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1. Maps: Apple Adds 11 New Flyover Locations in U.S., Mexico and Europe (via iPhone Hacks) ||| List of All Flyover Locations 2. New Flickr App Offers 360° Photo Experience Via Samsung Gear VR Powered By Oculus 3. GeoDASH: Vancouver Police Release Online Database that Puts Crime Data In Your Hand 4. Gale Launches Digital […]
1. EBSCO Launches Database of More than 1500 Scholarly Journals From Latin America, Spain and Portugal (Fuente Académic Plus) 2. New Gale/California State Library Pilot Will Give State’s Residents Access to Accredited High School Diploma at Libraries Across State 2. ProQuest Will Add Over 60 Journals From BMJ Health and Medical Collections in 2016 3. […]
Big Acquisition News! ProQuest is Acquiring Ex Libris
| Associations and Organizations, EBSCO, Ex Libris, Gale, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Reports
UPDATE: October 6: Haaretz, a leading newspaper in Israel, reports that ProQuest paid an estimated $500 million for Ex Libris. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed but it is thought that the purchase price of the company headquartered in Jerusalem is around $500 million. — BIG BREAKING NEWS From Ann Arbor and […]
The following announcements from Cengage Learning and from Follett were made in the past 24 hours. 1. Cengage Learning Acquires Learning Objects Learning Objects powers innovative, customized and adaptive online learning programs and courses to higher education institutions through its state-of-the-art learning platform and instructional design services. Additional Info About Learning Objects 2. Follett Partners […]
North Carolina State University Libraries & Adam Matthew Digital Announce Content Mining Agreement
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Gale, Libraries, News
From Today’s NCSU Announcement: By signing another pioneering content mining agreement—this time with Adam Matthew, a SAGE company—the NCSU Libraries has established itself as a leader in the research library world when it comes to licensing blanket access to commercially-vended historical collections. This comes not long after their unprecedented data mining deals with Gale and […]
The lawsuit was filed yesterday (August 11, 2015) in a Federal District Court located in Massachusetts. From the Complaint: Defendants [listed in complaint below] are in the business of textbook arbitrage. They purchase textbooks at the lowest possible prices at which they can find them, and then sell them at a profit to distributors and […]
ProQuest Scholarly Content Now Discoverable in Google Scholar
| Gale, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Productivity
From ProQuest: The full text of its scholarly content – including journals and working papers – is now indexed in Google Scholar, enabling Google Scholar users to seamlessly discover and access their library’s ProQuest collections. Efficiency and productivity for both ProQuest and Google Scholar users is improved, while libraries benefit from increased usage for their […]
Minnesota: “Coming Soon to Your St. Paul Library: Data Tracking”
| Data Files, Gale, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
From Minnesota Public Radio: St. Paul Public Library plans to start testing new software to help find some answers. The program connects the data libraries have — like addresses — to other databases. It then creates a demographic profile of patrons. Hadley says new information will give her a better idea of who’s using the […]
News Roundup
| Gale, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Roundup, School Libraries
1. Credo Survey: Faculty Teach Information Literacy in Response to Lack of Student Skills 2. hoopla Adds Material from DC Comics 3. Scribd Acquires Librify (via PW) 4. FollettNow Exclusive Distributor of Playaway Launchpad 5. OverDrive to Present the Future of eBook Lending at National Library Conference 6. Boopsie Launches “Top 20 Books” Channel on […]
News Roundup
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, EBSCO, Elsevier, Ex Libris, Gale, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Roundup
1. EBSCO Introduces the Concept of EBSCO Open 2. Bibliocommons Announces Partnership With Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library For New Discovery Service Note: This is the second Bibliocommons partnership deal in less than a week. Last Friday, the San Diego Public Library said they’re also bringing BiblioCore tech to their library. 3. Innovative: New Service Simplifies […]
