By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Jay Henry from Ringgold led off this session with a discussion of web scale discovery and why it matters, the role of metadata, and  an appeal for standards.  An improved search interface has always been [...]

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People in the News 6/10/13

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A New Head Chef in the Scholarly Kitchen

In today’s Scholarly Kitchen post, Kent Anderson announced that as he begins a one-year term as the President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), he is resigning “my position as Editor-in-Chief of the Scholarly Kitchen. I will hand the reins over to David Crotty, [...]

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More Job Bank 6/9/13

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Three Positions – Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Science Librarian Social Science Librarian Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian

Responsibilities: Under the general direction of the Associate Dean for Information Services and responsive to input from the Dean of Library Affairs, all three positions provide reference, instruction, [...]

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Job Bank – 6/9/13

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Career Opportunities at: the College of Charleston; Oregon State University; and the University of Kansas (two positions)

Dean of Libraries – College of Charleston

The College of Charleston, located in Charleston, SC, seeks a Dean of Libraries who is a visionary leader to develop and promote the libraries’ significant contributions to the intellectual [...]

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    By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

This panel featured representatives from the UK, Latin America, Japan, and the Middle East answering questions on policy shifts in their regions and emerging opportunities for publishers.  Toby Green, the moderator, from the Organization for [...]

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    By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Demand-driven acquisition of electronic content (particularly e-books) has resulted in the growth in sales of single titles to consumers, which is a different sales model for publishers.  This session discussed some of the issues.

Till [...]

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