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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 […]

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.

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.

The article focuses on the highlights and personal experiences from the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition held in San Diego in 2024. Topics include the presentation of the Library of the Future Award to the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, insights from key sessions on library advocacy and digital access, and notable new products showcased in the exhibit hall.

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.

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.

* 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 [...]

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.'

The article reports on the plan of Springer to launch its eBook program at the American Library Association conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana from June 21 to 24, 2006. The redesigned SpringerLink will give subscribers access to about 10,000 Springer eBooks. eBooks and eBook Series titles are available as searchable PDF documents, while eReference Works are available through HTML. Libraries can purchase a complete collection or one of the 12 topic categories. The program will also link to an OPAC system.

EBSCO Publishing has announced that, through EBSCO SmartLinks, it has made available to EBSCOhost database subscribers more than 100 million records with access to full text.EBSCO SmartLinks allows users to gain seamless access from a citation in an EBSCOhost proprietary or secondary database result list to the corresponding full text located in a variety of electronic resources. In addition to linking to the full text available within EBSCOhost databases, users may also link to their library's collection of electronic journals available through EBSCOhost Electronic Journals service and publishers that contribute to CrossRef.

knovel Corp., a Web-based reference publisher that delivers scientific and technical books and databases to engineers, scientists, and students, has released six new chemistry references from major publishers. MARC records are supplied by knovel and loaded by OCLC into WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog). The six titles added to knovel are 'International Critical Tables of Numeric Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology; knovel Critical Tables'; 'knovel Solvents--A Properties Database; Thermochemistry of the Chemical Substances'; 'Smithsonian Physical Tables (ninth revised edition)'; and 'Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds.' The MARC records are accessible via WorldCat and are also available through OCLC's WorldCat Collection Sets for libraries that are interested in loading the records into their local online catalogs. Source: knovel Corp., Norwich, NY, 607/648-4770; http://www.knovel.com. .

Reports that Follett Software Co. has expanded the functionality of its WebCollection Plus online library collection access software to make it available for Novell NetWare v5.1 users. How the system allows for library collections to be searched from any location; Intention to bring the system into a greater number of schools; Features.

This article features the UnCover online database from the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL). The database is designed to reflect those periodicals currently available in the collections of the member libraries of CARL. Records are being created from actual issues received and are based on the tables of contents of these issues. CARL is building a special function into the UnCover system that will make it possible for users to request onsite delivery of any document discovered in the database. CARL expects to have that delivery system fully in place by the end of 1989.

The article offers updates on several digitization projects across the world. Europeana, the European Digital Library, is scheduled to become a reality in November 2008. In August 2008, the European Commission raised concerns that cultural institutions across Europe were not digitizing enough material. In a communication from the commission, allegations revealed that only one percent of archival material in the 2.5 billion book collections of Europe's libraries is available in digital form. Meanwhile, the National Library of Estonia will be canceling its plans to submit digitized materials to the Europeana project.

The article informs that library ebook vendors sign contracts with publishers to get books delivered to their platforms and then sell their licenses to public libraries at the prices the publishers set. Bibliotheca's cloudLibrary for ebooks and audiobooks offers single-click downloads and technologically advanced customization options while reading.

The article outlines a series of events in 2005 ensuring that information switched its dominant format from analog to digital. Inspired by Project Gutenberg, Hugh McGuire created LibriVox, a project whereby volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain then transfer those recordings into MP3 files that are available for free on the www.librivox.org. Last November, the Library of Congress announced its creation of the World Digital Library, an online collection of rare books, manuscripts, and other materials that will be freely available for viewing by anyone, anywhere, with Internet access. Each of the events affects libraries in significant ways. From digitization projects to interlibrary loan and from electronic reserves to electronic books, copyright law is having an impact on librarianship.

The article discusses video game events and programs at the Library and the rise of library gaming. Topics include use of video games to connect community members to other library collections; views of Keri Adams, a librarian at the Johnson Public Library in New Jersey, on video games for kids and its impact on library values; and experiences of communal arcade is replaced by video game events at the public library.

Reports that Gale Group, a business unit of Thomson Corp., launched an e-book program that will make a large collection of its reference material available to online library patrons through netLibrary. Libraries that can access the Gale e-books; Number of titles available; Remarks from John Barnes, Gale's senior vice president of product development; Price.

This article reports that the U.S. Library of Congress' National Digital Library (NDL) Program has announced the availability of five new collections from its World Wide Web home page. The new offerings bring to more than a dozen the number of collections that the Library makes freely available over the Internet. The collections include Mathew Brady Civil War photographs, sound recordings from the Nation's Forum, and early motion pictures. The NDL Program also offers access to the Library's card catalog, records from the U.S. Copyright Office, and links to other Internet sites. Text and images from nearly a dozen of the Library's major exhibitions are also available.

