Unglue.it Builds a Supply Chain for Free Ebooks in Today's ITI NewsLink

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Unglue.it Builds a Supply Chain for Free Ebooks

by Corilee Christou

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.

Weekly News Digests

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.

NewsLink Spotlight

A Do-It-Yourself Approach to STEM Education for Girls

by Brandi Scardilli

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.

How to Ensure Equitable Library Funding (5:23)

Brookings Institution fellow Nicol Turner-Lee discusses lobbying strategies for increasing library funding in this clip from her keynote at Computers in Libraries 2019.

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