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Washington, DC – In September 24/7 Reference will publicize a first-ever service to Web surfers: professional librarians online with them to help them find what they are looking for. As the name suggests, the librarians will be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 24/7 Reference is the creation of a consortium of […]
Mary Hulstrom, 18, sends e-mail from a 15-minute express computer station at the Jackson County library in Medford. Hulstrom lives in Ruch but stops by before or after work most days to send e-mails and keep in touch with friends who’ve left the Rogue Valley. Librarians say the introduction of such Web-wired computers has increased […]
In magazines and bricks-and-mortar stores, there isn’t always a clearly designated space devoted to young adult books. But that’s not true online.
Questia Media continues to adjust its marketing strategy this summer with a plan to offer universities the ability to buy subscriptions for its online library and research service in bulk.
Online research start-up Ebrary and the Learning Network, an e-learning company owned by Pearson, on Wednesday are launching a beta version of a virtual library.
In this digital age, the custodians of published works are at the center of a global copyright controversy that casts them as villains simply for doing their job: letting people borrow books for free.
One issue of the scientific journal “Brain Research” costs about $137. Not bad, except “Brain Research” publishes 124 issues annually, for a total cost of more than $17,000 for one journal subscription. During the past two years, the price increased more than a thousand dollars each year.
Some of the most prominent Internet publishers announced the formation of a trade group Monday to represent the industry’s interests before the government, media, public and the advertising community.
Using a high-speed digital network shared among schools, universities and libraries, Connecticut has opened a virtual library to the public.
Traffic was brisk last weekend at BookExpo America, as more than 20,000 people made their way through the aisles, picking up all the free books they could carry.
