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News & Announcements 6/15/13

gilsont — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:25:34 +0000

A Springer project for college and small university ebook growth; Swets refines access management workflows; a Wikidata and authority control video; ALA releases digital literacy recommendations; also signs open letter to Congress on civil rights; F1000Research joins OASPA and COPE and is listed in DOAJ and SHERPA/RoMEO; ASIS&T and DCMI announce management partnership; EBSCO Discovery [...]

News & Announcements 6/13/13

gilsont — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:54:37 +0000

Apple claims they have 20% of the eBook market; Founders Online project goes public; SAGE Journals Platform now offers RSM journals; ResearchGate gets funding for open science initiatives; Bishop Grosseteste University goes live with OCLC’s WorldShare; AGU and Wiley partner on OA journal; Bing to Power Siri’s Web Search; and NoveList and TLC Expand Relationship.

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People in the News 6/12/13

gilsont — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:37:02 +0000

Rebecca T. Miller Named Editorial Director of Library Journals

Library Journal has announced that “Rebecca T. Miller (rmiller@mediasourceinc.com), Editor-in-Chief of School Library Journal, has accepted the position of Editorial Director of Library Journals, effective immediately. She will serve as Editor-in-Chief for both Library Journal and School Library Journal. Michael Kelley, previously Editor-in-Chief [...]

News You Need to Start the Week

gilsont — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:29:46 +0000

Universities and libraries propose Share: Shared Access Research Ecosystem; Self-Published eBooks are 12% of the digital market; Elsevier announces digital services upgrade; Gale, The Library of Michigan and CIVICTechnologies partner to provide business resources; HarperCollins announces BookSmash app contest; Europeana 1989: we made history - project launched in Warsaw; and SydneyPLUS, Inmagic, Cuadra, Questor and [...]

People in the News 6/10/13

gilsont — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:29:20 +0000

A New Head Chef in the Scholarly Kitchen

In today’s Scholarly Kitchen post, Kent Anderson announced that as he begins a one-year term as the President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), he is resigning “my position as Editor-in-Chief of the Scholarly Kitchen. I will hand the reins over to David Crotty, [...]

News & Announcements 6/7/13

gilsont — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:57:15 +0000

Amazon executives testify in eBook Price Fixing Case; Plagiarizing across Europe; CrossRef launches FundRef to track scholarly funding; Copyright Clearance Center teams up with HFA; Multiple EBSCO press releases; Summon Discovery expands Japanese-language content with NetAdvance; and DeepDyve launches innovative 5-Minute Freemium service

Amazon Executives Testify in eBook Price Fixing Case

GalleyCat reports that [...]

People in the News 6/7/13

gilsont — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:21:39 +0000

ProQuest Names Allana Mayer 2013 Summit Scholarship Winner

– ProQuest, an information firm central to global research, has awarded the 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Allana Mayer, an MLIS student at McGill University in Montreal. The scholarship – named in honor of Dialog founder Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing online information [...]

People in the News 6/5/13

gilsont — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:30:15 +0000

Axel Kaschte joins OCLC as Product Strategy Director

OCLC announced today that Axel Kaschte has joined OCLC as Product Strategy Director, EMEA, with immediate effect. Dr. Kaschte has 20 years of experience working with library management systems and the library community throughout Europe.

News & Announcements 6/4/13

gilsont — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:32:08 +0000

Department of Justice opening statement U.S. vs. Apple et al; China approves Penguin-Random House merger; CHORUS tries to address (OSTP) public access memorandum; LRP Publications acquires Thompson’s Education Library; Elsevier provides access to Reaxys for five Czech Universities; Kudos partners with Taylor and Francis & the Royal Society of Chemistry; Net Neutrality in E;urope; and [...]

ATG Book of the Week: Library 2020: Today’s Visionaries Describe Tomorrow’s Library

gilsont — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:24:18 +0000

Title: Library 2020: Today’s Visionaries Describe Tomorrow’s Library Editor: Joseph Janes Paperback: 978-0-8108-8714-5 , $45 ebook: 978-0-8108-8715-2, $44.99
Imprint: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2013

“Thinking about the future of libraries, librarianship and the work librarians do is as old as libraries themselves. (No doubt seminars were organized by the Alexandria [...]

