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Gale, part of Cengage Learning, launched four Gale Digital Collection archives for academic and special libraries, now available on the Gale Artemis: Primary Sources platform: the News Features & Internal [...]

Kanopy, which has 2,500-plus academic library customers, is making its collection of more than 30,000 films available to North American public libraries through a pay-per-play, upfront, or hybrid license model. [...]

* OCLC's Choreo Insights library analytics solution is now available to North American libraries. It uses data from WorldCat to help libraries make collection development decisions by comparing detailed subject [...]

* BiblioCommons introduced BiblioApps for Android devices to aid public libraries in patron engagement. Already available for iOS devices, BiblioApps provides a way to promote 'the library's collections, staff lists, [...]

The Library of Congress (LC) awarded EBSCO Information Services a contract to develop and implement an open source IT platform that will update how the LC's physical and digital collections [...]

Exact Editions and Future PLC launched the Future Music Collection, a combined subscription to five magazines: Computer Music, Guitar Techniques, Future Music, Total Guitar, and Guitarist. Available for institutional libraries, [...]

The article offers information on the controlled digital lending (CDL), ebook model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending. It further discusses that the largest CDL projects was developed by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization most widely known for the Wayback Machin; the National Emergency Library during COVID-19 by the Internet Archive; and impact of CDL model on publishers' markets.

Follett Software Co. has announced new software functionality that enables bilingual students to find information resources more easily. According to the announcement, the updated WebCollection Plus software allows students to [...]

The National Geographic Society partnered with Gale, part of Cengage Learning, to create an online archive of 106 years of National Geographic magazine. The collection will be available to libraries [...]

OCLC and Ex Libris Ltd. agreed to incorporate the WorldCat Search API into several Ex Libris discovery and delivery services. The WorldCat Search API makes OCLC library collections discoverable. Access [...]

Credo Reference and ABC-CLIO expanded their partnership. In the new agreement, Credo can license hundreds of its reference sources for Credo Subject Collections and Publisher Collections. The licensing agreement includes [...]

The British Library (BL) is making its collections of bibliographic records available for free to researchers and other libraries. The national library has nearly 14 million catalog records, representing a [...]

ProQuest announced that it will digitize portions of the U.K.'s Colonial State Papers, previously only available for viewing at The National Archives. The papers are handwritten and cover British history [...]

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) joined forces with the Library of Congress (LC) for a new collaboration: LC will become an official DPLA content hub. Its first batch [...]

Brodart Books has announced the release of the 22nd edition of its acclaimed collection-development tool, The Elementary School Library Collection (ESLC), which is available in both CD-ROM and book formats. [...]

Bernan Associates has announced the publication of Putting Marketing Ideas into Action, an introduction to marketing techniques aimed specifically at library information specialists. Published by Library Association Publishing, the book [...]

The New York Public Library partnered with HathiTrust, a shared repository of digitized content from academic and research libraries, making it the 27th library to join the partnership. HathiTrust will [...]

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight, the Library of Congress announced that its collection of Wright brothers papers is available online in the American [...]

EBSCO Publishing has announced that, through EBSOO SmartLinks, it has made available to EBSCOhost database subscribers more than 100 million records with access to full text. EBSCO SmartLinks allows users [...]

The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced that the New Jersey State Library and Rutgers University will receive a $460,000 grant to build the New Jersey Digital Highway, a [...]

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Labtiva, Inc. recently launched ReadCube Web Reader (RWR), a tool that creates interactive scientific PDFs. RWR, which is now available on 109 journals in [...]

Two consortia within the MINITEX Library Information Network have signed on with Information Access Company's InfoTrac 2000 program to extend patron access to their library services. Both the South Dakota [...]

The release of Criminal Justice Abstracts, produced by Willow Tree Press, Inc. in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Collection of Rutgers University Library, makes available an in-depth and informative database [...]

For an expanded version of this article and links to all of the websites mentioned, visit newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Spotlight/ Whats-New-With-Public-Library-EbookVendors-151175.asp. Library ebook vendors sign contracts with publishers to get books delivered to [...]

This article reports on the projects of The British Library in London, England as of June 2004 that make material from the library and other collections available to researcher and user around the world. The Turning the Pages project is an exhibit which makes images of some of the world's great treasures available to the public with technology that allows visitors to turn the pages of a digital document on a touch-screen display. Ten manuscripts are featured in the collection. The oldest is the Lindisfarne Gospels, a work that dates to the early eight century. On April 7, 2004, The British Library announced the Endangered Archives Programme, an $18 million project to preserve threatened records around the world. The project hopes to counter threats to historical and cultural records form wars, natural disasters, ignorance and neglect. A new Web site was launched in April 2004 that charts the life and voyages of Captain James Cook. It display material from the British Library, the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum and other archives in England's North East. In May 2004, The British Library announced the Archival Sound Recordings project. This project aims to digitize 12,000 items of sound recordings from The British Library's Sound Archive.

OCLC Research announced that Ross Singer, an applications developer at Georgia Tech Library, is the winner of the Second OCLC Research Software Contest. Singer's winning project, Umlaut, is an OpenURL [...]

