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The article discusses that accessing entertainment is convenient and quick for streaming subscribers, accessible through one application on their smartphone instead of clunky multiple format collections; and mentions that media access is the biggest transformation as a result of streaming, and its effects ripple across different user groups, from single users trying to simplify their collections to libraries striving to make as much as possible available to their patrons.

The article highlights BioOne and CSIRO Publishing's expanded partnership, introducing a curated collection of over 200 ebooks to be featured in the BioOne Digital Library, targeting environmental, plant, and animal sciences. Topics discussed include American Library Association's grants for small and rural libraries to enhance accessibility, with 310 recipients identified in the latest round and a third round opening in the fall .

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.

The article discusses the transformation of a photo digitization project, initiated by dermatology resident Dr. Garrett Coman and conducted by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, into an Open Educational Resource named UtahDERM. It mentions that the project digitized a vast collection of dermatology slides, expanding beyond flashcards to develop an educational platform with standardized metadata and a unique image viewer.

The article emphasizes the importance of historical data in understanding trends in academic library collections. It discusses the evolution of library budgets, collection expenditures, and resource access over the past two decades, focusing on shifts towards electronic resources and the impact on library systems and technologies.

Takes a look at libraries that make their collections available on the World Wide Web. The growing use of automation and online library resources; Examples of collections on the Web, including the American Memory Project from the Library of Congress; Other collections from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

This article provides information on the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The program operate sunder authority of U.S. Code Title 44 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130. Chapter 19 of Title 44 gives the Superintendent of Documents responsibility for acquiring, cataloging, and distributing government information to libraries. Title 44 and OMB Circular A-130 require federal agencies to make their publications available for distribution to depository libraries through the Superintendent of Documents. Among the approximately 1,400 depository libraries, 53 regionals receive all publications distributed through the FDLP and are required to retain documents permanently to ensure the availability of archival collections. The FDLP network is in the process of transforming from a tangible collection of print, maps, and microforms to an online collection available to libraries and the public. Funds for the FDLP come from the Superintendent of Documents' budget. Expenditure reports do not specify the portion of this budget used to support the program. The Government Printing Office and the depository libraries are taking steps to increase availability of and access to government information.

The article offers information about how book challengers and defenders are now using technology, such as online keyword searches, to compile lists of books to target or to promote reading diversely. It also highlights how book challengers have created websites that take book passages out of context to promote objections, while book advocates use the internet to facilitate access to challenged titles and offer support to one another.

The article reports that Cambridge University Press has expanded its Flip It Open pilot program, which offers an alternative model of academic publishing, and the best-selling academic monographs are open access (OA) books to meet a certain revenue threshold publishing fees.

This article focuses on the information tools and services developed by the Foundation Center to help librarians empower their efforts to obtain pluralistic funding in the U.S. Most librarians are familiar with the outstanding work of the Foundation Center. It is common to see libraries make Foundation Center resources available to patrons as part of a library's collection. With the coming of the Web, the Foundation Center has developed a much larger range of tools and services, print and online, free and fee-based. Fee-based resources of the Foundation Center include over 40 print titles including the National Guide to Funding for Libraries and Information Services, CD-ROM, and online databases. The premier electronic offering of the Foundation Center is The Foundation Directory Online. In addition, the center offers a variety of training and support options, including an Associates Program. The Foundation Center was established in 1956 with this mission statement: To strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. Headquartered in New York City, the Foundation Center has offices and libraries in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, and Atlanta. Physical access to Foundation Center resources expands via its Cooperating Collections Network members, which are either libraries or non-profit information centers. There are 241 such centers in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico.

Reports that the University of Michigan announced that an online search service, called OAlster, designed to create access to a wide-ranging collection of digital resources geared to the academic community, is available through the University Library. Features of OAlster; Types of information included in OAlster, such as scholarly collections not previously indexed in any popular Web search services.

