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 [...]
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via Bernie Sloan: “As Americans work toward a military handoff to full Iraqi control, they are making an intellectual handoff as well. Iraqi people today gained control of an online library built in 2006 to bolster the country’s scientific research.” http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Iraq-Receives-Control-of/24584/ 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 [...] 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 the [...] 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 Inquiring people like Dennis Brunning and Katina Strauch want to know. Thanks!
OCLC and H.W. Wilson will work together to transition library subscriptions for H.W. Wilson databases provided on the OCLC FirstSearch service to the WilsonWeb platform over the next 16 months. Wilson will continue to index many of its databases in WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local, a program that began in 2008. The commitment to work together [...] OCLC and EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) have signed an agreement whereby EBSCO will purchase the assets of the OCLC NetLibrary Division and the rights to license a select number of vendor-owned databases currently available through the OCLC FirstSearch service. The purchase includes the NetLibrary eBook and eAudiobook platform as well as [...] Both Sides Angle for Victory In Key E-Reserve Copyright Case” This was posted by Bernie Sloan on liblicense March 11. Want to write a textbook? Just take one that’s already written and customize it for your class or even for yourself. See this article in today’s New York Times – “Textbooks That Professors Can Rewrite Digitally,” by Motoko Rich. Reportedly, in August, Macmillan will introduce software called Dynamic Books which will allow professors to make [...] This is from the Chronicle of Higher Education, February 11, 2010 — The article “New Owner Takes a Shot with Kirkus Reviews.” Herb Simon, owner of the Indiana Pacers, has bought Kirkus Reviews. Simon also owns Tecolote Books, an independent bookstore in Montecito, California. “With the growth of e-books and e-reading devices, no one can [...] Amazon has conceded to Macmillan and will allow the publisher to set prices for its eBooks that are being offered by Amazon. Amazon seems concerned about the impact ot Apple and its new iPad (due out in March) and potential Amazon competitor ibookstore which will allow publishers to set their own prices. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/forum/cd/discussion.html?ie=UTF8&cdForum=Fx20DX5GEB7TUX8&cdThread=Tx2GP89DKWF9TRM Library Journal has posted a page that pulls together much of the relevant information on the Ebsco full rights controversy. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6716858.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=17202558 Mark Kendall sends word that the following Blackwell representatives will be joining the YBP sales team effective immediately. Kim Anderson, Senior Collection Development Manager and Bibliographer Mike Arnold, Collection Development Manager Crystal Stamps-Etheredge, Collection Development Manager Hannah Bucholz, Collection Development Manager Rex Steiner, Middle East Sales Director Sylvain Robichaud will also be joining YBP as Director of Sales for Canada. More news [...] This Rumor is true: long-time bookseller Scott Alan Smith is pursuing his MLS and is enrolled at the University of Texas, Austin’s iSchool. He’s still working for Alibris, and continues to organize the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, along with Faye Chadwell, Oregon State University, and Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon [...] |
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