(Chicago, 5 November 2013) — ALA TechSource has announced the premiere issue of eContent Quarterly, a new digital journal offering practical, user-driven solutions and ideas for curating, developing, integrating and managing content in rapidly changing digital library environments. Subscriptions are available for purchase at the ALA Store. Among the topics covered in Volume 1, Issue…
(4 November 2013) The Education Bureau has received 57 applications for the development of eTextbooks under its eTextbook market development scheme’s second phase. Twenty applications cover mathematics, eight English language, and five Chinese language. Application results are expected to be available in late December 2013. The remaining 24 applications cover computer literacy, Putonghua, science, history, geography,…
(Farmington Hills, Mich., 30 October 2013) Gale, part of Cengage Learning today announced an innovative new purchase option – a Usage-Driven Acquisition (UDA) model – for its Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) eBook platform. Unlike options currently offered by other eBook providers, this new purchase model will allow libraries to purchase eBooks based on actual…
(10 October 2013) Like young people everywhere, Vietnam’s youth are abandoning print and paper for eBooks. Students are also ignoring libraries which only offer printed books and charge a deposit, according to Vietnamnet. Read the story here.
(Seattle, WA, 24 October 2013) – Serials Solutions® and Maruzen Company Ltd., are increasing access to Japanese eBooks through the Summon discovery service. Metadata from the Maruzen eBook Library will be indexed in the Summon service and mutual subscribers of each company’s service will be able to discover this authoritative eBook content, encompassing topics ranging…
(Waltham, MA, 23 October 2013) Elsevier today announced that it has agreed to provide edX with Elsevier science and technology book content for up to five massive open online courses (MOOC). edX offers online learning to students on campus and millions of people around the world with its open-source platform. Elsevier will provide textbook content…
(Farmington Hills, Mich., 23 October 2013) Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, today announced the addition of nearly 200 new children’s reference titles from revered publisher, Encyclopaedia Britannica, to its Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) eBook platform. GVRL delivers reference content and series…
(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…
(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…
(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…
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