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Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA
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by Paula J. Hane
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Looking over the program of presentations and panels and at the vendors exhibiting at the recent American Library Association Annual (ALA) conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. Of course, along with that come all the issues and considerations involved: copyright/DRM, rising costs of digital collections, format issues, and the rapidly evolving publishing market. For librarians, it's all about providing enhanced services through the emerging technologies. They had a lot to look at and think about in New Orleans.
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SirsiDynix Announces SirsiDynix Portfolio 4.1 Digital Asset Management
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SirsiDynix announced the release of version 4.1 of its SirsiDynix Portfolio digital asset management solution. The Portfolio solution builds upon SirsiDynix Enterprise search and discovery, adding digital asset management capabilities, optical character recognition (OCR) technology, Open Archives Initiative compatibility for web harvesting, and classified security capabilities for restricting visibility of confidential materials by user or group.
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W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group Calls for Public Comment
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The W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group was chartered from May 2010 through August 2011 to prepare a series of reports on the existing and potential use of linked data technology for publishing library data. The group (LLD XG) invites comments from interested members of the public.
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Bloomberg Law Releases Next Evolution of Its Legal Research Platform
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Bloomberg Law released the next evolution of its legal research platform. The latest version of Bloomberg Law adds new and enhanced features designed to make the system even faster and easier to use.
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Google+ Social = World Domination?
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by Avi Rappoport
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Released at the end of June 2011, Google+ is now pretty much a Facebook clone, with some nice bells and whistles, and it has a steep climb ahead before it can even compete. But Google has the deep pockets and the incentive to make this work; the service is being rolled out slowly so there's a cool cachet to join in, and there are a dozen ways that Google+ can be integrated with the rest of Googleverse, advertising, services and hardware, for both consumer and business purposes.
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