In this article, the author presents his views on evolution in the information landscape with time. It mentions information on peer-reviewed journals which are making available the research datasets on which their articles are based, and libraries are curating collections of high-quality open access; and also mentions information on deep searches in fee-based online services, which offer powerful search functions, consistent indexing of reputable published sources, and documented coverage.

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 presents the discussion on textbooks and course material costs having long concerned educators. Topics include PIRG report on the textbook market where students experiencing food insecurity being likely to struggle in affording course materials; and linking or embedding library materials in learning management systems or digital syllabi being available to students as soon as the course begins.

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 explores A 2017 Pew Research Center study (pewresearch.org/facttank/2018/09/17/5-facts-about-americans-and-videogames) found that 72% of men and 49% of women between the ages of 18 and 29 often or sometimes play video games. Video and mobile gaming is a growth industry, as evidenced by the nearly 2.7 billion mobile gamers reported worldwide in 2021, up 13.3% from 2019 (techjury.net/blog/mobile-gaming-demo graphics).

The University of Michigan (U-M) has announced that the University Library and the U-M Museum of Natural History have created a Web site featuring images and descriptions of thousands of specimens of fish, mammals, and fungi local to the Great Lakes region. The site draws material from the U-M Museum of Natural History, more than 16,000 digital images and 115,000 data records from the Fish and Mammal divisions of the university, and material from the Museum of Zoology and the Fungus Collections of the U-M Herbarium, made available electronically by the University Library. The databases list both scientific and common names and include records for specimens collected in the Great Lakes region from the 1850s to the present. Links among related records assist the user in navigating the collections.

Ex Libris has announced the release of SFX 2.0, the new version of its OpenURL link server. SFX provides a library's users with dynamically created, context-sensitive links to services that are defined by the librarian on the basis of the institution's electronic collections and policies. New features include specialized tools for localization of linking for consortia managers, supporting a range of consortium types, from fully centralized to fully decentralized; an XML Gateway enabling cross-domain communication between different SFX servers or different SFX instances on a single server; full Unicode-compliance; enhanced Web tools; and XML- and HTML-based options for generating A-Z journal title lists with the optional delivery of comprehensive MARC records. These include linking to OCLC WorldCat on the OCLC FirstSearch service to check library holdings information, linking to the full text of journal articles available in OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online Fulfillment, and linking through OCLC ILLiad interlibrary loan service.

Focuses on the use of the Internet for libraries to index their archives collections. Index of obituary records made available to the public by the Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute, Indiana; Use of a Microsoft Access 97 database which was later converted to Hypertext Markup Language; Decision to add a search feature to the database; Other archive projects attempted in Vigo County, such as the 1820 Census and Township Histories.

The article discusses the industry related news brief topics discussed are DATA PLANET ADDS DATA AXLE DATA, NEW SCIENTIFIC ONTOLOGIES, OCLC RELEASES ENTITIES, REAL-TIME PRESERVATION, LIBRARY AS PAL, ULTIMATE MEDICAL LITERATURE, PEOPLEWARE Life scientist Fiona, CLIMATE RISK, DONATING MUSIC, JOURNAL COMPARISONS, OABLE WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT, DIALOG'S NEW FEATURES.

Relates news briefs on digital libraries. A partnership at Cornell University with computer scientists and librarians to develop better strategies for documents and other data; The funding by the United States Department of Education of two projects at Columbia University to make South Asian resources and library collections more available through enhancement and use of the World Wide Web.

Announces that several online collections from the Library of Congress are available from American Memory, a project of the National Digital Library Program. Features of the online collections; Vendor contact information.

Announces that portraits of all the United States presidents and most of the first ladies are available from the Library of Congress American Memory online collections. Brief background on American Memory; World Wide Web address.

Notes the availability of the 20th edition of Brodart's Elementary School Library Collection (ESLC) in print and CD-ROM format. Other available formats for the children's material software; Contact point and World Wide Web address.

