Tech innovations boost digital publishing
(en.ce.cn): China's digital publishing is striding forward with unprecedented speed, bringing more and more fresh and wonderful reading experience to readers. The innovation in digital publishing is not confined to the reading terminal. From the production and purchasing of content to reading, innovation in every part of digital publishing has… Read More
National Library in storage crisis as space running out
(edinburghnews.scotsman.com): SCOTLAND'S largest library is facing a storage crisis and could run out of space within four years. The National Library of Scotland on George IV Bridge needs around three kilometres of shelf space every year to accommodate its growing catalogue. It is one of only six "copyright" libraries in… Read More
Opinion of the Usefulness of Certain Library Technologies Is Based On a Survey of More Than 550 Academic Librarians
(businesswire.com): This study presents 130 tables of data pinpointing academic librarian support and opposition to spending more on various library technologies. The report helps library administrators and vendors to gauge the level of interest in certain library technologies, breaking it down by variables such as library department and college types.… Read More
Follett Higher Education Group Leads Movement to Integrate Digital Textbooks Into Campus Systems
(examiner.com): A college student's textbook should be at the heart of his or her learning experience. That is why Follett Higher Education Group, the leading college bookstore operator and a digital textbook pioneer, is leading an effort to make e-textbooks fully interoperable with learning management systems (LMS). Today at the… Read More
Trade Publishing and Ebooks: W(h)ither the Supply Chain?
(scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org): Among the leaders of the book publishing industry gathered recently for the Book Industry Study Group’s (BISG) annual Making Information Pay Conference, there was general agreement that the book industry’s supply chain is broken when applied to electronic books. When trade book publishers talk about their customers, they are… Read More
How Blogs and Social Media Agendas Relate and Differ from the Traditional Press
(journalism.org): News today is increasingly a shared, social experience. Half of Americans say they rely on the people around them to find out at least some of the news they need to know. Some 44% of online news users get news at least a few times a week through emails,… Read More
Will the iPad Save the Publishing Industry?
(spiegel.de): Many in the publishing industry hope that the new iPad from Apple will save newspapers and magazines. But the sense of euphoria is far from universal. Many question what the tablet means for the future of journalism. The industry has enormous expectations for the device. Most of all, it… Read More
2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study now online
(plablog.org): Following the pre-release of key data at the ALA Midwinter Meeting (the “Perfect Storm” briefing report), the ALA this week published the complete findings from the 2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study. Co-published with American Libraries magazine as their Summer Digital Supplement, the report finds that 67%… Read More
A Free Taste of Royal Society Publishing’s Content
(scienceblogs.com): All Royal Society Publishing's online journal content is available for free in celebration of the Royal Society's 350th anniversary. The Royal Society's archives provide a record of some key scientific discoveries from the last 350 years including: Halley's description of 'his comet' in 1705; details of the double Helix… Read More
Publishing industry holds breath over electronic books
(ft.com): With the arrival of affordable ebook readers, such as the Kindle, and tablet computers such as Apple’s new iPad, digital publishing’s ascendancy seems imminent. Controlling what will happen after this takeover is the obsession for the book business, pitting writers, publishers and booksellers against each other and causing not… Read More
