Library Corner 5-13-2015

Library corner imageCalifornia Bill Would Require Libraries to Post IP Infringement Notice on 3D Printers (1709 Blog)

Thinking Different(ly) About University Presses (Inside Higher Ed)

Macmillan to Distribute Audiobooks to Libraries via Hoopla (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

Oxford University Press and Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) Announce New Content Deal (Infodocket)

New Technology to Borrow: North Carolina State University Libraries Begins Lending Apple Watches (Infodocket)

DCL Ebook Report, May 2015  (American Libraries)

Oxford University Press Acquires Online Language Portal bab.la (Infodocket)

Internet is not a reliable archive, Dutch organisations warn (Dutch News)

Digital Collections:

WHO Launches Open Access to the WHO Global Medicines* Safety Database (WHO)

Digital Humanities: New Online Archive Will Create Global Access To Rare African Photos (Infodocket)

UT Libraries’ New Digital Collection: Smokies Photos, Film Clips Set to Music (University of Tennessee)

Introducing EarthWorks, Stanford’s new GIS data discovery application (SUL)

Material From California Digital Library’s Calishpere Digital Archive Now Accessible on DPLA (Infodocket)

Library of Congress and WQXR’s Q2 Music Announce New On-Demand Access to Library-Commissioned Music (LOC)

Database of Soviet-era diaries in Russian now available online (Calvert Journal)

New Legal Reference Resource: U.S. Copyright Office Publishes Searchable Index of Fair Use Decisions (Infodocket)

U.Va. to Publish Rare Letters of First Lady Martha Washington (UVA Today)

About once a week, I post links to digital-related library news articles and information about digital collections available online.  I also post other links of interest about the digital life on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

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