The article reports that Lexis Counsel Connect (LCC), the computer online service exclusively for attorneys, has launched a new section of its electronic library containing forms and model documents contributed by lawyers in key practice areas. The new LCC library will now contain sections for forms and model documents under specific practice areas. To ensure organization and usability of the forms library, all forms and model documents will be posted in plain ASCII text format and if appropriate, attached as binary files. In addition, LCC soon plans to make some of the most useful documents from its forms library available on LAWLinks, a comprehensive collection of law materials available on the Internet's World Wide Web. The service offers online discussion groups and seminars in more than 200 areas of law, personalized daily news reports, libraries of legal briefs and memos, full Internet and LEXIS-NEXIS access, and internal and Internet e-mail.

The article presents information on EBSCO-CD Search and retrieval software version 5.0 from EBSCO Publishing Inc. Version 5.0 is built upon EBSCO Publishing's new search engine. Users of EBSCO Publishing 5.0 products will notice increased search speed and reduced memory requirements when using the products on existing hardware. The remainder of proprietary EBSCO Publishing CD-ROM titles were updated with software version 5.0 in September 1995. Version 5.0 gives librarians the option of precisely customizing their periodical databases by offering special search limiters that can restrict the results to titles available in full text and/or items available in the library's print collection.

The article focuses on recent developments in the online information services industry in the U.S. Incatsystems Software USA Inc., developer of Easy-CD Pro for Windows, has released a new version of its CD-R mastering software, Easy-CD Pro v1.4 for Macintosh. With Easy-CD Pro for Macintosh, the user can create a real or virtual image in ISO 9660, Macintosh HFS, CD-DA, or Mixed-Mode formats, and transfer this image to CD-R recorder or hard disk. Data can be written to compact disc from a variety of sources including Virtual ISO Images, HFS Volumes, SCSI Devices, and AIFF files. The release of Criminal Justice Abstracts, produced by Willow Tree Press in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Collection of Rutgers University Library, makes available an in-depth and informative database containing tens of thousands of abstracts of the world's literature on crime and criminal justice. This database provides coverage of the major journals, books, and reports and explores a wide variety of topics.

The article states that an index to the authors and published works covered in every literary series published by Gale Research Inc. will soon be available on CD-ROM. Literary Series Master index, available in December 1992, will combine various indexes from 32 literary series including such notables as "Contemporary Authors," "Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism" and "Contemporary Literary Criticism." The disc will index biographies and criticisms of over 110,000 authors and 120,000 works--from antiquity to the present. Users will be able to access this information from several different points of entry: by author name, title of published work, birth and death years, nationality, and by each Gale series. Updated biannually, Literary Series Master index will also have the capability for libraries to tag the sources in their library's collection so users know immediately if the source is available. Literary Series Master index will be compatible with standard players and will allow printing and downloading.

This article reports on the selection of INNOPAC computer system through which access to the library collection of two Canadian libraries will be available in 1991. The system will be installed at the National Gallery of Canada in three phases and will include the online catalog. The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information has chosen the system to automate its acquisitions and serials control function. Innovative Interfaces supplies computer systems to libraries for the automation of a wide range of library automation functions.

* 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, [...]

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 article offers publishing and libraries news briefs on topics including Simba Information's report on global professional and scholarly e-book publishing, Patron Point's online training series for public libraries, Thomson Reuters' addition of the UK Supreme Court Dockets to Westlaw, Ithaka S+R's research project on AI in higher education, and OCLC's Choreo Insights library analytics solution for North American libraries.

The articles offers information on the state of eBooks in libraries. Topics disused include according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, library collections in higher education contain more digital items than physical; mentions University of Minnesota Libraries has more than 500,000 eBooks in its collections; and also mentions the library offers eBooks via OverDrive and hoopla.

Announces a grant to be given by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the New Jersey State Library and Rutgers University to build the New Jersey Digital Highway. Amount to be given to the two universities; Objectives of the grants; Role of the two universities in building the portal and technical infrastructure.

Reports that ScienceDirect, a division of Elsevier Science, has announced that it will offer Cell Press titles, a collection of life science journals, through its service. How ScienceDirect Digital Collections users will now have online full-text linking access to the journals `Cell,' `Molecular Cell,' `Immunity,' and `Neuron'; Plans to offer access to the Cell Press titles locally on the institute's library system.

Reports on an announcement from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) regarding the recipients of its Library Preservation and Digitization Grants. How the awards will give money to 12 libraries for projects that will digitize library resources and make them available on the Web; Creation of a digital repository of research material related to the Louisiana Purchase; Background on IMLS, an independent federal agency that supports the museums and libraries of the United States.

Reports on the announcement by Sagebrush Corp. of the release of a version of its library automation program, Athena v8.1. Features of the version; Add-on enhancements, including Athena WebLink, and Athena zMARC; Use of Athena Webserver v3.1 to make a library's collection available online; Abilities of users with Athena v8.1.

The article discusses news briefs associated with information service industry. It is noted that a contract has been provided to EBSCO Information Services by the Library of Congress to develop and implement an open source information technology platform. It is noted that the Public Library Association has revealed the availability of its 2022–2026 strategic plan, which is focused on equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice.

