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Etextbook Update
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by Paula J. Hane
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I've been regularly covering news of digital textbooks for several years. It is now a market in such flux, with so many developments, startup launches, reports of research, publishing company restructuring and mergers, and more, that it warrants revisiting frequently. This is a review of some recent noteworthy developments and a discussion of a report on student acceptance.
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Innovative Integrates SkyRiver Operations and Drops OCLC Lawsuit
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Innovative Interfaces, Inc. announced that all operations of sister company SkyRiver Technology Solutions, Inc. will be integrated into Innovative and that the SkyRiver cataloging service will become part of Innovative's product suite. In addition, Innovative decided to withdraw the claims of the antitrust suit filed in 2010 against OCLC, which is currently pending in federal court in Ohio.
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Readex to Launch Digital Edition of American Pamphlets
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The digital collection American Pamphlets, Series 1, 1820-1922: From the New-York Historical Society will be introduced in late spring 2013 by Readex, a division of NewsBank. Collected and catalogued by one of the world's leading historical societies, the 25,000-plus short works in this new online resource represent an extensive, yet under-researched, record of American history, society, culture, and contemporary life.
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EBSCO and Oxford University Press Extend Partnership
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EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Oxford University Press (OUP) have extended their partnership enabling two additional authoritative resources from OUP, University Press Scholarship Online and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, to be searchable within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Oxford University Press claims to be the world's largest university press offering content in more than 40 languages for audiences from pre-school to secondary level schoolchildren; students to academics; general readers to researchers; individuals to institutions.
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Library Publishing Coalition—A Milestone in Evolution of Scholarly Publishing
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by Nancy K. Herther
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For the past year, representatives of some of the most influential university libraries in the country have been meeting and exploring the potential for library/press partnerships for scholarly publishing in the future. In the next 2 years, representatives of more than 50 academic libraries will consider their roles in the future of access to scholarly literature. Called the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC), the group is being led by Educopia Institute, an Atlanta-based consultancy that has experience working on other library digital efforts.
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