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June 27, 2013 |
Springer Introduces French and Italian Ebook Collections There are about 330 ebooks in the three French collections and more than 400 titles in the two Italian collections, all published in 2005 or later.   |
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October 20, 2015 |
Palgrave Connect Ebooks Come to Springer Platforms Springer will add all Palgrave Connect ebooks from Palgrave Macmillan to SpringerLink -- and include thousands of ebooks in the Springer Book Archives. |
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September 15, 2011 |
Springer Releases New Download Tool for MARC Records or Ebook Title Lists This new tool is easy to use and allows librarians to download a batch of records to a library's Springer eBook Collection. The new tool is available through Springer's MARC portal. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Lucia Snowhill |
E-books and Their Future in Academic Libraries: An Overview This article briefly summarizes task force findings, and outlines issues and recommendations for making e-books viable over the long term in the academic environment, based on the long-term goals of building strong research collections and providing high level services to its users... |
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August 26, 2010 |
SpringerLink Relaunched With Semantic Linking and Content Previews Springer has relaunched its online platform SpringerLink, which hosts nearly 5 million documents, including ebooks, journals, and reference works. |
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October 9, 2008 |
Softcover Books Enhance Springer's Ebook Collection Registered library patrons can now order softcover copies for their personal use of those Springer books that the library has purchased. Users can just click on the MyCopy button on SpringerLink. |
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March 2009
Marji McClure |
Turning a New Page in Ebooks Amazon brought renewed attention to ebooks, especially in the consumer market, with its 2007 launch of the Amazon Kindle and, most recently, the February release of the Amazon Kindle 2. |
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October 13, 2011
Barbara Quint |
SpringerLink Expanding Ebook Collection to Cover All Titles Dating From 1846 Since 2005, all new Springer books have been available as ebooks. After completion of the just announced Springer Book Archives digitization project, that number should grow to more than 100,000. |
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February 19, 2015 |
Springer Packages German Psychology Ebooks; Debuts New Journal Springer Science+Business Media added a dedicated package of German-language psychology titles into its ebooks collection. |
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August 6, 2012 |
Expanded Access to eBooks on EBSCOhost Now Available Through GOBI3 Librarians accustomed to selecting and managing their ebook collections through GOBI3 from YBP Library Services, now have additional access options for the more than 320,000 ebook titles from eBooks on EBSCOhost. |
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January 28, 2013
Barbara Brynko |
Springer Book Archives Makes Its Debut This new online book collection from Springer Business+Science Media represents Springer's ongoing commitment to the scientific research community by digitizing about 100,000 books dating from the 1840s. |
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March 8, 2012 |
EBSCO Releases First Subscription Ebook Collection eBook Academic Subscription Collection supplies full-text ebooks covering a broad spectrum of academic subjects from business to science and engineering to the humanities. Nearly 70,000 titles are included. |
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July 25, 2011 |
NetLibrary Ebooks Now Integrated on EBSCOhost Platform EBSCO Publishing's collection of more than 300,000 ebook and audiobook titles (formerly from NetLibrary) is now integrated on EBSCOhost. |
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March 24, 2011 |
Preview of eBooks on EBSCOhost Now Available--Goodbye NetLibrary The preview will allow librarians and end users to see how their library's collection of ebook titles from EBSCO/NetLibrary is being integrated into EBSCOhost. |
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November 29, 2010 |
Springer Launches SpringerBriefs as Ebooks SpringerBriefs will cover a wide range of content from professional to academic across a variety of subject areas including business and economics, computer science, human and behavioral sciences, life sciences, mathematics and physical sciences. |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2002
Donald T. Hawkins |
Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated It is now apparent that the e-book shot missed its mark, and the e-book revolution has fizzled. Indeed, it never really got off the ground. But despite all the gloom and doom surrounding them, e-books are not dead. Indeed, some e-book market segments appear to be stirring to life. |
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May 10, 2012 |
EBSCO Releases Ebook Subscription Collection for Business Professionals BusinessCore is designed to support the learning and research needs of business professionals. The collection is available as an annual subscription with unlimited access to the content. |
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October 27, 2015 |
Springer Nature Debuts Related Content Service Springer Nature released an interactive Related Content service on SpringerLink -- first to articles in the biotechnology collection and soon to the rest of the collections. |
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August 2004
Paula J. Hane |
Ebooks Corp. Announces New Ebook Lending Platform The company worked closely with the library, technology, and publishing communities to develop EBL, which is said to offer a pioneering approach to lending. |
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February 4, 2013 |
EBSCO Releases eBook Public Library Collection eBook Public Library Collection includes more than 25,000 general reference ebook titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature, and science and technology. |
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January 31, 2008 |
TDNet Launches New eBook Manager The eBook Manager is designed to provide libraries with a tool for accessing, resolving, and managing ebooks. |
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September 30, 2002
Barbara Quint |
Gale Launches E-Books with OCLC's netLibrary Gale Group, a business unit of Thomson Corp., has launched an e-book program that will make a large collection of its reference material available to online library patrons through netLibrary. |
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April 30, 2012 |
EBSCO Releases 39 New Ebook Subject Sets These sets provide libraries with convenient ways to begin or expand their ebook collections with current, reputable content from leading publishers. |
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September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
