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Thousands oppose NYPL budget cuts; Penguin settles for $75 million in eBook pricing suit; Ebook sales in Canada plateau at 15%; EBSCO Publishing and EBSCO Information Services merge; CLOCKSS adds seven new publishers; and a Online Customer Experience Handbook available to publishers.
Thousands of Patrons Oppose $47 Million in NYPL Budget Cuts
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Scientific insurgents say impact factors distort science; Wiley begins six month trial of altmetric service; Elsevier collaborates with the Geological Society of America; W&M alumni gain free access to JSTOR; University librarian position removed from tenure structure; Serials Solutions and SA ePublications to index The African Electronic Journals; and D&B introduces Hoover’s Analytics for small [...]
Read More... →BiblioBoard library grows with new modules; Publisher associations to merge; EOS adds 8 new clients in April 2013; Barnes & Noble bringing browser and email to Simple Touch eReaders in June; “Magical Books” will be the Bodleian’s summer exhibition; and Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion.
BiblioBoard Library Grows With New Modules, Subscription [...]
Read More... →Sarah Thomas of University of Oxford Appointed Vice President for the Harvard Library
From the Harvard University Announcement:
“Harvard University Provost Alan M. Garber announced today that Sarah Thomas of the University of Oxford has been named vice president for the Harvard Library.
In this role, Thomas will have overall responsibility for [...]
Read More... →Publisher threatens to sue blogger for $1-Billion; UK kids reading more on screen than in print; UK survey spotlights researchers’ reliance on open access; Bowker will be an industry sponsor at uPublishU at BookExpo America; Rep. Lofgren introduces Unlocking Technology Act; and worldwide intellectual property access supported.
Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for [...]
Read More... →Skip Prichard named OCLC President and CEO
According to an OCLC news release “Skip Prichard, an experienced senior executive in the information services market, has been named the next OCLC President and CEO.
Mr. Prichard has led multi-national organizations that serve libraries across the full spectrum of library services and content needs. [...]
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