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  OCLC and Ingram offer new option for access to ebooks

  1299 readersFrom an OCLC Announcement: OCLC and Ingram Content Group Inc. will soon offer a new service option that will provide library users short-term access to e-books not in their collection through WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad. The new service option, to launch in the coming months, expands access to library content available through WorldCat Resource

• New Partnership to Improve Ebook Discoverability in Libraries

  448 readers [Press Release] OCLC and ProQuest Collaborate to Enhance Library Discovery Leading library organizations will exchange data to enrich discovery for users of WorldCat Local, Summon, ProQuest Central, and ebrary e-books ANN ARBOR, Mich., and DUBLIN, Ohio, February 28, 2013—ProQuest and OCLC are launching a far-reaching data exchange program that will enhance the library discovery experience for users of OCLC’s

• Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog updated

  991 readersHere we go: March 26, 2012 Aslib Proceedings 64, no. 2 (2012): Includes “Accessibility of Online Resources Cited in Scholarly LIS Journals: A Study of Emerald ISI-Ranked Journals” and other articles. College & Research Libraries 73, no. 2 (2011): Includes “Open Access Publishing: What Authors Want,” “Positioning Open Access Journals in a LIS Journal Ranking,” and other articles. D-Lib Magazine

• Ebrary Adds Two New Collections to Corporate E-Book Subscription Database

  374 readers PRESS RELEASE: ebrary Announces New Corporate Subscription Databases in Employee Development and Human Resources PALO ALTO, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — To assist corporate libraries with strategic e-book acquisition, ebrary®, a ProQuest business, now offers two new subscription products in Employee Development and Human Resources hand-selected by its on-staff librarians. The new databases – and over

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  Survey of library database licensing policies

  1167 readersPrimary Research Group has just released a new report titled, “The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices.” The complete report is a fee-based document but Primary Research has made some highlights available at no charge. The 115-page report looks closely at how 70 academic, special and public libraries in the United States, the UK, continental

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  ALA launches new e-content blog, by Sue Polanka

  915 readers Yesterday ALA announced a new blog on E-content, to be administered by Christopher Harris.  Here is more information from the press release: Keeping up with the many varieties of digital content—and how libraries can offer them to their patrons—just got easier. American Libraries has launched an “E-Content” blog (http://americanlibraries.org/e-content) that provides information on e-books, e-readers, e-journals,

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  Gale NewsVault offers access to 400 years of newspapers and periodicals

  1877 readersFrom the press release: Gale, part of Cengage Learning, today announced the release of Gale NewsVault, a specially designed online platform that enables cross-searching of Gale’s enormous range of historical newspaper and periodical collections from a single interface. Providing access to more than 2,000 titles and 10 million digitized pages, Gale NewsVault provides an unparalleled

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  Open Access ebooks, part 4 – Libraries, by Eric Hellman

  2034 readersThe fourth section my book chapter on Open Access eBooks looks at theier relationship with libraries.  I previously posted the Introduction,  What does Open Access mean for eBooks andBusiness Models for Creation of Open Access E-Books. I’ll be posting one more section, a conclusion. Thank you for all of your comments; the completed chapter (and OA eBook) will

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  Open Access ebooks, part 4 – Libraries, by Eric Hellman

  2531 readersThe fourth section my book chapter on Open Access eBooks looks at theier relationship with libraries.  I previously posted the Introduction,  What does Open Access mean for eBooks andBusiness Models for Creation of Open Access E-Books. I’ll be posting one more section, a conclusion. Thank you for all of your comments; the completed chapter (and OA eBook) will

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  Tips for boosting ebook sales to libraries

  3727 readersFrom an article in Book Business Magazine comes these tips for libraries. The article was written by George Scotti, channel marketing director for Springer Science+Business Media. Much more in the article, itself. 1. Set your content free. Publish e-books without digital rights management (DRM), and allow concurrent users to access content. “In a database environment,