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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
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| Unglue.it Builds a Supply Chain for Free Ebooks |
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by Corilee Christou
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| Contrary to the Big Five publishers' declarations of shrinking ebook sales, Technavio just released a report, "E-book Market in the US 2016-2020," which "predicts the e-book market in the US to grow at an impressive CAGR [compound annual growth rate] of approximately 14% until 2020" and reach a striking $13 billion. It is obvious that ebooks are here to stay (at a variety of price points, including free). One of the most innovative ebook sites is Unglue.it. |
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| RightsStatements.org Provides Standardized Copyright Statements |
| The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Europeana launched RightsStatements.org, which offers rights statements that can be used to explain the copyright statuses of "cultural objects." |
| eLife Announces New Platform |
| eLife built an open source publishing platform, Continuum, to replace its previous platform, which was hosted by HighWire Press. |
| CIGI Survey Looks at Online Security and Privacy |
| The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) released the results of its latest study, "2016 CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust." |
| ProQuest Enables Automatic Ingestion From ORCID to Pivot |
| ProQuest updated its Pivot research solution to include automated updates from ORCID to scholar profiles--citations added to or updated in an ORCID profile will cascade into the scholar's Pivot profile. |
| SirsiDynix Support Center Gets Improvements |
| SirsiDynix introduced Mentor 2.0, the SirsiDynix Support Center's new learning management system. All SirsiDynix customers can access this new version, which has an updated user interface and simplified access to educational resources. |
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| A Do-It-Yourself Approach to STEM Education for Girls |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| A new initiative from the Los Angeles-based nonprofit DIY Girls helps organizations across the country adopt its mission of providing education programs that allow girls and women to be creative with technology. |
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Six Tips for Protecting Yourself Online (3:23) Evolve Project Director of Strategic Innovation Brian Pichman explains how to shore up your personal cybersecurity in this clip from Computers in Libraries 2018.
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CONFERENCE CALENDAR Nov. 13, Sports Streaming Summit Nov. 13–14, OTT Leadership Summit Nov. 13–14, Video Engineering Summit Nov. 13–14, eBook Management: What Works, What Doesn’t (ALCTS e-Forum) Nov. 13–14, Live Streaming Summit Nov. 13–14, Streaming Media West Nov. 13–15, International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) Web Archiving Conference 2018 Nov. 14–15, 2018 Library Marketing and Communications Conference (LMCC) Nov. 14–17, The 1st International Children's Libraries Symposium Nov. 17–20, The 18th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2018) Nov. 29–Dec. 1, International Conference on Digital Transformation (ICDT 2018) |
| ITI Blogs |
If you regularly read blogs, add these to your reader: ITI Conference Blog – libconf.com – covering ITI's library conferences worldwide. ILI365/InfoToday Europe Blog – infotoday.eu – news and ideas for, and by, innovative info pros from around the world, throughout the year. SpeechTech Blog – speechtechblog.com – updates on speech technology and its applications in daily life, covering everything from ASR to VUI, with lots of links, threads, and even a few pictures thrown in for good measure. |
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This newsletter is published by Information Today, Inc. Editor: Brandi Scardilli Website: http://www.infotoday.com/NewsLink Email: bscardilli@infotoday.com |
