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The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries
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by Paula J. Hane
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The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. Many libraries are coping with decreasing budgets while at the same time experiencing increased demand for content and services. Challenges include limited availability of ebooks from publishers, increasing demands for tech support with ebook readers and mobile devices, cumbersome borrowing processes, and minimal discoverability of ebook content. Two recent reports shed some light on the current situation, providing interesting statistics and perspectives.
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Elsevier Health Science Titles Now Available via eBooks on EBSCOhost
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An agreement between EBSCO Publishing and Elsevier significantly enhanced the ebook medical collection available through eBooks on EBSCOhost. The agreement adds 965 health science titles to EBSCO's medical ebook collection with more than 580 of the titles representing coverage from 2010 to the present.
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LinkedIn Announces New Social News Features
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LinkedIn announced the debut of two new features for the company's social news product, LinkedIn Today. The first new feature will allow users to Like and comment on news articles. The second is a new tab called Trending in Your Network. It gives members yet another filter to sort through all of the professional news articles and industry updates, based on those articles that are currently the most popular among members of their professional networks, regardless of their industry.
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ProQuest Expands Digital National Security Archive on Japan-U.S. Relations
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ProQuest is expanding its Digital National Security Archive with newly declassified files that provide researchers with fresh insights into the modern relationship between the U.S. and Japan. Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000 continues a series that provides the first broad digital access to memoranda of conversation between U.S. presidents and their Japanese counterparts, as well as presidential decision documents, intelligence analyses, and intergovernmental communications central to U.S. foreign policy, intelligence, and security issues. Published by ProQuest in collaboration with the National Security Archive (NSA), the Digital National Security Archive provides online access to the most significant declassified primary documents in key areas of U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.
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Gale Gives More Insights Into Business
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by Marydee Ojala
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Following a successful launch in September 2011 of Business Insights: Global, Gale, part of Cengage Learning, introduced Business Insights: Essentials on July 11, 2012. The new product, designed to replace Gale's Business and Company Resource Center database, has the same interface as Business Insights: Global. Current subscribers to Business and Company Resource Center will be offered the opportunity to migrate to Business Insights: Essentials, at no charge, starting later in July.
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