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Who’s Who in Ebooks
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. With the many e-lending options now on the market, here are five of the big ones with a few of their major features for cross comparison.
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Oxford Online Updates Its Digital Shelves
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The complete Oxford Shakespeare Series is now available in digital format for the first time: Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO) added William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida as part of a 42-title update to Oxford University Press' database of authoritative scholarly editions.
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SAGE to Publish Language and Linguistics Journal
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The Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica partnered with SAGE Publications to offer its flagship journal Language and Linguistics published by SAGE beginning in 2014. SAGE will publish one English-language and one Chinese-language issue in January, each with different original content.
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HighWire Press Debuts Folio for Ebooks
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HighWire Press introduced Folio, an ebook solution for publishers that is designed to connect patrons with content on a user-friendly e-reading platform. Folio is accessible to publishers of any size and scales to each publisher's needs. Duke University Press' e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection of humanities and social sciences ebooks will transition 100-plus new and more than 1,500 backlist titles to Folio beginning in December 2013.
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Northern Light to the Rescue
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by Deborah Poulson
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Corporate customers who are questioning whether they can afford Factiva may have an answer in Northern Light Business News. For those who cannot afford Dow Jones & Co.'s DJX portal (which is now the only way to access Factiva), Northern Light is launching its Factiva Customer Rescue Program. From Oct. 17, 2013, to Jan. 31, 2014, Factiva customers can obtain a Northern Light Business News license for $96,000 per year for "unlimited enterprise subscriptions in future renewal periods," according to the press release.
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