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NewsBreaks

The End of an Era for Google Labs—Innovation Now Via Acquisition and Pontification

by Stephen E. Arnold

The media, Wall Street, and assorted bloggers were adrenalized by Larry Page's announcement that Google Labs was going dark. That's right. Google Labs. The quasar of innovation at the Google: Shut down, lights off, out of business, and repurposed ... What's gone? Obviously the Google Labs site where I could "play around with prototypes of some of Google's wild and crazy ideas and offer feedback directly to the engineers who developed them." I do not think there will be much of a change in Google's innovation pace. In fact, it may accelerate in social media.

Weekly News Digests

LoislawConnect to Take Legal Research to the Next Level

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business announced that it is releasing an enhanced version of its Loislaw legal research platform. The new platform, called LoislawConnect, will deliver a faster, more streamlined way to conduct research within the same flat fee structure that Loislaw users have come to depend upon. LoislawConnect was previewed at the 2011 AALL Annual Meeting in Philadelphia July 23-26.

New SciVerse App: iSpeech Audio Reader

Elsevier announced the availability of an audio reader application from iSpeech, provider of cloud-based speech technology and mobile apps, on SciVerse Applications beta. The iSpeech Audio Reader is the latest in a growing list of applications enhancing the use of SciVerse ScienceDirect content to improve researchers' workflows.

Wellcome Library Partners With ProQuest to Digitize Early European Books

The Wellcome Library announced a partnership with ProQuest, U.K. to digitize more than 15,000 volumes from the library's rare book collection as part of the Wellcome Digital Library pilot project. The collection will be made available through ProQuest's new Early European Books (EEB) database, a sister project to the Early English Books Online.

NewsLink Spotlight

Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA

by Paula J. Hane

Looking over the program of presentations and panels and at the vendors exhibiting at the recent American Library Association Annual (ALA) conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. Of course, along with that come all the issues and considerations involved: copyright/DRM, rising costs of digital collections, format issues, and the rapidly evolving publishing market. For librarians, it's all about providing enhanced services through the emerging technologies. They had a lot to look at and think about in New Orleans.

Bookshelf

Buying and Selling Information
A Guide for Information Professionals and Salespeople to Build Mutual Success
by Michael L. Gruenberg

Both sides of the negotiating table are represented in this practical and much-needed guide by Michael Gruenberg, a veteran of the electronic information field. With over 30 years selling information to a wide variety of libraries, Gruenberg's time-tested tips, techniques, and strategies will be welcomed by both information professionals and sales professionals

2014/232 pp softbound | ISBN 978-1-57387-478-6 | Regular Price: $49.50 | Pre-Order Price: $29.70

Conference Connection

CONFERENCE CALENDAR

March 2–4, SPARC 2014 Open Access Meeting
Place: Kansas City, Mo.
Sponsor/Organizer: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
URL: sparc.arl.org/events/OA14

March 4–7, iConference 2014: Breaking Down Walls: Culture, Context, Computing
Place: Berlin
Sponsor/Organizer: iSchools Organization
URL: ischools.org/the-iconference

March 5, ALPSP Training Course: Developing Open Access and Hybrid Journals
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
URL: alpsp.org/Ebusiness/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=372

March 5–6, Library Publishing Forum 2014
Place: Kansas City, Mo.
Sponsor/Organizer: Library Publishing Coalition
URL: librarypublishing.org/events/annual-forum

March 11–13, SMX West (Search Marketing Expo)
Place: San Jose, Calif.
Sponsor/Organizer: Third Door Media
URL: searchmarketingexpo.com/west

March 11–15, PLA 2014 Conference
Place: Indianapolis
Sponsor/Organizer: Public Library Association (PLA)
URL: placonference.org

March 13–16, Leipzig Book Fair
Place: Leipzig, Germany
Sponsor/Organizer: Leipziger Messe
URL: lemmon.leipziger-messe.de/LeMMon/buch_web_eng.nsf

March 18–20, The Fourth International Conference on Digital Information Processing and Communications (ICDIPC2014)
Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sponsor/Organizer: Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)
URL: sdiwc.net/conferences/2014/icdipc2014

March 18–20, ILLiad International Conference
Place: Virginia Beach, Va.
Sponsor/Organizer: Atlas Systems, Inc.
URL: atlas-sys.com/conference

March 19–20, The Seventh Annual Library Technology Conference
Place: St. Paul, Minn.
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: libtechconf.org

March 21–24, Paris Book Fair
Place: Paris
Sponsor/Organizer: Reed Expositions France
URL: salondulivreparis.com/GB/Home-PRO/Trade-Visitor-Section.htm

March 22–24, The 4th International Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (ICIST 2014)
Place: Valencia, Spain
Sponsor/Organizer: International Journal of Information Systems and Technologies (IJIST)
URL: ijist.net/ICIST14

March 25–26, SMX Munich (Search Marketing Expo)
Place: Munich
Sponsor/Organizer: Rising Media, Third Door Media
URL: smxmuenchen.de

March 26–28, Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014 (RDAP14)
Place: San Diego
Sponsor/Organizer: Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
URL: asis.org/rdap

March 27–28, The 2nd International Conference on Information Technology and Science (ICITS 2014)
Place: Shanghai
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: icits.org

March 28–April 7, The 12th Bangkok International Book Fair 2014
Place: Bangkok
Sponsor/Organizer: Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT)
URL: pubat.or.th/default/index.php

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destinationCRM Blog – destinationcrmblog.com – a blog from the editors of CRM magazine, dedicated to providing Customer Relationship Management information in a timely manner to connect decision makers and providers.

SpeechTech Blog – speechtechblog.com – updates on speech technology and its applications in daily life. Covers everything from ASR to VUI, with lots of links, threads, and even a few pictures thrown in for good measure.

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