People in the News 6/3/13

gilsont — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:35:02 +0000

Wiley Names New Chief Financial Officer

DigitalBookWorld reports that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has “named John Kritzmacher, former CFO of Lucent Technologies and Global Crossing, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2013. Mr. Kritzmacher will be responsible for all of Wiley’s global finance functions and [...]

News You Need to Start the Week

gilsont — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:23:17 +0000

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 [...]

Registration Now Open for 2013 Charleston Conference

hindsl — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:44:04 +0000

November 6 – 9, 2013
Historic Downtown Charleston, SC

Early Bird registration deadline is August 16, 2013.

Wednesday, November 6: Preconferences and Vendor Showcase
Thursday, November 7, through Saturday, November 9: Main Conference

Confirmed plenary speakers include:

Jenica Rogers (SUNY Pottsdam) Steven J. Bell (Temple University) Meredith Schwartz [...]

In Case You Missed It: “eBooks and Efficiencies in Acquisitions Expenditures and Workflows” by Wm. Joseph Thomas, Heather Racine & Dan Shouse

gilsont — Fri, 31 May 2013 21:00:38 +0000

“eBooks and Efficiencies in Acquisitions Expenditures and Workflows” first appeared in the Against the Grain, April 2013, v25 #2 authored by:

Wm. Joseph Thomas (Head of Collection Development, East Carolina University) <thomasw@ecu.edu>
and Heather Racine (Electronic Resources Cataloging Technician, East Carolina University) <seibertracineh@ecu.edu>
and Dan Shouse (Collection Development [...]

Job Bank 5/30/13

gilsont — Thu, 30 May 2013 15:01:22 +0000

Job opportunities at Rollins College; ARL; California State University Fullerton; and Lyrasis

Discovery and Systems Librarian-Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

“The Olin Library at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, is seeking a … Discovery & Systems Librarian to lead its implementation of a new URM (unified resource management) or ILS (integrated library system) [...]

People in the News 5/29/13

gilsont — Thu, 30 May 2013 02:12:39 +0000

IUPUI’s University Library dean named president of Academic Libraries of Indiana

“David Lewis, dean of University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is now head of the statewide organization representing all academic libraries in nonprofit institutions of higher education.

Academic Libraries of Indiana installed Lewis as president during the organization’s 10th annual meeting [...]

News & Announcements 5/29/13

gilsont — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:35:09 +0000

Apple CEO rejects DOJ settlement in e-book suit; Harvard Library launches research data collaborative; “Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd edition is available in PDF; Penguin Book Truck to travel country; Licenses for Europe lose a number of stakeholders; Oxford UP’s Nelson Thornes acquisition cleared; Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law choose ByWater [...]

News & Announcements 5/28/13

gilsont — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:52:43 +0000

New agreement between EBSCO Information Services and Cengage Learning; Courier Corporation and Ingram Content Group form strategic relationship; DPLA: a screencast tour of ; CrossRef’s FundRef launched; Elsevier launches new OA journal.

New Agreement Between EBSCO Information Services and Cengage Learning Provides Gale Metadata in EBSCO Discovery Service™

PRWeb also reports [...]

People in the News 5/28/13

gilsont — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:38:30 +0000

Library Technology Leader Steven Nielsen Joins Innovative as Vice President of Strategic Accounts

“Innovative Interfaces announced … that Steven P. Nielsen has been named Vice President of Strategic Accounts. Nielsen, who was most recently VP of Product Management at Polaris Library Systems and before that served in a similar capacity at SirsiDynix, brings [...]

People in the News 5/27/13

gilsont — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:51:52 +0000

Interim Librarian and Archivist of Canada Named

The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced that Hervé Déry will be the interim Librarian and Archivist of Canada until an appointment is made…

Since March 2012, Mr. Déry has been the Assistant Deputy Minister and Corporate Secretary, Policy [...]