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Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Review of the Year 2010 and Trends Watch 2011
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by Paula J. Hane
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The year 2010 saw the emergence of the iPad, the Android, and apps—lots and lots of apps. The market for mobile computing skyrocketed this year. And, information industry providers were quick to jump in with content delivery apps of all kinds. But I actually think it's a toss-up for top news of the year. While some say 2010 was the year of the app, there's also a very strong case that it could be considered the year of the ebook. And in our information industry, you could make a claim for it being the year of the platform relaunch (and I did, in my December 2010 NewsBreak Update column in Information Today,.
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SAGE Introduces SAGE Research Methods Online
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SAGE announced the successful launch of SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO): the essential tool for researchers. SRMO provides advanced search and discovery tools to support researchers and students as they explore relevant content across the social and behavioral sciences, covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
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OCLC and The Combined Regions to Launch Public Library National Union Catalogue in UK
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OCLC and The Combined Regions (TCR) announced plans to launch Britain's first freely accessible national public library union catalog. Containing the bibliographic data from 80% of the U.K.'s public libraries, the service will make it possible for web users to simultaneously search 9 million bibliographic records and 50 million holdings.
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PRG Publishes 'The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices'
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Primary Research Group published "The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices," ISBN 157440-160-2. The 115-page report looks closely at how 70 academic, special, and public libraries in the U.S., the U.K., continental Europe, Canada, and Australia plan their database licensing practices. The report also covers the impact of digital repositories and open access publishing on database licensing.
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Streaming Video and Music Developments at Alexander Street Press
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by Paula J. Hane
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Alexander Street Press doesn't act as if it's a company struggling in a tough content market and dealing with library budget cuts. At the recent ALA Midwinter meeting, the company held its annual customer breakfast for an overflowing room of about 500 people—its largest turnout ever. Stephen Rhind-Tutt, founder and president, told me the company had a "pretty good 2010 despite the recession." Much of its success is due to its rapidly growing streaming media collections. It plans to release three major new video products for libraries in early 2011.
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