NISO recommended practice in improving OpenURLs through analytics; Samsung moves in to ebooks; EBSCO and Infogroup sign reseller agreement; Wolters Kluwer Health partners with Amirsys on two databases; OCLC Research Library Partnership welcomes University of Wisconsin-Madison; IngramSpark Service debuts publish-on-demand platform; and Hachette to donate audiobooks to National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of a new recommended practice, Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics (IOTA): Recommendations for Link Resolver Providers (NISO RP-21-2013). These recommendations are the result of a three-year study performed by the NISO IOTA Working Group in which millions of OpenURLs were analyzed and a Completeness Index was developed as a means of quantifying OpenURL quality. By applying this Completeness Index to their OpenURL data and following the recommendations, providers of link resolvers can monitor the quality of their OpenURLs and work with content providers to improve the provided metadata—ultimately resulting in a higher success rate for end users. The project is summarized in a technical report, IOTA Working Group Summary of Activities and Outcomes (NISO TR-05-2013), which was published along with the recommended practice.
DigitalBookWorld reports that the ebooks space is about to get another major player, Samsung. “The company is set to make a strong push into the ebook retail market through its popular line of smartphones, tablets and “phablets,” a new device category between phone and tablet…
The company has quietly launched and updated Samsung Hub, a content store like Google Play that will eventually come preloaded on all Samsung devices, including phones, tablets, televisions, laptops and more. Included in the Samsung Hub is Samsung Readers Hub, the company’s ebook portal…”
PRWeb cites a press release announcing that “a new agreement between Infogroup and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) allows EBSCO to resell ReferenceUSA, … to libraries.
For those unfamiliar with the database, ReferenceUSA provides “access to information on more than 24 million businesses, 235 million consumers, new U.S. businesses & new U.S. homeowners and Canadian businesses & residents…”
Information today reports that “Wolters Kluwer Health and Amirsys, Inc., international providers of healthcare solutions, added two new clinical reference databases to their portfolios in late May: the Amirsys Pathology Reference Center and the Amirsys Anatomy Reference Center. The Pathology Reference Center features visual diagnostic tools containing 36,000 high-quality disease-related images and 2,100 other learning tools, such as summary tables, immunohistochemistry lists, staining patterns, and diagnosis comparisons…”
OCLC Research Library Partnership Welcomes University of Wisconsin-Madison
“We are pleased to welcome the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the OCLC Research Library Partnership! Mr. Edward V. Van Gemert, Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian is the Partner Representative and will engage with the Partnership as we collaborate on making operational processes more efficient and shaping new scholarly services…”
Inofrmation Today also notes that Ingram Content Group, Inc. reported that it is planning to launch IngramSpark, an innovative publish-on-demandplatform, in July. This online publishing tool grants independent publishers easy-to-use, cost-effective access to Ingram’s global distribution network for print and ebooks…”
DigitalShift reports that “Hachette Book Group on May 29 announced plans to provide unabridged audiobook recordings for free to the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), a division of the Library of Congress (LOC). Select backlist and new titles, including new releases, will be available through NLS’s Talking Books program by the end of 2013, according to an announcement from the company…”
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