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Open-Access Coalition Formed by 22 Academic Institutions David Rapp The University of Kansas (KU) recently announced that it had spearheaded the formation of a 22-member Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI). The coalition includes Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read More...
Apple and Big Publishers Conspired To Fix Ebook Pricing, Lawsuit Alleges Michael Kelley LA Seattle-based law firm filed a nationwide class-action suit on Tuesday against Apple Inc. and five of the Big Six publishers alleging that the companies conspired to illegally fix ebook pricing in an effort to undermine Amazon's "pro-consumer, discounted pricing." Read More...
Grant-funded University Project To Combine Features of Two Archives Systems David Rapp The library at New York University (NYU) was recently awarded a $1,094,996 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a partnership of three academic libraries to combine features of two archives management systems— Archon and the Archivist’s Toolkit (AT)—into one project, ArchivesSpace, which, like its predecessors, will be open source. Read More...
Librarians at University of Minnesota Make an Impact with Data Management Program Michael Kelley Librarians at the University of Minnesota have stepped up to help researchers manage their digital data and, in the process, have highlighted the value of the University Libraries within the larger institution. Read More...
Cataloging Community Galvanized as U.S. National Libraries Move To Embrace RDA Michael Kelley The three U.S. national libraries --- the Library of Congress (LC), the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) --- announced on June 13 that they will adopt, with certain conditions, the Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloging code. Read More...
ProQuest Acquires Publisher of U.K.'s Index to Theses Michael Kelley Abstract TK Read More...
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When Deferred Maintenance Rears Its Head | From the Bell Tower Steven Bell With the exception of perhaps the most well maintained campuses, every one has warts that we try to ignore. For the most part we can - until a ceiling collapses or a boiler conks out. That's when the deferred maintenance issue rears its ugly head. Read More...
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Best Sellers 1) The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Mukherjee, Siddhartha Scribner 2010. ISBN 9781439107959. $30 2) Galileo Heilbron, J.L. Oxford University Press 2010. ISBN 9780199583522. $34.95 3) Galileo: Watcher of the Skies Wootton, David Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 9780300125368. $35 Read More...
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