Archive for the ‘Virtual Libraries’ Category

American Diabetes Association Partners With Versaware To Kick Off Its E-Book Initiative

E-Publishing Pioneer to Digitize American Diabetes Association Book Titles And Build a Co-Branded Electronic Bookstore

Microsoft inks e-book deal with WHSmith

Microsoft and whsmith.co.uk have joined forces to create the UK’s first online store to offer downloadable e-books.

Video: Amazing Women with Mary Alice Williams 5-6 min

Mary Alice Williams speaks with Nancy Kranich, President of the American Library Association about libraries in the internet age. You need Microsoft Windows Media Player to view the video referenced on the page.

Your work, or the Web’s?

Students – who typically turn to the Internet as their first source for information – may find themselves on the slippery slope to plagiarism.

E-Books Are Now on the Shelf

Electronic books are hitting the bookstores in an experiment to see if new technology can be sold the old-fashioned way. And an online bookshop is offering hands-on customer service. Also: E-books do sell, publishers try to sell and authors seek those who sell.

Library Associations file Amicus Brief in Tasini case

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in ruling that 17 U.S.C. 201(c) does not confer upon commercial electronic database publishers the privilege of reproducing and distributing Respondents copyrighted articles in and through the commercial electronic databases described in the Second Circuit’s ruling.

Amending the Texts

New technology promises to make them more accurate, up-to-date, interactive—and lightweight

Jackson State University Offers Anytime/Anywhere Access to Academic eBook Collection

BOULDER, Colo., Feb 2, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Jackson State University Libraries (Jackson, MS) today began offering faculty and students access to an initial collection of more than 2,500 eBooks from netLibrary, the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content management services.

$2 million fund will establish unique chair at OSU

CORVALLIS – Anonymous donors have established a $2 million endowment with the Oregon Community Foundation to benefit libraries at Oregon State University.

Is That a Book In Your MP3 Player?

HipZip joins a growing list of devices that make Audible.com’s audio books easier to pack.