News & Announcements 10/03/11

Gale Launches Librareo, an Online Community to Power up the Next Generation of Superhero Librarians

Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Library Journal/School Library Journal magazines today announced Librareo (http://www.librareo.com), a free web-based community that supports the future of libraries and librarianship by providing students enrolled in Library and Information Studies (LIS) programs with free access to the professional resources they’ll rely upon following graduation.

Deb Hunt Voted President-Elect of SLA

The 2011 election for the Special Libraries Association’s (SLA) Board of Directors drew to a close on Wednesday, 28 September, with 2,393 SLA members casting their votes. The voting resulted in five new members being selected to the association’s governing body:
President-Elect: Deb Hunt
Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect: Debbie Schachter
Division Cabinet Chair-Elect: Ann Koopman
Directors: Marilyn Bromley and Hal Kirkwood

IGI Global Offers Slightly Used Titles at a Significant Discount on Half.com

While IGI Global has been listing its new titles on Half.com for the past several years with a 20-30% discount, it has recently begun adding slightly used titles at a 50% discount off the list price. Slightly used titles are like new, having only minor damage such as a single page bent or small, unsightly, noticeable marks caused during return shipment. To purchase an IGI Global title from Half.com, visit their Web site at http://www.half.ebay.com/. From there you can search by title, author, ISBN number, and keyword or you can simply do a search for ‘IGI Global.’

Society of American Archivists endorses practice recommended byOCLC Research for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online.

The “Well‐intentioned practice (WIP) for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online,”prepared by OCLC Research, has been endorsed as a standard by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Council. This practice provides the framework for an assertive approach to digitization of unpublished archival materials, such as photographs, letters, or the records of an organization’s work, whose rights holders are often difficult to identify and contact. It promotes a practical approach to identifying and resolving rights issues that is in line with professional and ethical standards and emphasizes a collective approach to the management of the copyright responsibilities involved in large-scale digitization projects

Jouve to Convert Frankfurt Academy Talks to Enhanced e-books

Delegates at Frankfurt International Book Fair will be able to download all of its international conferences and seminars in digital format, for the first time in its history. Chosen by Frankfurt Academy for its expertise, Jouve, a global leader in e-book conversion and digital publishing, will convert all of the Academy content into enhanced e-books so that delegates around the world can easily share and exchange knowledge and information, select and recap on particular sessions and access it for future reference.