June 14, 2010

UC Libraries, Nature Publishing Group in Heated Dispute Over Pricing; Boycott Possible "The Future is Mobile": Strategy, Predictions as Smartphone Service Booms Europeana Digital Library White Paper Suggests Linked Data Can Deliver More Resources

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Apologies again for the delay, but don't let the timing on the Newswire stop you from keeping up with our columnists: from our last edition, see Steven Bell's thoughts on librarians' presence in the Chronicle, and Barbara Fister's take on hacking tradition. Don't miss their latest below as well, and enjoy the Newswire.—Josh Hadro, Editor, Academic Newswire

• UC Libraries, Nature Publishing Group in Heated Dispute Over Pricing; Boycott Possible
  In a pointed exchange, library directors UC and NPG are trading charges about NPG's proposed increase in license fees, the tenor of negotiations, and whether UC has long been getting a sweet deal.
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• "The Future is Mobile": Strategy, Predictions as Smartphone Service Booms
  Video chat, video voice mail, and real-time media sharing are destined for contextually aware smartphones, the device of choice for the next generation. But are libraries ready? In an effort to help libraries reach mobile users and keep track of mobile innovation, Library Journal and OCLC co-sponsored an online symposium titled "The Future is Mobile."
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• Europeana Digital Library White Paper Suggests Linked Data Can Deliver More Resources
  The collaborative digital library project Europeana refocuses efforts in its first white paper, Knowledge = Information in Context. The paper proposes linked data, and a semantic search engine, to improve functionality.
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• This Is Preparing Them for College Research? | From the Bell Tower
  Going bookless may be better for administrators at Cushing Academy, says Steven Bell, but it is doing the students a disservice.
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• The People's Library | Peer to Peer Review
  Hard times, says Barbara Fister, are showing us that libraries need to be open in every sense of the word.
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• People
  Featured people from the library world.
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• Best Sellers in Chemistry
  September 2009 to date as identified by YBP Library Services
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