Springer is planning to launch its new eBook program at the ALA conference to be held June 21-24 in New Orleans. Some details will be available at the SLA conference [...]

netLibrary has teamed with Recorded Books, LLC to create a new program for delivering audiobooks to libraries through the Web. Key elements of the program include an innovative pricing structure, [...]

Sagebrush Corp., a solutions provider for the library and education markets, has announced the release of BenchMARC, a new service designed to help school media specialists with the task of [...]

knovel Corp., a Web-based reference publisher that delivers scientific and technical books and databases to engineers, scientists, and students, has re leased six new chemistry references from major publishers. knovel [...]

Elsevier announced that it is launching its Elsevier eBooks service. Through an alliance with netLibrary, Elsevier will make more than 300 titles available in e-book versions this year. netLibrary will [...]

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (EVILS), the federal agency that lends support to the nation's museums and libraries, has announced the recipients of its Library Preservation and Digitization [...]

Bowker has announced the introduction of Hooks to Holdings, a feature that will allow users to search a library's catalog directly from the company's booksinpnnt.com. By selecting Search My Library's [...]

Follett Software Co. has announced the expanded functionality of its WebCollection Plus online library collection access software, making it available for Novell NetWare v5.1 users. WebCollection Plus allows students, staff, [...]

Orbis, a 12-member consortium of university and college libraries in the Pacific Northwest, has announced the introduction of a patron-initiated, totally automated interlibrary loan service using Innovative Interfaces, Inc.'s INN-Reach […]

In a flurry of announcements, The British Library (BL) has released details of four projects that make material from the library and other collections available to researchers and users around [...]

The Industrial Defense Library (IDL), a large collection of online transcripts of expert witness testimony, is now available to corporations and defense counsel throughout the U.S. at a low monthly [...]

August updates of Primary Search, Academic Sesarch, Academic Abstracts FULLTEXT, Social Science Source, and Business Source introduced version 5.0 of EBSCO-CD search and retrieval software. Version 5.0 is built upon [...]

One of the greatest misconceptions about video games that still lingers to this day is that playing and enjoying them is a solitary experience. There's the stereotypical image of the [...]

Winston Tabb, Associate Librarian for Collections, Library of Congress, has announced the availability of Ergonomics and VDT Use, a laminated broadside prepared by the Collection Services VDT Ergonomics Committee. The […]

Citations to more than eight million biographies from Gale's RASD Biography and Genealogy Master Index will soon be available on CD-ROM. BGMI CD-ROM, due out in December, will contain the [...]

The article presents several international initiatives that are making digital collections from libraries and cultural institutions available to researchers on the Internet. In September 2008, the Organization of American States (OAS) agreed to contribute materials to the U.S. Library of Congress' World Digital Library. The Wellcome Library is partnering with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to make available its collection of Egyptian and Arabic medical manuscripts. A pilot program, to be finished in late 2009 at the University of Manchester's John Rylands University Library, will digitize medieval texts including early manuscripts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and John Wyclif's Latin to English translation of the New Testament.

This article announces that ProQuest Information and Learning has extended and expanded two agreements with Factiva. The company also announced that it will The Boston Globe to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection and that it will launch Latin American Newsstand. Under the expanded agreements with Factiva, ProQuest will continue to provide news and business information from Factiva to academic and public libraries worldwide. ProQuest will also continue to provide Factiva with newspaper and journal content for integration into Factiva products. In an existing agreement with New York Times Co., The Boston Globe's historical content from 1872 to 1922 will be added to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection. The resource will be available to academic institutions and libraries, primary and secondary schools, and government and corporate libraries. The database is expected to launch in March 2005. Latin American Newsstand is an electronic, full-text database with 30 newspapers, magazines, and wire services from 12 countries.

Announces that the Library of Congress has made its collection of Thomas Jefferson papers available online at the American Memory Web site. How the Jefferson papers include correspondence, memorandum, notes, and manuscript volumes; Consideration of how the local link resolver can link from the HLAS Online records to the Web resources.

OCLC and Bibliotheque nationale de France signed a letter of intent to work cooperatively to add records from the French national library to OCLC's WorldCat. Bibliotheque nationale de France and [...]

The article focuses on how LIBRARIES TAP INTO THE ZEITGEIST EVEN WHEN DENIED ACCESS. Topics discussed include librarians explain why they're Bridgerton fans and want to share it with their community; and Bridgerton takes place in the early 1800s and centers on the aristocratic Bridgerton family; and Librarians are finding ways to connect with their patrons about this wildly popular show.

EBSCO Publishing and ABC-CLIO announced a new alliance that will benefit history scholars, teachers, and students. EBSCO has acquired two of ABC-CLIO's databases: Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life. [...]

ProQuest Information and Learning introduced Ancestry Library Edition. The company also announced the launch of Digital Commons @. Ancestry Library Edition ProQuest and MyFamily.com have teamed to produce a new [...]

The article presents several resources that librarians can use to learn about the subculture of invented languages. Also cited are the age old practice of invented languages including the Lingua Ignota as the first recorded artificial language, the use of the video channel YouTube to learn about constructed languages, and some invented words like 'Elvish,' 'Klingon,' and 'Dothraki.'

OverDrive, Inc. announced the launch of Digital Library Reserve, an application service for libraries to develop and manage a circulating collection of e-books, e-magazines, e-newspapers, journals, audiobooks, and other downloadable [...]