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A collaboration between the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) The projects are the first of the NSF international programme to foster collaboration between US researchers and research teams from other countries, under its International Digital Libraries Research Program. The projects are the first of the NSF international programme […]
Academic libraries and university presses at Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago have teamed up in an e-publishing venture that aims to put hundreds of scholarly books in electronic form.
If University students had their way, money would grow on trees and pricey textbooks would be free. But, in students’ experience, the reality is just the opposite.
Are we really one step closer to a National Digital Library? Robert Darnton the director of Harvard University Library is a champion of the idea and is interviewed by Jennifer Howard of the Chronicle. Read the Full Story
It’s been a difficult year for e-publishing, which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering it’s been a difficult year for businesses in general, and particularly those having to do with the Internet.
Questia Media laid off half of its staff members this month. The company, which operates a database of nearly 70,000 e-books, has been trying to market its services to undergraduates, high-school students, and even some college libraries. However, the subscriptions — at $19.95 a month — have not sold as well as company officials had […]
The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded the University of Arizona Library $123,672 for a two-year digitization project.
Where does anyone looking for information go? For 150 years, people have gone to the public library for books, reference materials, periodicals, research — peace. There is no other institution so accessible to the public. It costs its patrons next to nothing. Its boundaries are completely colorblind and bias-free, ageless. It is almost always open. […]
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