Posts by: Katina Strauch
Our themes have come from many places. From Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Gilbert & Sullivan, Cole Porter. They have been suggested by many of our attendees. Do you have a suggestion for the 2011 Conference theme? Please send it to us! Katina Strauch and the Charleston Conference Planning Group.
Read More... →It definitely annoys me that I can’t cite a page number for an eBook. It makes the reading experience more difficult to share with others (and the web is all about sharing, right?) There was an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education a few days ago (February 6, 2011) about this issue — “E-Books’ [...]
Read More... →Just announced in YBP’s 60 minute update — Beginning with invoices dated June 26, 2010, the Lindsay and Croft name has been replaced by YBP UK Library Services and a new remittance address appears at the top of the invoice. For customers who use EDI invoicing, the SAN number will remain the same. For more [...]
Read More... →University Librarian Anne Jarvis says that a gift of 1.5 million pounds by Dr. Leonard Polonsky will allow the library to set up the essential infrastructure required to digitize some of its extensive collections. The first collections to be digitized will be entitled The Foundations of Faith and The Foundations of Science. The goal for [...]
Read More... →Horrors! I left this out of the June Print ATG Rumors!!!! How could I be so stupid??!
The incredible and wonderful and perfect Joyce L. Ogburn, university librarian and director of the University of Utah Marriott Library, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). She will become president-elect following [...]
Read More... →This is from Folio Magazine — Former Time Inc. digital group president Vivek Shah has partnered with Boston-based investment firm Great Hill Partners to acquire Ziff Davis Media. The assets associated with the deal include PCMag.com, ExtremeTech, GearLog, GoodCleanTech, DL.tv, AppScout, CrankyGeeks, Smart Device Central and TechSaver.com.
http://www.foliomag.com/2010/vivek-shah-buys-ziff-davis-media
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