Reports the announcement of the United States Library of Congress that it has added to and expanded collections available online from its American Memory Web site. The site as a project of the National Digital Library Program; `American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920,' a collection from the Frances Loeb Library at Harvard University Graduate School of Design; George Washington Papers; Other materials.

This article focuses on the preservation of British library newspapers that have been published during the 19th century. The British Library Newspapers Web site was created in partnership with Gale International, a part of Cengage Learning, with funding provided by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Free access will be provided to the database within the BL building and to all the Further and Higher Education communities in Great Britain. Fee-based services will be launched for the general public in 2008. The 19th-century British Library Newspapers add to a rich collection of other historical material that is already available from Cengage or has been funded by JISC.

This section offers information technology news briefs. Social networking site Facebook has introduced new features designed to give users more control over their personal information and privacy. RIM has launched its BlackBerry Playbook designed to compete with Apple's iPad. JustCite, an upgraded legal citation and search service used by more than 20,000 legal practitioners, has been launched by Justis Publishing.

The article evaluates several products including the SpringerLink service from Springer, the Thieme E-Book Library Platform from Thieme Publishing Group, and the ProQuest African American Heritage genealogy service from ProQuest.

The article evaluates the IP Manager 3.1 computer software from Thomson IP Management Services.

This section offers news briefs on new products of the information services industry as of May 2010. Safari Books Online plans to add over 700 titles to its Short Cuts category in 2010. The Web site Nature Middle East, which showcases scientific and medical research from Middle Eastern and Arabic-speaking regions, was launched by Nature Publishing Group. The databases Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide and Waters & Oceans Worldwide have been revealed by EBSCO Publishing.

This article reports that netLibrary has teamed with Recorded Books LLC to create a new program for delivering audio books to libraries through the World Wide Web. Key elements of the program include an innovative pricing structure, unlimited access, the ability for patrons to download to a range of portable devices, and a technology solution that supports download via broadband or dial-up capabilities. Library users will be able to search for, preview, check out, and listen to audio books via the Internet and the netLibrary platform. They can focus their search on audio titles only or take advantage of search functionality that integrates audio titles with all electronic content their library may have in its netLibrary collection. Web-based collections of Recorded Books titles will be available for purchase through either Recorded Books or netLibrary and will be delivered via the netLibrary interface. Library patrons will be able to search for audio books just as they would for any type of electronic content in their library's netLibrary collection. In addition, libraries can view demonstrations of the program upon request, which will be formally lanced in December 2004.

The article evaluates several products, including the Safari Bookbag of Safari Books Online, the Primo solution version 2.1 of Ex Libris Group, and the BlackBerry smartphone of AccuWeather.com.

Announces the launch of the LinkSolver universal link resolver from Ovid. Key features; Applications in the database library collection of Web-based content; Options available when used with the search engine of the company.

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 in 2003. netLibrary will host Elsevier eBooks, which will be available to any institution with a netLibrary account. Titles will come initially from the Science and Technology division within Elsevier and will cover high-demand subject areas such as Computer Science, Life Science, Economics, Business and Management, Engineering, and Environmental Sciences.

Discusses how OverDrive Inc. announced the launch of Digital Library Reserve, an application service for libraries to develop and manage a circulating collection of electronic books, magazines, newspapers, journals, audiobooks, and other downloadable media. How the Digital Library Reserve consists of a series of Web services for the library to establish and manage its digital media collection; Relationship between OverDrive and Adobe Systems; Advantages of library support and lending models.

The article presents updates on the information resources industry. Knovel Corp. and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Collections have entered a 3-year agreement that lets JISC member institutions access Knovel's engineering resources. EBSCO Information Services added Elsevier content to its collection of ebooks. Elsevier brings more than 4,000 ebooks from ScienceDirect, and 50 reference works ranging from specialist studies to broadbased encyclopedias. ProQuest's Library School Program, which gives information science students free access to ProQuest's reference tools during the school year, is now open for the 2007-2008 term.

The article evaluates several information technology products including the Annual Copyright License from Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the EBSCONET Subscription Management System from EBSCO Information Services, and the Syndetics Indexed Content Enrichment (ICE) from Syndetic Solutions.

Reports on a partnership between Sagebrush Corp. and Information Transform Inc. (ITI) to market and provide The Complete MARC Suite to school libraries. Combination of the products and services of the companies to assist librarians in maintaining library collection data; Features of the software.

Reports that ebrary, Inc. has licensed its technology to Byron Hoyt, a provider of musical resources, to make classical sheet music and educational titles available to libraries worldwide. Availability of a Spanish-language collection provided by e-Libro, a digital e-publisher in the Spanish book market; Size of the Byron Hoyt collection; Terms of the agreement, which includes that ebrary will help distribute Byron Hoyt's collection as a stand-alone database to libraries; Costs of subscriptions; Description of ebrarian for Libraries.