Latest Digital library Stories
HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the EU have expanded their research collaboration, which now includes more than two-dozen national libraries, research institutes, universities, and companies across Europe to provide new technology that will enable highly-accurate digitization of rare and culturally significant historical texts on a massive scale. Unlike past digitization projects where the result has been static, online libraries of texts, this unique...
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- CourseSmart, the world's largest digital course materials provider, today announced a partnership with AccessText Network (ATN), a national organization that facilitates and supports the delivery of alternative electronic textbooks to the Disabled Student Services offices of colleges and universities nationwide and the Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC), an initiative of the Georgia University System and operating under Georgia Tech Enterprise...
New authentication options, new subscription products and user-focused enhancements highlight latest update PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association for the advancement of technology, has launched several new enhancements to the IEEE Xplore® digital library (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org). Highlights of this update include support for Athens and Shibboleth authentication, the IEEE Foundations for Smart Grid Standards...
CLEVELAND, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content to libraries, today announced the 'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' for May 2010. For complete lists, visit www.overdrive.com/mostdownloaded. Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" topped the adult fiction audiobook list for the first time, while the final Millennium Trilogy novel, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," made...
CLEVELAND, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content to libraries, today announced the 'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' for April 2010. For complete lists, visit www.overdrive.com/mostdownloaded. Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" was the most downloaded adult fiction audiobook and eBook last month, ending the seven-month reign of Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol." Debuting on the adult fiction...
CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has selected Autonomy's Meaning Based Computing platform, IDOL, to manage and access more than 10 million documents in its digital library. The Autonomy solution will enable the CAAC's digital library, which is a Chinese Ministry-owned branch...
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS), an industry-leading library solutions provider and developer of the ArchivalWare digital library and content management software, has announced it will acquire LibLime, the global leader in open-source software solutions for libraries. The transaction is expected to close before the end of January 2010. "PTFS has supported ILS solutions for 15 years and is committed to resolving community...
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH) has announced it is beginning distribution of new digital audio books and digital players to its customers. The digital books and players will eventually replace the now outdated analog audio cassette books and cassette book machines which library customers have used since the 1970's. LBPH loans audio books, audio players, and large print books to...
A coalition of U.S. library associations has organized itself in a collective effort to force Google to keep access to its in-the-works digital library cheap. The library collective has already petitioned the federal Justice Department to monitor the project's development and ensure that the Internet giant doesn't charge too much for institutional subscriptions.Together, the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research...
European publishers voiced objections in Brussels to a deal that would give Google rights to millions of out-of-print books scanned for digital distribution. Authors, publishers and other copyrights holders objected at a European Commission meeting to the plan proposed in a U.S. court, despite Google agreeing to restrict its own practices, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Google said it would not sell books online without permission from the European copyright holder if that book was out...