Reports that the Library of Congress' National Digital Library Program is adding three new collections of American historical information. Collection contents; Names of the three new collections; Access available through the Library's Learning Page education software; Contact points.

The article presents a study which examined the use of electronic books (ebook) at the Delaware County Community College (DCCC) in Pennsylvania amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in March-December 2020. Other topics include the DCCC librarians' efforts to explore ebook subscriptions to support students, and the ebook acquisition models used by the library like one-time purchase titles, large-scale collections, and patron-driven acquisition.

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 presents the significant source of stress towards mitigating the responsibilities. Topics include creating forms and keeping track of agenda items; number of workflow technologies available which being cost-prohibitive, requiring more advanced user knowledge, and not meeting organizational needs; and modifying Springshare's default web form with fields for collecting information.

The article focuses on the oral history project curated by McEntegart Hall Library Archives in collaboration with the honors program at St. Joseph's College (SJC) in Brooklyn, N.Y. Topics include the project was inaugurated in spring as a part of commemorative projects to celebrate the centennial of the college's founding; and oral History collects memories and personal commentaries of historical significance through recorded interviews.

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.

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.

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. .

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.

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 section provides an update on several new online information services launched in the U.S. as of September 2005. The Normative Data Project for Libraries announced that its new online interface is now available to libraries that contributed transaction- and collection-level data to the project .Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) implemented Ask a Librarian, a pilot project within the Open WorldCat program that allows searchers to submit questions to librarians through online reference services of OCLC member libraries. Thomson Gale launched a beta version of AccessMyLibrary.com, which allows Thomson Gale's content to be crawled and indexed by major search engines.

The article offers information on libraries strive to increase the impact of their collections and services to their communities, large-scale implementations of resource management systems and discovery environments provide a great opportunity to do. Topics include the libraries are shifting from individual implementations of ILSs to collectively shared infrastructure, and the generally interested in supplementing their own local collections with resources available from partner institutions.

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 evaluates Digital Commons, a product of bepress.

The article reports on the digital transformation and development of roles in libraries in Copenhagen, Denmark. Topics mentioned include the quality of service by libraries in Denmark, the implementation program for competence development and service redesign to digital library, and the management of digital services by libraries. Also mentioned are the value creation in digital libray and its role in the progression of education.

The article discusses the topics Bing Maps, Google News, Internet Archive, DuckDuckGo , Google Earth, Kagi search and Orion browser, Google Maps, Google Maps. Presearch launched, Semantic Scholar, Vivaldi, Yande, Yep, Yep is a new search engine from Singaporebased SEO tools company Ahrefs. Yep crawls more than 8 billion webpages every 24 hours using AhrefsBot.

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 explores Alphabet launched a new company called Isomorphic Lab, a commercial venture that aims to reimagine the entire drug discovery process with an AI-first approach. Its overall objective is to model and understand some of the fundamental mechanisms of life. Demis Hassabis will serve as CEO for Isomorphic's initial phase, while remaining as DeepMind CEO.

This section offers news briefs on libraries. Alexander Street Press will collaborate with Equinox Software in the development of Evergreen Open Source ILS integrated library software (ILS). OCLC has launched a new Library Spotlight program, a free service that works with web services to promote libraries. Ingram Content Group, Inc. and Ebook Library (EBL) will collaborate on an online library interface platform that will allow libraries to search and purchase EBL content on an OASIS platform.

The article focuses on digitization of public libraries in South Carolina to accept local collections. Topics discussed include the Digitization in a Box Project created by South Carolina State Library (SCSL) to address the needs of public libraries, partnership of SCDL with the South Carolina Digital Library and SCDL serving as the South Carolina Service Hub for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

The article focuses on the role of disruptive technology in the legal industry. Topics discussed include information on the firm Ravel Law that combines visualization, data analytics, and content to transform traditional case law research; application of legal analytics at the firm Lex Machina; and the ability to ease the mobile access to law library services through the platform Boopsie.