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Worldreader Aims for ‘Books for All’
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by Paula J. Hane
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Worldreader is a U.S. and European nonprofit whose mission is to make digital books available to children in the developing world, so millions of people can improve their lives. Reports indicate that 50% of schools in sub-Saharan Africa have few or no books (SACMEQ II), slowing learning and societal advancement. As of May 2012, Worldreader had put more than 100,000 ebooks—and the life-changing, power-creating ideas contained within them—into the hands of 1,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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ebrary Releases Extended Access
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ebrary, a ProQuest business, announced the release of Extended Access for titles purchased under a single-user license. Extended Access reduces up-front costs to the library, eliminates speculative purchases of multiple copies, and prevents turn-aways when titles are in use.
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New Collaboration Announced—Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb)
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Kuali OLE, one of the largest academic library software collaborations in the U.S., and JISC, the U.K.'s expert on digital technologies for education and research, announced a collaboration that will make data about e-resources—such as publication and licensing information—more easily available. Together, Kuali OLE and JISC will develop an international open data repository that will give academic libraries a broader view of subscribed resources.
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Credo Reference Launches Literati Public
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Building on the success of Literati by Credo, Credo Reference announced plans to serve public libraries with Literati Public, a new expression of its suite of Digital and Information Literacy solutions. Literati Public, developed in close partnership with public librarians, is a highly customizable solution that promotes the mission of public libraries by combining Credo's content with newly developed platform technology.
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OpenMetadata.org Community Site Launched
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by Christine Connors
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A new web portal was announced at the recent IASSIST conference in Washington D.C. Designed to make working with metadata easier, OpenMetadata.org (OM) is the product of Metadata Technology North America and Integrated Data Management Services, which created the site to "facilitat[e] access to standards based innovative technologies for the management of socio-economic, scientific, and other statistical data." Though the site is still in its initial deployment, the goal is for it to become a go-to resource for discovery, access, and tools for using statistical metadata.
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