(7 January 2015) goodEreader reports that on the same day that the Times of India reported on the possible reasons for a lagging eBook retail market in India, news sources announced an education initiative in the Indian state of Kerala that will put digital textbooks in the hands of nearly four million students and educators…
(5 January 2015) Jisc’s new book, ‘E-books in education: realising the vision’, describes how managers, teachers and librarians encourage the use of e-books and why they can be an important asset for institutions, academics and students. Find out more in the podcast, and download the book for free. Details here.
(2 January 2015) In 2015, more people will use your OverDrive-powered digital library than ever before. To help you stay on top of growing traffic, Overdrive has rounded up the ten most frequently asked questions: 1. How to return digital titles 2. How to reset a download link 3. How to get started 4. How…
(19 December 2014) Following the success of the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project at Yangon University and Mandalay University, Dagon University and Yadanabon University (two of the largest undergraduate universities in Myanmar) and the Yangon University of Economics have been welcomed to the project. The eLibrary Myanmar project was created to support educational change at an expanding range…
(8 December 2014) The LIBLICENSE Model License Agreement is part of an ongoing effort to provide timely and responsive information and assistance to librarians involved in licensing and maintaining digital collections. The terms of the initial 2001 Standard License Agreement (revised through 2008) have now formed the basis for a completely updated revision. In November…
(17 December 2014, Singapore) Bookmate, a leading social eBook reading service, is finally available in Singapore. Boasting a comprehensive library of over 500,000 eBooks from 600 publishers, Bookmate empowers reading fans to search, discover, interact and read as much as they want, wherever they are. Available at a flat monthly fee, the service offers books…
(16 December 2014) The American Astronomical Society (AAS) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have created a new electronic book publishing partnership as part of the AAS’s mission to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe. The program will combine IOP’s award-winning eBook publishing with the expertise of the AAS community to foster a deeper…
(30 October 2014) Project MUSE is now accepting orders for its forthcoming 2015 UPCC Book Collections on MUSE. Books from three new participating publishers are included in the collections, which include a number of new offerings for the upcoming year. Over 37,500 book titles, from more than 100 not-for profit publishers, will be available on…
(27 October 2014) Today, Carolyn Anthony and Erika Linke, co-chairs of the American Library Association (ALA) Digital Content Working Group (DCWG), released the following statement regarding the Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) software update: “Librarians have long been guardians of and advocates for reader privacy. The plain text transmission of reader data by Adobe Digital Editions…
(8 October 2014) Galen Charlton in his Meta Interchange blog has written that “It came to light on Monday that the latest version of Adobe Digital Editions is sending metadata on eBooks that are read through the application to an Adobe server — in clear text.” He says that “by sending the information in the…
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