Credo Survey Suggests Students Lack Basic Information Skills Critical for Academic and Workforce Success Survey finds 37% of students do not feel adequately prepared to start research More information from the press release below.  Note the opportunity to attend an event at ACRL relating to the study as well as receive the full text of [...]

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De Gruyter acquires two academic publishers, plans to digitize collections.  More from the press release: De Gruyter Purchases Two Academic Publishers: Oldenbourg and Akademie Berlin, February 26, 2013 – De Gruyter is proud to announce the acquisition of two academic publishers with a long and rich tradition: Akademie Verlag, based in Berlin, and Oldenburg Wissenschaftsverlag, [...]

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Oxford has another publishing partner for University Press Scholarship Online. Yale University Press will launch Yale Scholarship Online.  More from the OUP Press Release: NEW YORK, February 26, 2013—Yale University Press is pleased to announce it will partner with Oxford University Press to launch Yale Scholarship Online on OUP’s University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) platform [...]

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IPSWICH, Mass. — February 19, 2013 — Librarians have a convenient way to begin or expand their e-book collection with 23 new eBook Subjects Sets from EBSCO Publishing. The eBook Subject Sets are prepackaged sets of titles from leading publishers in specific, high-interest topic areas chosen to meet libraries’ needs while simplifying collection development. This [...]

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ACCESS, Adobe, Barnes & Noble, Copia, Google, Kobo/Rakuten, O’Reilly, Samsung, Sony, others support project to advance universal digital publishing format New York, NY, February 13, 2012 -The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced the Readium Project, a new open source initiative to develop a comprehensive reference implementation of the IDPF EPUB® 3 standard. This vision [...]

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New collections from EBSCO announced earlier this week.  More info from the press release below. EngineeringCore™ and ITCore™ E-book Subscription Collections Provide Access to Thousands of E-book Titles for Learning and Research IPSWICH, Mass. — February 5, 2013 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has released EngineeringCore™ and ITCore™ , two e-book subscription collections designed to support [...]

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I attended the American Library Association MidWinter Conference in Seattle, Washington January 26 -29th.  While there, I was able to speak with several eBook companies about new features and services.  Below you will find a list of companies (alpha order) and new features complete with links for more information. I also want to bring your [...]

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EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has released the eBook Public Library Collection™   which includes over 25,000 general reference e-book titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature and science & technology. According to the press release: The collection will provide libraries with a substantial selection in the areas of self-help, [...]

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I’m anxious to take a look at this new product from EasyBib.  Students could really benefit from tools such as this, particularly when it comes to avoiding plagiarism.  From the press release: New York, January 30, 2013 – Today’s student researchers are inundated with information and many don’t have the critical thinking or research skills [...]

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Last week, ProQuest announced a definitive agreement to acquire EBL.  I had a chance to interview two of the primary individuals involved in this acquisition, Kari Paulson, President of EBL, and Kevin Sayar, Senior Vice President of ProQuest.  Kari and Kevin discussed with me how the acquisition plans developed, what customers can expect in the [...]

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