Library Journal has posted a page that pulls together much of the relevant information on the Ebsco full rights controversy.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6716858.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=17202558
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Mark Kendall sends word that the following Blackwell representatives will be joining the YBP sales team effective immediately. Kim Anderson, Senior Collection Development Manager and Bibliographer Mike Arnold, Collection Development Manager Crystal Stamps-Etheredge, Collection Development Manager Hannah Bucholz, Collection Development Manager Rex Steiner, Middle East Sales Director Sylvain Robichaud will also be joining YBP as Director of Sales for Canada. More news [...] This Rumor is true: long-time bookseller Scott Alan Smith is pursuing his MLS and is enrolled at the University of Texas, Austin’s iSchool. He’s still working for Alibris, and continues to organize the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, along with Faye Chadwell, Oregon State University, and Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon [...] Turns out there is a disagreement between Amazon and Macmillan over charges for eBooks. Macmillan has asked Amazon to raise the price of the eBook from $9.99 to around $15 but Amazon doesn’t agree and Macmillan books have been pulled from Amazon. Macmillan imprints include Henry Holt, Farrar Straus, and St. Martin’s. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/amazon-pulls-macmillan-books-over-e-book-price-disagreement/?th&emc=th Digital Projects Coordinator The University Libraries at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is seeking an enthusiastic individual to create, manage, and provide access to the University’s rapidly growing digital collections. Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Electronic Resources and Information Technologies, this tenure-track position is part of the Electronic Resources and Information Technology Department [...] Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, was selected as the Best Online Science or Technology Service within the content category of the SIIA’s 2010 CODiE Awards. Winners were announced last night in New York City at the 25th Annual CODiE Awards Dinner held in conjunction with the 2010 Information [...] Join NISO for a one-day forum on Discovery to Delivery: Creating a First-Class User Experience on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Atlanta, GA. NISO educational forums are routinely praised for their excellent selection of speakers representing a diversity of viewpoints across the scholarly information community and the small size [...] Dr. Gary Marchionini, Cary C. Boshamer Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been appointed dean of the School of Information and Library Sciences. The University’s Board of Trustees today (Jan. 28) approved the appointment, effective April 1. A Carolina faculty member since 1998, Marchionini heads the school’s Interaction Design Laboratory and chairs [...] From a press release issed by SkyRiver on Jan. 28, 2010: The West Bloomfield Township Public Library in West Bloomfield, MI has completed the conversion from its legacy bibliographic service to being fully operational with SkyRiver cataloging in less than a month. West Bloomfield’s conversion is the quickest to date for a SkyRiver partner underscoring the [...] The Health Sciences Library of the University of Colorado Denver seeks exceptional candidates for the position of Acquisitions Librarian. Minimum starting salary $47,000 based on qualifications and experience; appointment is as non-tenure track collegial faculty member within the Collections Management Department. The position manages the acquisition of information resources in all formats employing sound fiscal practices [...] What a surprise! Steve Sutton, never to be left behind, he was at netlibrary way back when, remember?, will be joining On Demand Books (www.ondemandbooks.com) as Vice President, Director of University and Library Sales starting February 5th. Wow! Congratulations, Steve. And watch for our interview with Dane Neller, CEO. Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has acquired the assets of Questia Media, Inc., a provider of information and educational resources to students through its questia.com and questiaschool.com products. Questia provides a subscription-based online information service that gives users access to more than 76,000 books from 300+ publishers and millions of articles from journals, magazines and [...] From a press release issued by Edinburgh University Press on Jan. 27, 2010: Edinburgh University Press has entered into a three year agreement with the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) to provide access to all EUP journals for all of the nineteen SHEDL member institutions in Scotland. SHEDL was set up in 2009 to provide uniform [...] From a press release issued by Elsevier on Jan. 26, 2010: Elsevier, publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that its flagship product Scopus has successfully partnered with the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) and the SCImago Research Group, endorsing two complementary journal metrics, SNIP and SJR. The metrics [...] From a press release issued by Credo Reference on Jan. 26, 2010: Credo Reference, the online reference library, has signed an agreement to include National Gallery, London images and information in the Credo General Reference Collection. Credo has licensed high resolution images of the paintings of the National Gallery. Students and library patrons will now be able [...] |
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