No Shelf Required

Today I had a great conversation with Cathy Anson, Director of Sponsored Research and Ruth Connell, Head Collection Management and Systems Administration, Grasselli Library at John Carroll University.  They are the researchers behind the ARL Spec Kit 313 - E-book Collections.  Cathy and Ruth discussed the survey findings, including the biggest surprises and some notable […]

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Here’s one in the NYT - Cell Phone Apps Challenge the Rise of eReaders
Publishing Point meeting with Michael Healy, Executive Director, Book Rights Registry
Trial of e-textbook business models to start in UK
Samuelson Says She Has Same Pricing, Privacy Concerns About Google Settlement - 11/18/2009 - Library Journal
E-books go to college, but books still rule the […]

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Here is another blog post from Sylvia Miller, Director of “Publishing the Civil Rights Movement” at the University of North Carolina Press, summarizing a Charleston Conference presentation.  It is reprinted with permission.  (Thanks Sylvia, you are making my job easy!)
At the Charleston Conference, I attended an all-day preconference workshop on e-books organized by Sue Polanka […]

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I attended the eBook Readers and Standards, where to next? webinar today.  My notes (done real time, please excuse typos) are below.
Speakers:  SarahRotman Epps, Forrester Analyst and Michael Smith, IDPF Executive Director

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From an ebrary press release:
ebrary Launches Free H1N1 (Influenza) Searchable Information Center
New Site Makes PDF Documents from Government Agencies and Other Authoritative Sources More Discoverable
November 16, 2009 – Palo Alto, CA, USA –  ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, today announced that it has created a publicly available research center featuring […]

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 Time and Tools Are Ripe for On-Demand Acquisitions, Say Charleston Speakers - 11/12/2009 - Library Journal
Revised Google Book Settlement presented to the Court: Limited to U.S., Canada, Australia, U.K.
The End of Single-Purpose Devices
Barnes & Noble Nook Pre-Orders Exceed Expectations
Study: In Downturn, Academic Libraries To Focus on Value, ROI - 11/5/2009 - Library Journal

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The following summary of the Charleston Conference was written by Sylvia Miller from the University of North Carolina Press, and author of “Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement” blog.  It is reposted with permission
Trains and battleships were two of the most telling metaphors that presenters at last week’s Charleston Conference used in their attempt to […]

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From a Credo Press Release:
A significant majority of SAGE Reference titles to be available through Credo
Boston and Oxford, (November 3, 2009) – Credo Reference, the award-winning online reference library, has signed an agreement to launch a SAGE Reference Publisher Collection. Nearly 70 SAGE Reference titles will now be available through the acclaimed Credo Reference platform.

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I’ve gotten a flurry of press releases in the past 2 weeks from a variety of reference publishers.  Some are offering mobile search, others are teaming up to distribute content, or they are offering new products.  Here’s a sampling of what’s going on (in no apparent order):

Oxford University Press launched Oxford Handbooks Online
SAGE Reference is […]

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65 of OUP’s handbooks are now online (as of November).  Details are below from an OUP Press Release.

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