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3M Suing EnvisionWare for Patent Infringement

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A lawsuit alleging patent infringement has been brought by library vendor 3M against competitor EnvisionWare, regarding the development and sales of self-check circulation products and handheld radio frequency identification (RFID) accessories. Documents submitted to the U.S. District Court in

Rare Books Don’t Always Live in Glass Cases

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Dozens of libraries across the United States house dazzling collections, but largely remain unfamiliar to the public.

It's About a Respectful Discussion

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:10:26 GMT

The discussion about open source and integrated library systems has become more relevant and animated in the past year. Much has happened to fuel the discussion, especially recently with changes with the open source (and quasi-open source) vendors. Open source technology in general has become

Royal Shakespeare Company and British Library launch second CD

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:57:20 GMT

Royal Shakespeare Company and British

Library cuts weaken Dawson Books | theBookseller.com

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:43:05 GMT

Academic library supplier Dawson Books has experienced what it described as a "marked slowdown" in sales as a result of cuts to library budgets, its parent company has reported. But it said the result had been offset by growth in its e-book business, dawsonera.

Capstone Acquires Heinemann-Raintree

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:50:20 GMT

Capstone Publishers, a publisher of children’s books, including bilingual titles, for school and public libraries, has acquired the assets of the Heinemann-Raintree library reference imprints from the international media company Pearson.

Belo Corp. Donates Historical Papers to SMU - Zibb.com

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC), one of the nation's largest pure-play, publicly-traded television companies, announced today it is donating the Belo Corporate Archives to Southern Methodist University's DeGolyer Library. The thousands of documents in the archives also include materials from A. H. Belo

Handheld Librarian II Conference – call for proposals

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:34:54 GMT

Handheld Librarian II is an online conference being held February 17 and 18, 2010. Proposals are due November 1, 2009. Below is information from the official

Juneteenth Freedom Forum at The Library Company of Philadelphia

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:10:13 GMT

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DA Information Services Australia Acquires Languages Direct, the ...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:55:53 GMT

PR: Our innovative solutions will be applied to the LOTE product range ...... a broader and more comprehensive range of books will be available faster. DA's sophisticated technology platform and scale will deliver economies for libraries, through merging the purchasing and delivery of LOTE and Eng

The Failure of E-Reader Devices, Ctd.

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:33:07 GMT

Since my initial post on the subject two and half weeks ago, I have read over the replies that have accumulated across a couple of sites. I’ve appreciated the time that commenters have put into their replies

Preservation Vendors

Fri, 15 May 2009 19:41:59 GMT

MLCs Preservation Conference on June 4-5, 2009, will feature a number of vendors who have experience working with libraries on physical preservation projects.National Archives Publishing CompanyPreservation TechnologiesThe HF GroupGaylordBMSCatBelfor Property RestorationThere is still time

Attend ALA Annual For Free?

Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Money’s tight and everyone’s slashing budgets. So what’s a school or public librarian who wants to attend this summer’s American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference to do? Cross her fingers and enter a Web-based drawing, sponsored by ProQuest.

BBIA sponsors: BDS reaches out to booksellers

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:28:20 GMT

BookBrunch - information, discussion, news and events for the publishing and book trade

1. Pillar Data Systems Provides Scalable Storage Library for Crea...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:15:00 GMT

Blurb, the creative publishing and marketing platform that enables anyone to design, publish, share and sell bookstore-quality books, has selected the Pillar Axiom Storage System to archive hundreds of thousands of pages of text and graphics. Blurb was

nnovative's Electronic Resource Management Leads Early Adoption o...

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:29:12 GMT

(April 10, 2009). Innovative Interfaces announced that the current release of its Electronic Resource Management product leverages version 1.6 of the NISO Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI). The latest version of the SUSHI standard makes access to e-journal usage statistics

EPUB Boot Camp

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:22:00 GMT

Publishing Industry Consultant - Where books and technology meet. Because books aren't just books anymore.

LJ's Movers & Shakers 2009

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:46:00 GMT

Library Journal has just released Movers Shakers 2009: The People Shaping the Future of Libraries. The list includes librarians, vendors and others who are creating the 2.0 library of the future. Seven Californians made the list for

Going Grey? Comparing the OCR Accuracy Levels of Bitonal and Grey...

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:05:20 GMT

The search feature is dependent on text extracted from the newspaper page images with Optical Character Recognition (OCR), so any improvement in OCR accuracy will add value to the collection by improving our users' chances of finding useful information.

Libraries Vendors and the Economy

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:47:15 GMT

Yesterday I attended my first meet with the New England Jounal of Medicine library advisory board and it was very interesting. We discussed a lot of issues such as the future of medical journal, libraries, technology, and users/readers.

Taking a critical look at common support scenarios for open sourc...

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:18:18 GMT

Deciding whether to go with a particular open source product is an exercise in risk management: understanding the risks of your possible actions and choices, calculating when a certain level of risk is appropriate to reach a desired outcome, and planning for how to handle negative outcomes. To

Vendors, Hating

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT

Librarians should not hate library database vendors. Yes, they dress better than you and they get paid more than you, but they are miserable soulless people who deserve your compassion. Plus, they give you free ink pens.

Vendor Vehicle Showcases Library's Digital Offerings

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:32:00 GMT

The Digital Bookmobile (www.digitalbookmobile.com), a 74-foot-long, 18-wheel community outreach vehicle promoting awareness of libraries' digital media collections, kicked off its national tour yesterday in New York City's Central Park.

Law Library and Legal Vendor Relationships

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:42:13 GMT

Over on Slaw today Simon Chester posted excerpts from an article on Law.com by Alvin Podboy called Legal Information Needs a Little Kedging. The subject of library and vendor relations is close to my heart, and I have worked on both TALL and CALL committees over time to help improve relations.

LexisNexis Moves Into the Public Library Market

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:30:53 GMT

In what has to be viewed as a surprisingly low-key launch for a product in a brand new market, LexisNexis rather quietly announced its new Library Express service. This is the company's first product for public libraries. No advance notice on the news was given to the library press or industry