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Public libraries step into job-search niche.
Nov 01, 2009; Baumann, Michael ... The most pressing question for working Americans during the current financial crisis has not been "What is the federal deficit?" or "How much has the Dow dropped this week?" It's been something much more basic: "Will my job still be there tomorrow, and if it's not, can I find a new one?" ...
Harris v. Blockbuster: questioning 'terms of use'.(Cathryn Elaine Harris)(Facebook Inc.)(Case overview)
Nov 01, 2009; Mirchin, David ... For virtually every website these days, the "terms of use" now provide the disclaimer that the site "can unilaterally revise these terms without notice to users." However, a dramatic new ruling from a recent Texas case specifies that websites need to be attentive to the exact language by ...
Social media: investing in what works.
Nov 01, 2009; Grensing-Pophal, Lin ... Today, it seems that if your company is not using social media, you're at risk of falling woefully behind the competition and missing out on significant opportunities to engage thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of rabid consumers who are just waiting to hear what you have to say. ...
FTC addresses bloggers and online reviews.(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; Schiller, Kurt ... Consumers have come to rely on the internet as an indispensable source of information where they can gather product reviews and opinions in seconds. But can we be sure that online reviews are not paid testimonials intended to bolster a lackluster product? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...
Twitter collects $100 million in Venture funding.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Twitter completed a $100 million funding round, becoming the first American digital media company to collect such a sum in the past 18 months, according to the National Venture Capital Association. The companies that contributed to ...
Data Conversion Laboratory, unlimited priorities join forces.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) and Unlimited Priorities Corp. announced a partnership agreement to provide new document capture and data conversion products. DCL has experience in SGML and XML publishing and managing content in ...
O'Reilly Media, Microsoft to expand Microsoft press.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced an arrangement to support and expand Microsoft Press through distribution, co-publishing, and marketing. On Nov. 30, O'Reilly will become the distributor of Microsoft ...
Summon's new clients go live.(News Bytes)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The first two commercial users of Serials Solutions' Summon service, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) of Michigan and the University of South Australia (UniSA) launched their Summon sites for the fall semester, enabling students and faculty to use a ...
JFN gets new editor.(News Bytes)(International Association of Forensic Nurses)(Cindy Peternelj-Taylor has been appointed)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The International Association of Forensic Nurses reports that its flagship journal, Journal of Forensic Nursing (JFN), appointed Cindy Peternelj-Taylor as editor. Peternelj-Taylor has been a member of the International Association of Forensic ...
Swets opens Beijing office.(News Bytes)(Swets Subscription Service)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Swets staked a claim in the Chinese market with the late-summer opening of its new office in Beijing. The gala opening that day featured local Swets agents as well as representatives from Chinese universities, including Peking University and Zsinghua University. Swets established ...
Wattpad announces support for EPUB.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Ebook community Wattpad announced its support for EPUB, the International Digital Publishing Forum's XML-based standard for digital publications. Adopting EPUB will allow Wattpad to digitize content from more writers and publishers and ...
Elsevier collects 10 BMA Medical Book Competition Awards.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Elsevier was a top winner in the annual British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Book Competition in which 10 of Elsevier's books took home first prizes; another 19 of its titles were also commended. In total, the BMA awards featured 684 entries with 26 first-prize winners, 91 highly ...
Google Book settlement hearing delayed, new reports issued.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Akey hearing in the Google Books settlement was postponed after objections from several of the plaintiffs, including The Authors Guild, Inc. and the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Nonprofit, nonpartisan group Consumer Watchdog also filed an amicus brief opposing the settlement ....
EBSCO enters ejournal partnerships.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Several library consortia signed on to use EBSCO's RapidRenewal service for processing ejournal package renewals. RapidRenewal offers an automated online alternative for libraries that are losing staff due to budget cuts. The service enables libraries to process large content licensing ...
Wiley-Blackwell wins two awards at ALPSP conference.(News Bytes)(Conference news)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Wiley-Blackwell received two awards at this year's ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) international conference in Oxford, U.K. The first went to Bob Campbell, senior publisher and journal editorial group leader, for Contribution to Scholarly ...
Wall Street Journal launches daily online newscast.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The Wall Street Journal Digital Network took a leap into the future with the announcement of The News Hub, an online news broadcast featuring content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch.com, and ...
The perils of content crunching.(Up Front)
Nov 01, 2009; Quint, Barbara ... Many years ago (OK, OK, several decades ago), I heard a techie expert use an analogy that I have never forgotten as he explained a data-handling process. (It was actually packet switching, as I recall. Now there's a blast from the past.) He compared the tasks involved in a ...
Hyperlocal news, Ebook readers, and search engines top the news.(News Break Update)
Nov 01, 2009; Hane, Paula J. ... As newspapers struggle to stay relevant in a digital world, a new type of news site has emerged that is designed to cover niche community news on a very focused basis. These new "hyperlocal" news sites tend to focus on a community in a tight geographic area. Most are run on a ...
Universities announce support for OA publishing.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Cornell University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dartmouth College, and the University of California-Berkeley announced their joint commitment to open access (OA) publication. The economic climate made OA scholarly journals more attractive as an ...
OCLC to update record use policy.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The OCLC board of trustees convened a council to study and develop a new WorldCat Record Use Policy. The new policy will replace the Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records that was developed in 1987 ....
