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Information Today
September 2002
Paula J. Hane |
Open eBook Forum Releases Industry Report In late July, the Open eBook Forum released a report that provides industry statistics, which the organization says show solid growth in electronic publishing and a positive significant shift in the perception of electronic book publishing.   |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2000 |
Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin has selected Reciprocal, a leader in digital rights management (DRM) transaction services, and ContentGuard, Reciprocal's e-Publishing partner, to provide digital rights management services... |
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. |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Janelle Brown |
The Napster library Does the San Francisco Public Library's plan to lend out e-books portend the death of the publishing industry? |
Information Today
October 2000 |
Adobe Announces E-Book Acquisition, Partnerships, New Product Glassbook Acquisition... Web Partnerships... Commercial Publishing System... |
Information Today
October 2000 |
Microsoft Pushes Products and Alliances in E-Book Market Microsoft Corp. has announced that it has made the Windows version of Microsoft Reader for desktop PCs and laptop computers available as a free download. In addition, major publishers are making best-selling titles available in Microsoft Reader format... |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2010 |
Kindle's Big Flaw The one big flaw is it can't check out e-books from the library like almost every one of its competitors can. |
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... |
Information Today
December 2000 |
Innovative Interfaces Announces E-Book Integration, Millennium Implementations Innovative Interfaces, Inc. has announced the integration of netLibrary e-books into its INNOPAC and Millennium library automation systems... |
New Architect
March 2002 |
Rights Management Under Fire A conversation with Adobe's James Alexander on e-books and digital rights management... |
Information Today
August 2000 |
Publishers Participate in Launch Program for Microsoft Reader E-Books Microsoft Corp. has announced that more than 30 book publishers have participated in a production launch program for Microsoft Reader with ClearType display technology, ensuring the availability of over 800 of their books for Microsoft Reader when it launches later this summer.... |
InternetNews
August 25, 2009 |
Sony Unveils 3G E-Book Reader, Hooks Up With Libraries Sony today renewed its assault on the Amazon Kindle, unveiling a new version of its Reader Digital Book e-reader, the Daily Edition, which sports a 3G wireless connection and a 7-inch touchscreen. |
PC World
November 2002
Brad Grimes |
Read Any Good E-Books Lately? Me neither, but here are some reasons you might want to try one. |
Information Today
November 2000 |
Baker & Taylor Announces E-Book Partnerships Baker & Taylor, Inc. has announced the selection of two key technology partners by Informata.com, its new business-to-business e-commerce venture... |
| Information Today |
Sony Announces Inaugural Participants in Reader Library Program The program will provide participating libraries with in-house training on digital reading devices, educational materials to help librarians and patrons learn more about ebooks, and digital reading devices for library staff use and patron demonstrations. |
Macworld
July 2000
Frith Breitzer |
Judging E-books by Their Covers Format Still Has Hurdles to Overcome |
CIO
September 15, 2002
Carol Zarrow |
E-Pilogue for E-Publishing Two years ago, e-book evangelists were warning traditional book publishers that they'd better get on the e-book wagon fast, since the next two years were going to make or break them. But despite the tenacity of promoters, the future is uncertain. |
InternetNews
November 7, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft to Scan Brit Books Scanning the collection of the prestigious British Library is a big job - and Microsoft wants to do it. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2014
Theron Westervelt |
Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Encouraging Preservation Without Discouraging Creation The Library of Congress has devised the Recommended Format Specifications to enable it to identify what formats will most easily lend themselves to preservation and long-term access, especially with regard to digital formats. |
PC Magazine
November 23, 2011
Chloe Albanesius |
Penguin Restores E-Book Access Amidst Amazon Negotiations The Penguin Group said Wednesday that it will restore library lending access to older e-books while it negotiates with Amazon and e-book provider OverDrive on security issues. |
Information Today
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. |
Salon.com
August 8, 2000
Janelle Brown |
E-book 'em! AtRandom publisher Jonathan Karp is looking for literary revelation -- and mass readership -- from digital books. |
Information Today
June 1, 2010 |
LC and Columbia University to Develop Geospatial Data-Preservation Clearinghouse The Library's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program will fund development of the clearinghouse at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia's Earth Institute. CIESIN will launch a beta version of the clearinghouse later this year. |
Information Today
March 17, 2015 |
TLC Displays Reading Levels in Its ILS Products The Library Corp. added Reading Level Integration to its Library*Solution and Library*Solution for Schools. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Amazon's e-Book Reader Set For Gala Debut Online retailer Amazon.com is expected to reveal Kindle, its new e-book reader device, at a gala event in New York City. |
