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Maryland Political Blogs
Can’t get enough Maryland State politics? If not, the Washington Post suggest these 5 political blogs to keep up and get your fill. Center Maryland Maryland Juice Red Maryland Monoblogue Maryland...
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Web Site of the Week: Gifts of Speech: Women’s Speeches from Around the World
The Gifts of Speech site brings together speeches given by women from all around the world. The site is under the direction of Liz Linton Kent Leon, who is the electronic resources librarian at Sweet...
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College Scholarship Opportunities
Periodically, news of college scholarships come across my desk and what is a librarian to do, but to share! Thanks to the guidance department at Allegany High School. Northrop Grumman Electronic...
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Reading about eReading this week 3/18/2013
On the business of literature. Bill Upgrading NJ Book Privacy for the Digital Age What Happens to Publishers and Authors If a Used Ebook Market Becomes Legal? Q&A with Dan Cohen, DPLA founding...
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Web Site of the Week: Women in Science
The goal of the Women in Science Project is “to provide full and partial text access to the written works of several female scientists accompanied by biographies written by leading historians of...
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Reading about eReading this week 3/25/2013
E-Retailers Now Accounting for Nearly Half of Book Purchases by Volume, Overtake Physical Retail The Future of the Book is the Future of Society Supreme Court Rules in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley. “First Sale...
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Web Site of the Week: I Was Wondering
This interactive website begins with a young woman named Lia talking about her favorite female scientists. It’s highly engaging and designed to get young women excited about entering scientific...
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FY2014 Library Budget Presentation
With the help of 3 Library Trustees, we made the following presentation to the Allegany County Commissioners yesterday. Remarks of John Taube, Director, Allegany County Library System FY14 Budget...
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Reading about eReading this week 4/1/2013
DBW created a dedicated e-production resources page that they will keep updated. Struggling to Satisfy Demand: the reality of the public library ebook marketplace reflected in usage data from a...
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Web Site of the Week: Cornell University Political Americana Collection
From Teddy Roosevelt to “We Like Ike,” the Cornell University Political Americana Collection offers up a cornucopia of presidential promotional and commemorative items dating from 1789 to 1980. All...
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Reading about eReading this week 4/8/2013
No Resale for Digital Music Capitol Records Prevails in ReDigi Case ”In other words, if ReDigi is making “new copies” without authorization, then so are countless other technologies.” The Simple...
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Web Site of the Week: West Virginia Archives and History
The state government of West Virginia has crafted this site to help residents of the state and others learn more about the history and culture of this unique place. The site contains over seventeen...
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Reading about eReading this week 4/15/2013
Content ownership and resale. ”So what happens if I buy a CD from Amazon, get all the tracks into AutoRip and then sell the CD to someone else?” Ebooks Account for 23% of Publisher Revenue in 2012,...
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Web Site of the Week: Global Performing Arts Database
The Global Performing Arts Database (GloPAD) is a trove of “detailed, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the...
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Reading about eReading this week 4/22/2013
Simon & Schuster Launches Library Ebook Pilot The three forces that are shaping 21st century book publishing: scale, verticalization, and atomization How To Change the Future of Publishing Now,...
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Web Site of the Week: Scientific American: 60-Second Science
Science in a minute? Sure, why not! Scientific American is offering up these bite-sized offerings that give a brief intro to a range of science-related topics and investigations. New, minute-long...
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Reading about eReading this week 4/29/2013
The Genius Of Google Fiber German Court Nixes Selling Used E-books Rand McNally Publishes eBook of Classic Road Maps Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has grown to over 300,000 books. App Users...
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Web Site of the Week: Women Who Rock Oral History Archive
The University of Washington Libraries has created this ambitious and culturally compelling digital collection of “Women Who Rock.” The collection brings together “scholars, musicians, media-makers,...
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Reading about eReading this week May 6, 2013
Separated At Birth: Library and Publisher Metadata Entire Hachette eBook Catalog Will Soon Become Available to All Libraries E-Books, Libraries and Democracy – NYTimes.com More on the Hachette Story -...
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Web Site of the Week: Science: Video Portal
The folks at Science magazine craft a wide palette of audio visual materials, many of which can be accessed through their video portal. In the Featured Videos, visitors can learn about some recent...
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