(4 June 2014) Teleread.com reports that Vodaphone Romania has found a clever way to display eBooks as part of its own eBook lending program: Digital Library Wallpaper. Customers can go to Vodaphone’s web site, pick out the books they want, and then have a big wallpaper “shelf” printed that has book decorations and scannable QR…
(23 April 2014) As World Book Night returns for its annual celebration of books and reading on 23 April, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and European counterparts EBLIDA have announced a European-wide petition calling for changes to copyright law so public libraries have the same right to lend eBooks as they…
(14 April 2014) ALIA has released the Elending Landscape Report 2014 which identifies worldwide public library initiatives to secure eBooks for borrowers. The report—prepared by Brussels-based Civic Agenda—is intended to help identify practical eLending solutions for Australian public libraries. The announcement is here.
(3 March 2014) The Publishers Association (PA) and the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) have today announced the launch of a year long pilot for eLending in public libraries. The aim of the pilot is to carry out real-time, real-world research into the impact of eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on…
(The Hague, 21 January 2014) – A large scale eBook lending service for library members will be launched today in the Netherlands through http://www.bibliotheek.nl/. This new service from the libraries will allow members to read eBooks without restriction so that more than one person can read the same eBook at the same time. In most…
(30 April 2013) LIANZA’s Standing Committee on eLending and Digital Content has adopted IFLA’s Principles for Library eLending while the New Zealand principles are being developed. A link to the IFLA eLending principles is available on the LIANZA Standing Committee on eLending and Digital Content page. The full LIANZA announcement is here: http://www.lianza.org.nz/news/2013/apr/30/lianza-adopts-iflas-principles-library-elending
(27 March 2013) The lending of eBooks by public libraries will enhance library services for users, but the interests of booksellers and publishers must be protected too, U.K. Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said today. A Government-commissioned report, An Independent Review of E-Lending in Public Libraries in England by William Sieghart, published today, sets out the…
(8 February 2013) IFLA has a new set of resources relating to eBooks and libraries. Providing access to eBooks is one of the most pressing issues facing libraries. Public libraries, in particular, are dealing with implications of rapidly changing business and access models. IFLA has previously issued a background paper on eLending during 2012, and…
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