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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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Federal Court Restricts Apple’s Ebook Deals
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by George H. Pike
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Apple must comply with a series of new restrictions on its ebook contracts, according to an injunction issued last week by a federal court in New York City. Under the injunction, Apple will not be able to enter into so-called "agency agreements" with ebook retailers; it also won't be able to enter into agreements that restrict pricing by either Apple or competing ebook retailers. However, Apple dodged a bullet when the court declined to apply the same restrictions to Apple's agreements with other music, movies, and select content providers.
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RSI Content Solutions Debuts Three New CMS Models
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RSI Content Solutions recently revamped RSuite CMS, its content management system (CMS) platform for publishers. Now, publishers have three cost-effective licensing models to choose from: Team, Standard, or Enterprise. RSuite CMS uses XML to manage publications during their entire lifecycle, from creation to publication. The redesigned platform now offers a CMS solution for digital or print content to meet the needs of any size publisher.
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Credo Enhances Its Subject and Publisher Collections
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Librarians now have even more reference options from Credo with the launch of 19 new and updated Subject and Publisher Collections. These additions join Credo's 80-plus collections that aggregate sources by subject or publisher, providing a one-stop platform for reference materials in its Literati solution.
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HathiTrust Records Go Live on the DPLA
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The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) recently doubled its holdings from about 2 million to 4 million records. As part of HathiTrust's agreement to be a content hub, 1.7 million titles went live on the DPLA search interface, effectively adding nearly twice the content records to the DPLA repository.
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Top Back-to-School Apps
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by Donovan Griffin
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Many educators believe that classroom time and cellphone time are two independent entities and never the twain shall meet. They're right in thinking that the most commonly used apps among students (we're looking at you Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit) can be distracting in a classroom. But let's not be too hasty. Here are a few digital tools that might change the landscape for getting organized, whether you're in school or in the office.
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