Baker & Taylor (B&T) and its collection management subsidiary collectionHQ announced the launch of ESP (Evidence-based Selection Planning), an optional feature for collectionHQ that aims to predict system-wide and branch-level demand for books, ebooks, and other materials, including newly published items. The feature works by analyzing a library’s circulation history using collectionHQ, while leveraging data from B&T’s online collection development and ordering system Title Source 360.
Baker & Taylor, collectionHQ Launch ESP, a Predictive Collection Development Tool
Nashville’s Limitless Libraries Hopes to Merge School and Public Library ILS
“Buy-to-Unglue” Ebook Crowdfunding Model Goes Beta
Simon & Schuster Expands Ebook Pilot with OverDrive, 3M, and Axis 360
Simon & Schuster (S&S) last week expanded their library ebook pilot to systems outside of New York City and announced that OverDrive had become a new partner in the test. The pilot was launched in April 2013, with the 3M Cloud Library and BiblioCommons supporting lending and acquisition for the New York Public Library and […]
Frictionless Books
Most GVRL Partners Expected to Adopt Usage-Driven Acquisition Model
Unlatched or Unglued, It’s All Good
I and others on The Digital Shift have written about the efforts of Unglue.it to “unglue” books and make them openly available. The basic model is taken from crowdsourcing funding efforts. People pledge what they can, and if enough pledges are gathered before the time runs out the book is “unglued” and made openly available […]
Hoopla Announces Agreements with Universal Pictures, MGM, National Geographic, and BBC America
Department of Commerce Seeks Input on Digital First Sale
MELSA, 3M Develop New Ebook Sharing Feature for Consortia
In partnership with Minnesota’s Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) consortium, 3M has developed CloudLink, a new feature for its ebook lending system for consortia. Many consortial arrangements involve member libraries contributing ebooks to a common pool that patrons from all libraries can use. In addition to this functionality, CloudLink also enables any patron from any MELSA library to check out ebooks from the private collections of any other MELSA library, provided there is no holds list for the title.