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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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The State of Ebooks in Academic Libraries
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by Brandi Scardilli
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In a Campus Technology article from Dec. 12, 2018, Dian Schaffhauser reports that according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, "library collections in higher education now contain more digital items than physical." Let's take a look at what academic library staffers have to say about the state of ebooks in their libraries today.
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Authors Guild and Society of Authors Tangle With the Internet Archive
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Porter Anderson writes for Publishing Perspectives, "In the same kind of solidarity they showed in calling for author contract reform from publishers, the United States' Authors Guild and the United Kingdom's Society of Authors are making simultaneous demands that the Internet Archive's Open Library immediately stop lending scanned copies of physical books on their site."
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The Future of DuckDuckGo
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Drew Millard's article for Medium--"Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway."--notes that "2019 may finally be the year for 'The Search Engine That Doesn't Track You.'"
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The U.S. Government Shutdown's Effect on Data Science
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Eric Hinsdale writes on FireOak Strategies' website, "The long-term effects of the [government] shutdown on data science are hard to predict."
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Accessible Archives Announces Free Webinar on African-American Newspapers
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To celebrate Black History Month, Accessible Archives, Inc. is hosting a free webinar on its collection of African-American newspapers on Jan. 25, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. EST.
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The Royal Society of Chemistry Gets OA Help From 67 Bricks
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According to software development consultancy 67 Bricks, "The [U.K.'s] Royal Society of Chemistry brought in 67 Bricks to help build a new, automated OA system that would be flexible and robust enough to grow alongside their Open Access programme. ..."
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Copyright Actions in 2018 and Predictions for 2019
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by Corilee Christou
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The U.S. government actions described in this NewsBreak represent significant changes to copyright approaches, including registration, infringement, and the appointment of the Register of Copyrights.
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If you are interested in sponsoring the NewsLink newsletter throughout the year, please contact account executive LaShawn Fugate for details: lashawn@infotoday.com.
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