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We’re Not Dead Yet! – 11/15/2004 – Library Journal
“University presses can survive and thrive if university libraries work with them to create a sustainable future for scholarly communication” by Barbara Fister and Niko Pfund — Library Journal, 11/15/2004
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AAUP & ARL: 2004 The Year of the University Press
“The Development of an Open Source Publishing System by Terry Ehling, Director of Electronic Publishing at Cornell University Library. Prior to her Cornell appointment, she was Manager of the Digital Projects Lab at the MIT Press. “
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“The adoption of open-source publishing systems like DPubS can correct the imbalance in the scholarly communication environment by providing a venue for nontraditional publishing initiatives.”
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“University presses are at the cutting edge of electronic publishing, often working in collaboration with each other, with their university libraries, and with scholarly societies. Below are links to some of the e-Publishing initiatives currently under wa
Category: publishing
links for 2008-01-17
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15 Trends to Watch in 2008 – 1/7/2008 3:00:00 AM – Publishers Weekly
via AL Direct – “Christmas 2008 will be the first one in which sales of customized books, enabled by the Internet and print-on-demand, will become substantial. Make-your-own books have been creeping into public consciousness for a couple of years: …auth
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Walt at Random » Blog Archive » Academic Library Blogs: 231 Examples
Walt’s new book. Published through Lulu.
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ALA | proposals
Reminder to self: Send something in.
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Vendor-prompted cataloging [OCLC – Partner programs for publishers and material vendors]
“Publishers and material vendors: Partner with OCLC and offer your customers a unique value-added service that will get you noticed. Our four vendor-prompted cataloging programs (below) enable your customers to obtain corresponding WorldCat bibliographic
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About [OCLC – PromptCat]
“PromptCat provides cataloging records for new materials that can be ready to shelve the moment you receive them. OCLC works with leading library partners to automate this process. Best of all, your holdings are added to WorldCat, the bibliographic databa
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Amazon is new OCLC PromptCat participant [OCLC]
“DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 14 September 2006—Amazon.com is now an OCLC PromptCat participant, making it possible for libraries to receive OCLC MARC records along with the materials they get from the online vendor including books, music, DVDs and more.”
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PromptCat [OCLC – Cataloging and Metadata]
“Participating partners send OCLC electronic lists that identify the books, videos and other materials you’ve ordered. PromptCat then matches the items to bibliographic records in WorldCat, adds local data to records, sets holdings in WorldCat and provide
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Vendor record contribution [OCLC – Partner programs for publishers and material vendors]
“Look good to librarians: Get bibliographic records for your materials into WorldCat as early as possible in the publishing cycle. When you put descriptive metadata directly into WorldCat—even months before titles are released—you’re making it much ea
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Cataloging partners program [OCLC – Cataloging and Metadata]
“Look good to librarians: Get bibliographic records for your materials into WorldCat as early as possible in the publishing cycle. When you put descriptive metadata directly into WorldCat—even months before titles are released—you’re making it much ea
links for 2007-12-14
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Older adults and e-books—and how E could be the new large ‘print’
Excellent article arguing the need for large print and senior friendly e-books and readers. I would have the font size blown up all the time. Maybe I need to take a look at the Kindle.
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Isabelle Fetherston, “Resources and discussion about library services to older adults.” Author of large print e-book article.
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E-Book Report – Blog on Publishers Weekly
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Inside Higher Ed :: Open Courses Open Wider
via freemoth – to read
links for 2007-11-20
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Will e-books ever be a best-seller? | CNET News.com
“news analysis The average commuter seems to be doing OK reading an old-fashioned newspaper on the way to work. – Why, then, do Amazon.com and Sony think they need to replace traditional books with electronic readers?”
links for 2007-10-08
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Online: Do You Know Your Googlegänger? – Newsweek Technology – MSNBC.com
Newsweek article on the need for disambiguation.
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newsobserver.com | Lulu moving its headquarters to Raleigh