Blogs

Fingerprinting, watermarking and social DRM, oh my! Framed in the context of the release of Digimarc Guardian Watermarking for Publishing, this Copyright and Technology blog post by GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies discusses the practical differences...

It's time to visit with your Estates and Trusts attorney if you live in Delaware. A recent state bill gives heirs rights over digital content, similar to rights given over physical property. Read more in The Digital Reader blog post. And, more recently...

No Shelf Required : New report offers recommendations to improve usage, discovery and access of e-content in libraries This article by No Shelf Required offers a summary of a white paper entitled Success Strategies for Electronic Content and Access...

This press release featured on Marketwired highlights the global expansion of the publishers offered on the OverDrive® platform. Note: LexisNexis partners with OverDrive to provide the LexisNexis® Digital Library.

Boing Boing: Radical Librarianship: how ninja librarians are ensuring patrons' electronic privacy This blog post by Boing Boing tells the tale of librarians in Massachusetts and how they are working and learning about the freedom of speech and...

This article by Digital Book World gives a recap on the Adobe news regarding the gathering of eBook readers’ data.

In the coming months NOOK® and OverDrive will partner in providing digital magazines and newspapers to libraries. Specifically, the combination of the OverDrive platform and content from the NOOK Newsstand will enable public libraries to provide readers...

In this article by Publishers Weekly, author Michael Kelley asks the question “How do we keep e-books from being lost in a deepening digital memory hole”? It provides an interesting look into eBook preservation concerns.

In this blog post courtesy of the Huffington Post , the ongoing issues surrounding enhanced ebooks are mentioned. To quote the article, publishers are challenged, yet have the opportunity for “stretching the very definition of what we mean by "book...

While this Wired article headline suggests that some forms of publishing are over, it actually reminds us that we are still in the infancy stages of digital publishing. In fact, we have recently launched a few digital magazines or journals – Pratt’s...

This Good E Reader article reviews “the big reasons why buying an eBook makes a ton of sense.” Let’s recap just three of their reasons. 1) Buy eBooks in your Pajamas – While we don’t envision many lawyers buying eBooks...

Leaving behind print libraries in the digital age: The AmLaw 100® firm, Kaye Scholer pioneers the digital library. When global firm Kaye Scholer decided to move its NYC headquarters , it provided the perfect opportunity to review their need for...

This cute article from Architectural Digest reminds us that you can’t find everything in eBook format.

Here’s a dose of inspiration for you today. Read this article courtesy of DVIDS (Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System) about Tammy Kirk, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District librarian and her work on the USACE Digital Library...

Check out this post by Maddie Crum for The Huffington Post with some interesting findings on the 'eBook vs. Print' debate from various studies. Try not to multitask while reading onscreen …

The role of libraries and librarians is changing from providing content in place to providing access to content through technology. To support front-line librarians, a new resource is being developed: Digital Rights Management: A Librarian’s Guide...

Don’t miss the Library Journal coverage of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., with the world’s largest collection of printed works of poet and playwright William Shakespeare. News from the Floor at this year’s American...

Apple results released in February indicated the iPhone has overtaken Android in U.S. sales for the first time since 2012. What does the Apple-Android race mean for eBook publishers trying to calibrate their content and marketing strategies? Read this...

IBM continues to be the leader in the number of U.S. patents granted to it—a position it’s held for over 20 years. Of the approximately 6,980 patents granted to it in the past year, several were for its eBook innovations . Among those is a...

Since the beginnings in the second millennium B.C., the catalogue has accompanied the history and development of our written heritage. With its complex, precise concept and structure, the catalogue represents a fundamental ambition of science and culture—to...

3M Library Systems is introducing a new version of its popular 3M Cloud Library patron app which includes innovative features allowing users to personalize how they browse for content. It offers an attractive, redesigned interface that allows for easier...

The European Union recently ruled that eBooks sold in Europe constitute an “electronically supplied service” that is subject to a higher rate of value-added tax(VAT) than physical books. The cost of eBooks will likely become more expensive...

Riders can stop playing Angry Birds and download something a bit more enriching On a subway in Beijing, it’s not unusual to see commuters spending their rides browsing emails, using their phones or playing games. Now one metro line has introduced...

Read this SLAW article by F. Tim Knight regarding the LITA guide by Kenneth J. Varnum. For those looking to develop a technology road map for your library, you may be interested in this book recommendation.

This InfoToday article announces the rollout of LexisNexis® NewsDesk , a news aggregation platform featuring LexisNexis news content available on the recently acquired Morever platform. LexisNexis continues its leadership role of providing news to...