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Book Recommendation Services
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by Paula J. Hane
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My family and friends have long been valued sources of recommendations for that next good read. We eagerly trade paperbacks, and we don't get bent out of shape if our preferences don't always match someone's recommendations. Amazon's recommendations have proven helpful to me over the years (Customers who bought this also …), and sometimes it highlights items I might not have thought of checking. But with the increased interest in ebooks and the phenomenal sales of e-readers, it's worth knowing about some other very helpful sources for book recommendations. There's a growing number of them popping up, and I was quite surprised to find so many when I started digging. Each has its own special strengths, so you might want to check out several.
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Digital Public Library of America Steering Committee Announces 'Beta Sprint'
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The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Steering Committee announced a Beta Sprint that aims to surface innovations that could play a part in building a digital public library. The Beta Sprint seeks ideas, models, prototypes, technical tools, user interfaces, etc.—put forth as a written statement, a visual display, code, or a combination of forms—that demonstrate how the DPLA might index and provide access to a range of broadly distributed content.
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Corporate Employee Training Center Now Available From EBSCO
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EBSCO Publishing expanded its corporate learning offerings to include a ready-to-use, web-based training center. EBSCO and Business & Legal Resources (BLR) signed an agreement enabling corporations and government agencies to subscribe to BLR's Employee Training Center through EBSCO.
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EOS International Announces Release Schedule for OPAC Discovery
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EOS International, a provider of cloud computing library automation software, announced the 2011 release schedule for its new product, OPAC Discovery. The discovery product allows corporate, legal, medical, government, academic, digital, and special libraries to customize the capability as well as look and feel of their OPACs. In June 2011, EOS will release a mobile device version of the application along with a flexible template editor. The new mobile format allows patrons to access your library's OPAC through iPhones, Androids, and BlackBerries.
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Getting Healthy Information With OvidMD
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by Marydee Ojala
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Researchers in the medical field have long relied upon Ovid (part of Wolters Kluwer) databases to provide authoritative information from medical literature. The OvidSP platform, commonly found in academic, pharmaceutical, and medical library settings, is frequently the "go to" source for students, faculty, and researchers. Searches at OvidSP can be somewhat leisurely, starting at 10 to 15 minutes and sometimes lasting longer. Another Ovid product, UpToDate, is designed for clinical decision support where a quick answer is needed and searches last only 1 to 3 minutes. Believing that something was needed in between the search times ascribed to OvidSP and UpToDate, Ovid introduced OvidMD at the Medical Library Association (MLA) annual conference in mid-May 2011.
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