(Charlotte, N.C., 18 October 2013) – Baker & Taylor, the world’s largest distributor of digital and physical books and entertainment products, today announced that Macmillan’s entire eBook backlist catalog of more than 11,000 titles eBooks is being made available to all public libraries using the Axis 360 digital media platform. In early 2013, Macmillan started…
(18 October 2013) You know that you can export image groups as PowerPoint presentations. But sometimes you want the images by themselves. That’s why you can now download groups of as many as 150 images as a zip file. It’s easy! Watch ArtStor’s short video to learn more.
(Beijing, 17 October 2013) Elsevier today announced its collaboration with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the central governing body for science and technology funding in China. With an official memorandum of understanding (MoU) in place, Elsevier will undertake to provide services to NSFC to help the organization optimize the utilization and disbursement of…
(17 October 2013) Elsevier today announced the expansion of its Legacy Collection on ScienceDirect. Elsevier’s Legacy Collection now includes more than 9,500 books with contributions from more than 100 Nobel Laureates. The Legacy Collection digitizes classic historical scholarly book content. Many of these newly digitized foundational books were difficult to find in print or out-of-print altogether. The…
(18 October 2013) SolBridge International School of Business (http://www.solbridge.ac.kr/) located in Daejeon, Korea’s Silicon Valley is hiring a Business Librarian. The School has nearly 700 students from more than 32 nations. BBA and MBA programing is offered. The job description is here.
Be a librarian in Australia. Staff are being recruited by the Geelong Regional Library Corporation, Deakin University, and the Gold Coast City Council. More here.
(8 October 2013) Treasures from Cambridge University Library’s Japanese Collections are to be digitised and made freely available to a global audience, thanks to a gift from Professor Mikiko Ishii. Japan possesses an exceptionally rich heritage of manuscripts and printed works, and the University Library is fortunate enough to own some fine examples of this…
(17 October 2013) The LIANZA Standing Committee on Digital Content and e-Lending has published its E-Book Issues Paper on the LIANZA website. This paper has been developed to provide an overview of the current eBook environment in New Zealand libraries, the wider New Zealand landscape and what is happening in the international arena. The paper…
(Toronto, Canada, 17 October 2013) Kobo, a global leader in eReading, and leading Indian booksellers Crossword, WHSmith and electronics retailer Croma, today announced the arrival of Kobo’s digital reading platform in India. The device line-up, featuring a range of best-in-class E Ink and tablet devices, includes the Kobo Touch™, Kobo Glo, Kobo Arc and Kobo Aura…
(17 October 2013) ICT training for women, financial literacy workshops, health classes, programs for child development — these are all programs taking place in Asia today to help promote economic and social development. Although the activities may seem very different, they can all be found in one kind of institution: a public library. Teams from…
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