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W3C Group Publishes Final Report on Library Linked Data
By on October 25, 2011
The W3C’s Library Linked Data Incubator Group has published its final report. The goal is to increase the global interoperability of library data on the Web.
Open Access Week Gets Under Way
By on October 24, 2011
Open Access Week, the annual event celebrating the global movement towards Open Access (OA) to research and scholarship, began its fifth annual event today, October 24. According to a press release from the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), which coordinated the event, the week provides an opportunity to learn about the benefits of […]
Google Debuts a Digital Bookcase
By on October 20, 2011
Google’s digital designers recently unveiled the WebGL Bookcase, a digital bookcase that is an infinite 3D helix. According to a post on the Google Blog, a user can spin the bookcase side-to-side and up and down with a mouse. It holds 3D models of more than 10,000 titles from Google Books. The books are organized […]
At HathiTrust Constitutional Convention, Executive Director Offers a Success Story
By on October 20, 2011
One of the high points that emerged from the HathiTrust Constitutional Convention, which was held in Washington, D.C. from October 8-10, was the opening presentation by John Wilkin, HathiTrust’s executive director. Wilkin talked about the project’s past, present and future, and he emphasized that “this is a libraries writ large success story. What has happened […]
LJ/SLJ Ebook Summit Panelists Remind Librarians of an Old Creed: Free to All
By on October 12, 2011
The keynote panel at a virtual ebook summit held Wednesday by Library Journal and School Library Journal brought together panelists from three very different sectors of the library world who, nonetheless, found common ground, particularly on the need to ensure equitable access to digital materials.
Bowker Launches International Ebook Survey
By on October 12, 2011
Bowker, a book market research firm, announced today, October 12, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, that it was launching a massive, international study of e-book adoption and consumption habits.
The study will begin in January 2012 and repeat annually, allowing comparisons between e-book markets in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North and South America, all of which are experiencing different growth patterns.
OverDrive Reports Ebook Checkouts Already Up 200 Percent Versus 2010
By on October 12, 2011
OverDrive, the Cleveland-based distributor of ebooks and audiobooks to libraries and schools, released third quarter 2011 results today, October 12, showing significant traffic and circulation growth at libraries and schools.
Circulation statistics through September 30, 2011 at OverDrive’s 15,000 libraries and schools worldwide, according to a company press release.
Link: Kansas State Librarian Can Transfer Thousands of Titles From OverDrive to 3M at No Charge
By on October 10, 2011
The year-long battle of the Kansas state librarian to maintain control of her library’s OverDrive collection even as she plans to move it to a different vendor’s platform is coming to a head.
