July 1, 2010

At SPARC-ACRL Forum, Catching Up on Cases and Legislation ALA Top Tech Trends: Ereaders, Mobile Devices, and Cloud Computing DOJ and DOE: Ereaders Must Be Accessible OCLC and LYRASIS Join Forces on WorldCat Services and Web-Scale Management

The Open Library Is Opening Room for Debate | Peer to Peer Review The Five Revolutions in Higher Education | From the Bell Tower Marketplace Notes: Springer Launches New Line of OA Journals People Best Sellers in Psychology

This week, while many were recovering from ALA, the Internet Archive and the Open Library unveiled a program that could turn the notion of library lending on its head. See what LJAN columnist Barbara Fister has to say about a project that allows scans of in-copyright materials to be digitally loaned, and enjoy the Newswire. —Josh Hadro, Editor, Academic Newswire

• At SPARC-ACRL Forum, Catching Up on Cases and Legislation
  The UC-NPG controversy, copyright questions at GSU, and more.
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• ALA Top Tech Trends: Ereaders, Mobile Devices, and Cloud Computing
  Cloud computing, the impact of the iPad, and the ereader price war were part of the discussion, as were 3-D printers and handheld book scanners. Ready for $50 ereaders?
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• DOJ and DOE: Ereaders Must Be Accessible
  After settlements with higher education institutions, accessibility to the blind is stressed. New Kindles coming.
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• OCLC and LYRASIS Join Forces on WorldCat Services and Web-Scale Management
  Largest regional library membership organization will serve as a gateway for new OCLC products.
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• The Open Library Is Opening Room for Debate | Peer to Peer Review
  Barbara Fister ponders the moral of the story.
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• The Five Revolutions in Higher Education | From the Bell Tower
  If we don't heed the change on the horizon, says Steven Bell, we could be inviting our own obsolescence.
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• Springer Launches New Line of OA Journals
  LJ Academic Newswire's marketplace notes.
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• People
  Featured people from the library world.
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• Best Sellers in Psychology
  October 2009 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
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