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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 [...]

Iraq Receives Control of Online Science Library

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/

Cambridge University Library receives 1.5 million pound gift

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 [...]

Joyce Ogburn is elected Vice President/President of ACRL

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 [...]

Vivek Shah Buys Ziff Davis Media

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

Has anyone reading this bought an iPad

Inquiring people like Dennis Brunning and Katina Strauch want to know. Thanks!

OCLC and H.W. Wilson to transition databases from FirstSearch to WilsonWeb

 

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 [...]

EBSCO will purchase the assets of OCLC NetLibrary Division

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 [...]

Georgia State electronic course reserves copyright case

Both Sides Angle for Victory In Key E-Reserve Copyright Case”
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6722663.html
“In a significant development…both sides in a contentious legal
battle over electronic course reserves used in an academic
library at Georgia State University (GSU), Atlanta, have asked
the court for summary judgment in their favor.”

This was posted by Bernie Sloan on liblicense March 11.

The new new textbook?

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 [...]

Kirkus is not dead

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 gives in to Macmillan’s eBook pricing

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

Fulltext rights controversy

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

Blackwell Hires by YBP and more

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 [...]

Scott Alan Smith goes to college

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 [...]