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Thursday, May 03, 2012



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NewsBreaks
Look for Circulating Law Ebooks at a Library Near You
by Carol Ebbinghouse
LexisNexis and OverDrive announced that they have agreed to create customized ebook lending and management services, offering "the largest collection of authoritative legal ebook content on all major mobile devices and desktop platforms." I have to admit that I like both companies. So, when these two corporate friends announced that they got together on a digital library, I delved into the announcement with high anticipation. The LexisNexis Digital Library offers access to LexisNexis' growing collection of more than 1,100 ebooks through OverDrive.

Weekly News Digests
CrossRef Launches CrossMark Update Identification Service
CrossRef, a not-for-profit membership association of publishers, launched the CrossMark update identification service. The CrossMark system will alert researchers to important changes that may occur to published scholarly content and will highlight important publication record information. The CrossMark service has been piloted by several CrossRef member publishers for the past year.
Ancestry.com Inc. to Acquire Archives.com
Ancestry.com Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Archives.com, a family history website, for about $100 million in cash and assumed liabilities. This transaction will enable Ancestry.com to add a differentiated service targeted to a complementary segment of the growing family history category. In addition, Ancestry.com will welcome a team of engineers, digital marketers, and family history innovators into the Ancestry.com fold and gain access to a proprietary technology platform that has supported Archives.com's rapid growth.
Ebook Consumers Say Yes to Tablets, Says BISG Study
Ebook consumers' preference for tablets is accelerating rapidly as dedicated e-readers drop in popularity, according to the Book Industry Study Group's (BISG) closely watched "Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading" survey. The second installment in Volume Three of the study shows that, over the course of just 6 months, consumers' "first choice" preference for dedicated e-readers such as those from Amazon and Barnes & Noble declined from 72% to 58%. Tablet devices are now the most preferred reading device for more than 24% of ebook buyers, up from less than 13% in August 2011.

NewsLink Spotlight
Online Consumer Privacy in the Spotlight
by Paula J. Hane
Choose Privacy Week is a national public awareness campaign that aims to educate the public on how to protect their privacy and understand their rights. This year, Choose Privacy Week is being held May 1-7, 2012. The timing for this public awareness campaign couldn't have been better. Within the past week, we've seen controversial cybersecurity legislation highlighted in the news and high-profile media coverage of Google's latest investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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