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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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arXiv Now Part of EBSCO Discovery Service
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arXiv is the latest content source available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) from EBSCO Publishing. arXiv is an e-print service owned and operated by Cornell University offering an extensive archive of scientific papers. Metadata from arXiv will be added to the EDS Base Index.
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H.W. Wilson Expands Art Full Text
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H.W. Wilson's Art Full Text database recently grew with new full-text coverage, entries for dissertations, a guide to the meaning of art symbols, a full-text translation option, and tools for its My WilsonWeb individual user accounts. The database will soon include full articles from 82 additional journals, expanding subject coverage of contemporary art, architecture, design, and photography.
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Aldiko Introduces Aldiko BookReader 2.0
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Aldiko announced the arrival of Aldiko BookReader 2.0. The new version of the company's e-reader software for Android devices adds support for ePub and PDF formats, support for Adobe Content Server 4 DRM, support for ebooks from public libraries, a marketplace, and a redesigned user interface. You can download it from the Android market or on the company website.
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Internet Archive Releases New Version of The Wayback Machine
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by Gary Price
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During the past 2 weeks, the first beta release offering a new version of the Wayback Machine, provided by the Internet Archive, has gone live on the web. It offers web researchers several new features (with more to come) and a clean, no-nonsense user interface. Wayback is an essential internet research tool and should be one of the first resources discussed when teaching basic web-based research skills. It offers more than 150 billion archived webpages with some material dating back to 1996.
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