No Shelf Required

Greetings loyal (and first time) readers.  I’ll be in Hong Kong for the next couple of weeks vacationing and visiting libraries.  I hope to share information from my visits here on the NSR blog.  So, for the next couple of weeks please enjoy the brief tangent from eBooks and excuse the lack of eBook posts […]

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Pilot project successfully completed / Library users in the USA and Canada can order soft cover copies of Springer eBooks
 
Way to go Springer!  I loved this idea as a pilot, and love it even more now.  This is fantastic news for eBooks and end users.  I’ve never met an end user who didn’t […]

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From Teleread.org
By Paul Biba
Still another digital deal being done. The more the merrier! From a press release I received from Kirtas:
Kirtas Technologies, the worldwide leader in bound-book digitization, and OCLC, a global online library service and research organization; have signed an agreement that will enable streamlined access to the ever-increasing numbers […]

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From teleread.org
By Paul Biba
Several new features were announced today on Google’s Inside Book Search:
Embeds and links - This new toolbar option allows you to embed a preview of a full view or partner book in any of your websites or blogs–all with a simple html snippet. …

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libraries.wright.edu%2Fnoshelfrequired%2F%3Fp%3D250′;
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I’ve bookmarked the following articles relating to eBooks on my delicious account.  These are displayed on the NSR homepage as well.

Is Amazon Taking Over the Book Business?

Librarians Fighting Google\’s Book Deal

McGraw Hill announces digital initiative for elementary and secondary schools

Free Acess to Over 3,000 e-Books for UK College Students

Brigham Young Library Tests Kindle as ILL […]

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Company Adds InfoTools, Highlighting, Notes, and Other Features to QuickView, Offers New Bookshelf Functionality
June 15, 2009 – Palo Alto, CA, USA – This week, ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, is shipping a number of powerful new features that make it quicker and easier to discover, use, and manage information […]

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Hotdog, someone has started a much needed plan to get eBooks part of the ILL program.  According to a 6/10/09 LJ article, BYU Library has a pilot program wth 3 Kindles.  They are  circulating these kindles with a variety of very new titles, too new for ILL.  Verbal permission was given from Amazon, nothing in […]

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According to Jeff Bezos in a WIRED article, color eBooks are “multiple years” away.  The article continues with facts and figures on eBook readers and a comparison chart of four color E-reader displays -  E Ink, Kent Displays, Pixel Qi, and Qualcomm.

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addthis_title = ‘Color+eBooks%3F’;
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July 10, 2009 | 12:30pm - 4:00pm | Hyatt Regency Chicago
@ ALA Annual Conference
The Book Industry Study Group will host a program the Friday before the ALA Conference in Chicago.  You need not be registered for ALA to attend this program, but obviously it’s encouraged. The program, “The Changing Standards Landscape: Creative Solutions to Your […]

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Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin: Rethinking the Reference Collection
ALA PUBLISHING
McCormick Place West W-179
Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:30 – 12:00

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