Searcher
December 2011
Charles Hamaker |
FEATURE: Ebooks on Fire: Controversies Surrounding Ebooks in Libraries While it might not matter to the occasional or recreational reader, the ebook presents a host of challenges for the role of the book as transmitter, carrier, and shaper of our written word cultural heritage. |
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March 11, 2013 |
EBSCO Introduces eBook Clinical Collection eBook Clinical Collection features more than 1,700 titles in medical specialties, nursing, allied health, and general practice. |
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October 1, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
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April 22, 2013 |
World Scientific Publishing Signs Ebook Agreement With YBP Library Services Customers will be able to access the publisher's 2012-2013 Front List Full Collection of ebooks that will be available for purchase from World Scientific Publishing through GOBI 3 (Global Online Bibliographic Information), YBP's acquisition and collection management interface. |
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June 10, 2014 |
Ingram Updates OASIS Ebook Tools OASIS is integrated with EBSCO Information Services to increase its ebook and collection development offerings. |
ONLINE
Jan/Feb 2012 |
EBook Buzz: University Presses and Ebooks: A New Horizon What's the buzz about? EBook Buzz, ONLINE's newest column, will discuss and debate the advances of ebooks in libraries and scholarly publishing. |
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August 18, 2011
Barbara Quint |
Project Muse Beta Tests New Platform Integrating Ebooks With Journals Project Muse is a leading provider of digital scholarship in the humanities and social sciences serving millions of users through its subscription arrangements with some 2,500 libraries. |
D-Lib
October 2004
John Cox |
E-Books: Challenges and Opportunities Where content matches need, e-books can support the academic mission effectively, saving time and adding value as a collective online reference resource rather than a set of individual titles. |
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February 17, 2011 |
Springer eBooks Now Available in the Google eBookstore Google currently holds the biggest collection of Springer ebooks with more than 52,000, which is a combination of physically scanned books published prior to 2006 and PDF file submissions since 2006. |
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March 4, 2010 |
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Collection Added to IEEE Xplore Digital Library This will offer IEEE customers online access to the more than 400 ebooks that comprise the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, which spans numerous content areas including bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies. |
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May 6, 2013 |
ebrary Adds Titles From Wiley to Academic Complete Academic Complete serves as a foundational, growing collection with more than 86,300 scholarly titles from which libraries can pinpoint patron needs and drive strategic ebook acquisition. |
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April 12, 2012 |
New EBSCOhost Collection Manager to Help Libraries With Ebooks and Audiobooks EBSCO Publishing is making it easier for library staff to search for ebooks and audiobooks and add them to their collections with the new EBSCOhost Collection Manager. |
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July 7, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
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July 26, 2012
Barbara Brynko |
Springer for Research & Development Caters to Corporate Markets When researchers speak, Springer Science+Business Media listens. That's the core philosophy behind Springer's latest platform designed to serve the needs of corporate researchers. |
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February 7, 2013 |
EBSCO Adds New Ebook Subscription Collections EBSCO Publishing released EngineeringCore and ITCore, two ebook subscription collections designed to support the learning and reference needs of engineering and technology professionals. |
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June 6, 2011 |
More Publishers to Participate in UPCC eBook Collections on Project MUSE To date, a total of 64 university and scholarly presses have contracted to include their ebooks in the initiative. |
Searcher
May 2012
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Percentages The arrival of ebooks has left pbooks the last man standing when it comes to library collections. Now books are going the way of full-text journals and reference works. A library's primary collection is no longer primarily print. |
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November 19, 2001
Paula J. Hane |
OCLC Offers to Purchase netLibrary's Assets OCLC announced that it has made an offer to purchase "substantially all the assets of netLibrary and assume certain netLibrary liabilities"... |
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November 12, 2013 |
Springer Partners With Qatar National Library Springer Science+Business Media signed an agreement with the Qatar National Library granting Qatar residents access to ebooks and ejournals on SpringerLink, Springer's database of electronic scientific content. |
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July 7, 2008
Paula J. Hane |
Come to the World eBook Fair! This year, the theme of the fair is Own Your Own Library and it promises 1 million-plus books free for the taking. |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2003
Mick O'Leary |
E-Book Scenarios Updated Almost 3 years ago in this column I made sweeping forecasts for the future of e-bookss). Some of them have occurred exactly as predicted, and stand as proof of my prescience and insight. As for others... well, let's not dwell on the past |
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April 24, 2006 |
Weekly News Digest NetLibrary to Offer All Springer Science+Business Media Journals... LexisNexis Adds More Vertical and International Sources... Critical Mention Launches ClipSyndicate Service... etc. |
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April 2, 2012 |
Springer for R&D Platform Launched for Corporate Sector Springer Science+Business Media launched a new corporate platform, Springer for R&D, which provides access to more than 5.6 million research documents, all optimized for specific corporate markets. |
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July 16, 2013 |
Springer Renews Its Commitment to Open Access Springer Science+Business Media announced that the influence of its open access journals has increased over the past year. |
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April 30, 2012
Carol Ebbinghouse |
Look for Circulating Law Ebooks at a Library Near You LexisNexis and OverDrive announced that they have agreed to create customized ebook lending and management services, offering "the largest collection of authoritative legal ebook content on all major mobile devices and desktop platforms." |
