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by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College
As Hurricane Sandy kicked up sand along the US East Coast and flooded the Northeast, all while early voting was beginning in some states, Open Access Week was not the main headline last week. But here are a few things that might [...]
Read More... →EBSCO is pleased to announce the winner of its 2012 Charleston Conference Scholarship: Zeeshan Ullah, assistant librarian at Central Library, Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan. This year’s event — the 32nd Annual Charleston Conference, titled “Accentuate the Positive” — will be held November 7 – 10, 2012, in Charleston, S.C.
Applicants for the scholarship were asked [...]
Read More... →by Jonathan Harwell, Rollins College
Another busy week in the Land of Publishing. Following up last week’s news about the Google Books lawsuit, we heard next that the Authors Guild’s suit against HathiTrust was thrown out. Details and analyses are available from many sources, including Ars Technica, Wired, the Chronicle, and Read More... →
by Jonathan Harwell, Rollins College
After seven long years of litigation against Google for their book scanning, the Association of American Publishers has sealed a private settlement with Google. Claire Cain Miller has the rundown of what we know so far, in the New York Times. The common wisdom is that the lawsuit might have [...]
Read More... →E-Book Program Development Librarian
Columbia University Libraries
Temporary, 2-year position
Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Bibliographic Services and Collection Development, the E-Book Program Librarian will investigate, analyze, and advise on issues relating to all aspects of the Libraries’ e-books program, including licensing, purchase terms and methods, budgeting, discovery and access, usability (functionality, interfaces, [...]
Read More... →Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced Ms. Maliaca Oxnam, Associate Librarian at the University of Arizona, as the winner of the first annual Elsevier Library Connect Charleston Conference Award for first time presenters.
Ms. Oxnam, a member of the University of Arizona Scholarly Publishing and Data [...]
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