(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…
(25 October 2014) OIV enables instructors to give classroom presentations using larger images from the Artstor Digital Library (up to 3200 pixels wide) along with local content without being connected to the Internet. You can create digital slide show presentations that feature side-by-side comparisons, zooming and panning, and the ability to customize text on the slides. OIV 4.0…
(21 October 2014) Last year the Getty Research Institute implemented its digital preservation software to help select material to preserve for the long term, and ensure that the files don’t degrade over time. This detailed and illustrated account is here.
(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…
(7 October 2014, Emeryville, CA) Innovative announced today that 23 libraries in 11 countries have gone live with the Sierra Library Services Platform in a recent 6-week period. The new Sierra libraries in Asia are: Fu-Jen Catholic University (Hsinchuang, Taiwan) Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, Hubei, China) National Taiwan Ocean University (Keelung, Taiwan) PETRONAS Petroleum Resource Centre…
(11 September 2014) The International Image Interoperability Framework community (http://iiif.io/) is pleased to announce the release of the second major version of its specifications intended to provide a shared layer for dynamic interactions with images and the structure of the collections and objects of which they are part. These APIs are used in production systems…
(30 September 2014) If you’re in Bangkok on Friday, 17 October Beyond Access invites you to “App Discovery Day” at TK Park from 2-4pm. Beyond Access is a program implemented by IREX that helps countries modernize their public library systems. We’re gathering a group of people together to explore how tablets can be used in…
(29 September 2014) Boopsie kicks off its international expansion plans by partnering with the largest reseller of digital services to academic libraries in the Asia Pacific region. iGroup, headquartered in Hong Kong, has over 900 field sales representatives worldwide and serves over 2,000 academic institutions and libraries. This partnership strengthens Boopsie’s commitment to empowering libraries…
(September 2014) ALA has published a brief on 3D printers in libraries. It asks: How are 3D printers being used in libraries? What are 3D printers capable of? What are the legal implications of 3D printing? What other concerns does 3D printing raise? The big picture: What’s the role of libraries as 3D printing takes…
(26 September 2014) The BitCurator project today announced the release of BitCurator 1.0, a free and open-source digital forensics software environment for libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) to acquire and process born-digital materials. The BitCurator environment can be installed as a Linux environment; run as a virtual machine on top of other operating systems (Windows,…
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