From the monthly archives: December 2011
Title: Practical Strategies for Cataloging Departments
Editors: Rebecca L. Lubas, Editor ISBN: Softcover: 978-1-59884-492-4; ebook:978-1-59884-493-1
Price: Softcover: $45; ebook: call for pricing
Imprint: Chicago: Libraries Unlimited, 2011, 117 pages.
“This book provides a valuable road map for cataloging managers to navigate the metadata needs of the 21st century library… Each chapter [...]
Read More... →Digital Domain: Publishers vs. Libraries: An E-Book Tug of War
As this article in the NY Times points out, the popularity of ebook borrowing from libraries will grow just as ebook sales have grown – and publishers fear the obvious. They worry “that people will click to borrow an e-book from a library [...]
Read More... →More on the Google Book case; Florida library outsourced to LSSI; the House delays SOPA; Brill releases BrillOnline.com; e-textbooks a la carte from Bookstep; and some personnel moves from major publishers.
Google tries to kick Authors Guild out of court in book case
The Google book case which has dragged on [...]
Read More... →Grunge rocker Henry Rollins writes of a recent visit to the National Archive and the Library of Congress and it obvious that he really likes what he saw. Along with fellow rocker and lifelong [...]
Read More... →Today’s headlines come from an ARL Salary Survey; a Flavorwire ranking of college library buildings; AAP trade book sales; an author challenge to ebook royalties; Science retracts paper.
ARL Salary Survey: U.S. Academic Librarians’ Salaries Up 1.5 Percent.
“The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released its annual salary survey today which showed [...]
Read More... →Positions at California State Polytechnic; SUNY Oswego; Eastern Washington University; and Minnesota State University.
Digital Initiatives Librarian – California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
“The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona University Library is seeking a … librarian to play a leadership role in planning, implementing, and supporting digital collections and services. This person will provide [...]
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