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Title:  How books came to America: the rise of the American book trade Author: Hruschka, John ISBN: Hardcover: 978-0-271-05081-2
Price: Hardcover: $74.95 Imprint: University Park, Pa.: Penn State University Press, 2012 Series Name: Penn State Series in the History of the Book

“Anyone who pays attention to the popular press knows that [...]

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Title: Past or Portal? Enhancing Undergraduate Learning through Special Collections and Archives Author: Eleanor Mitchell, Peggy Seiden, and Suzy Taraba ISBN: Softcover:978-0-8389-8610-3  ; eBook Item Number: 8400-6103
Price: Softcover: $60; eBook $21 (This title is also as a print/e-book bundle.) Imprint: Chicago: ACRL, 2012

 

“In the age of ubiquitous access to information, [...]

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Title: The New Media Invasion: Digital Technologies and the World They Unmake Author: John David Ebert ISBN: Softcover: 978-0-7864-6560-6; Ebook  978-0-7864-8818-6
Price: Softcover & ebook : $40
Imprint: Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011

“This study explores how Internet entities like Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, and Google, and gadgets such as digital cameras, [...]

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Title: E-shock 2020: How the Digital Technology Revolution Is Changing Business and All Our Lives Author: Michael De Kare-Silver ISBN: Hardcover: 978-0230301306
Price: Hardcover: $40
Imprint: Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011,  168 pages.

Although not specific to libraries or the publishing industry, E-shock 2020… makes for an  fascinating and relevant read.  [...]

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Title: Printing and Prophecy Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 Author: Jonathan Green ISBN: Hardcover:978-0-472-11783-3; Ebook 978-0-472-02758-3
Price: Hardcover: $70;  e-book (DRM Protected PDF Document) $60
Imprint: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012,  280 pages.

“Printing and Prophecy: Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 examines prognostic traditions and late medieval prophetic texts [...]

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Title: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries Author: Association of Research Libraries, et al. ISBN:NA
Price: Free PDF download
Imprint: Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries , 2012, 32 pages

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the release of the Read More...

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