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ATG “I Wonder” Wednesday: A National Coordinated Approach to Digital Preservation?

gilsont — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:52:10 +0000

ATG Article of the Week: Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Form ‘Newco’ — A New Chapter for Ebooks

gilsont — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:07:07 +0000

Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Form ‘Newco’—A New Chapter for Ebooks

In this article, Nancy K Heather reports on a surprising turnaround. Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have resolved their differences and then some. Not only have they come to an agreement regarding a contentious lawsuit over patent infringement, they have formed a [...]

More Conferences and Meetings

gilsont — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:57:44 +0000

Events sponsored by the Digital Curation Centre; Mississippi State University; NFAIS; ALCTS and NASIG.

8th International Digital Curation Conference – Call for Papers

The theme of this year’s conference is Infrastructure,Intelligence,Innovation:driving the Data Science and it will be held on 14-16 January 2013 at the Mövenpick Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The theme recognises that [...]

Conferences and Meetings 5/15/12

gilsont — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:40:22 +0000

Webinars from NISO and ACLTS:

NISO May 16 Webinar: Can I Access the World? Involving Users in E-book Acquisition and Sharing — Still Time to Register

There’s still time to register for NISO’s May 16 webinar (from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT), “Can I Access the World? Involving Users in E-book Acquisition [...]

News and Announcements 5/15/12

gilsont — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:17:18 +0000

Today’s menu: A Gale/Wolper partnership; the latest from CNI Conversations; new Rosetta digital preservation system by Ex Libris; two archive databases from EBSCO; election results from ACRL; a new open access program launched by Versita; and the 2012 winners of the Booksellers Industry Awards.

Gale and Wolper Information Services Partner to Enhance [...]

ATG Book of the Week: How books came to America: the rise of the American book trade

gilsont — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:00:14 +0000

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 [...]

News You Need to Start the Week

gilsont — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:25:50 +0000

Ebooks for business professionals from EBSCO; a new books series from Springer & Beijing Normal UP; Elsevier presents new “Clinical Insight Engine”; ARL endorses Visual Resources Association’s Statement on the Fair Use of Images; and Dean James Mullins and the Purdue University Libraries receive ARL honor.

EBSCO Releases Ebook Subscription Collection for [...]

Caught My Eye: Momentum Builds for DCL’s eBook Model

gilsont — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:56 +0000

Momentum Builds for DCL’s eBook Model

Adding a little more fire to Friday’s ATG Hot Topic of the Week about ebooks, Digital Shift reports that “the Douglas County Libraries pioneering model for purchasing ebooks directly from publishers is gaining a significant amount of traction.

Colorado’s Marmot Library Network, Anythink [...]

NEWSFLASH!! Decision in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright case

gilsont — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:52:03 +0000

The GSU decision — not an easy road for anyone

A decision was issued late Friday in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright case and Kevin Smith, Duke University’s Scholarly Communications Officer offers a thorough analysis in this well reasoned piece. Kevin’s initial reaction is that “overall there is good news for libraries … [...]

News and Announcements 5/11/12

gilsont — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:22:06 +0000

Today’s menu: a House vote to cut Census Bureau American Community Survey; Douglas County Libraries buys ebooks direct; a Pew study of smartphone use; the first Credo Reference Digital Award winner; ABC-CLIO wins SIIA CODiE award; and rising profits at Bertelsmann.

House Votes To Cut Census Survey Done Since Thomas Jefferson

The Huffington Post [...]

ATG Hot Topic of the Week: eBooks

Leah Hinds — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:06:36 +0000

by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, in partnership with Library Renewal, has launched a petition drive for e-books. They’re trying to convince certain publishers to sell e-books to libraries, and for other publishers to make their pricing and sales models more library-friendly. Here’s [...]

Job Bank 5/11/12

gilsont — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:31:32 +0000

Head, Collection Development and Preservation – SEARCH EXTENDED

George Mason University Libraries seeks an experienced, innovative, team-oriented librarian for the position of Head, Collection Development and Preservation (CDP).

This position provides leadership for collection development and preservation activities of a large university library system (four libraries on three campuses) coordinating the collection development and [...]

Early Bird Registration ends today for the 2012 Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) Symposium

gilsont — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:19:00 +0000

Early Bird Registration ends May 11 for the CIP 2012 Biennial Symposium June 6-8, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD

The Program schedule is available on the CIP website at www.umuc.edu/cip2012

PRESYMPOSIUM SEMINARS—June 6: You will have the choice between 2 workshops offered throughout the day.

Three-hour workshops include:

•Copyright [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Tim Coates, Founder, Bilbary

gilsont — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:34:40 +0000

Tim Coates

Title: Founder

Organization: Bilbary

Address: 19, Rue Aldringen, Luxembourg, L-1011

Website: www.Bilbary.com

Born and lived: UK

Early life: Degrees from Oxford University and Masters from Stirling University

Professional career and activities: International Bookselling and publishing for more than 30 years. I was ceo of WH Smith in Europe, ceo of Waterstone’s [...]

ATG Broadcast Rumors

Leah Hinds — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:35:41 +0000

These “Rumors” were included in the latest issue of the ATG NewsChannel Broadcast, our e-newsletter that is sent to our subscriber list when each new print issue is released. The Broadcast includes links to full text articles online, as well as highlights recent important posts on the NewsChannel website that you may have missed. If [...]

v24 #2 Table of Contents

Leah Hinds — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:00:10 +0000

Please note: You must be logged in as a subscriber to view the full text articles at the links below. Print subscribers may click “Register” on the right side of the screen to register for a username and password. For information on how to subscribe to ATG, please [...]

v24 #2 Back Talk

Leah Hinds — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:50:56 +0000

Today’s Academic Library: Student Centered and Convenient

Column Editor: Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson (Library and Information Science Consultant and former Hong Kong University Librarian; now relocated to Sahuarita, Arizona) <anthony.ferguson185@gmail.com>

I was recently asked to go to Taiwan to speak about academic library trends in the age of globalization. I readily accepted for two [...]

v24 #2 Little Red Herrings

Leah Hinds — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:29:48 +0000

Is the Internet A Substitute for the Library After All? Part 1

by Mark Y. Herring (Dean of Library Services, Dacus Library, Winthrop University) <herringm@winthrop.edu>

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I hope you’ll indulge me in this, and it will be an indulgence, three parts’ worth.

In 2000, I wrote a piece called “10 Reasons [...]

2012 Charleston Conference

Leah Hinds — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:24:46 +0000

32nd Annual
Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

Call for Papers, Ideas, Conference Themes, Panels, Debates, Diatribes, Speakers, Poster Sessions, Preconferences, etc…

2012 Theme – Accentuate the Positive!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 – Preconferences and Vendor Showcase
Thursday – Saturday, November 8-10, 2012 – Main Conference
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Job Bank 5/9/12

Leah Hinds — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:01:17 +0000

Search Extended: Head,Collection Development & Preservation, George Mason University Libraries

George Mason University Libraries seeks an experienced, innovative, team-oriented librarian for the position of Head, Collection Development and Preservation (CDP). All applications for this position, number FA262z, MUST be submitted online at George Mason’s employment page. Questions should be directed to Debra Hogan, Executive Assistant to the [...]