From the monthly archives: January 2010
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
Read More... →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 [...]
Read More... →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 (for Timberline, see libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl, [...]
Read More... →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
Read More... →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 [...]
Read More... →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 [...]
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