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The number of US library patrons seeking to borrow downloadable digital content increased by 76% in 2008.
Nielsen will trial a system similar to BookScan in order to begin tracking loans in libraries in the UK.
Libraries in Denmark are rolling out a system developed in partnership with Value Chain that will allow them to manage the sales, rent and loaning of e-books.
The Public Lending Right (PLR) Committee has released its annual report, showing it approved annual payments of over $7 million for the financial year 2007-08. Annual payments of $7646010.58 were dist...
Palgrave Macmillan will launch a new e-book platform, Palgrave Connect, in January 2009. The platform is shared with Palgrave Macmillan's sister company, Nature Publishing Group. It offers librarians ...
As e-books move rapidly into libraries, concerns have been expressed in the UK that PLR legislation doesn't yet cover anything other than printed books.
The Guardian's Seth Finkelstein is worried that Open Access will be the loser in the Google Book Search settlement: 'battles between behemoth businesses should not be mistaken for friendship to librar...
Harvard University has announced that it won't be part of Google's Book Search unless the settlement is modified to have more 'reasonable terms,' particularly for online access to scanned books.
This year's National Simultaneous Storytime took place around Australia at 11am today. The national event, which sees 70,000 Australian children at almost 900 locations enjoy storytime with the ...
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced that it will be removing the publishers and booksellers list from the Australian Libraries Gateway website. The list was intended &lsqu...