JSTOR to Offer DRM-Free, Unlimited-User Access for All eBooks; College Students Increasingly Prefer Digital Material and Learning Systems; Symantec Publishes 2015 Internet Security Threat Report + Infographics and Video; Thousands of Books Rescued from Inside of Turkey’s National Library; EBSCO Information Services acquires education technology company, LearningExpress; OCLC Research Library Partnership welcomes two new Partners: Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; WorldCat Discovery now includes full text snippets and search; Thieme Publishers Delhi to be official publisher of Indian Journal of Neurotrauma; and Sierra Library Services Platform 2.0 in General Release
JSTOR to Offer DRM-Free, Unlimited-User Access for All eBooks
JSTOR has announced “that all 25,000 titles offered in its ebook program are now available exclusively in a DRM-free, unlimited-user model. JSTOR decided to eliminate its single-user ebook offering late last year, and has since worked with publishers to bring more of their books into its unlimited offering…”
College Students Increasingly Prefer Digital Material and Learning Systems
Book Business reports that the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has announced “the publication of the first report in its annual two-part study, Student Attitudes toward Content in Higher Education…
Commenting on the study that that is based on surveys of over 1,600 students and “tracks and analyzes the increasing role of technology in higher education, Nadine Vassallo, Project Manager, Research & Information says that “students increasingly report a preference for digital learning materials that meet their criteria for value…”
Symantec Publishes 2015 Internet Security Threat Report + Infographics and Video
Noting the “large and expanding need for the library/librarian community to be providers of unbiased and accurate security and privacy information, resources, and education” InfoDOCKET provides an excerpt from the Exec. Summary of the Report of the 2015 Internet Security Threat Report, a related infographic and a video as well as a link to the full text report, the data appendices, and a second infographic (Path of a Cyberattacker)
Thousands of Books Rescued from Inside of Turkey’s National Library
InfoDOCKET also reports that “following an investigation at the library (National Library of Turkey) about a year ago, it was discovered that more than 350,000 books had been neglected in storage and covered with spider webs. Upon the instructions of Culture and Tourism Minister Ömer Çelik, the rehabilitation of the books began immediately. Moreover, library officials discovered that tens of thousands of books were sold for TL 0.15 ($0.06) per kilogram as waste paper during the same period. Therefore, the directorate began searching for books that had actually once belonged to the library…”
EBSCO Information Services acquires education technology company, LearningExpress
According to KnowledgeSpeak “EBSCO Information Services has announced the acquisition of the education technology company LearningExpress. LearningExpress is an acclaimed provider of online platforms for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation and career-oriented digital content.
LearningExpress features interactive online platforms, products and e-books designed to help users achieve their educational and career goals. Resources include: LearningExpress Library™, Job & Career Accelerator and Workforce Skills for 21st Century Success…
OCLC Research Library Partnership welcomes two new Partners: Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
OCLC has added “Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to the OCLC Research Library Partnership! The Partner Representatives are Dr. Sarah E. Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library, and Ms. Ludmila Pollock, Executive Director, Library and Archives for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory…
The OCLC Research Library Partnership currently comprises 170 Partner institutions.
WorldCat Discovery now includes full text snippets and search
According to OCLC “support for full text comes to WorldCat Discovery. The new service that is scheduled to replace FirstSearch in December 2015—and eventually WorldCat Local—now supports full text searching and display of short “snippets” of the full text resources within the discovery experience. This way, libraries can support their users’ desire for full text scholarship and provide additional context within search results. Additional enhancements this month improve the embedded search box and Google Analytics reporting…”
Thieme Publishers Delhi to be official publisher of Indian Journal of Neurotrauma
KnowledgeSpeak also reports that “Thieme Publishers Delhi (TPD) has announced that they are now the official publisher of Indian Journal of Neurotrauma. The first issue to be published by TPD will be out in June 2015. The journal, first published in 2004, is the official publication of the Neurotrauma Society of India…”
Sierra Library Services Platform 2.0 in General Release
Library Technology Guides reports that the “Sierra Library Services Platform 2.0 is in general release, including enhancements that make the staff experience more powerful and intuitive. All of Sierra’s key functional areas have been updated, including acquisitions, cataloging, resource sharing, and reports. Library staff will find that index searching with the Sierra Desktop application is more robust. The release also introduces a set of collection-development reports that enable consortia members to make more informed acquisitions decisions…”