Digital Library Federation and CenterNet announce partnership - March 16, 2011
The Council on Library and Information Resources' Digital Library Federation programme recently announced its formal alliance with centerNet. Established in 2007, centerNet is an international network of digital humanities centers formed for cooperative and collaborative action that benefits the digital humanities and allied fields in general,… Read More
ALA expresses concern on HarperCollins decision to restrict lending of e-books - March 15, 2011
The American Library Association (ALA) has expressed its concern over the recent decision by publisher HarperCollins to restrict the lending of e-books to a limited number of circulations per copy. According to the ALA, this announcement, at a time when libraries are coping with stagnant or… Read More
Credo Reference adds new medical collection – Kucers’ The Use of Antibiotics - March 4, 2011
Online reference library Credo Reference has announced that a new Publisher Collection from Hodder Arnold, in partnership with the ASM Press (American Society for Microbiology) is now live and available for institutional access. The Kucers' the Use of Antibiotics Collection is being offered for subscription or… Read More
Wrox Press Books added to Safari Books Online - March 1, 2011
Wrox Press, an imprint of Wiley, has announced an agreement with Safari Books Online to publish Wrox Press books in the Safari Books Online library. Safari Books Online is an on-demand digital library for technology, digital media and business professionals. With… Read More
SirsiDynix expands Horizon ILS functionality with 7.5.1 release - February 24, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced the 7.5.1 release of the Horizon integrated library system. With this release comes the 3.21 release of the Horizon Information Portal (HIP), including enhanced patron-facing functionality for Horizon customers worldwide. This Horizon release also sets the stage for… Read More
Internet Archive and library partners develop joint collection of over 80,000 eBooks - February 24, 2011
A group of libraries led by the Internet Archive recently developed a joint collection of more than 80,000 ebooks for lending on OpenLibrary.org, a site where it's already possible to read over 1 million eBooks without restriction. During a library visit, patrons with an OpenLibrary.org account… Read More
ARL Balanced Scorecard Webcast recording now available on the ARL YouTube Channel - February 18, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries has released a free recording on the ARL YouTube Channel of the ARL Balanced Scorecard Webcast, held on February 14, 2011. The webcast featured three ARL libraries - Johns Hopkins University, McMaster University, and the University of Washington - that have… Read More
TRLN publishes intellectual property rights strategy for digitisation - February 17, 2011
The Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) has published a strategy for providing access to unpublished materials online based on an approach created by OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership. This approach is described in a document titled, 'Well-intentioned practice for putting digitised collections of unpublished… Read More
EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource now support Shibboleth authentication - February 17, 2011
Content technology and consultative services provider EBSCO has announced that in response to customer demand, EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource now support Shibboleth authentication. By using Shibboleth, a single sign-on (SSO) authentication method popular among a growing number of higher education institutions, librarians can offer the ease… Read More
ebrary announces ‘Topic of the Week’ e-book programme - February 15, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced the commencement of its 'Topic of the Week' programme to make it easier for libraries to keep their e-book collections current and timely. Each week, ebrary's on-staff librarians will select important topics and highlight relevant e-books on… Read More
