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The article offers world news briefs related to digital information as of October 2016. Topics include plan of the European Union to introduce value-added tax on electronic books to harmonize print and ebook rates; the National Library of Israel's plan to acquire papers of author Franz Kafka after the country's Supreme Court ruling that manuscripts are the property of the Library; and digitization of author William Shakespeare's Globe archive in London, England by publisher Adam Matthew.

The article reports on the efforts of the Library Association of Ireland and the #ebooksSOS campaign to raise awareness of the issue of publishers pulling ebooks from digital collections. It also mentions the success of Blind SA in persuading the South African High Court to amend the country's Copyright Act to make adequate provision for blind and visually impaired people to access books.

The article discusses how LEGO encourages learning through play at libraries. Topics discussed include the 2022 EIFL Public Library Innovation Award backed by the LEGO Foundation, the caring arm of the Danish toy company; the views of Jean Fairbairn, EIFL's communications manager, and the growing success of augmented books, which are being touted as a means to enhance and provide for a deeper reading experience.

The article presents studies which appeared advocating particular approaches that librarians could take to expand their electronic (e)-book collections. ProQuest's February 2017 white paper promotes the use of ebook platforms and support services of ProQuest. The Publishers Communication Group's white paper focuses on benefits for enhanced chapter-level metadata to publishers.

The article offers news briefs related to the publishing industry. Topics include Springer Nature Video is now offering collections of educational, standalone, peer-reviewed videos on SpringerLink covering medicine and professional and applied computing; EBSCO Information Services launched EBSCO Faculty Select, a single interface for library staff and institutional faculty; and Gale announced Public Health in Modern America, 1890-1970, the first installment of its Public Health Archives series.

The article offers product news brief as of September 2017. ShareLaTeX and Overleaf that are bringing their teams and services together to develop tools for collaborative writing, OCLC launched Digby and a mobile app for student library workers that will be part of WorldShare Management Services.

The article discusses the trends in books, ebooks, and audibooks in the U.S. as of October 2018, highlighting several studies on the issue. These trends include the declining number of people who read books in any format, the growth of independent bookstores, and the success in business of Amazon.com Inc. Also tackled are the increasing popularity of audiobooks and the impact of digital media technologies on the publishing sector.

The article offers information related to library and books. Topics include the opinion of Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) advocate general Maciej Szpunar on the case about the lending rights of electronic books, a pilot deal between Bibsam university and publisher Springer Nature to allow researchers with access on research papers based on Open Access (OA), and the library building in Bandung, Indonesia made of recycled plastic ice cream buckets.

The article presents an update related to libraries as of July 2021. Topics discussed include the recovery plans for the University of Cape Town (UCT) Jagger Library in South Africa after a fire, continuation of the grassroots campaign #ebookSOS by British academic librarians to promote fair pricing for electronic books with a meeting with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and auction of the Harry Potter first edition books by Hansons Auctioneers.

The article offers technology industry news briefs as of May 2018. The Library of Congress (LC) announces the online availability of the papers of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton that include their correspondence, speeches, and materials from the Seneca Falls Convention in New York. Gale Small Business Builder comprehensive tool is offering integrated access to its business and legal resources. Solutions provider bibliotheca debuted its open library solution in North America.

Statistics are presented regarding the number of U.S. adults who believe that fake news stories, percentage by which the newspaper workforce has contracted in the past 20 years and position of Pokémon GO in the list of the most downloaded apps worldwide from Apple's App Store.

The article offers brief information on several information resources including the North Korean Serials Database from the Asian Division at the Library of Congress (LC), the Open Bookshelf from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), and the Nature Index 2018 Annual Tables.

The article discusses about the methods like overdue fines, e-mail reminders, freezing the library membership applied in Sydney, Australia to encourage borrowers to return the overdue library books. Topics discussed include increase in library fines in the country, reminding borrowers through electronic mail and increase in print book sales in Great Britain.

The article offers the author's view on libraries and their condition. He mentions its development through technology including open source data, streaming content and social media. An overview of the perspective of David Pescovitz of the Super Friends-sounding Institute for the Future on the issue is also presented.

The article offers information on various products for libraries which includes ProQuest Black Studies collection for academic libraries from ProQuest, two Sora Extras to the Sora student reading app from OverDrive Education and free Libraries Build Business Playbook from the American Library Association.

The article discusses the biannual Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference held in Zadar, Croatia from June 13-17, 2016 with the theme "Making Digital Library Content Available Now and in the Future." Topics discussed include the presentation on the importance of digital curation and preservation in library science, the panel discussion on digitized data collection, and the aspects of digital library education.

The article offers information on several products which include Foreign Office Files from Adam Matthew, SiteLeads, an extension of Publisher Dashboard from RedLink Network and the ImagineOS, software that enables 3-D printing from Piper.

The article offers news briefs related to library organizations as of November 2016. Topics include initiation of fees charges by the "eLife" periodical for publication, acquisition of online instructional firm WebAssign by educational technology firm Cengage Learning for enhancement of assessment services, publication of the "Digital Readiness Gaps" report by the Pew Research Center, and introduction of the "Congressional Record" digital version by the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO).

The article discusses copyright protections and exemptions undertaken by several countries. It cites Argentina's proposed draft bill extending the terms of copyright protection on photographs fro 20 years to life of the photographer plus 70 years which is being opposed by Argentine pressure group Fundacion Via Lbre. It cites efforts of library bodies to persuade World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to support international copyright exceptions for libraries and archives.

The article offers information on the IEEE Xplore digital library platform for electrical engineer, electronics, and computer science digital content from IEEE and its publishing partners.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including privacy issues and the involved U.S. state and federal laws, the U.S. Copyright Office, and the Web Index produced by the World Wide Web Foundation.