LibLime Upgrades "Koha with Class" to 3.0 Josh Hadro - 10/14/2008
LibLime has upgraded their program giving library schools access to free automation software to include the latest version of the open source Koha ILS
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Online Databases: Science Info Without Borders By Carol Tenopir - 10/01/2008
Online resources are critical to the concept of “libraries without borders,” the theme of the 2008 World Library and Information Congress at the 74th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) general conference, held in August in Québec City. Fee-based online information sources accessed through libraries are an important part of the library's rol...
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New Adobe DRM/Lending Software Edited by Josh Hadro - 10/01/2008
On September 22, Adobe launched its latest software for ebook retailing and lending: Adobe Content Server 4. In partnership with a number of prominent library vendors including Overdrive, Ingram Digital, NetLibrary, and Libre Digital, as well as major publishers like Random House and HarperCollins, the product gives companies new means to package their ebook content for distribution to consumer...
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Redesign for Credo Reference Edited by Josh Hadro - 10/01/2008
Credo Reference, the electronic resource aggregator, has significantly updated the user interface of its reference platform. The improvements are “optimized to address different types of reference questions,” the company said, and include faceted browsing, an enhanced visualization tool dubbed Concept Map, and a new feature called Related Resources.
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ArticleReach for Wayne State Edited by Josh Hadro - 10/01/2008
Wayne State University Library System, Detroit, has officially become a member of an international consortium using ArticleReach, an electronic document delivery service developed by Innovative Interfaces. The product allows for centralized access to journal content from member libraries and lets end users request documents from other institutions directly without going through a lengthy and ti...
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New ePub Program for Penguin By Raya Kuzyk - 10/01/2008
Readers already owning the hardcover edition of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence and wanting to read the epilog written exclusively for the paperback edition can purchase it as a standalone as part of Penguin's “eSpecials” program. Penguin eSpecials will have their own logo and, like all other Penguin ebooks, be available in formats including Sony Reader, Amazon Kindle, and Ad...
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ProQuest, Google To Digitize News Edited by Josh Hadro - 10/01/2008
Hoping to do for newspapers what Google Books has done for monographs, ProQuest and search giant Google have reached an agreement to digitize millions of pages of content from ProQuest's vast newspaper microfilm archives, which include 10,000 titles. While ProQuest has vowed to continue improving and expanding its Historical Newspapers collection independently, the Google deal aims to create se...
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Tennant: Digital Libraries Roy Tennant, Senior Program Manager, OCLC Programs and Research October 13, 2008 Hathi Hatches the Egg
I've posted so much about the Hathi Trust that I'm thinking I should just lay off alr... More
Tennant: Digital Libraries Roy Tennant, Senior Program Manager, OCLC Programs and Research October 8, 2008 When A Good Idea Goes Bad
Wikis are a good idea. They bring web authoring, and even collaborative web authoring... More
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