces 23 New eBook Subject Sets The eBook Subject Sets are prepackaged sets of titles from leading publishers in specific, high-interest topic areas chosen to meet libraries' needs while simplifying collection development. |
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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. |
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January 28, 2013 |
Ingram Adds Ebook Lending Model to MyiLibrary Ingram Content Group, Inc. announced that it has added a new content access model to its MyiLibrary econtent platform to provide libraries greater flexibility in ebook lending. |
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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. |
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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. |
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May 8, 2008 |
Ingram Digital and Oxford University Press Offer More Titles Ingram Digital and Oxford University Press agreed to offer a comprehensive list of OUP titles through Ingram Digital's MyiLibrary platform, an aggregator of online ebook and econtent resources. |
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March 26, 2012 |
ebrary Announces New Strategic Approach to Ebook Acquisition To help libraries meet the research needs of their entire institutions and maximize their budgets, ebrary, a ProQuest business, announced a new approach to ebook acquisition |
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January 6, 2015 |
The U.K. and Ireland Get Their Own Academic Complete ebrary (a ProQuest business) rolled out a new edition of its Academic Complete subscription database that is designed for researchers in the U.K. and Ireland. |
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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. |
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April 22, 2013 |
Ingram Expands OASIS Library Platform Through EBL Collaboration Through the alliance with EBL, Ingram will add more than 325,000 EBL ebook titles to the OASIS platform, substantially growing the selection of econtent available to libraries. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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February 2000
Peter Hirtle |
Editorial: On eBooks, Open Archives, and Libraries |
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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. |
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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. |
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November 28, 2011 |
OverDrive Announces Ebook Device 'Test Drive' Program for Libraries The program includes device recommendations and guidelines for setup, maintenance, and support, as well as best practices for institutions that want to stock and lend ebook readers and tablets to patrons. |
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October 27, 2015 |
Odilo Broadens Spain's Ebook Lending Program Libraries can use Odilo to purchase local content, magazines, movies, music, newspapers, and more. |
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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. |
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February 7, 2013 |
EBSCO Adds New Ebook Subscription Collections EBSCO Publishing released EngineeringCore and ITCore, two ebook subscription collections designed to support the learning and reference needs of engineering and technology professionals. |
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August 6, 2012 |
ebrary Enhances Strategic Ebook Acquisition Program for Public Libraries To enable public libraries to affordably and strategically meet the nonfiction ebook needs of patrons, ebrary, a ProQuest business, added more than 9,000 new titles from publishers including Bentham Science and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt across acquisition models. |
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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. |
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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. |
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June 18, 2015 |
The European Commission Investigates Amazon's Ebook Distribution Contracts The European Commission initiated a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon's business practices regarding ebook distribution, according to STM Publishing News. |
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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. |
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February 14, 2008 |
Scopus Adds 600 Titles at No Extra Charge The abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and web sources announced that it will add 600 titles to its database of 15,000 peer-reviewed journals. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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April 4, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Library Ebook Lending Under Attack The options libraries have are poor and our customers are frustrated. There are numerous restrictions on lending, device incompatibilities, proprietary systems, interface issues, privacy issues, and more. |
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May 20, 2010 |
OverDrive to Release Free eBook Reading Apps "The significant investments that libraries and retailers are making in premium ebook collections will have even greater value when users can access titles on their mobile devices," said David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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January 31, 2008 |
TDNet Launches New eBook Manager The eBook Manager is designed to provide libraries with a tool for accessing, resolving, and managing ebooks. |
