Public libraries in Japan are starting to offer digital books to attract tablet and eReader users. The digital library service still has a long way to go, however, as the libraries do not have a large collection of eBook titles available. Mainichi has the story.
Applied Physics Reviews, previously a key component of the Journal of Applied Physics, launched in January 2014 as an independent journal. For the subscription years 2014 and 2015, Applied Physics Reviews is free to institutions that have access to one or more of these AIP Publishing journals: Applied Physics Letters Journal of Applied Physics The…
(24 February 2015) Bibliotheca, a leader in RFID and barcode based self-service technology solutions, has received high marks on the Strategic Library’s 2015 Library Purchasing Survey as well as won Gold in the 2015 Modern Library Awards, both of which were scored by and voted upon by librarians. Bibliotheca, with a company-wide focus to never…
(27 February 2015) The ADHO Conference Coordinating Committee invites proposals to host two DH conferences, in 2017 and 2018. Digital Humanities (DH) is the annual international conference of ADHO, the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations. DH 2015 takes place at the University of Western Sydney, 29 June–3 July 2015. DH 2016 will be in Kraków, Poland.…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (27 February 2015) Question: What do Tokyo University, Kyoto University of Education, Tsinghua University, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) and Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences all have in common? Answer: Using different sources and different metrics, they are all number one in higher education depending on the metric.…
(27 February 2015, Sunnyvale, CA) Boopsie, the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, and Baker & Taylor, the premier worldwide distributor of digital and print books and entertainment products, have integrated the Boopsie Mobile App with Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 digital media library. The partnership will drive circulation and usage of Axis 360…
(25 February 2015) Lincoln University is New Zealand’s specialist land-based University, globally ranked, and delivering research, training and graduates to the dominant and growing sectors of the New Zealand economy. Library, Teaching and Learning at Lincoln University provides highly integrated library, learning and research services in a modern learning environment. The University Librarian and Director…
(February 2015) The High Performance Alloys Database (HPAD) is now available from CINDAS LLC. HPAD comprises 81 chapters on high performance alloys used in the oil/gas, chemical processing, power generation and transportation industries. Approximately 15-18 chapters will be added in 2015, with the database scheduled to be complete in 2016 at which time it will…
(24 February 2015) Today, five months after launch, Paperity reached an important milestone: the number of articles aggregated surpassed 500,000 items. This makes Paperity comparable in size to some of the most popular disciplinary repositories of scholarly literature, such as the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), which contains 491,100 articles at the time of writing. This…
(24 February 2015) A new IFLA standard, the Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, was endorsed by the Professional Committee on advice by the Committee of Standards in August 2014. The standard was developed and written by the Rare Books and Special Collections Section. Digitization guidelines have proliferated in many…
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