PC Magazine
December 15, 2008
Dan Costa |
Sony Reader Digital Book (PRS-700) With the Amazon Kindle sold out, Sony's Reader is the best e-book reader you can buy right now... Stanza... |
D-Lib
April 2006
Paul Miller |
Coming Together Around Library 2.0: A Focus for Discussion and a Call to Arms To achieve the vision of Library 2.0, in which libraries become ever more relevant as visible and accessible providers of valuable content and context, many of the models in evidence today will require dramatic change. |
Information Today
February 11, 2002
Rebecca Lenzini |
Washington's Governor Proposes Closing State Library to Save Money The governor's office in the state of Washington has proposed closing the Washington State Library by this October. This move is part of an effort to reduce overall state spending by more than $500 million to solve a $1.2 billion shortfall in Washington's biennial budget... |
Information Today
December 10, 2013 |
Three Library Associations Shut Down The Communications Group announced the end of its association management division, which manages three national library associations. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Barnes & Noble Strikes Back The bricks-and-mortar bookstore giant takes a page from Amazon.com. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 1, 2010
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Turning the Page James Tracy, as headmaster of Cushing Academy, began to rid the campus library of virtually all of its books in favor of a digital-only collection. |
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 |
Information Today
November 2002
Gail Dykstra |
The Truth About Digital Rights Management This Software and Information Industry Association panel discussion looked at DRM's role in the content market |
Information Today
September 14, 2009 |
IMLS Grant Will Help Libraries Help the Unemployed Job seekers have packed libraries around the country during recent months, searching online job sites, building resumes, making use of a wide range of other employment services and resources. More help is on the way. |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
E-Books, Round Two The Sony Reader plays music and displays PDF files so people can own a device designed to read downloaded books. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Sony's Inky Venture The consumer electronics giant will bring inky e-books to Japan. |
Mother Jones
August 1999
Sue Halpern |
Speaking Volumes When a small town set out to create a library, it took the first step toward building something far more elusive--a community. |
D-Lib
November 2000
Lynne Brindley |
Taking the British Library Forward in the Twenty-first Century It is at this very time of success that the British Library needs to turn to, and accelerate its engagement with, the critical and transformational issues associated with the digital world and the new demands being made by our wide range of users and stakeholders... |
D-Lib
April 2007 |
Setting the Foundations of Digital Libraries: The DELOS Manifesto The DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries now envisions a Digital Library as a tool at the center of intellectual activity having no logical, conceptual, physical, temporal, or personal borders or barriers to information. |
Information Today
September 2001
Marshall Breeding |
The ALA Annual Conference 2001 This showcase featured the latest in library automation trends and announcements... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2002
James Ghaphery |
My Library at Virginia Commonwealth University: Third Year Evaluation My Library is a personalization tool that allows the library user to consolidate frequently used library resources and services. Since 1998, My Library has been available as a web page to users of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries. |
Information Today
June 25, 2012 |
Penguin Group Launches Library Lending Pilot Program Penguin Group, The New York Public Library, and 3M Library Systems announced a pilot project that will make Penguin eBooks available to patrons of both The New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. |
PC World
October 1, 2006
Yardena Arar |
Sony Reader: An E-Book Worth Reading High-resolution, no-glare E Ink is easy on eyes, but only the Sony Connect e-store sells books for the Reader. |
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. |
Information Today
June 26, 2006
Paula J. Hane |
Enhanced SpringerLink Offers eBook Collection Springer, which claims to be the world's largest scientific, technical and medical book publisher, has announced it will offer its complete publishing program online and on one integrated platform. |
Information Today
July 23, 2015 |
Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K. |
ONLINE
November 2000
Mick O'Leary |
Grading the Library Portals The ideal library portal will have the most thorough coverage possible in several areas of the library profession for all types of libraries... |
D-Lib
December 2005
Bonita Wilson |
Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources The Library of Congress Global Gateway provides access to the World Digital Library (WDL) which offers international cultural digital resources available via the Internet worldwide. |
Information Today
August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience |
Information Today
November 19, 2012 |
New Findings Reaffirm Library Borrowers Are Also Buyers An extensive online poll of library ebook readers finds that these patrons purchase an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, and a majority would consider purchasing books discovered on a library website. |
