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FastPencil, Auto-Graphics Team for Library Publishing Platform
FastPencil and Auto-Graphics are bringing e-publishing to libraries.
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Follett Sells Part of BWI to B&T
BWI, a Follett Corporation company that provides children’s and YA books and audiovisual materials to public libraries, sold a portion of its assets to B&T.
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Brain Hive Offers On-Demand K-12 E-book Library Lending
Brain Hive is an on-demand pay-as-you-go e-book lending service offering schools online access to a library of K-12 digital titles. Membership in the service is free, titles are available immediately and libraries and schools are charged $1 for each e-book circulated.
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ebrary Adds Titles for Vocational and Community Colleges
For the community colleges and vocational schools it works with, ebrary has added a number of e-books, as well as acquisition models.
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Librarians at Comic-Con: Bringing Comics to Life at the Library
The panel, “Bringing Comics to Life in the Library!” held at the recent San Diego Comic-Con International, looked at the strategies five libraries use to engage readers and the implications for comics publishers.
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Penguin Launches E-book Library Lending Pilot Program
With the American Library Association annual meeting set to begin later this week, Penguin has announced a pilot program to digitally lend its titles.
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Dean Haspiel Donates Mini-Comics to SPX, Library of Congress Collection
Emmy Award-winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel has reached an agreement to donate his collection of mini-comics to the Small Press Expo Collection at the Library of Congress.
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The Will Eisner Graphic Novel Prize For Libraries to Debut at ALA Anaheim
The American Library Association and The Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation announced plans to launch the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Prize for Libraries, to be awarded to three libraries annually at the ALA Summer conference.
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R&L, NBN Ink E-book Deal with 3M Cloud Library
Rowman & Littlefield and its sister company, distributor National Book Network, have a deal with 3M Library Systems to offer content via the company’s 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Servic
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iVerse to Launch Digital Comics Library Service
The digital comics distributor iVerse is breaking new ground with a service that will allow libraries to offer digital comics to their patrons to read on just about every digital device.
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OverDrive Study On How Readers Use Libraries to Find Books
Looking to support the contention that libraries drive book discovery and sales, library digital vendor OverDrive compiled data on patron use from its 18,000 library client sites during the month of March.
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Penguin Severs Ties with OverDrive
Penguin is terminating its contract with OverDrive, the library digital vendor, and starting February 10 will cease to offer any of its e-books or audiobooks to libraries.
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At ALA Midwinter, Librarians Show Some Fight
They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that certainly held true for the issues facing librarians at the American Library Association’s 2012 Midwinter Meeting, held January 20–24 in Dallas. In a climate of stretched budgets, ever-more-complex technology, copyright and legislative issues, and a lingering question over library lending of e-books, the issues facing libraries have never been more serious. And after a 2011 that saw little progress—and, in fact, regression on some fronts, such as e-books—in Dallas librarians signaled that they are determined to take more control of their future in 2012.
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NetGalley, ALA Offer Librarians Benefit Program and More
NetGalley and the American Library Association are teaming up to offer librarians a NetGalley membership benefit program.
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B&T to Install Axis 360 Media Library In Washington State
Baker & Taylor has reached an agreement with the King County Library System of Washington State for the first installation of B&T’s Axis 360, a media circulation system for enhanced digital content and Blio, multimedia e-reading software developed in conjunction with KFNB Technologies.
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Baker & Taylor Acquires Bridgeall Libraries
Baker & Taylor has acquired Bridgeall Libraries, a Glasgow, Scotland based technology developer specializing in software that helps libraries manage their collections more efficiently.
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X-Men Writer Chris Claremont Donates Archive to Columbia University
Renowned comics writer and novelist Chris Claremont, best known for his many years writing Marvel’s X-Men and Uncanny X-Men series, has reached an agreement to donate his archives to Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Kenney Leaves 'SLJ' for White Plains Public Library
Brian Kenney, editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, and a former editorial director of Publishers Weekly, is leaving SLJ to become the director of the White Plains Public Library.
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Oxford University Press Offers its E-Book Platform to University Presses
After Oxford University Press launched Oxford Scholarship Onlin in 2003, the press is ready to share the successful platform.
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Kindle Library Lending Goes Live
Amazon and library e-book vendor OverDrive announced this morning its recently announced plan to allow library lending via the Kindle and Kindle app is now live. The service, which will be available at some 11,000 libraries across the U.S. at launch, enables libraries to expand their e-book lending to the nation’s most popular e-reading platform.
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